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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1886
Page
2
A chaotic mix of weather predictions and political intrigue dominates the scene. Weather prophets promise three months of snow and rain patterns while public disputes surge over election laws and possible fraud in counties like Cumberland and Mercer, with talk of contested seats and reform proposals.
A fragmentary column blends social gender debate with court news and banking analysis. It contrasts a preacher’s view on marriage with a judge’s ruling in the Titus murder case, then shifts to depositors’ hearings at Dime Savings Bank and a national banking overview by Philadelphia Press.
A speaker compares art and labor to money making, citing Tennyson transforming a paper into wealth, Gould turning few words into tens of thousands, and government stamping gold as value. He contrasts craft from a 25 cent article sold for 50 cents, a mechanic turning 50 into 100, a hornet bought cheap but resold dear, and a digger laboring ten hours to yield several tons for a dollar.
A Chicago real estate man and his partner, both well known, attend the partner’s wedding. The partner’s bachelor friend had been reading letters from a woman calling herself Susie. At the reception the man, intending to be gracious, mistakenly addressed the bride as Susie, prompting a sharp correction from the actual bride Helen.
The article notes reduced internal revenue and stamp exemptions boosting consumers and home manufacturers, highlighting Greene's August Flower and Boshe's German Syrup with thirty six cent per dozen price cuts and larger 75 cent bottles. It mentions New York press remarks on medical ads and shifts in public behavior, plus various ads and local notices.
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