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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1913
Page
2
A roundup shows Washington taking center stage in foreign affairs while legislatures across states stay busy. The week highlights policy debates, international tensions, and evolving political dynamics shaping U.S. diplomacy and domestic oversight.
Francis Reilly secretary to Senator Bristow of Kansas lies in Casualty Hospital after a shooting by D H Shultz with no trace found of the assailant. Senator Newlands says he will vote for the tariff bill despite tariff objections. Congress debates recognition of the Constitutionalists and arms imports while the House Banking and Currency Committee rejects Burke demand for a hearing by the American Bankers Association.
William Kennedy 62 a former New York Assembly member and leading Onondaga county bar figure dies after brief illness. Mary A Witzpatrick widow of a traction capitalist will receive 30000 from the Yerkes estate. James H Ross uncle of Charley Ross doubts his missing nephew may have turned up after 39 years. Eugene Field grave remains unmarked after 18 years in a surprising postscript.
Norman Elberfeld of the Chattanooga club signs as playing manager of the New Orleans club for the 1914 season. President Murphy of the Cubs announces three new players J J O Connor William Valandingham Theronymus and Chas Pauwer. Bomita retires after fifteen years killing 1000 bulls and amassing 60000 dollars. Eddie Wallace stops Larry Wells in the third round of a ten round bout at the Military A C Brooklyn.
General F Drew Caminetti found guilty under the White Slave law. Mrs Pankhurst plans militant US campaign. Taft elected President of the American Bar Association. Baron Taft. Ex overseas dispatches note peace talks in Mexico and other political maneuvers. A wide range of incidents from deportation hearings to maritime and criminal events fill the day.
Reports recount diverse events: Yuan of Cina pledges peace restoration amid a Mukden dispatch. a Dublin strike funeral draws fifty thousand. Dublin employers seal a lockout. a Paris theft attempt at the Troca Derro Museum. Greek atrocities alleged in Bulgaria captured letters. Charlton murder film barred by French police. a French aviator’s Guadeloupe flight ends after a stand collapse injuring twenty.
In Mexico City American consuls are advised to calm fears and explain the exodus order as a welfare measure, not a cancellation of rights. Foreign observers mock U S policy as weak and unclear while Mexico’s papers omit a recent El Paso incident.
Personal testimonials recount relief from female weakness and pains after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The text includes two Vermont and Iowa locations, plus an advertisement for Blackland farm mortgages from The Colonial Trust Co in Hillsboro Texas and mentions annual loss guarantees.
Fifteen thousand people gather in Hibiya Park and march on the Foreign Office demanding troops to China or the minister's resignation after the assassination of Mantarō Abe. They condemn Japanese diplomacy over China and California, with orderly early conduct turning chaotic as gates prove locked at the Foreign Office.
A New York park keeper says residents flood letters with proposed names for baby animals at city zoos. Patriots like Abe or Teddy Roosevelt lead the popular list, with classical and scriptural options like Hercules and Plato also proposed.
A quip about Jupiter transforming into a ball to influence events in Europe. The joke implies a playful take on control and direction in regional affairs.
A collage of quips and advertisements from a vintage page features light humor about umbrellas and peace, satirical lines about luxury and looks, tonics and home remedies, a dental quip, and a kitchen-sink mix of brief jokes and bowdlerized wisdom. Prominent mentions include a 372 Pearl St New York address and references to Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills.
In Some Demand quotes discuss a two headed girl fantasy and a museum manager's offhand remark about staging a freak, while a Louisville Courier Journal jab undermines a cigarette brand as failing. The dialogue blends sensationalism with satirical commentary.
A fair graduate chats with a young man presented after the exercises. She says she is an A B now and asks about his degree. He replies he has a B, meaning Bachelor, creating a puzzled moment.
The United States consumes over two thirds of shipped bananas, aided by Caribbean proximity and a Boston skipper's early introductions. The U S role as the world’s leading banana market continues while demand grows abroad, the American youth remaining key to Jamaica growers.
Millions of tiny white insects darken Carnegie streets forcing theater closures and crippling Pittsburgh area street cars and rail traffic. Honus Wagner drives home to Carnegie after a game but must stop his car to avoid a fish wagon before restarting.
In a South East street car scene a German mother shouts to her son on the opposite car. She finally reveals the key is under the mat at the back door prompting Charlie to leap off and reunite with family amid cheering passengers.
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