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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1895
Page
1
A fragmentary Christmas poem recounts a hunt turned tale of fate and romance. Priscilla chased by a bird, a dramatic landing, and a playful vow of shared Christmas Day vows. The speaker longs for love and a hopeful wedding bell.
Amanda Jen ness defies her father by choosing a gift that honors her sister Jenny who fled with Will Martin. The dialogue reveals rural hardship, crop wealth, and a stubborn patriarch clinging to old prejudices while a daughter asserts duty to a missing sibling.
A Chicago Record piece notes nearly all Thuringia’s population makes playthings, especially dolls molded to resemble American children. It details doll head molding, kiln firing, painting, and assembling in small factories, with wages, processes, and the regional dominance in bisque and china dolls, plus other toys from nearby regions.
A daughter pleads with her rigid father to let her visit Jenny in Hebron and bring her grandchildren, arguing the moral weight of their poverty. The scene shifts to memories tied to Jenny as the father contemplates loaning a wagon, while his wife reads aloud and the couple parts stiffly. The man recalls a porcelain cup, a sampler, beads, and a daguerreotype of Jenny, evoking a warmer past before the dispute.
The text traces Christmas customs to early Christians who shared meals with friends and slaves, exchanging gifts as a sign of gratitude. It emphasizes that giving joyfully matters more than lavish spending, with gifts chosen from the heart and suited to the recipient.
A collage of jests and quips from various papers lampoons public figures and common life. It quotes Dr Enmiteo the skin specialist and reels of humorous exchanges from Puck Punch and other periodicals. The piece reads as a lighthearted cross-section of turn of the century humor and wordplay with named papers and authors.
A returned explorer declares the answer to a polar mystery lies with the ice, while a crowd and locals react with curiosity and humor. The scene shifts to a gate incident and a kitchen gathering, narrated in a rustic, dialogue driven fragment from a Chicago Tribune style page.
The annual report of Secretary of the Treasury John G. Carlisle notes an expected fiscal year deficiency of about 17 million dollars due to the Supreme Court ruling on the income tax and lower than expected internal revenue. He sees no need for new revenue measures and forecasts that by 1897 receipts under existing laws should exceed expenditures by roughly 7 million dollars.
The article outlines fiscal year receipts and expenditures, noting treasury reserves and proposed debt management measures. It cites expected deficits, income tax issues, and court rulings affecting internal revenue, alongside a $100,000 wedding between Alisa Olari-Hazen Busch and Paul von Gontard in St. Louis.
The House of Representatives agreed to appoint three committees on Privileges and Elections. Notable items include President Cleveland honoring shipboard crew for aiding eight survivors of the Mary E. Amsden, reports on the Indiana battleship nearing completion with turret and shell issues, and bids on two battleships being revised.
California ships 1000 tons of wheat to Sydney as Australia faces high prices. Three more cargoes arrive at Delstioe within a month amid 80 cent per bushel landed prices. Illinois Assistant Attorney General notes retail contests are illegal. Government Weather Bureau says 85.2 percent of its November forecasts verified.
Samuel Gompers of New York was elected President of the American Federation of Labor at the New York City convention, defeating John McBride of Denver by 1041 to 1029 as both leaders were the sole candidates. Eastern trade unionists backed Gompers while blocs supported McBride.
Spanish troops numbering eighty under Gruess fought a 500 strong rebel force led by Lopez Roedo and Rodriguez near Minas Puerto Principe Cuba. The battle produced heavy casualties on both sides with twenty dead eight wounded and eighteen captured from the Spanish, while many rebels were killed and the Spanish retreated or were captured.
A shipload of Italian colonists arriving in New Orleans settled on Sunny Side plantation in Arkansas. Each received 40 acres and a house for 2000 dollars to be paid over 21 years at five percent interest. The Bunny Ride Company, Connecticut chartered, will buy cotton and arbitrate disputes. Most immigrants hailed from Tuscaoy Province or the Adriatic coast, following a proclamation by Prince Ruspoll of Tome.
W L Babbitt of Crawfordsville Indiana, a noted timber galesman, reunites with his mother after thirty two years apart. Abbt, stolen as a child when his Chicago parents separated, learned his fate through Hunter a former acquaintance in Niles Michigan. The mother Mrs Babbitt, using her maiden name Hattie Davis, had remarried and lived in Cuyahoga Falls Ohio.
A riot in Idlot Cuzzo Peru forced recruitment, with the military suppressing the outbreak and torturing the Sub-Prefect. Mura troops were deployed to restore order and a new Prefect was appointed. In Bogota Dr. Carrasquilla is praised for an alleged leprosy cure. The Duchess of York gave birth in London, the second child of the Duke and Duchess of York. A widow faces murder charges in Alabama. Six section men died in a Virginia Coal and Troy Company accident when rock fell on workers near Big Stone Gap.
A fragmented report from Armaens Laus of Constantinepto describes mass displacement with 100000 migrants and a million survivors seeking refuge in forests and mountains, surviving on herbs as hunger and cold ravage the population. A drowning disaster in County Mayo’s Trelind shaft floods to 159 feet, claiming six men.
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