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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1900
Page
4
In China during the current troubles the Geneva Red Cross Convention remains unratified by the Chinese government. This may lead the War Department to restrict landing of women nurses sent to the Far East for duty, as non-combatants may not be protected as required.
A Chicago Record report notes a warning about using cobwebs to stop bleeding after a head wound. A scientist claims cobwebs carry many germs, including lockjaw, and that dirty webs from dark places can infect open wounds.
A London Hospital lecture cited by the London Spectator quotes Mr. Treves claiming genius may be a form of neurosis. He praised hard work and keen observation as essential, noting few geniuses are agreeable and the medical field is unsuited for it.
Washington reports Rear Admiral Remey confirms Pekin fell on August 15 and foreign legations are safe. After a brutal siege, an Imperial Government order to surrender was resisted, large bombardments devastated legation compounds, and a relief force under Admiral Seymour failed to reach the city. Over 300 Chinese killed.
The relief of the legations began on August 2 as a guard of 16,000 allies started marching from Tlan Tsiv. The history of the movement is too recent to recapulate.
Public telegram from United States Consul Fowler at Chefoo describes Japanese Admiral reports allies attacking Peklu, Est, 1th, with obstinate resistance. Japanese forces entered the capital and surrounded legations, inmates safe. Chinese losses cited as three hundred dead while Japanese losses exceed one hundred. Dispatches from Shanghai claim Chinese collapse due to flooding failures at Yung-Chow and unfinished earthworks at the Pel-Ho dam, with Tung-Chow canal aiding boat transport. Signals between Yeallen and legations over the wall of Pekin noted August 1.
A historic siege of foreign legations in Pekin stretched fifty six days after an International force of marines was landed on May 29. By June 20 the bombardment and encirclement had begun, with Europeans Americans and Japanese confined as Boxers attacked railway guards and severed rail links to Tianjin. News of killings including the German minister Baron von Ketteler reached June 12.
Census bulletin shows Manhattan at 1,850,093 and Bronx at 200,507 totaling 2,050,000 with a population increase of 2.7 percent including annexed territory. Separate notes discuss a New Haven to Bridgeport cycle path and bicycle safety tips.
Former Senator John J Ingalls died at the Montezuma Hotel Las Vegas New Mexico following bronchitis and illness. His wife and son Sheffield Togails were present and he was conscious until shortly before death.
The text chronicles John James Tongalls born in Middletown Massachusetts on December 2. It notes his college education at Williams College and later career moves including a bid for Lieutenant Governor and election to the United States Senate in 1817, serving eighteen years with the last three as president pro tempore.
Lor Wolseley Conde, British Army commander, denounces the 60,000 troops present as utterly unfit to lead or be taught after witnessing mmeswyres. He delivers scathing remarks at Aldershot condemning leadership and training. The report also notes various baseball results and financial donations to Christian Alliance, with players and teams named across multiple leagues.
Li Hung Chang proposes a China armistice under a peace conference with the Powers. Wu Ting-fang delivers the request to the State Department as Pekin battles the Allies. Officials indicate no reply will be sent until Conger reports from Beijing.
Cass County farmers declare war on Burlington turnpike toll collectors. Tollgates guarded by 50 60 men at night. Tollhouse keepers Smith Myers warned of destruction and lethal penalties for resistance. Governor asked to aid enforcement as militia alerted in Peru ready to march.
A Pennsylvania father John Rankin of Hickory Corners, out with his eight year old son, struck off the boy’s hand to stop a rattlesnake bite. He carried the boy home, a doctor treated the wound, and the boy is expected to recover. Also reported are notices of Henry G. Burleigh’s death and other distant incidents and dispatches.
Market notes list prices for butter, beans, vegetables, fruits, poultry, and dairy goods. Entries include butter grades, cheese, eggs, potatoes, onions, cabbage, tomatoes, squash, peppers, celery, and assorted fruits and nuts with pricing ranges, plus live stock, hay, grain, and tobacco observations. Prices reflect regional supply in New York markets and surrounding areas.
The apple crop appears large but market is overstocked with low prices. Fancy apples are slow to move with quotes around 1.25 to 1.50 per double-head barrel and green fruit near 1.00, while some barrels sell for 0.50 to 0.75. The Kansas corn crop suffers from drought, while sweet potatoes move from Norfolk, and Oregon wheat is pegged at 40 million bushels with 7 million carried over.
Farley physician Dr Sturley Harrington, intoxicated and delusional, killed James Wallace and Mrs. Wallace and Sheriff Dillingham before dying from wounds after a confrontation with Harry Dillingham. Harrington abducted his daughter during the rampage and fled to Leavenworth where he attempted a robbery before being killed.
Ellen Young Saling Newhouser and Albert J. Schwab of Philadelphia drowned in Cape May surf. They were bathing beyond their depth. Schwab struggled to save the others, clinging to unconscious bodies until rescue neared. He released them and sank as a rescue boat arrived. The women were brought ashore and unsuccessfully revived for two hours.
Arlington Minnesota special report states Theodore Willart, a farmer, killed his wife and three of his children and wounded a teenage boy who may die. He then set fire to the barn destroying nine horses a corn crib and hay. The couple had separated and Mrs Willart had sought a divorce.
Disjointed OCR text reports a mother attempting to rescue children from water, mentions American troops as soldiers of the highest class, and references a political campaign and global tensions. Names and places are unclear due to garbled accuracy.
A described belief in China holds that trampling printed paper is sacrilegious while waste paper receptacles appear on streets. Collecting and preserving sacred characters is praised as meritorious and signs over shops teach many to read.
The largest time ball in the United States is installed on the Fourth street end of the course under Lt. Hughes of the Branch Hydrographic Office in Philadelphia. A four foot diameter, sixty pound ball will drop forty feet onto an air cushion at noon daily, exactly at the naval observatory clock in Washington, for ships in the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers to set their chronometers. It will be visible for seven miles and joins other time drops in Boston Newport New York Baltimore Washington Fortress Monroe Savannah and New Orleans.
Sir John Murray described life conditions in deep oceans to Geographical Section members. He noted that over half of the 103,000,000 square miles of ocean floor lies 2 to 3 miles deep. The Challenger chart labeled areas over 3000 fathoms as deeps, with 43 depressions identified: 24 in the Pacific, 3 in the Indian, 15 in the Atlantic, and 1 in the Southern Ocean. Within these deeps, 24 soundings exceed 4000 fathoms, including three above 5000 fathoms, the deepest near Friendly Islands in the South Pacific at 5955 fathoms.
Six birch trees in Bushnell Park, Hartford, are attacked by a white inch long borer worm. It enters through a small bark hole, eats between bark and wood, and can kill the tree if unchecked. Superintendent Theodore Wirth found and treated the infestation by wiring holes and washing trunks with poison to reach unseen larvae.
The article recalls early beliefs that tomatoes were poisonous and mind disturbing. Once called a love apple, they were grown for ornament and avoided as food. Public opinion changed, elevating tomatoes from garden novelty to a crop of agricultural value.
A man named Blank, impressed by striking ads, confronts a dealer about who creates them. The dealer reveals the admaker, leading Blank to invest $100,000 in the firm. The partnership forms and both men become millionaires.
London Lancet reports Dr Francis Jones’s investigations on home heating and lighting. He notes air cleanliness highest at floor level and lowest near the ceiling, with carbon dioxide rising after coal fire and electric light use, and gas fires or gas stoves altering humidity and air quality.
A brief aphorism suggests women should use tears and honey, not clubs, when dealing with men. The line attributed to Atchison Glote frames female influence in gentle persuasion rather than confrontation.
A Clay County Iowa farmer kept eight hundred bushels of wheat untouched after discovering a hen nesting on the grain. He waited for the hen to hatch and move the chicks, during which time wheat prices rose and he gained over $100. A second note features a writer's complaint about hack work.
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