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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1896
Page
1
A Berlin telegram to the Morning Post reports Signor Crispi contends Europe is not ready for peace. He claims ambition and revenge among the great powers will trigger war once success is assured, delaying any peaceful settlement.
A collection of urban theories and opinions from the era covers Paris doctors’ experiments with hyp dotiam, a New York professor’s claimed diphtheria cure, and debates over premodern medicines. It also surveys a Georgia legislator’s push for a possum hunting ban, carriages versus horseless vehicles, and the inventor of the match John Walker whose name is urged for lasting remembrance.
An Ethnographical Society meeting in Paris featured a paper arguing savages who practice cannibalism are healthiest. It claimed women’s flesh is more nutritious than men’s and that some tribes prefer men when women are unavailable, with notes on virtuous transfer.
Dr Maillot the first to use quinine in the French army with experiments in Algiers. He faced patient repugnance and, in Bone, convinced a dying soldier to take a bitter dose by drinking a shared glass of water.
A ninety seven year old Bedfordshire magistrate, still active in service, climbed to the top of the belfry during the dedication of new bells in his parish, marking his long tenure and devotion to duty.
The poem reflects on distant, misty hills and memories of childhood. It contrasts tombs and graves with a later glow of faith and hope, recalling a mother’s song and a yearning for the purity of days before loss and doubt. Written in a nostalgic voice attributed to Will T. Hate from Nashville American.
Madame Aubrey and a thief armed with a pistol invade a silent November room. She guards her infant, lures the intruder away, and signals help as her husband returns to seize the felon. The dawn reveals both justice and a family shaken by fear and strain.
A skeletal remains suspected to be Ruth an American tourist who vanished in 1890 were found in a Adameire glacier fissure in Southern Tyrol. The article notes how glacier fissures trap victims and preserve bodies with blue green ice colors and long preservation times.
The exhibit showcases the world’s oldest herbarium, with crowns garlands wreaths and bouquets of Egypt’s flowers. Most samples are extremely fragile and poorly preserved with many pieces dating back at least 3000 years.
Bonn University in Germany opens every department to women with professor consent. The item lists contemporary women's roles, fashion tastes, and professional pursuits across England, Sweden, and the United States, noting wage levels for women miners and profiles of notable women in arts and public life.
The Waldorf ballroom in New York hosted a National Society of New England Women event drawing 400 guests. Husking, calico dresses, fiddler music, and humor filled the evening with singing, dancing, and a supper following a lively round of corn husks and flirtatious humor.
A fashion rundown highlights lace curtains over silk gowns, large hats for bridesmaids, satin-rose cushions, turtle dove accents on gowns, tinted ganzes, and a shift toward violet as favorite. Debutantes favor light gowns, Gobelin blue coats, and fur trims for young daughters. Buckles and braided trims appear widely, with slim sleeves and ornate Paris jackets in braided borders.
At the Park Hotel Wisbaden King George of Greece saw a pane carved with his father King Denmark’s name. He carved his own name below, followed by the Czuruan and the Kaiser. A British diplomat and an American millionaire bid to obtain the illuminated pane.
A sentimental poem describes a faded rose as a memory of May and a loved one. The speaker vows the withered bloom will remain immortal in their heart and endure beyond life.
A collage of humor from Harper's Bazaar to the Chicago Record and New York Times era jokes. Quick quips, puns, and light social bits feature domestic banter, marital lines, and playful misunderstandings.
Reports from Eastport Long Island say men use nets at night to trap wild ducks in nearby bays. Local shooters fear damage to game and fear exposure of violators. Evidence emerged after a belated party observed a boat with a large fishing net entangling ducks.
An apparatus using a battery and vibrator delivers intermittent current through a tooth via dental forceps. The patient holds one battery terminal while the operator uses forceps connected to the other. The electric circuit creates local anesthesia, rendering nerves insensible and allowing the tooth to be drawn painlessly.
An expert in figures notes 12 009 vehicles pass the Strand in a day with a quarter amateur drivers. The street’s narrowness wastes 63 000 occupants an average three minutes each. Total tuna waste equals 3150 hours. At one shilling per hour this amounts to 75 shillings per day or over 230 000 dollars yearly.
A New Orleans carpenter’s wife who lost a hand last spring kept the other hand usable and has now made a dress unaided. The report notes departmental savings of 278,086 in the last fiscal year and improvements in the service.
Miss Estelle Mae Davisson, newly elected Brown County Attorney in Nebraska, is recognized as one of the best and brightest lawyers in the state's northwestern section. A native of Iowa, she has risen to a prominent civic legal role.
The article profiles Miss Davisson who entered public schools in Sibley Iowa and after moving to Long Pine Nebraska pursued law at the State University of Lincoln. She graduated as a lawyer in 1904 and won as a fusion candidate, becoming the sole Nebraska woman elected to the County Attorney post.
Alexander Salvini son of Tomasso Salvini died recently at Fiorendo Italy after months of organic illness. He married Maud Dixon the leading actress of his company who was at his bedside. Born in Rome December 31 1831 he came to America in 1681 with managers Chaos Chizzotti Rossi's tour and learned English to perform on stage.
Bureau of Statistics reports November 1898 exports value and eleven month totals. Exports exceeded imports in several periods with variances in gold and silver balances. data compare November 1894 1895 1896 1898 and eleven months ended November 30 across years. Key figures include large export surpluses and notable shifts in metal balances.
Pat Coughlin Rogally shot to death near the site of his crime in Itich County Utah for the murder of Deputy Sheriff Dawes and Constable Stagg in July 1895. He chose execution by firing squad pinioned blindfolded and seated with six deputies firing at the heart. He was about twenty five, a Pennsylvania native who moved to Utah young.
The United States Consulate-General in Havana is under armed guard by Spanish authorities fearing an attack amid growing Spanish sympathy for the anti US stance. In Wilkes-Barre a quarrel ends in a fatal shooting as Morris Popo kills J A Keithline and shoots himself. New York State official votes show McKinley leading with 819,938 to Bryan's 551,513.
Hoy Firebugs confess to pareley I. G. Burlingame & Co. robbery and arson at Ocean New York store. Sean H. Pitts Jr. slept over the shop and was burned to death. Suspects include John Corkins fifteen, Arthur Farrell seventeen, and Bert Jones twenty three. All three have made confessions.
The Spanish liner Alfonso Doe arrives in Havana with 1246 recruits, the latest installment from Spain as 25,000 reinforcement troops have been dispatched in the last three weeks.
The Chicago City Council passed an ordinance establishing a four cent fare on all streetcars, with an overwhelming vote. The measure moves to the Mayor for signature, while some members favored a three cent fare alternative.
The French steamer Marie-Fnony, sailing from Biyouns to Rowen, has been lost off Alderney island. The captain was gagged but fourteen crew members were drowned.
The Congress adopted a concurrent resolution to grant a holiday recess from December 23 to January, while a joint resolution proposing constitutional amendments on presidential terms and re election eligibility was introduced. Multiple bills and nominations circulated as the session continued, with references to international talks, labor movements, and various state and federal actions.
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