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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1899
Page
1
A sweeping, discursive column surveys language use and progress in science, health, and society. It contrasts old and new ideas from quarantine and sanitation to warfare and industry, noting shifts in education, commerce, and class, with references to Cuba, England, and American cities. It lauds business leaders and college athletes for integrity and progress.
In Brooklyn a restless young man Baldwin wanders with his roommate Wickens. A stray bicycle collision with a woman leads to an unexpected courtship and a budding romance, as Baldwin shifts from apathy to hopeful prospects and a growing attachment.
A tale from Corsicana era tells how a thirsty traveler promised 320 to 640 acres of Brazos bottom land in exchange for water. The land remains with the water donor’s descendants, now a premier Texas farm valued at 35 to 10 dollars per acre in a mythic frontier vignette.
James Brown, a painter, slipped from a fifth story scaffold and would have fallen to a fatal pavement unless Harry Lee, his friend, protected the spot and took the impact. Both men survive with injuries. Harry cared for Brown’s widowed mother as gratitude expressed in hospital visits. The tale ends with legends of courage and duty from Century Magazine featuring engineer August Sieg and a dramatic rescue.
Kansas City man recounts heroism of a 17 year old girl in Kingman Arizona who killed a lynx with her bare hands after it mauled her brother. The boy fought the animal in an almond orchard while the girl pinned the lynx in a deadly choke, saved her brother, and the pelt is kept as a family trophy.
Household hints cover freshening vegetables to improve flavor and ease prep for potatoes and onions. Tote items include candle alternatives with candelabra lamps, fragrant sachets to repel moths, electric cooking devices, wallpaper cleaning methods, and various recipes from fritters to eye salad. The Sultan orders a 1100 kilometer film test of the Anatolian Railway in London Standard style.
Norfolk dispatch recounts eleven vessels lost near Cape Hatteras in a late hurricane. Barkentine Prisilla, schooners Minole Bergen, Robert W Dazy, Florence Randall, and Aaron Reppard among the wrecks. Diamond Shoals Lightship ashore. cotton bales scattered. two churches and twelve houses washed away at Big Kinvakout. Several crewmen perished. survivors rescued by breeches buoy crews.
Special from Aravata Maine reports Jhomas B Reed resigns as Congressman from the First Maine District to take effect September 4. Governor Powers accepts the resignation and calls a special election. Amos L Allen of Alfred York County is favored to succeed, with J C Bradbury of New York and Judge Horace H Burbank of Saco as candidates amid local controversy.
Fifteen year old Joaph Crutcher drowned at the lake at Filteauth street foot. A year earlier he saved Blane Listes from drowning in the Deaplaines River and Listes, unable to save him again, searched for hours before recovering the body two hours later. Crutcher and Ligh had dived together for years at 1702 Mielgan avenue.
A chaotic scene unfolds as Peter Louin and his son, both under arrest, are seized by masked assailants at Electric Ali. Reports describe a mob forcefully pulling them away amid gunfire and shouting as authorities faced off with rioters.
War Dept denies rapid troop withdrawals beyond selected battalions. Root and War officials plan transports to Manila as Philippine situation prompts renewal talks. Navy awards cranes contract for New York Yard while stamp designs advance. Reports cover Cuba census orders, Indian affairs, and multiple domestic incidents.
The courtroom scene in Maltre Labort's defense grows dramatic as Labori questions General Mercier and Bertie about secrets of the French War Department. Spectators observe crowding gendarmes and a renewed spirit of cordiality between Dreyfusards and anti Dreyfusards, while the trial nears its third week.
In Qennes France Drayfus remains unable to eat solids and relies on milk. He greeted M Labori on the courtroom platform with affection, saluting Colonel Jouaust first before extending his hand to Labori. Ex Major Esterhazy seen in Oxford Street, recognized by several bystanders, a crowd formed, police dispersed, Esterhazy escaped in a cab.
Newront News, Va reports George Robertson, a colored man near Back River, is under arrest in Hampton for overturning a boat and drowning James Robert son and James Smith, two young colored boys. A third boy, Benjamin Robertson, survived by clinging to Robertson. The boy says George planned to drown all, then attempted to flee. The coroner’s inquiry is pending.
Three Nebraska conventions Democratic Populist and Fusion met in Omaha. Ex-Governor Altas A Holcomb nominated for Supreme Justice by the Populist convention. supported by Democrats and Free Silver Republicans. Democratic platform endorses Chicago 1896 national planks. Also notes on Brazil US relations and Welsh immigration, Florida anti cigarettes law ruling, Andrew Overall marriage, and New York butchers coop in fight against the Bool Trust.
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