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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1886
Page
1
A young man named John Ray helps an elderly widow and later assists a nervous stranger. The act earns praise as Bentley’s vanity collapses when the brothers choose John over the anxious clerk. The tale closes with a moral: generosity yields truer rewards than wealth.
An elderly collector, John Ti. Gough, housed a prized Cruikshank engraving collection in his homestead. He bound cuttings into volumes and entertained visitors with stories of the artist, claiming a more complete set than Cruikshank’s own in existence.
A marked piece describes swearing on merchant ships and its disciplinary impact. It recounts a 1,000-ton iron ship delayed at the quay with a rough crew, the boatswain’s harsh reprimand, and the demoralizing effect on sailors facing a long voyage under harsh orders. It adds scattered vignettes about forest timber bids, sharecrop labor in the South, a farmer’s pie contract to teach fairness, and odd social glimpses from rural life.
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