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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1888
Page
1
The report surveys England's export totals to Canada and the US, railcar adoption by 24 railroad companies, and France Germany and Japan rail and military developments. It notes US potential rise as a financial center, Russian Caucasus tensions, crime trends in England, and railroad accident fatalities versus employee deaths in 1897.
A fragment from Henry H. Sanford Jr. reflects on June’s early summer scenes and the ache of impending death. The speaker recalls youth’s vigor and the drift from lively days to a somber mood as aging and loss intrude.
Miss Harper pursues a mistaken bundle at a boarding house sending Mrs Mulligan's washing misplacement into chaos. A panting man, a porcelain costume mix up, and a last minute rescue by Mr Chalmers and Mrs Mulligan lead to social embarrassment, a carriage ride, and a budding romance between Agatha Storper and a new boarder. The incident seeds a future connection as the couple’s path intersects at Haverly’s to see Irving.
The Ciccinnati centennial featured rare antique Holy Writ items from many lands. Highlights include a 500 year old Wobrow synagogue roll, a 276 year old German Bible with Luther’s text, and early English Bibles like the 1539 Mlatthiews Bible and the Geneva Bible. A Chinese missionary exhibit plus a 600 year old Chinese picture book add to the curiosities in the Presbyterian and Young Man’s Bible Society displays.
A historical note outlines competing claims on the origins of ink and printing by China India Phoenicia and Greece. It traces ink use to early eras and cites manuscripts from third century Greek texts and Cicero era Latin writing. It mentions France and Britain with dates around 6th century and 9th–19th centuries.
President Cleveland presents the annual message to Congress, reviewing the nation’s centennial Constitution, tariff reform, and the balance of wealth, labor, and government. He warns against monopolies, trusts, and private interests shaping policy, urges tariff revision, and calls for fiscal prudence and constitutional fidelity. He also reports on Canada relations, naturalization laws, finances, and federal departments.
Regular feeding seen as key to healthy growth while Thames hosts electric boats carrying eighty passengers at fifteen horsepower. Boston builds a locomotive capable of eighty miles per hour pulling ten coaches. Early chemistry notes chlorine’s discovery and phonograph prospects. Dr. Charcot cautions against overworking brains in youths before sixteen. Italian patent creates corn cob blocks, pressed into brick-like forms, tar-soaked for water lightness and damp resistance.
The Liverpool Post recounts a tale of Aascon n3 whose outfit was copied to the last detail, sparking the prince's irritation. Days later he appeared in a shabby tweed look with a red shirt, Lino collar, cream hat and orange ribbon, a costume claimed to be copied from a variety-store mockery. The strange piece notes the prince’s clothes have reportedly been left alone this year.
A ceremony dialogue highlights a groom praising his bride and the bride’s generous nature as her father replies with emotion that these traits came from him. The exchange underscores family pride and affection surrounding a prominent wedding moment.
The excerpt describes Iceland in winter, noting harsh seas around Reykjavik, the last mail ship leaving, and Iceland cut off from outside contact until spring. It contrasts cold but not extreme snow, with long daylightless periods and a busy indoor winter life focused on weaving, wool work, and household tasks. Elementary schools exist, but remote areas rely on home teaching during long winter days.
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