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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1896
Page
4
A Portland jeweler displays a mystery clock with two green bronze beetle pins moving on a dial without hands. A magnet under the dial moves magnetized shells attached to the bugs, while nonmagnetic watches at the corners mislead observers.
A Lockport dentist recounts a startling Washington Times report about an elderly woman who, after years without teeth, grew a new set. One tooth contained a gold filling bead that likely traveled through her body before appearing in the dental crust.
A New York Herald report discusses Dr Mendel of Deriin and a study on coffee drinkers in a female working class community. The findings note persistent low spirits, headaches, trembling muscles, and severe weakness tied to heavy coffee use with temporary relief from caffeine but relapse after. The article questions what comes next for these drinkers.
Bernard Matar of Geblund California was bitten by a dog while buying poultry. The hand swelled in days and he died from blood poisoning. Rumor claims the Artillery Company of London hosted the Prince of Wales and 500 guests at a banner Panquet costing about 70 000 dollars.
A New Bedford reader reports twenty years of digestive and heart-related symptoms improving after four bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy for relief and notes her physician's approval and growing use among customers.
The Garden crowd erupts as Mr Bryan enters and greets Mrs Bryan and dignitaries. He delivers a lengthy campaign address defending Chicago platform policies on money and government reform, urging unity and warning against gold standard opponents.
The Seminole of the Clyde Line sails from New York to Jacksonville after encounters with a school of monstrous whales near Sandy Hook. The whales ram the ship four times, causing deck injuries and furniture to break loose. the vessel suffers only superficial damage and distances the injured behemoths. Passengers report whales nearly 100 feet long.
Li Hung Chang the Chinese viceroy met at the Bank of England to discuss the silver question. He urged that resolution depends on silver using and producing nations led by China Japan and America and suggested a fixed ratio if Europe or England supports a unified proposal.
Spectators clashed with the umpire William Guffin at Poplar Grove Arkansas after a disputed slide into third base. The umpire produced pistols from a bag and handed them to players on his side, and shooting wounded six players.
A Pennsylvania Telephone Company crew planted 100 pounds of dynamite in the hotel yard at ALG Miller's, New Butland. The explosion killed C. F. Cannon B. Hammond and George Growman and fatally injured Michael Wade Frank Lowe and Philip Lawroyce. Miller's Hotel was wrecked and dozens injured as burglars later robbed the Banchedo Too site in Green Farms Connecticut of $2000 with revolver threats.
The Danish navy boatswain has devised a wireless sounding telegraphic method using a battery and earth contact to send signals to a ship anchored offshore. A submerged cable and a land station provide communication, with efforts to eliminate the telegraph key for pure telephony. The system aims to avoid visible signaling and allow ships near shore to communicate with multiple stations as they move.
Henry Grambiake and William Iumba, Delaware Lackawanna and Western railroad workers at Kingstend New Jersey, clashed over a dispute after three days of agitation. An argument escalated as Iumba produced a revolver and shot Grambiake in the head, then wounded Lumba in the shoulder before fatally shooting himself. Grambiake died later at St Marys Hospital Hoboken.
The steamboat Florence traveled from Bordentown to Philadelphia where she boarded the American Liner Ponolnod. She will be seen at Avondale with her son John Parnell and widowed daughter Mrs Parnell who has not fully recovered from a murderous attack on April 20, 1895, on a lonely footpath between Bordentown and Ironsides. She was struck on the head and robbed of a purse with a small amount of money.
The National Democratic Committee announces a headquarters in Chicago with a Washington branch. John R. McLean D J Campan O Johnson Clark Howell Bradley B Ymalfoy and Thomas Gahan named to the campaign committee. J L Norris named Assistant Treasurer. Gorman invited but declined to join the committee.
In Quincy, Illinois, balloonist Frank Jacobs and local flyer Ed Dudley lost their ascensions when their balloons were released at Baldwin Park. Jacobs's parachute failed to open after the craft burst at 150 feet, killing him. His wife and child were among spectators. In Dallas, Texas, Professor G Bordon, a baboonist, died when his parachute failed and he fell into tree limbs, breaking his neck.
At a church association meeting near Little Sandy in Eliot County Kentucky four men were killed and two wounded. Apler, a whisky seller, sparked the clash at his place where two Harrison brothers and two Whitts brothers were killed instantly. Two others were wounded, unnamed, with one seriously and another slightly hurt.
A severe Central Iowa storm collapsed Fraini stacks and dairy facilities, with heavy damage at Dexter Stuart Earlham Dawson and the Coon River area. Nebraska also suffered wild winds, breaking trees and fences. In New York City, Lord Rugsell of Killowen and other dignitaries attended ABA sessions while Detroit's St Peters church saw Rev Thomas Sherman vow poverty and obedience to the Josinte Order.
An 19th century survey notes Japanese lower classes use paper for clothing made from inner bark of Wickstrymia cancacens and Edworthis papyrifera. The process includes soaking, bundling, sun bleaching, boiling, beating, draining on bamboo nets, and sizing with rice extract to produce a durable fibrous material.
Jorge Edwardes near New Castle says gold-rich loam was found while a tenant dug in his garden seeking brick clay. Foreman Allison Truitt of the New Castle Brick Works sent samples to Philadelphia experts, who estimated the soil holds about 40 dollars worth of gold per ton.
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