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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1896
Page
4
The article describes billiard balls needing seasoning before use. It notes incubators holding up to 3000 balls for drying, explains that new balls are green, and that solid ivory is used for authentic balls, while composite substitutes wear poorly. It mentions an English method called guardsman bath from Tommy Atkins era.
A. B. Corning of Harrisburg describes a grove near the town that sings with a windborne rhythm. He notes about a hundred trees with woodpecker holes and a peculiar whistling sound, yet says the phenomenon remains unexplained despite the common explanation of bird-bored holes.
A Haughton girl visiting a friend near the old Point road reported a hawk swooped down while she walked and seized her new felt hat with a jaunty bird on the brim. The hawk carried the hat into the woods before she could react.
The piece urges learning from hard times to act more carefully in business and to apply remedies for suffering. It cites Bt Jacobs Oil as the best, cheapest remedy for injuries in work and ads activities, and notes Moody and Nikoy plan prayer meetings in Cooper Union after twenty one years. It questions soap quality by Dobbins Soap’s makers and Wyssie’s soap claims.
Secretary Lamont's War Department report for 189% shows total expenditures of 1,893,208, with 813,505 for army pay and 2,807,464 for seacoast defenses. By July 1900 modern highpower guns and mortars will be in position, replacing older fortifications. The Endicott plan and mine defenses are discussed, with 26,457,160 appropriated for coast defenses. Water levels in the Great Lakes show little change and no diversion from Lake Michigan has occurred.
From Scotland to Virginia and Georgia, the figure known as Senator-elect Clay began law study in 1876 and practiced in Marietta. A Democrat active for years, he rose to become Speaker of the lower House in 1888 after election to the Legislature in 1884. He campaigned as a free trader and reform advocate.
President Cleveland has chosen Princeton New Jersey as his permanent residence after his term ends. He purchased the Lidell mansion on Bayard Avenue, a two story stone building with stately design, arches and rich grounds. The purchase, about fifty thousand dollars, follows three weeks of negotiations and aims to be near New York and the university community. The town and college welcome the news.
Havana dispatch reports Captacion General Weyler leaving at midnight on the gunboat Lagazpi to resume command in Pinar del Rio Province. General Calixto Raiz and staff join Weyler with 35,000 troops as Havana volunteers are sent to Pinat del Rio. Military hospitals list 10,553 Spanish soldiers in Wayana. 14 officers and 485 privates arrive ill from Coyujabos and Artemisa. transport Bolivara brings eight officers and 240 privates from Bahia Honda and other ports.
Susan Ashley known as a prominent Massachusetts figure was quietly buried at Westfield Mass a few days ago. Born forty years ago to one of the state’s wealthiest families she inherited eighty five million from her mother. She married J C White former United States Minister to Brazil and toured Europe before separating. She operated a Madison Street shop to support herself under the name Endy Barber. Her daughter Morenca helped run the business as relatives kept to themselves. The report also notes the death of Italo Campanini the famed tenor born in Parma and passing near Parma Italy.
Washington reports a sharp rise in the public debt for November, with a net increase of 9.2 million cash in the Treasury. The five month totals show receipts at 213,916,504,49 and expenditures at 171,697,395, a gap widening compared with the prior year.
Alabama's newly inaugurated governor Joseph I Johnston spoke at Montgomery. The address emphasized loyalty to the Union and detailed Alabama's material resources and potential in agriculture mining and manufacturing sectors.
In a reference to national affairs the governor states that this year’s contentious political contests are behind us as the people have spoken. He asserts prosperity will confirm their verdict and praises wartime gallantry while urging continued defense of home and national integrity by the current generation.
The Batanga reports that the British warship Alecto, sent to Liberia, demanded $1000 compensation after losses at Grand Bissy. Liberians hesitated until Governor Cardew warned seizure of the Custom House if paid by noon, and the indemnity was eventually settled.
Telegraph from Major Burke at Fort Ringgold Texas reports the post chaplain 4 C Flaie and his young daughter perished in a fire that destroyed the chaplain’s quarters. The chaplain entered the building to save his child but was overcome by smoke. His wife suffered a severe injury. Chaplain Malpor C Binine, born in Kentucky, had served from 1864 with Kentucky’s Fifty fourth infantry and later became Post Chaplain from Pennsylvania on June 16 1240.
The Bacchante statue by MacMonnie was placed for exhibition in the Boston Public Library court after the Art Commission reconsidered a prior rejection. The work, partly hidden by fountain spray, will be viewed by visitors while the commission decides its acceptance. William Steinway, co founder of a major piano firm and noted German American patron, died in New York City after three weeks of typhoid fever at age sixty. he was born in Sausen Brunswick and was a son of Henry Steinway.
General Superintendent Kimball reports the Life Saving Service shows better outcomes with 1 in 112 on vessels involved in disasters since 1877, and property losses at 21 percent of value. Yearly service cost listed with an annual superintendent compensation of 2000 dollars.
The steamer City of Kilamazoo owned by H. W. Williams Transfer Company caught fire at South Beven, Manitoba. Robert Van Oatland and Joseph Lang of Covert perished from smoke and burns. Three others escaped. the origin of the fire is unknown. Vaio Ostrand was single, Lang left a family.
Peter Brosseau, a commission marshal, was robbed by three men on a Chicago streetcar in daylight. One robber was caught. the others escaped with a wallet containing $800 in currency and bonds.
A fragmented price list shows dairy items like cream and skim varieties, plus a broad range of produce and poultry. Entries include state and regional brands, quantities, and assorted fruits such as cranberries, quinces, apples, grapes, and pears, alongside vegetables and grains with varied price points.
The year ending June 30 shows total receipts of 320 976 200 with increases over 1893 in customs internal revenue public lands and miscellaneous sources. Expenditures were 52 170 446, with a 25 203 245 deficit. Gold withdrawals and holdings rise with 98 188 902 net gold gains. Public debt stands at 1 759 840 323, National bank note redemptions reach 107 891 026 84, cost of redemption noted at 1 123 per 1000.
A tenement house on Luther Greenman’s farm near Percy New York burned at 645 am. The Thompson family found burned inside after attempting rescue. Victims include Sire Greenman 37 and Aime 6 Lothe 3 and infant Arthur 11 months. Inquest planned. fire blamed on defective pipe.
J P Kelley a local jeweler in San Jose fired on his wife from behind the locked store door. A crowd watched as officers broke the guns and fired, killing Kelley with a head shot while the woman received a fatal wound. The two children were splashed with blood but escaped injury. The fifteen minute shooting ended with Kelley dead.
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