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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1897
Page
4
Mortuary statistics indicate the average life of women has risen about eight percent over twenty five years while men show a five percent increase. A humorous aside mentions constant care at Jenkins’ house and a cook who won’t wash a dish without piano music.
The text describes the dog as highly nervous with dreams during sleep and strong imagination. It notes dusk misperceptions, delirium before death, and cranial disturbances from rabies, linking temperament to its diseases. It urges gentleness with firmness toward irritable dogs and details acting to aid afflicted animals.
A New York physician produced a full body radiograph of a woman five feet four, showing bones, flesh casing, jewelry, dress folds, and texture. The life size film measures six by three feet and required half an hour exposure with a Crookes tube suspended above the subject.
The piece reviews locomotive production speeds noting Baldwin Works' four week orders versus longer European waits for engines built to spec. It explains pattern making needs six to eight weeks, plus ten to twelve days for cylinder and box patterns, and contrasts velvet weaving speeds by hand versus machine production.
Turkiye and Greece declare war following Greek incursions into Turkish territory. Turkish ministers authorize offensive operations and recall the Greek envoy while promising to retire troops if Greece withdraws. A night battle in the Miionna Pass sees Greek and Turkish forces clash with blockhouse struggles and a high casualties report.
The Sublime Porte sent a communication to ambassadors noting that if the Greeks advanced and seized Turkish positions along the frontier it was because Edbem Pacha aimed to stay on the defensive to demonstrate beyond doubt that the Greeks were the aggressors.
Greek and Turkish forces fought their first battle on Greek soil near Nezoros in Thessaly, about south of Mount Olympus. After an initial four hour engagement, Greeks retreated though later reinforced with artillery and reportedly captured Turkish positions from Nezeras to Koutra as Turks pulled back toward the interior. Several bands of Greeks moved into Macodonta.
The body of Ulysses S. Grant, twice president and Civil War commander, was moved without ceremony from a brick vault to a new monument at Riverside Park New York. Colonel Frederick Dent Grant led the transfer with three Grant family members and veterans present. The lead coffin was placed in the sarcophagus after a ceremonial seal and granite cover was set in place.
Dispatches describe Greek bombardment of Preveza in Epirus and the seizure of the town from Turkish fortifications. The Macedonian steamer’s crew were rescued, and Greek forces attacked forts outside the Gulf of Ambracia to prevent massacres. Other items note political indictments, weather impacts in Louisiana, and unrelated naval repairs.
Joseph A. Stickney, cashier of the Great Falls National Bank in Somerworth, was killed during a robbery that emptied the vault of cash and securities totaling about 150000. The robbers left a gold majority fortune in an orchard, fled with the loot hours later, and the motive and identities remain unclear as investigators pursue leads across nearby towns.
In Sackett Harbor New York early Friday a woman separated from her husband and Miss Mary Dalley were shot dead while riding to a carriage with James Alten of the Ninth United States Lamatry. Wilbur Crouch, the ex husband, is held on murder charges.
Reported trustworthy information says Spain will pull part of its large force from Cuba with 10,003 troops leaving Havana for Spain and about 30,000 more to follow. It is unclear whether the move helps or hurts the insurgents as global tensions rise over European actions and colonial holdings.
The article narrates a man born near Lima Peru at a sugar plantation son of the owner who went to Italy for education. He joined the navy as a youth and advanced through all ranks by hard work and duty to a senior high post. At fifty nine his seniority secures his command of the combined fleet in Cretan waters.
The Graeco Turkish war unsettled markets in Chicago and New York with massive securities shifts and fears of disrupted grain supplies. Wheat surged dramatically while stocks fell in heavy trading as speculators discuss a possible dollar wheat scenario and short term volatility spreads.
The New York broker Elverton R. Chapman, convicted in Washington District Court, was sentenced to thirty days imprisonment and a 100 fine for refusing to answer questions from the Senate Committee probing the Sugar Combine linked to the Wilson tariff in 1894. The Supreme Court, in an opinion by Justice Fuller, affirmed the lower court judgment. The ruling also subjects Havemeyer, Seating, and others to prosecution for failing to answer the same inquiry.
Fire wiped out Berea Ohio's business portion with losses near 820000 in the Shumway and Mider blocks. Total estimated loss 80000. Cleve nod Fire Department arrived with fourteen men to gain water from a river branch a quarter mile away. Most store contents saved by citizens. Fire blamed on tramps. a mad dog bit several people before being shot.
The Paris Temps reports Major Bottego leading an Italian expedition in Southern Abgesinna. Ethiopian General at Baro allegedly asked a halt until Negus authorizes continuation. Italians allegedly killed messengers bearing the flag of truso. only two Italian survivors remain after the ensuing clash.
In Modoc County near Captain Jack's scene a small Moloa tribe remnant of about two hundred families endures severe winter hardship. They are starving and unable to reach government aid as many have died from exposure.
A grand monument to General Washington in Philadelphia will be dedicated on May 18. The cost nears 600000 dollars, and the structure is praised as superior to the Grant Monument in New York City. The project began in 1810 and faced long delays before completion, with Pennsylvania set to dedicate the marble pile on May 15 and honor Washington’s virtues.
Bradstreet reports 4942 U S business failures in the latest quarter, down from 4512 in the first quarter of 1696, across all regions except New England and the Territories. Total liabilities of failing entities amount to 63 513 000, a 16 percent decline from last year.
C Linford Woods of the C Linford Woda Banking Company jailed in Pittsburg Penn for swindling insurers. Bond set at 5000 dollars after he failed to fully admit procuring policies totaling 400000 dollars on elderly men.
Thomas Ewing Mooore, the United States Commercial Agent at Weimar, Germany, notes gradual ground gained by electric locomotion in Europe though behind the United States. He cites Germany as first in electric railway mileage and mentions about 2000 French anarchists under police surveillance across Europe.
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