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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1897
Page
1
A collage of European chatter notes Greece as a storm center with possible consolations amid foes while England shifts toward Turkey and Spain tires under economic strain. Odd anecdotes include a Scotland yard dog tale and a Boston and Maine rail fare joke.
A compilation notes forestry in North Carolina, Liverpool copying Glasgow street railways with a 2 808 500 price, corn stalks and piths potential energy, and New York’s holidays. It cites UK food concerns, rotations on imports, and US grain export opinions from Sir Charles Dilke and others about Britain’s food security and market effects.
A historical note on yawning as a natural respiratory exercise and rising acceptance of yawning in public. It cites medical testimony suggesting parents should allow yawning, with a light caution about covering the mouth during the act.
Advice on drying and storing umbrellas to prevent damage. Wet umbrellas should be set handle down, tops turned down cause moisture to linger and rust. Silk umbrellas need shaking, loosy closing and drying to avoid stretching and tearing. When dry store loosely folded to avoid strain. cases protect only from dust.
The Housewife advises methods to remove grease from pages by blotting paper and ironing, from covers with chalk and warm iron, and Vollain covers with soap and water. For air stains an oxalic acid bath and lemon solution are suggested, followed by cold water. finishing with an ice bath to restore paper consistency.
The article says El Azhar, meaning the splendid, is the oldest university in the world located at Cure. It is described as the greatest Mohammedan school with records dating to 975.
A vintage Atlanta Constitution piece laments triumphs of resilience as nature and faith knit the nation. It invokes radiant skies, bells, and divine protection over all, urging hopeful unity despite storms and shadows.
In a society tale from New York Ledger, Mrs Grantley adopts Amy a plain girl who loses her beauty after scarlet fever. Despite ugliness Amy becomes central to social life through talent kindness and devotion. Leonard Gresham courts her but she remains faithful to adoptive mother then finds lasting happiness with him after caring for Mrs Grantley.
The article notes three Missouri women, Phoebe Couzins Victoria Whitney and Daisy Barboo, may practice before the State Supreme Court. It also includes fashion notes and various social items from the era.
A Chicagoan who spent three years in Mexico quotes the system as lacking delays in punishment. Describing how notorious prisoners are shot while escaping to avoid trials, he calls it a labor saving device, though effective and economical, per the Chicago Times-Herald report.
A fragment recalls Victor Doriot of Bristol Tennessee who built a wooden watch twenty years ago. The case used birch or boxwood and three metal wheels. the face used ivory from an oil cow. The watch attracted praise from East Tennessee watchmakers, amid a closing odd comment comparing Texas and Pennsylvania.
An assailant lunged at King Humbert during a royal carriage drive to the Rome Derby at Cappanelle course. Guards restrained the fanatic as the monarch rose unharmed, the attacker placed in an asylum. The incident caused a nationwide sensation.
A mobed attacker struck at King Humbert during a Naples ride. General Poterzio Vaglia restrained the assailant, Pietro Acciarito, who confessed anarchistic aims and was sent to a criminal lunatic asylum. The king reached Cappanelle track amid a triumphal reception.
Acting Adjutant General Oscar J. Brown submitted to the Governor a constitutionally authorized flag design for military headquarters. The flag features a blue field with a vertical blue staff stripe and three horizontal bands with white center and red sides, a state seal with three pillars and the word Georgia, and gold or silk fringe. Separately, reports note a rush of American corn to Mexico with heavy exports by Knaus and Tetay amid no regional crop failures.
Terrific dust and wind rage along 200 miles of the Arkansas Valley in southwestern Kansas forcing residents to seek shelter in homes. Trains faced hours of travel with dust filling crevices as a great white cloud roams the region amid widespread disruption.
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