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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1902
Page
4
An ad fragment promotes Buckingham's Dye as a quick cosmetic fix from P Hall & Co., Newham, NH. The text blends with a dental article noting Americans increasingly value teeth care and some businessmen hire yearly mouth contracts for ongoing dental work in offices.
A Victorian style discussion notes that a horse’s affection differs from a dog’s and hinges on good treatment. It warns that kindness sustains obedience and that harshness ends affection, while urging trainers to maintain affection and avoid perfunctory compliance. It also references postal rate changes affecting postage for small weights and extra ounces.
A letter from a reader praises Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound for benefits received. The writer speaks of gratitude to young ladies nationwide for guidance in health matters and notes personal suffering prior to using the remedy.
Reports from Fort de France indicate Mont Pelee's eruption claims over 1500 lives and far more injured. Refugees stream toward higher ground while ships bring news of the catastrophe and aid measures. Authorities warn of possible tidal waves and establish observatories to monitor the volcano.
The long West Virginia coal strike ends after a mass meeting along the Norfolk and Western line where miners vote to return if operators rehire laid off workers. President Mitchell urged a return to work as winter approaches, with New River and Kanawha fields likely to follow.
Richmond Virginia reports Lieutenant John W Stark, previously honorably discharged from the militia, was sentenced after being accused of calling a brother officer a lobster while intoxicated. Stark had recently been acquitted in a separate US court case over sending obscene material to President Roosevelt.
General Cronje, who capitulated at Paarlberg, Orange Free State, has arrived in the Transvaal from St Helena with six wives. He declares no grievance about his exile terms and says Boer and Briton will soon work together, pledging to aid his people and promote peace.
Movements favor Mohammed brother of the Sultan spread among Berber tribes in Tangier. Berbers attacked Mekines near Fez but the Governor pacified the tribesmen. Local report notes unrest and attempts at control.
A British Parliamentary paper lists South Africa troop figures and final war casualties with detailed totals. It also reports irregular grain markets caused by crop conditions and ongoing speculation affecting prices.
In a report from Alanka the War Department directs Captain Joseph EL Maxfield of the United States Shyll Corps to return to his home after six months away. The agency notes his condition is temporary and tied to the hardships endured during service.
State authorities moved Sonny Thompson a Black man from Florida to Tennessee to avert a mob lynching spurred by racial tensions. Reports describe a tense sequence as officials escorted Thompson to safety amid threats from white vigilantes.
Thomas Lippincott, cashier of Montelale Water Dam VAY, is arrested in Batavia New York on embezzlement charges. Authorities allege missing funds range between 5000 and 10000 with Lippincott in default of 10000. The report notes Batavia’s centenary celebration and Governor Odell’s attendance.
In Baltimore a Rockefeller funded effort led by Dr. William H Welch at Johns Hopkins and the Thomas Wilcox Sanatorium for Children aims to isolate a germ causing a summer diarrhea in infants. Students Charles W. Duvall and Victor He Hansett aided the discovery, credited to their microscopy work, as part of the Rockefeller Institute of Medical Research program.
Washington reports that Congress and officials push to restrain discharge of Navy and Marine Corps personnel after Spanish War enticement. An order preserves term of enlistment. only the commanding officer can recommend discharge for undesirability disability or other listed grounds. Applications must go through the proper chain to be considered.
Officials report the Doukhobors refuse winter provisions, abandoning horses and cattle, eating only bread and vegetables, and eschewing leather and wool. Thousands may suffer if authorities intervene as exiled groups resist external control.
Vienna correspondence reports a landslide disaster caused by alleged seismic disturbances destroying about twenty villages and killing nearly 700 people. Other items note German war preparations, new cutters for King Edward, and labor impacts in Europe with factory and emigration trends.
A vast bribery and perjury scheme ties eighteen current and former members of the Missouri House of Delegates to a suburban street railway bill. J. K. Murrell, who fled to Mexico and later surrendered, supplied key testimony after agreeing to cooperate. Warrants name nineteen participants and detail payoffs of 250 to each member for votes. Murrell held a box key containing 7500 in bribe money and testified about meetings at Lehmanns and Faulkner’s rooms before the suburban franchise vote.
A former bank swindler turned Methodist minister preaches in Byersville M E Church. He formerly served long terms in various jails and now fills country pulpits as supply. Also reported are notes on a young woman who died by suicide after desertion and other scattered local items.
A garbled report recalls Varnderbilthoiee Conn sam and the Deuxigme Cricertiin at Tonge hamp with Ameretes’s ante champion hints and a record attempt for the Daman Sculls. It notes Doherty as challenger and mentions Len Lsehiupingastilus and Robby W Mithane in related pro se competitions.
Maine results show Governor John F. Hill winning by about 25 000 plurality as Republicans gain seats in the House and Senate. Prohibitory law opponents suffer heavy losses in counties enacting temperance measures while Democratic gains appear in Knox Cumberland Waterville and Lewiston amid statewide turnout.
President Roosevelt was elected an honorary member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen during an executive session. He praised organized labor and discussed appointments, while guards and officials escorted him to the event.
The gunboat Crete-a-Pierrot supporting General Firing's revolution was sunk by the German cruiser Panther at the entrance to Gonalyecs. Panther's crew boarded the prize after negotiations. Crete-a-Pierrot previously stopped a German steamer and confiscated arms and munitions.
Washington reports no complications between the United States and Germany after the sinking of the Haldan emf by the Panther. The Monroe Doctrine is not involved. the Crete a Pierrot and insurrectionists had no belligerent rights, and Germany acted against a pirate vessel interfering with commerce.
A Chicago report details a murder cleared case involving Anna Barthalin and Mina Mitchell, with Bloodcourt and Towther names mentioned. It also includes baseball notes on the Chicago National League Club signing Thomas Sam and updates on several players across the league with standings and signings.
A scanned market listing details butter and dairy products from Creamery Western and other brands, noting processors, quantities, and price ranges. It lists beans, gourds, fruits, poultry, vegetables, nuts, and grains with specific items like Gravenstein apples, Del, Le Conte pears, squash, tomatoes, and chicken prices, plus live stock quotes and regional produce terms.
Independent meat firm in New York forms a combination with plans to build on Eleven Avenue after paying 250000 for property. Leaders are Anton Buchebami and Reaere och. The move aims to supply meals at reasonable prices and break the meat trust while expanding westward and arranging next year’s delivery orders. Transport and coke shortages constrain industry, with rail and pig iron scares affecting production. Weather and harvests in Northwest impact grain and cotton reports also noting Texas cotton output declines.
Prominent church figures and lay leaders in Greensboro Georgia vouch for Peruna’s efficacy. Rev E G Smith of the Presbyterian church testifies of family relief after catarrh and other remedies failing, joined by elder Rev FEJ Smith and merchant M J Mossman praising the remedy and urging others to seek Dr Hartman’s free guidance from the Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus Ohio.
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