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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1886
Page
1
Fragmentary verse depicts decay and longing as day yields to night. A hillside church, busy bees, and quiet domestic scenes frame age and youth, love and labor, with a sense of final rest and peaceful release.
Philip Staunton wins Cissy Moreland's heart after she travels to London to meet her wealthy great aunt Miss Durrant. The aunt reveals a condition of marriage to Philip, fulfilled when he proves his worth and earns Cissy's love. Mrs Moreland's scheming ends as Cissy returns with a true partner and independence.
A fragmented feature recounts a street encounter selling feather dusters on Montealm Street and a tale of the Water angel plant grown for Chinese New Year. It follows family life and a child named Jimmy boasting a sports phrase, then explains how the water plant blooms white blossoms with a gold crown for New Year.
A former post office worker recalls decoy letters used to trap thieves. He notes how money is sometimes placed in envelopes to test honesty and describes the dead letter process and the department’s methods for catching unwary couriers.
A description of the redwood’s remarkable ability to mimic other conifers and adapt its branch forms. The text details wave and palm like tops, stiff sugar pine likeness, and a distinctive long pendulous arm growth described as lively and flexible but then called spidery. It notes a perceived locomotion of the branches.
A jumble of snippets and quips on culture and society. Bits about poetry and politics mix with jokes about marriage debt and a donkey, highlighting social observations and amateur witticisms in a light press style. References include Brooklyn creditors and a Trish patriots remark.
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