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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
2
A bustling account of global reports gathers items from distant shores. The column compiles notable happenings across continents and seas, highlighting diverse events and intriguing updates for readers seeking wide-reaching trivia.
Colonel Roosevelt will appear before the Clapp committee investigating campaign contributions on October 1. The panel also will hear J Pierpont Morgan and George W Perkins as part of the inquiry. President Taft orders national budget prep by department heads despite congressional prohibition. The Agriculture Department preserves the only two Gardenia tree specimens in the United States. Acting Secretary Wilson released the note to Minister Weitzel in Nicaragua explaining U S troop presence.
Mrs John Hays Hammond chairs the committee as the fund for a Titanic memorial totals 30000 dollars Col Roosevelt backs recall of a President though not in his platform Judge Wescott quits the New Jersey Senate primary leaving Hughes to lead against James Smith Jr Commander Eva Booth unveils a plan to raise 250000 dollars for a Salvation Army school in memory of Gen William Booth
Sporting J. Q. Hatfield, the English swimmer, broke the world record for the 1000 yard swim by covering the distance in 123 minutes 1915 seconds. Connie Mack predicts the Boston Red Sox will win the coming world series over the Giants. Hughie Jennings calls the series a toss up between the Giants and Red Sox.
Reports cover a New York policeman jailed on theft charges, mass Yom Kippur leave for Jewish service members, faster train speeds to eighteen hours, Ithaca Cornell Club fire, predictions of high grade steer prices, mob bathing chaos in Mobile, creosote leaks from a wrecked fighter, birthdays of telegraphers twins, state fair profits, the motor ship Christian X voyage, Mayor Gaynor defending police reforms, Baltimore banker suicide amid race track scandal, Boxing Commission invitation refusal, Philadelphia hat fines, Niagara State Reservation abridgment of death by action term.
The report surveys diverse 1900 era events including Rochester's city incorporation centenary, labor strikes in Utah and Kansas, political shifts in Fairhope Alabama and Minnesota, a District of Columbia motorcycle postal route trial, and other national headlines such as storms in Montana, frost damage in the Big Horn Valley, and a high school swimming feat in San Francisco.
Foreign President Yuan Shiai appoints Chan Ling Chun premier. Miss Mary Leigh, suffragette, dangerously ill after forcible feeding in Dublin. Portuguese troops sail from Macao to exterminate pirates. Paris bans duels in crowds, moves to secluded sites. British dirigible Gamma wrecked near Devizes. crew escaped. Japanese Emperor receives Garter from Prince Arthur. Three prisoners in Nerchinsk commit suicide after Zeppelin news. Hamburg to Sweden and Denmark oversea trip in 13 hours. CPR telegraphers gain pay raise and 10 hour day. no strike. British Army maneuvers halted due to aviation advances. Elephant kills mail coach driver in Ceylon. Ulster anti home rule march at Londonderry. Archduchess Elizabeth renounces rights and marries Count Waldberg in Vienna. Unprotected hatpins banned in Rhone. Garden Hall in Cheshire destroyed by fire. Over 700 Vienna hospitalised from Eucharistic Congress exposure. St Gagneux sets altitude record at Villacoublay.
A collage of New Jersey items notes Hammonton cake sale by St. Marks Aid Society, a Glassboro resident losing a gold watch, a 15 foot night blooming moon plant in Woodbury, and Westville in 400 class. Reports cover turtle catch off Fortescue, jar theft in Glassboro, Europe trip of Ethel Grosscup, Mrs. Stein's rescue, a vaccination death in Phillipsburg, hospital leadership change in Elizabeth, Ocean City surplus, Woodbury child abandonment case, and local railbird hunting. Also mentions Panama Canal machinery planned for New Jersey Ship Canal, Highland Terrace regrading, Carnegie library funds to Elizabeth, totaling 127703.53.
Mobile reports say $70,000 was stolen from an express package on a Louisville and Nashville train between Pensacola and Flomaton, Alabama, with $75,000 initially listed and the seals allegedly intact. Investigators note possible entry to Pensacola offices and emphasize daylight theft as part of a broader Express Company concern.
Elizabeth Eugene J. Slater wins 5.50 weekly for 163 weeks under the Employers' Liability Act in a suit against contractor Edward L. Vaughnan. Other items note grape crops flourishing, a missing Philadelphia man, a humorous non support ruling, a infant death in Elizabeth, and a Perth Amboy sandpit accident involving eight year old Tony Mikalajak.
Eight thousand miners at Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company collieries in Pottsville refuse to operate as open shops amid a union dispute. One worker’s refusal to join the United Mine Workers triggers the stoppage during peak coal demand. company officials refuse to discharge him, but face heavy losses from suspensions.
In Pittsburgh labor tension grows as Booth and Flinn contractors face idle men refusing work. A foreman offered $2 for a ten hour day but workers did not volunteer. Police summoned three patrol wagons and those who agreed were paroled to the contractor, while others were sent to the work house for thirty days.
In Baltimore Justice Levinson raised the weekly alimony from 2.50 to 4.50 for Charles Stallman, citing higher food costs. The ruling sets a precedent that deserted husbands must pay increased support to their wives.
Lesson overview for a September Sabbath emphasizes review methods for Bible school quarter. It outlines teaching approaches, tests, and the twelve lessons from the quarter, highlighting themes from forgiveness and seed growth to faith and the feeding of five thousand, aiming to reveal the spirit and life of Christ's sayings.
A playful verse celebrates the arrival of the oyster with a light hearted tone. It envisions warmth and smiles as the oyster opens and the household shares a bountiful harvest, promising plenty to scan, eat, and savor despite early chill.
A reader signs as January Bride protesting a newspaper’s humorous pieces about married women cooking. The letter rebukes the mockery of comic opera and authorship and suggests the editor learn to cook. It mentions Henry B. Smith and a proposed staged opera.
The text notes awards for Human Life and contrasts it with Carnegie medal expectations. It mentions other magazines announcing David Graham Phillips's last novel but Human Life authoritatively declines any Phillips story. It quotes a flaring statement and a brief remark that Sir Fins had no time to write for the magazine, but may later.
A village wit jokes at the Easter social dining scene. He orders “one oyster two soups” but the waitress loudly corrects him with “one lobster two soups” without leaving the hall.
In a boarding-house scene a doctor tells an attentive audience he is full of uncertainty. The front row residents exchange looks and whisper that he has been eating hash, hinting at a humorous misinterpretation of his state.
A brief dialogue features a pert young man regretful about missing college and gaining polish while a weary young woman suggests hiring a gas fitter to rub him up a trifle. The exchange hints at social pretension and comic banter.
Chicago collector J H Cavanah sent verses found in his scrapbook to the paper. Volunteers formerly chasing Or ville Brown have been released from the search. Readers who asked for copies may expect reprints within a few days.
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