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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1900
Page
7
The Chronicle notes a rise from a single shop in 1850 to about 20 box factories in Chicago with $500000 capital and $1500000 annual output. 2500 workers earn $2.50 to $18 weekly, producing 700000 boxes daily, 200000 stiff and 600000 flexible, for goods from hats to grain products.
A cow owned by the Oak Island life saving crew swam five miles across Great South Bay from Oak Island to West Islip. The New York World notes it may set a bovine long distance swimming record. The animal rested in shade after reaching the shore.
The census shows 1 572 707 residents with about two thirds white and one third black or mixed. Only 28 percent of adults can read and write. It lists 20 478 Spaniards 1 200 307 Cubans 79 526 others and 175 811 as suspensive citizens who had not chosen Cuban or Spanish allegiance.
A man from Keytesville Missouri led a stray brown dog and an old carpet bag toward a Dearborn Street station after a Chicago officer questioned him about the future of the dog. He claimed the dog would meet farm requirements and that city residents could spare one homeless animal.
A New York Sun report states Victoria will form a new foot guards regiment of Irish nationality. It traces historic Irish units from James II through Limerick, Marlborough and Malplaquet, noting how Irish troops shifted between crowns and fought in both British and French services.
The New York Press reports Uncle Sam classifies brass rings with colored glass as jewelry for duty purposes, not toys. The board of general appraisers ruled they are jewelry, subject to a 60 percent ad valorem duty, including glass bead necklaces, gilded hairpins, and brass chains for watch guards.
A new method to imprint photographs on marble is outlined. It uses a smoothing layer of denzine turpentine bitumen and beeswax, drying then applying a gelatin plate for a 20 minute exposure to sun. After washing with gasoline, Prussian blue solutions color the image which is fixed by washing.
The tallest American stage actress Miss Mary Tull, over six feet, is noted as a favorite model for sculptors goddess of liberty. A western tour sample program misspelling and billing confusion sparked printing bill dispute. In New York she was photographed in goddess drapery and briefly admired by a small crowd.
The Savannah News reports a Maltese cat boarded the British steamship Thalia before its departure. The cat lounged on the officers' crimson sofa and is believed to bring good luck, with the crew praising its presence and usefulness aboard during the voyage.
Lockup Keeper McGuire recounts arresting a West Indies debtor who paid up when confronted. He explains he had merely aimed to recover a loan he had made to an American in Hayti and was unaware he lacked authority to arrest.
An international congress in Philadelphia notes Americans push the adage time is money while European factories use manual labor methods. Antwerp paper details Congo cruelty with 22 women shot for delay and 600 chained natives left to starve. Canadian Indians adapt summer tents and winter huts as semi civilized communities adopt agriculture and ponies.
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