15 Apr 1887
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1887
Page
1
A chaotic collage from the era covers hangings and rescues, postmaster salaries, a straw house destined for London, a Scots terrier and a girl found unconscious, a Dervish tale with almsgiving, a vast Louisiana farm, free burial laws in a Swiss canton, a Paris peacock dinner novelty, Piute goose feather trade, cottonseed oil adulteration theories, and hotel towel theft as a playful scourge of the era.
A poetic excerpt notes a Dervish bowing in devotion as divine light fills him. The speaker, Constantina E. Brooks, reflects in Harper's about seeking alms and finding the divine presence in any place.
A Milwaukee Sentinel Amsterdam letter describes Dutch social customs from the era. Unmarried women accompany escorts on the right arm while married women walk at their husbands left. Unmarried daughters are chaperoned and cannot attend amusements alone. Betrothal often lasts years and is publicly announced by a newspaper notice. Elopements are never. three weeks before the wedding, couple and guardians notify officials. Festivities precede the wedding with reciprocal family entertaining.
The excerpt describes wedding days in Trolland with costs for ceremonies, folk customs, and postnuptial feasts. It notes proxy marriages via a glove and a Holland link, illustrating social expectations, labor roles of lower-class women, and scenes along the river towpath. It ends with a humorous exchange about choosing a wife.
A fragment from the Detroit Free Press humor page features Mrs Wigwag and her husband debating the proverb about the early bird and worm. The odd exchange pivots on who is the hunter and who is the prey, with a stray note about caribou and deer driving toward river headwaters.
A nostalgic travel sketch surveys Key West Florida a coral island city at the end of the United States. It details climate population mostly Cubans Conchs and blacks lacking hotels sprinklers and fresh water. Cigar making dominates Cuban labor while Conchs fish and gather sponges amid plain wooden houses and a rock road.
A fragment from the Omaha Herald recalls a fearfilled scene as a girl contemplates marriage proposals. The dialogue hints at nerves and avoidance, with a note of alarm about potential elopement and the shock of engagement.
A Pennsylvania manufacturer recalls loaning $100 to an inventor ten years earlier for a railroad car patent on friction rolls. The patent Papers lay in a safe for a decade until a lawyer uncovered that nearly every railcar uses the design, promising sizable revenue from past loan and ongoing infringements.
A Chicago Herald account quotes a big carpet store manager boasting stock of 3,000 rolls and over 1,000 patterns. He notes annual creation of thousands of new designs by U S and European makers with Axminster imports costing up to 24 a square yard and custom orders reaching 1 200 to 1 500 for single rooms.
A rare Arizona bird, dubbed the devil bird, is noted for handsome plumage yet a ugly head. It has long strong talons and a needle sharp beak. On the wing it resembles a pigeon except for the head. It hides among pigeons to ambush prey. Fewer than twelve are believed in the territory. Mexican superstition deems its appearance as ominous.
A science writer notes lunar gravity would let a man jump over tall structures, clearing obstacles on Earth if Earthly pursuits pressed him. The idea, though striking, would not prompt migration to the moon.
A collage of items on ladies dress and adornment includes a royal silver gown once worn by Prussia’s Princess, later gifted to Marie Decca, and commentary on pockets sewn into overskirts. Also covered are hair powder revivals, dusting tips, fashion notes, and a quirky tale of an Ohio railway loop causing local uproar.
The New York Telegram describes the import of Valencia oranges and Mulga grapes from the Mediterranean. It details how fruiters ship in large cargoes on steamers, the auction process, and the longshoremen’s duties, noting inland demand, cross border sales, and rising Italian control of the trade along with substantial government revenue from a twenty percent duty.
A collection of brief scientific notes and anecdotes covering sea pressure at depth, earthquake observations, medical curiosities, lenses and optics, astronomical photography, oil substitutes for coal, a telegraph wire theft by a native villager, hospital ward wall choices affecting patient mood, hunger and starvation physiology, and miner endurance under prolonged confinement. Notable items mention German seismology, Virchow associates, trichina parasites, a new optical lens made in Iona, French En Tonquin telegraph issues, and Bois-Mouzil miners enduring 136 hours without significant food.
P T Barnum told a Bridgeport audience that businessmen must advertise constantly. He argued standing ads in newspapers build trust and familiarity, even if not read daily, boosting the reputation and perceived stability of a business. He warned that many fail because they rely on luck and neglect publicity.
George J. Romans reports experiments showing a dog can identify a person by body odor, even amid crowds, windward or downwind, and despite strong perfume. A brown paper sheet placed on the ground can block a dog from following a trail. findings presented to the Linnean Society of London.
A reader explains a submarine cigar illusion performed by six divers in a New York Sun piece. The stunt involves lighting, water tight lips, and a quick flip to hide the burning end, followed by surfacing with the cigar alight. The note ends with a quip about clever investments and thermometers.
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