22 Sep 1905
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1905
Page
1
A fragmentary poem evokes ancient wells, celestial imagery, and longing. A speaker seeks the cool well water for love, protection, rest, and sorrow, while voices ask what is sought beyond the world’s end. The piece ends with a line attributed to Anaoa Moackfanus.
A wife confesses long smoldering hate for her husband and admits fabricating love to mask deceit. She reveals plans to leave, explains a calculated escape, and signs off with a personal note to John, including details about an express parcel and his rheumatism.
The column surveys social distress tied to physical blemishes such as noses freckles and wrinkles, praising restraint toward those seeking cosmetic help. It argues surgery can offer genuine relief while urging caution against impostors and condemning cruelty toward the afflicted. The piece notes British naval retirements and wartime leadership in a separate brief.
The article discusses fly leaf notes to mark passages for future reference and page-number notes in books. It advises pencil markings are harmless if unobtrusive, but disfiguring marks are unacceptable for fine editions.
A New York Sun prologue notes artistic thrift as guests from the country miss air tight stores. A hostess cajoles a host to light a fire with improvised kindlings while Polly sketches with pride and a child Ralph muses on dogs in a pencil. The piece closes with mention of the Bible Society translating the Bible into twelve more languages.
The piece urges hedge plantings be protected from San Jose scale with urgent spraying or destruction. It notes practical farming tips from The Epitemist and Massachusetts Ploughman on pest control, dairy cattle feed, sheep, steers, hogs, and horse breeding for market gains.
A breed of Toylouse geese rises in popularity among breeders seeking profitable ventures. They are large, hardy market fowls with little disease mortality. Goose farming proves lucrative in several New England states and is expanding yearly.
Massachusetts PMoughmin warns farmers about schemes where agents offer to sell a farm with a contract paying a commission regardless of sale. The flyer presses that buyers sign costly ads and fees, often with no sale. Farmers should demand “no payment unless sold” and prefer reputable agents willing to cover advertising costs.
Article reports plans to introduce American agricultural practices to distant nations with a large number of foreign students enrolling in Missouri University’s agriculture department. Noted participants include Anata Suzuki from Japan, a famed wrestler, and students from Egypt, Turkey, Canada, Mexico, and Japan. The piece emphasizes learning, efficiency, and the global prestige of American agriculture.
A London World essay extols saving lace for future uses and argues for women’s education as key to home prosperity and business progress. It cites social roles and fashion observations, noting that educated wives and mothers strengthen society and industry.
From The Collector's Manual by N Hudson Moore in the Delineator. It describes decorating a thin waist with lace across the front in yoke style and on the cuffs, using embroidery and buttonhole stitches to create an inlaid pattern effect. It suggests fabrics like lawn, organdie, sheer dressy materials, and notes variations with linen and cashmere combinations.
An essay from Good Housekeeping warns that parental failure to instill respect and obedience leads daughters to seek discipline elsewhere. It argues schools provide structure through routine and respect for authority, guiding wayward youth toward self-control.
An old guide explains translucence as a test for porcelain, while pottery is opaque. It notes differences in stoneware earthenware and porcelain from ingredients and firing, and discusses English Staffordshire wares and the historic blue-decorated crockery. It warns that true Wedgwood is marked with the maker’s name.
A vintage fashion piece describes glove types, moussage gowns, rucking boas sold by the yard, and gowns with two waists. It praises Valenciennes lace, Brussels net trims, blue mull gowns, and notes home sewing after form fitting and lace foundations.
A collage of vignettes contrasts a bygone era with modern living. An imagined telegram from a ship lists a passenger name, a comic misread introduces more confusion, and a harbor crossing boy reveals a sly crossin’ job. The piece closes with a rapid stock of savings deposits and per capita figures.
Theodore Roosevelt confirms possible Oct 18 trip to the South with a visit to New Orleans and Arkansas if desired by Louisianans. Mayor Behrman telegraphs that Oct 24 visit should stand. quarantine issues and fever suppression are noted with impact on business and plantation labor.
Reported sums suggest insurance companies paid near 100000 to influence bills in Chicago. gossip claimed up to 150000. Two bills passed after floor drama exempted life and casualty insurers from taxes totaling about 15000000, with Governor Deneen letting them become law by inaction rather than veto.
In Manchester Judge Clapton overruled the motion for a new trial and resentenced Mrs Li T Smith formerly of Brooklyn to five years in the penitentiary for the murder of her five year old son Wedmond The defendant fainted as the sentence was read Her husband Sheppard KL Smith was discharged The article also notes other local items and names Theodore Roosevelt Jr and Harvard University unrelated to the principal case.
A garbled OCR style summary mentions Trish language teaching in Treland with 9500 schools and women urged to shop without dates. It references oil shells, a French cheese dish, and Newfoundland cooking. Paris and German reforms appear alongside wartime style orders and a New York incident of 200 people involved in a wave of gunfire.
William Thompson, 22, of Montclair New Jersey, admits to eleven daytime burglaries across Newark Lkensack Englewood and the Oranges. He was arrested by Detective Reilly for the Solomon Wright residence theft on Mountain Avenue.
Idehard Fay a forty year old millionaire and former Boston clubman shot himself in his Hudson Valley estate on the outskirts of Katonah New York as wife watched in horror. Servants found him dead within minutes and his wife fainted in her chair as the tragedy unfolded on a timbered property along the river.
Pedler Alvert Tertze dies at Kingston City Hospital after years in the city. Police and Congregation Agu dath Achim search a trunk for clues and find bankbooks and thirty thousand dollars in U S Steel bonds. Police suspect he amassed wealth through petty trades.
A scattered list mentions Dr. Edmund Z. James as University of Micnais president, Senator John W. Daniel editing Jubal Early memoirs, James HM at 67 leading the Great Northern Railway, John Q. Packard donor of Salt Lake City's public library, John W. Alexander paid 175000 for Carnegie Institute murals, Lor Veyplenore aged 84, Hurley N. Roark dean of the department of poda Kozy, John Philipp a horticulturist in Link California with a new craft frame, Green of Dallas adopted automobiling, and Dobbs noted in service to the United States with an Springfield Mass death report.
Henry Morton exposes a $1.27 million loan loss tied to Western National Bank collateral loans. The report blames questionable securities, private deals, and involved directors including Hyde Hartley Searles Fitzgerald Coler. Equitable to seek restitution from Mercantile Trust and protect against further exposure.
The Hague. Queen Wilhelmina urged compulsory insurance for illness incapacity and old age in a speech to the States General reopening. She called for universal training of youth to prepare the nation for defense after reporting the end of the Far Eastern war.
Public reports reveal three naval paymasters embezzled 165000 government funds in Japan. The text also notes Russia's protest to Turkey over Bosporus fortifications and mentions various unrelated incidents and policy debates from wartime era.
A roundup of official actions and global events includes the U S Attorney General's office rejecting a confession offer in a postal fraud case, a US district attorney appointment in the Nebraska Territory, and calls for a Senate committee meeting. Other items cover oil price moves, land disputes, arrests in New York, court actions, and international developments from Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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