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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1900
Page
4
The text promotes a cement wall finish as clean and long lasting with many tint choices. It also quotes Colonel Higginson advising youths to avoid sticking to a failed or unsuitable occupation and to resist constant changing of careers.
President transfers Dry Tortugas from Army to Navy and orders continued construction at the coaling station under exclusive naval control. Marine Hospital Service withdraws. Tortugas becomes a strategic Gibraltar of the Gulf with Fort Jefferson modernized to defend the lower Atlantic approaches.
Peter Doe a young carpenter saved Alice Descamps from a collapsing cottage in New Orleans outskirts but was crushed by the heavy framework. He died after hours of agony, his last words asking if Alice was safe. Descamps employed Doe on Bayou street project.
The Navy Department purchased the submarine torpedo-boat Holland for 160000 and plans to seek authority from Congress for eight to ten more. The 2920,000 appropriation covered two boats, with three years of debate over the Holland’s utility.
Captain Louis Osthelm of the First United States Artillery was found dead in his Auditorium Annex room with a bullet wound to the temple. A revolver lay beneath him and he recently had purchased the weapon. He and Eva Beuco Wood were to marry the next day at the bride’s uncle’s home. A coroner’s jury termed the death accidental caused by insomnia.
The Senate Privileges and Elections Committee unanimously recommended that W A Clark of Montana not be seated as senator. After a two hour session with five Republicans and four Democrats present, the panel found evidence of bribery and corrupt use of money, though not proving Clark personally bribed. Senators Chandler and Turley prepared the report.
A group of forty Doukkabours departed for California after being recruited by an American employment agency. They were contracted for a single day and reportedly sought no additional compensation beyond standard wages.
A fragmentary 19th century market page lists dairy, cheese, eggs, beans, fruits, poultry, vegetables, and livestock with varied quantities and prices. Items include state and Penn dairy products, yellow onions, Lima beans, Green peas, Turkeys, Chickens, Ducks, and beef cuts, reflecting a broad rural commerce.
A miscellany covers bathing guidance from the Ladies' Home Journal, then notes a compiled date range asserting Japan face a destructive earthquake about every two and a half years. It critiques consul appointments, satirizes automania, explains a new merry-go-round design, and mentions Army enlistment eligibility for sign commitments.
A Harper County man patents a water pump replacing wind mills. The device uses a large steel spring wound in five minutes to power an ordinary pump for ten hours. It is self regulating and priced at thirty dollars. The item appears in the Leavenworth Times. The report notes a ten year rise of about two thousand annual cases of insanity in Great Britain.
An assortment of 19th century advertisements highlights Hobolger's Red Cross and Hobinger's Best laundry starches with Endless Chain Starch Book premiums. Oregon forest reserves Cascade Kongo Bull Run and Ashland are noted with acreages. Also claims Cascarets cleanse blood for beauty and various patent medicines for children and throat ailments.
The piece revisits a famed duel between Alexander Shott and John Nott in Texas. Nott is reportedly shot while Shott is uninjured, prompting humorous speculation on who was actually hit and how the incident would be resolved in court. A Bremen tax proposal rises the income threshold from 150 to 225 dollars.
A romantic dialogue unfolds with a Major who reveals his defining moment was his birth. The Chicago Times Herald quotes his calm, ironic reflection on how his life began shaping his destiny more than any battlefield victory.
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