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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1893
Page
4
A doctor argues yeast raised bread spreads disease germ growth via dough fermentation. He compares yeast action to bread rising, warns of contamination from bakers hands, and promotes pure baking powder like Royal to prevent germ growth while asserting heat treatment, proper mixing, and complete cooking reduce health risks.
Note. Dousekeepers desiring information regarding bread preparation should write to Dr Edsonpo for general use. The inquiry is urged by sanitary concerns and directed to the 58 Naval Baking Powder Company in New York.
A massive blaze in Minneapolis began at J B Clark Co box factory on Nicollet Street and rapidly engulfed wood structures across the east side. More than 200 houses burned, about 1500 people made homeless, with losses including Lenhart’s Wagon Works, Cadar Lake ice houses, and 10,000,000 feet of lumber at Nelson Townes Co. The Minneapolis Brewing Company brewery narrowly escaped, while fire units from across the region struggled to contain the flames and protect surrounding properties.
August crop report from the Agriculture Department notes corn down slightly to 87 points, spring wheat down about 10, and oats at a decade low 78.3, with drought and heat cited as major causes. Potatoes, apples, and peaches show declines. tobacco easing, hay good, grapes promising, and California reports a cool, high quality crop.
A pleasure boat carrying seven youths near Wauconda capsized in Lake Lins during a gust. Carrie Haamens Grace McDonald Fred Noome and two others drowned. Elmer Golling, a prominent local, guided the trip and helped rescue two others before tragedy unfolded. Bodies recovered.
A Taff Vale Railway train from Pont-y-pridd to Cardiff ran off the track on a curve, plunging down a steep embankment. Seventeen people were killed and forty injured. Several carriages are badly damaged, and the engineer said he applied the brakes too late. Passengers died in the wreck or died soon after.
A vast article describes a Russian pavilion at the fair with carved wood arches, gilded windows, and displays of furs bronzes malachite and porphyry. It notes a Peter the Great palace replica, a lapis lazuli vase, and a grand oak bookcase. mentions the Imperial State Paper Manufactory and watches exhibits, plus other national displays and a tribute from the Czar.
The record details daily House and Senate actions with adjournments, journal readings, and roll call votes. It notes a three day adjournment after a Senate session, then coverage of the Hogan and Voorhees discussions, tariff and Sherman act debates, and motions on silver coinage and bimetallic standards. It also lists committee appointments and a contest petition in Michigan.
A scattered sketch of notable figures features Tux Sultan of Johara, rare wealth legends, and remarks on social upheaval. It notes Ex-Sesaton J J Inaanis of Kansas, Professor E E Barnard and the Hawarden Castle letters collection, plus naval and political figures in Asia and America. The piece mingles anecdotes of descendants, royal embraces, and landholdings across Derbyshire to Washington state.
Rioting between Hindoo and Mohammedan workers escalated into a troops and volunteers action in Dominylin. Troops and armed ships patrolled as eight were wounded, about 100 arrested, and several killed. Burial parties faced ambushes amid ongoing violence.
Floods sweep northern Hungary and Galicia border regions causing vast damage. Villages such as Unghvar, Verewnysl, and Turks dp Calieda suffer inundation, with many houses collapsed and several drownings reported. The disaster devastates farms, workshops, and livelihoods, with millions in florins lost and peasantry ruined.
Eastern and Middle Btazea reports Henry Farabe Eaax, minister to Chief under President Harrison, arrives in New York then returns to Nebraska. Drowning tragedies in Newark Bay, deaths aboard ships near New York, and cholera deaths on the Raramania noted. Bank closures and tax court rulings accompany political shifts and a world’s fair musical director resignation.
A fire at the Senate Hotel on Madison Street Chicago caused by a lamp explosion left five lodgers dead and four seriously hurt as smoke filled the three story brick building. Evacuees escaped via windows and a ladder, including Miss Fanny Reed and Miss Ida Woodscox, while others were injured amid chaotic scenes at the Royal Lunch room block.
The Union Pacific steamer Anolo Fallon on Snake River between Riporta Washington and Lewiston Idaho was blown up off Waite's Bar four miles below Almota. Seven persons killed and all the rest injured. The list of the dead includes hashes McIntosh and brother onmers Mes Top purser's wife dloonge Farwell Walter Yo geoph Bush deck hand William Kidd deck tend a Gflreman and others. Reliable advices on the coming apple crop show Eastern states may have a short crop this year with the South yielding near average.
The August crop report from the Department of Agriculture shows cotton conditions at 80.4, the lowest August average on record. States listed include Virginia 83, North Carolina 84, South Carolina 75, Georgia 89, Florida 92, Alabama 99, Mississippi 81, Louisiana 89, Texas 71, Arkansas 89, Tennessee 83, with long-term storage comparisons from 1887 to 1892. The decline is blamed on excessive early rain followed by a dry July.
An 19th century style page item lists various patent medicines and tonics with claimed cures and large rewards for unsolved ailments. Names such as Cheney Co Toledo and Hollensworth appear, touting cures for ruptures pneumonia and coughs along with wholesale druggist notices and price claims.
Advertises Syrup of Figs as a pure liquid laxative improving health by cleansing kidneys liver and bowels. Claims pleasant taste and gentle action without weakening organs. Promotes availability in 50c and 1 bottles from stores and manufactured solely by the California Fig Syrup Co.
J. D. Cox of Allegheny Pa reports five months of indigestion with fullness after meals and sickness. Working for Thomas McHenry Druggist, he used August Flower for two weeks and recovered. He now eats freely and has gained twenty pounds since recovery.
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