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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1899
Page
1
A collage of observations discusses wealth and happiness, war memories, and ship design while praising the Constitution, noting U S and Spain relations, Suez traffic, and canal duties. It highlights rural free delivery's impact on farming, land values, roads, and market awareness, ending with reflections on civic progress and daily life.
The poem asks if the year will bring plenty and joy, wonders, and blessing, but the speaker learns that future gifts cannot be foretold. Nature yields a varied life where joy and sorrow intertwine, and misfortune or pain remains part of the human story.
A narrator recalls a New Year encounter with Uncle Isaac and a Baltimore mansion, where a miniature by Peale sparks a tale of luck. Years later at a dinner with Miss Beresford, the story culminates in recognition that the stranger who wished good fortune saved the Beresford family home and revived Evelyn’s health and prospects.
The narrator recalls meeting and engagement after moving into an attractive old mansion on Franklin Street. The couple marry last New Year as they renovate the house with modern comforts. Isaac remains butler and Mrs Beresford’s grandmother visits, sharing appreciation of the tale of the miniature.
A London reporter Finnerty and Morgan O Sullivan tricked Wilberforce into a mock speech praising the Irish potato. The gag spread through newspapers except the Morning Chronicle. Wilberforce defended the outlandish lines in the House and later Finnerty was imprisoned for eighteen months for libel against Lord Castlereagh.
A biographer notes Wagner was boisterously gay and despised pedants, preferring witty, lively companions. He moved quickly, climbed mountains like a chamois, and enjoyed long foot excursions. Despite small stature, his agility remained until near the end, performing gymnastic feats and dramatic stunts even at sixty. Even a year before death he could stand on his head or leapfrog over chairs.
The article notes Redfoot Lake as Tennessee’s largest water body formed by the 1811 quake and a livelihood source for about 1000 people through fishing and hunting. It mentions Union City and Hicksville Kentucky fish shipments, 1500 nets and 500 workers, plus active fish docks and related commerce. It also includes a brief, quirky excerpt about a novel of sentiment and humorous dialogue from a separate piece.
A long, garbled recounting blends Civil War scouts and frontier skirmishes with Near-raid episodes. It recalls Fitzhugh Lee’s arrow wound at the White House guard, Kilpatrick era Second Cavalry, and heroic escapes on bridges and river jams. Nearby reports note correspondents abroad and a daring river recon by a British paper’s young journalist.
War correspondent recalls fierce Majuba Hill clash with the Boers. Devonshires, Gordon Highlanders, and Manchester men fought with reckless courage, driving Boers from positions as white flags appeared and last shots fired. A bridge over Chand River and daring crossings highlight the campaign’s peril and feats of self sacrifice.
A mix of global industry and society items covers cotton mill boom in Alabama and rising pulp prices due to Swedish rainfall. It cites Holyoke papermill growth, British Boer War artillery, Russian marriage customs for female students, polar expedition commerce gains, and a morality tale about a dentist owner sparked by a Tit-Bus cartoon caption.
A collage of humor and commentary on women’s rights and civic duties. Jokes reference women jurors and voters, with satirical quips from period papers. Interspersed are brief notes on rivers, place names, and odd anecdotes reflecting early 20th century social dialogue.
The State Department requests a report on the two Americans Imboden and Gold killed in San Pedro Honduras. Treasury relief efforts are discussed as Secretary Gage comments. Breckinridge calls for a joint army navy board to improve service cooperation and Miles proposes filling second lieutenant vacancies from West Point graduates. Corbin opposes. a decision awaits the Secretary of War. The Urgent Deficiency Appropriation bills total about 1.95 billion. The War and Navy Departments request specific sums, and Captain George W. Melville is nominated Chief of the Bureau of Steam Engineering with Rear Admiral rank. A five member commission to codify police pension laws passes Senate. The Treasury Controller reduces Rear-Admiral Sampsty pay while in that grade.
General Bates returned to Manila from flag raisings at Cottabatto Pollok Parong Parang Davao and Mati. The Hultan Midango and leading Datobs welcomed the Americana. Contracts awarded for two roads south from Arecibo and Manatl Puerto Rico eight een miles for 2000009 dollars. Division Headquarters at Havana issued a troops roster and mining forest lands data. Sugar crops and pensions feature amid a wide set of colonial era notices.
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