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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1888
Page
1
A sprawling feature blends vivid vignettes from late 19th century life. It recounts Nan a lone woman typesetter who mentors at a Kokuk paper and finds romance with Kokuk a doomed strike leader. The piece also notes a humorous congress page escapade from 1869 and oddball trivia about rulers and cattle.
The article surveys New York’s Mongolian barber Ah Leo Chung at 22 Mott Street. It details a lengthy, ceremonial shaving process using a ear-razor, tweezers, scrapers, and cotton brushes, followed by nostril hair removal and a Swedish-movement style massage. It notes fares of twenty-five, fifty cents, and one dollar, and contrasts Chinese barber status with Western norms.
A Lewiston Journal note recalls a Grand Army veteran crediting coffee with preventing death in days of weakness. The writer mentions coffee tasting good when nothing else could be swallowed. The piece also cites the invention of stereotype printing by William Cid, a Scottish goldsmith, in Pilinburg in 1780.
The Philadelphia society scene is noted as comparatively poor overall yet marked by wealth within a few. Three men with joint holdings near 20 million dollars avoid fashionable lists though they are recognized locally. Behind elite Assemblies, a bookkeeper and a dry goods salesman epitomize the era's social divide.
Boston social scene notes say Miss Waldo and Mr Wabish attended four weddings last week and more are listed for this week. The New York Sun reports the pair remark Boston weddings are increasing in frequency and liveliness.
An extended effort to introduce paper bottles, already successful in Chicago, spreads across the United States. Paper bottles are unbreakable and lighter than glass, stoneware, or tin, cutting carriage and packing costs. Special machinery forms paper into tubes then tops and bottoms are added, with a resinous internal lining to resist acids, spirits, inks, and dyes. The latest use of paper shows promise in the evolving bottle industry.
The cold of last winter drove packs of wolves across Hungary. A county judge returning from Grosswardcia was thrown from his sleigh by a ravenous pack and devoured, leaving only bones and cloth. The coachman fled, and the magistrate was killed. A peasant saved himself by flinging his 13 year old son to the wolves and later surrendered to police.
Carter Harrison writes in the Chicago Mail about traveling up and down the river landing at several towns. He notes dusty, dingy scenery with frame houses on posts and minimal ornamentation. Dock hands splash into the river as the steamer reaches each landing.
Fragments of a seaman's epitaph copied from St Brelaide's church yard in Jersey describe a sailor praised for honesty and resilience. The verses recall storms and the grave, noting the shipwrecked life brought to anchor at last and a final signal from the harbor.
A collage of fashion observations from London style pages notes on wedding dress trimming, color pairings, and the rise of polonaise silhouettes. It includes an anecdote about a bride with a hair collection woven into her gown and a humorous tale of a singing ornament causing a metallic tone. It also previews spring trends like Tosca mantles, lace borders, and passementerie rich garments.
A travel sketch describes a Japanese temple rite where mothers leave child clothes and dolls for prayers for deceased children. It cites Greek lore on two color stockings in marriage proposals, discusses patriarchal inheritance in Greece, and notes fashion trends in New York and Paris with women adopting bold colors in spring attire.
Peter A Anderson of Terre ITnute boasts of extraordinary eating and water drinking feats in Chicago. He says he bargained for all he could eat for fifty cents, ate for half a dozen men, and would seek more with a refund offer. He claims to drink half a gallon in fifty seconds and five gallons in five hours, thirty pollons in a day, and insists he has two stomachs.
The piece opines on sexual maturity in Mexican women, claiming age milestones from 13 to 30 mark shifting sexual and aesthetic traits. It frames women as becoming too flesh and coarse with age, suggesting a theatrical critique of gender norms.
A picturesque tribute to scientists who risked hardship and poverty for knowledge. Dr Miklacho Maclay and Dr Junker lived among harsh African tribes for years, while Emin Pasha and others faced isolation and need. The piece extols steadfast devotion to science despite material want and peril.
A comic exchange shows a merchant asking for a thirty day total time while the Chicago drummer misspeaks on payment terms. The drummer offers thirty days or two percent off for cash, with a stray moment of mispronounced “tidta” suggesting a humorous bargaining scene.
The piece notes mineral wool exceeds common insulators, and estimates of land height. It lists many wintergreen berries, fish parasites and eye removal methods. It discusses Norway forest loss, climate links to brain weight, head sizes among Europeans, and Norwegian tribes. A Danish scientist reports carbonic acid rise in crowded classrooms, urging breaks between lessons.
The article explains that consumption, or tuberculosis, can be transmitted from an affected person to a healthy one through breath and contaminated objects. It urges pure sleeping-air, disinfection of sputum, daily sulfur fumigation, and avoiding direct contact. It also notes that colds in the head can be contagious via direct contact and shared items.
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