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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1905
Page
1
A fragmentary verse from Dreamland reflects on vanished days of simple friendship. The speaker recalls placid walks, brambles, and divergent paths, then a sudden realization of lost friendship. The stanza laments love’s arrival eroding friendship and longs to reclaim those cherished hours.
In Liberton, joiner Wharrie secretly watches Tim othy and Jean Clavers from a chimney vantage. Hearing plans and accusations, he bursts out, confronts them, slips, falls into a water butt, and escapes drenched but unseen, vowing revenge on the rivals and radicals.
A renowned New York physician, aged seventy five, shares half a century of practice in twelve practical rules. Be temperate in all things, sleep well, avoid worry, keep the mind youthful, and keep up with the times. Replace outdated ideas with new facts daily to stay perennial in age and spirit. The guidance emphasizes moderation, rest, positive outlook, mental freshness, and continual learning as simple, workable paths to vitality.
A London Globe note describes arsenic detection via the odor emitted when compounds are heated and the smell produced by certain fungi growing on arsenic containing substances. It notes a fungus more effective in identifying arsenic when cultivated with yellow algae in Nehen plant association. The method aims to detect arsenic in organic media during suspected poisoning. Italy patrols benches to prevent water siphoning for low grade silt.
A Washington study summary notes chemical engineering blends chemistry, physics, and mechanical know-how. It highlights MIT's early lead in training chemical engineers who design processes from sugar refining to armor plate, foresee chemical reactions, select materials, and push factory efficiency and cost savings.
Baltimore News describes a ritual of testing a large, green watermelon by pressing the fruit to hear a crack or rip, signaling the rind yields and the melon is ready to be eaten. The article uses vivid sensory detail to convey the moment of harvest or consumption.
A Cape to Cairo route project near Victoria Falls gathers workers amid wildlife hazards. Crocodiles terrorize riverside camps, killing a native woman and men. a lion attacks a village hut and cliffs. white officers avenge a lion and safeguard workers. A baby hippopotamus is saved. natives and Europeans confront dangers as construction proceeds.
An assortment of aphorisms and quips on virtue duty and fame mingles with tangled punctuation and stray attributions. The musings touch on pain guiding peace, character forged by deeds, and the value of effort over pedigree.
Oriental gardeners are adepts at plant tricks, but none of the unique productions of the Korean gardener, save the New York Herald, is a natural armchair. A vine raised by Cully formed into a rustic armchair three feet high, with grafted joints, seeds of the gsinke tree embedded as ornaments, finished to mahogany-like shine.
Dr Charles F Nelffer reports in a medical journal that crane and heron tendons may serve as superior sutures compared with catgut kangaroo tendon and horsehair. If adopted widely, this risks further endangering already declining heron species whose nests hold few eggs.
Household washing lamp chimneys in hot suds, rinse lightly, drain and dry with a clean cloth. Skipping rinse leaves a finer polish, according to old household guidance.
A reader shares a preferred method for preparing chicken without slimy residue. Use a half full dish pan of water, immerse the chicken, then swiftly carve with a sharp knife for a clean result. No slime or blood on hands or meat, and the process is comparatively neat.
A home recipe explains how to prepare dried pumpkin sheets. Ripe pumpkins are pared cut into pieces stewed soft strained through a colander then shredded and layered half an inch thick. Dry in a low oven until crisp about a day. Stored in dry places for later use.
A note from The Commoner advises washing and drying tablecloths and napkins, then dipping them in boiling water and running through a tight wringer before ironing dry to achieve gloss and body. Napkins should be ironed full size with no creases, tablecloths folded loosely or rolled on a roller, with folds ironed out only when needed.
A collection of home canning and sauce tips from The Home kitchen notes. Includes Coffee Creams recipe with two cups eight brown sugar and clear coffee, beef tea, ripe tomatoes pickled process, grape juice preparation and bottling, jam making guidance, mayonnaise freshness, and airtight storage suggestions for salads and aspic coverings.
The article notes Tehpore in Rajputana housing a famed observatory founded by Jey Sing in 1693. It was one of five built to reform the calendar, with open courtyards and many curious instruments now partly ruined yet still intriguing to observers of astronomy.
A Pennsylvania Railroad crash at Paoli Pennsylvania kills five men and injures more than twenty as the New York Limited from the West collides with the local Paoli train. The private car of General Manager Atterbury, recently overhauled, is heavily damaged.
In Louisville two nights of Sabbath fire lighting by young black workers ended in a wage dispute. Jewish households served cold breakfasts as workers refused a five cent raise two days extra pay. Neighbors sometimes lit fires to aid observant Jews while employers resisted and threats of further action arose. The workers vow to stand firm amid the ongoing dispute.
Kansas City records show 910 divorce suits filed since last March as the fall term nears. Officials expect a final surge on the last filing day that could push totals to 1000 or more, with about 40 000 families in the city. The cases will be spread across five Circuit Court divisions, keeping courts busy through October.
Duchess Consuelo Marlborough, formerly Vanderbilt, was presented to President Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt by Clarence Mackay and wife. She traveled by closed automobile from Roslyn, Long Island, to Sagamore Hill amid peace treaty ratification unease in Japan, where no new violence was reported.
A bulletin from the Tutecnational Cypographies Union in Indianapolis shows 224 yub omlinte unions now working eight hours, or arranging to by January 1, 06. Since September eight agreements have been signed in sixty cities.
Report from Paris states a complete agreement has been reached between Germany and France on Moroccan affairs. The accord addresses territorial influence and policy directions amid European tensions, signaling a unified stance for the time being.
Washington considers a major cabinet reshuffle with Mr Meyer, United States ambassador to Russia, potentially succeeding Mr Ssonaparte as Secretary of the Navy when Mr Bonaparte becomes Attorney General after Mr Moody retires. The reports cite administration discussions and transitions at high levels.
In Cuba Palma wins amid disputed elections. Changes in leadership and new delegates prompt a shift in control. Clashes arise as political figures confront the outcome and enforce new authority. The turmoil highlights tensions between rival factions and the evolving political landscape.
Somerville Somerset County Prison inmates attempted a bold escape using dynamite to blow a hole in the wall but failed as night keeper William Moore nearby fired at the breach. A prior wall-breach attempt by Regan had been spotted by Moore, who alerted authorities and restrained the prisoners. Twenty inmates were said to be involved in the broader escape plan.
A census bulletin from the Secretary of State shows New Jersey’s population at 2,137,766, excluding Hammontown Atlantic County Lavelette City Ocean County and West Milford Passaic County. These three towns total 5,613 in 1900, making state total 2,143,379. State growth five years 13.59 percent. ten years to 1900 was 30.4 percent. County totals follow.
Edwin and Feliz Blitters, aged twelve and thirteen, on Freeman Street, fought a five foot eagle that swooped at their terrier near Kilvurn's stock farm. After the bird battered Edwin's clothing, Felix struck the eagle with a bat stunning it. Edwin and Felix killed it, and the terrier joined in at the end. The brothers plan to have the eagle mounted.
A Williamstown mill ships forty to sixty barrels of cider daily. Drought hoppers plague Woodbury and invade homes. Thousands of dlams shipped from paints along Delaware Bay daily. Mantur Township tax rate rises from 1.50 to 1.756. Tata foresees a building boom this fall. An old fashioned busking bee and quilting party revived in parts of Gloucester County. Silica sand found on land owned by Alan St Ludlow near Minville. Florence installs a gas lighting system in principal streets after nightfall. Wenonah Board of Education allocates 300 toward tuition for pupils from Wenonah attending Woodbury High School.
Lansing Woodruff, a University of Nebraska science student near Sugar Island, wins a $25 bet by climbing an eighty-foot flagpole and dining atop it. He agreed to the ascent and luncheon at the summit, unfurling a U.S. flag during the stunt.
Thirty five potatoes weighing alx pounds were taken from one plant by Cyrus Schacter of Culpehoeken Pa.
A wide column of brief items covers diplomacy with China and Japan, political shifts in the United States, imperial governance in the Philippines, fires in Charleston and epidemic reports. It notes social changes, criminal cases, and cultural events from New York to Tokyo, with numerous named figures and locations.
The article reports growing pro republic sentiment in Norway and a planned plebiscite to decide the nation’s future form of government. It notes that no Swedish prince will take the throne, Denmark’s similar stance, and a conference in Carlstad showing difficulties in Norway Sweden talks. It mentions relief at avoiding civil war and the Rigsdag’s approval prospects for a treaty leading to independence for the Scandinavian Peninsula.
A major fire swept the central business district of Butte Montana destroying property valued at about 1 250 000 dollars. The Symons Dry Goods Company suffered a total loss estimated at 600 000 dollars. The Butte Public Library Building suffered heavy losses with about 300 000 dollars for the structure and nearly 500 000 volumes. Other significant losses included the Atlantic saloon Walkover Shoe Company Ogden saloon California bakery and Clark Block. Firemen sustained minor injuries. a night watchman alerted authorities and embers carried by wind caused damage across the street aided by a heavy rain that followed.
In Maryville Missouri fifteen thousand spectators were enveloped by the Ringling Bros main tent collapse during a nighttime performance. Charles Tobinson died from injuries and hundreds suffered bruises and minor injuries as the crowd stampeded and cages toppled.
Rome reports a new cyclone in Calabria worsened quake damage with many bodies found daily. Government supervised cabin building speeds shelter for 2,000 already and 3,000 more needed for the homeless in depots. Cattle losses reach 20,000. Baron Nathaniel Rothschild left over 5,000,000 to charity for relief efforts.
Report notes girls and typographers acting as strikebreakers in Chicago printers war. employers claim they aid success while opposing men on picket lines. Kaiser Wilhelm II allegedly receives up to seven hundred letters daily. India to send four graduates to Cornell for agricultural studies.
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