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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1899
Page
1
The piece surveys cultural trends and technology, noting prose over poetry, disdain for French speech, a waiter buying an $18,500 home from tips, and naval and agricultural advances. It also reports on Klondike grain potential, bicycle versus automobile growth, locomotive mechanics, and Gloucester fishing fleet losses with impacts on families.
The wounded prince Puma defeats a foe amid shattered ground. He finds a buried hilt in dry sand, spares no effort, and drives back the enemy to safeguard the frontline on a day of heroic combat.
Two Maine hunters Bendix and Trundy camped on Chesunocook Lake tending moose meat when a lynx invades their camp. Spot the stag hound treed the lynx after a night pursuit, Tige the mongrel dog fights, and the camp chaos ends with Spot reclaiming the scene.
In the Great Woods tale, Bendix and companions face dangers on a lake expedition. Tige the dog vanishes after a night near a blazing campfire, then reappears miles away after a trek of over a hundred miles. The party continues hunting for two weeks with minor peril and finds relief in two lynx skins.
Antiquarian note reports exposed peat and shingle along Sandlemere east coast due to low tides and favorable winds. Remains of ancient lake dwellings appear on exposed platforms with tree trunks and teal marks, suggesting a broader prehistoric lake dwelling colony in the region. Also mentions Winifred Faraday elected to the London Society at Copering.
President McKinley's Fifty-Sixth Congress message urges retention of the Philippines, gold standard parity, and building the Nicaragua Canal. He warns against trusts, discusses foreign affairs, Cuba, Porto Rico, Alaska and territorial issues, and commends Army conduct in Manila while stressing reconstruction and governance for new territories.
Orders required Fall River Iron Works Cotton Mill and other local mills to post notices of a ten percent wage advance effective immediately. The Fall River Iron Works is led by M C D Borden of New York City and operates four mills with 266 600 employees? 266 600 ap?? The Full Fiber Association representing about thirty six corporations with over seventy five mills agreed to the raise. The move affects about 98 000 workers in total.
Washington reports the annual Internal Revenue Commissioner's report showing aggregate receipts of 273 million 464 thousand 573 dollars and an increase of more than 102 million dollars from the previous year. The document recommends numerous changes in the tax law.
Items from Washington report Admiral Davey to lead a New Year reception at the White House, with General Miles placed elsewhere. A bill to build a cable from the Pacific coast to Manila via Honolulu and Guam is to be introduced in the House. Senatorial and naval updates include Kentucky’s trial speed of 10.897 knots, Admiral Dewey’s expenses for examinations, and contracts for six 9500 ton cruisers. A war state exists between Britain and the South American Republic and the Orange Free State since October 1.
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