02 Dec 1892
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1892
Page
1
A survey of notes on education, demographics, and technology cites coeducational college enrollment, vast arid regions, and Earth’s capacity. It covers immigration, irrigation gains, telephonic advances, and labor unrest in France, plus Greek Balkan motives and post office savings growth in Britain with depot stats and projected borders.
In a San Antonio to Rio Grande trek a veteran ranger Sam Pritchard recalls a dramatic bear attack on a frontier camp. Sally Boling saves him with a oil can blast and Steve fires, ending in their marriage at Deming New Mexico.
A historical description of constructing an ice road across the St Lawrence between Montreal and the south shore. It details the ice crib method, timber placement, ballast with broken ice, and pumping water to form a solid track. The piece notes ice thickness, span length, and yearly reuse of materials.
The piece from Dickson Company in South Scranton and Copper Company of Lake Superior built a 58 foot diameter rund wheel weighing 156 1 2 tons. It used a 20 inch gun metal shaft and 50 water bucket arms to move washings into a sluice. shipped in eight freight cars to its destination.
A man using a tall net and wicker poles scooped sparrows from ivy at the Twenty-fourth District Police Station on Wednesday evening. He gathered up to 150 birds per haul and priced them at six dollars per hundred for sale in a sparrow shouting contest.
The report notes the Colossus of Rhodes costing about 100 talents and 375 600 in US currency and a colossal Mercury statue for Avoini Gaul at 1 775 000. It cites Phidias works at the Parthenon and Olympia with gold drapery valued at 80 000 and Zeus head locks valued at 323 000 in US money.
The St Louis Republic describes Death Valley California as home to notable rodents including the kangaroo rat that jumps like its Australian namesake and the kangaroo mouse, a pocket edition with cheek pouches. It also mentions the pocket mouse and the scorpion mouse as odd specimens in the valley.
A reader asks a lawyer about a large fearsome dog in a suburb and is advised to avoid getting a bigger dog. The New York Weekly presents a brisk, opinionated take on urban dog disputes and practical steps for residents.
Marla, a marchioness of Allesbury, favors scarlet gowns and lush flower motifs during Newburgh priory visits. The feature covers velvet and velveteen costumes, a critique of a three-inch oval mirror bonnet, and a tale of beauty rituals and thrifty wedding dress schemes amid American pottery noted as Rookwood’s rise.
The article highlights a surge of women in pottery decoration with 10 000 women active in the United States and a national ceramic association led by Miss McLaughlin. It also urges women to attend dairy schools to pursue butter and cheese making, promoting education and national visibility in these trades.
Margaret and her mother visit Oble where a spoiled child in the family cries a lot. Margaret imitates the crying increasing mischief until a toppled chair teaches a cautionary moment about saying me first and the danger of echoing bad habits.
A collage of kitchen advice and snippets from era papers includes coloring soups with spinach and tomato, codfish balls with potatoes, a jam omelet, and apple sauce sauce ideas. It also covers household hints on gloves, laundry, canning odors, and a humorous exchange from a comic duo.
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