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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1888
Page
1
A scattered digest notes milk contracts taxes and trade. It cites an ice chamber for meat in Paris, imperial Chinese translations, Apple exports and prices, railway schemes in the South, and a Carlisle training school report with 637 Native students. It ends with a tale of Chunk and Tom in the Chattahoochee valley and butter labeling experiments.
Gladstone the Grand cuts down an ash tree before hundreds of excursionists and then greets them. He now piles away fifty years of public life in manuscript form, arranging letters received during his long career. The task is vast and reflects his habit of personally handling his correspondence.
The article recalls 200 years ago when drawing room tables displayed sketches of friends and notable figures, with miniatures on ivory and bracelets worn as tokens of affection. Engagement rings and portraits served as deep expressions of regard and keepsakes in past social customs.
The article describes Yokohama split into old new and bluff districts with aristocratic European presences, street fronts open to interiors, traditional hairdressing and cosmetics, and a troubling note on child face enamelment. It also details charcoal burning methods and the use of iron retorts for producing fine charcoal from willow.
A Lewiston Journal report recalls 1816 the year without a summer with frost and snow across months. It describes farmers selling seeds, radioed memories of New England New York Massachusetts Maine weather, and a citizen noting ninety three New Zealand winters.
A gentleman asks why his watch stops and a watchmaker explains that lack of oil causes friction and irregular running. He notes oiling prevents wear, but too much oil or dust can clog parts and shorten the watch’s life.
The quote recalls Hearst childhood in Missouri with humble means and a ten cent coin that sparked happiness. He describes losing the small coin and the lasting grief it caused, contrasting it with later financial losses that never matched that early sorrow. The remarks originate from a New York Herald piece.
In a short dramatic exchange, Mim’s boarder Dumley tells landlady Mrs. Hendricks he must depart by week’s end but she insists he remain until overdue payments are settled. The terse dialogue underscores financial pressure and lodging tensions.
The article describes the Russian empress sending a coronation dress and mantle of cloth of gold with black silk heraldic appliques and Moscow arms. It surveys fashion tips, makeup trends, and Paris versus American styles, including hairstyles, coifs, and beltings, with commentary on women riding astride and the era’s dress details.
An Athens Chronicle recounts how Mia Gould of Covington and Micon railroad aided after a washout derailed cars. She organized relief, fed the injured, kept workers at task, and dismissed a noncooperative hand. The tale frames her as a decisive leader in railroad improvement.
A Philadelphia Times correspondent reports Paris ladies favor high hairdos while resisting the hair fur down trend. The piece argues hair styling communicates intellect and dignity, noting fashion shifts since ancient times and the enduring power of hair to reveal character.
A traveler to Brazil reports mistletoe growing along telegraph wires near Rio de Janeiro. The fringe consists of thousands of mistletoe plants fixed to the lines, spreading from bird-dispersed seeds and replacing older growth as plants perish.
Miscellaneous household tips from a 19th century periodical include washing soda lime soap mixtures for garments and quick dishcloth knitting with candle-wicking. An article notes preserving milk in bottles with straw rationing and a home remedy section covers earache cough sprains and poison-oak antidotes, plus a shop tale about barnacle paint and a camera burglar at Waterford Ireland.
A collection notes strength tests of an extraordinary handshake, elephant height estimates, edible fish species in Indian waters, Matthusian family sizes among clergy, and a Kansas City carpenter’s new chamfering tool. It also covers poisonous tansy oil, yarrow uses, thirst effects of drinks, steam-propeller efficiency, a Lake Lucerne railway, textile fibers from wood, Dresden thread weight, sharpening oils, Neanderthal shell use, and a Russian drying apparatus using carbonic gas to dehumidify buildings.
A historical note explains rocks and boulders in Maine harbors are not actually growing. It cites fishermen and readers of the Nax York Telegram and notes land is slowly rising while rocks were carried vast distances by ice ages and glacial movement.
A London native discusses Whitechapel murders and Middlesex Street boundaries. He describes Potts cont lano as a misnaming for one side of the street and notes crafty second-hand clothing dealers. The tale hints at street life and shopkeepers using young runners to track customers and resell goods.
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