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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1894
Page
1
The article reports public school property in the United States valued at 490 million dollars. It cites oleomargarine sales of 97 million pounds last year, equating to the output of 400 thousand cows, and lists various government and professional notes on former officials and social trends.
The column surveys varied notes from 1800s world events including Spain’s small immigrant share, London capital trends, Bulawayo society including a turf club, Reunion vanilla exports, and a New York Times debunking of the Jennens estate claim. It also discusses Henry Charles Lea’s Forum piece on crime causes, linking drink, wealth, and moral restraint to criminal trends.
A foreign scientist described as a man of international reputation proposes a novel sleep theory. He argues fatigue stems from increased water-holding in nerve cells, so stronger water retention heightens irritability and sleep occurs when water balance is restored by a sleep process. He notes easily awakened sleepers when water interportion is removed by the process.
Poem recalling nostalgic rural scenes with old-time days praise. References Loveto, moon and stars, dairy work, milk daisies and birds. Mentions a girl with red lips, a ring, blue days and violets, ending noting old times as brightest to inspire new.
In a March voyage through Sharpsburg and Baltimore, Lila Havens faces an offer from Admiral Blair to marry Judge Mason but rejects it after learning of financial ruin. She reunites with Carroll Trainor, plans Mexico escape, and ultimately departs to marry a covert beloved, while the Admiral and aunt reflect on the broken engagement.
The latest German bacteriology findings cast doubt on identifying disease bacilli by form. They report that the same bacillus species can show different shapes under varying conditions, causing virulent forms to arise from previously deemed harmless ones.
A student asks Professor Murae about drama as a sign of anything. He replies that it signals the dreamer being half asleep and mentally foggy. Tanner notes that Lo did not dream during his long fast, explaining his sleep was unsettled by Ithosu.
A compilation of jokes and humorous snippets from multiple papers including the Chicago Inter Ocean Washington Star Detroit Free Press Philadelphia Life and Puck. Bits feature wordplay about jokes on warfare manners and hard times with a few playful puns and social observations.
A distressed man seeks hope from a doctor about his mother-in-law. The physician offers cautious optimism while the patient questions mortality.
An excerpt shows Cecil and Bessie in a dialogue about marriage and patience. The Boston Courier quotes Cecil asking if Miss Sum Mary will take a man capable of being trifled with and lacking justice, while Bessie interrupts complaining of the pace.
A jumble of humorous vignettes and dialogs from a 19th century periodical notes family life. A widowed father reveals plans to marry his sixteen year old daughter, while other scenes show students, a clever elephant trick, and a lawyer’s tall tale about a sprawling bill.
Benny Bloobumper tricks his father with fishing bait talk causing a humorous scene. A dialogue from Harper’s Bazar shows Benny and Freddy Fongle debating school bait and fish bait with the elder Bloobumper bemused by their quizzical schemes.
The article explains metal fatigue as strain between molecular relations, defines the elastic and plastic limits, and notes how continued stress leads to failure. It highlights practices to retire parts after cycles, and cites B W Kennedy on metals regaining strength after rest, sometimes surpassing prior plastic limits.
A Western detective reports an innovation for mail delivery aimed at government payments. The system uses a three metal piece top guard that blocks box theft by burglars and wax string tricks, making the box non extractable even when inverted. The government has long tested various drop slots to prevent losses.
English prison authorities plan to convert refuse bones into carved bone goods for sale. Inmates will be taught carving, aiming to provide work without competing with existing trades, a scheme praised by officials and cautioned by unions.
The passage notes the smallest bird eaten in England the wheatest is a tiny white flesh bird like a miniature partridge in flavor. It also recalls the dormatine once a dainty now remembered only in Roman tradition with a quip about its taste.
A devastating cyclone from Nogaisk to Marinopol and Bordimsk unleashed destruction along the Sea of Azov. Reported fatalities exceed 1000 with entire towns wiped out and vast destruction to ships and villages. Telegraph lines fail and American tourists feared among victims. The Sea of Azov lies northeast of the Black Sea and measures about 14 000 square miles.
Miscellaneous items amid a wide range of topics from grain prices and port geography to weather and national events. Notes include Venezuela rebellion ending, El Paso fire, drought recovery in Kansas, meteor sightings, sunspot activity, and varied commodity and financial mentions.
The annual grain fair at Wicons Austria opens amid official crop estimates for INH. Figures show India wheat 6,923,000 tons versus last year 7,749,009. United States 390,000,000 bushels wheat vs 393,000,000. rye and corn figures adjusted. Canvin markets noted as a major U S grain hub with diverse bean shipments and rising demand for American fruit from Europe expected this fall and winter.
Report notes brokers withdrawing goods from bond under a new tariff law at the New York Custom House. Dover convenes for Delaware politics with Eric Tuncoll as governor and Samuela Bancroft Jr as congressman. South Carolina candidates renominated. Tillman cited for U S Senate.
The piece surveys global labor topics from Wales to Germany and the United States, noting unions such as Knights of Labor and the American labor movement. It reports wage issues, eight hour day laws, strikes, and labor conditions including agency hiring, uniforms, and the rise of nonunion labor.
In Vermont’s mountain districts east of Rutland farmers complain deer and partridges rove fields destroying buckwheat vegetables and corn while a black bear feeds in barns. George H. Woolward reports crop damage and anticipates legal action as lawmakers consider game-law changes after 1902 ban.
A New York physician in San Antonio for three weeks shoots his three year old child and, in an apparent act to end the infant’s suffering, kills it. The father, reportedly unsettled by burglars, fired after entering the child’s room striking the boy. He is under arrest and described as disturbed. A separate note reports a government audit revealing pork department spending excesses in the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, with funds returning to the Treasury.
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