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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1886
Page
1
Poetic vignette describes dawn over a rural yard and mill scene. The poem contrasts light and labor with imagery of sheep, a chopper, and a rising engine, set in a bright, arid landscape told by Dora R. Goodale in Youth's Companion.
Barbara Held endures harsh judgment after a missing linnet parrot cage incident caused by Miss Begonia Featherfield. The truth emerges when the canary returns, prompting Begonia to apologize, compensate the Held family, and invite Barbara to work as her maid with a token reward for the children and mother.
The New York Sun recounts W Montagu Kerr finding gunpowder among the Makorikori in Africa and notes other discoveries. Lieutenants Wissmann Kund and Tappenbeek confirm villages between the Congo and Saukuru rivers with advanced habits, bark huts, gardens, and carved ivory. They describe East Greenlanders with walrus spears and imported Chili flora replacing native plants. Kerr also notes tomato in interior Africa and Schweinfurth tobacco grown deep inland.
The piece recalls how diamonds resisted fire until 1771 when in Paris Macquer and others burned a diamond in a crucible. Le Blanc, a Paris jeweler, boasted of diamond indestructibility but failed after three hours under intense heat. d Arcet and Rouelle confirmed the test on site.
The South Bend Tribune recounts how a single vote determined each office from sheriff to a U S senator and even sparked the Mexican War. Aaron Jones and Hugh C Flannegan achieved narrow victories by one vote, highlighting a history of elections decided by a sole ballot in St Joseph County.
The text compares school density across Austria France Germany Great Britain Italy and Spain with figures of one school per 1000 persons in Austria, one per 500 in France, one per 700 in Germany, and one per 600 in Great Britain Italy and Spain.
The well known conductor Mr Gilmore recounts his painful bust casting in New York where absent sculptor and busy apprentices caused a chaotic session. Plaster, heat, forced silence, and improper greasing left him suffocating and bloodied before relief. Two weeks of medical care followed with lasting memory.
Major Boyd cites a vast interior Maine deer range of about 500 square miles, sparsely settled and largely timbered, where deer numbers are high and hunting by lawful means draws sportsmen from outside. Wardens enforce laws against hounding, warning that dogs caught killing deer face swift penalties.
Yesterday off Hat Island the Myers run produced a massive haul with 18 000 silmor as two seines fished. Seine No 2 held 5390 salmon on one haul while Seine No 1 contained about 10 000 fish before a net tear released most. Myers celebrates a windfall as fishermen thought the season over and he gains cans and fish for the record.
A report from the Deepest Bree Press notes a tense moment as a man warns a bystander to move away from a horse. The bystander challenges the horse’s safety, prompting a warning that kicks may occur if proximity continues.
The Czar Nicholas appears youthful and powerful in a memoir of a visit to the Winter Palace. The master of ceremonies waited outside while the monarch, in an officer’s undress uniform, signaled the door. On the Place Isaac the crowd knelt as the Czar denounced poisoning and urged repentance.
A Philadelphia incident links a sudden death at Brand Street station to heart strain from rushing to catch a train. The piece argues haste and overtaxing of the body cause apparent heart or organ stress, urging moderation to prevent needless fatalities.
A Detroit Free Press item recalls a caterer’s remark about thirteen diners. A guest at a lunch refused a thirteener at a side table saying she would die before year’s end. The exchange ponders fate versus superstition with anecdotes of thirteen at meals.
In a Life of Raleigh passage Sir Walter is described as stern when needed. At Rakele he captured a large Irish force. One captive said the withe would hang English charls, and Raleigh ordered them to be hung by their own necks before riding on with the army.
Hydrophobia inoculation for dogs shown by Pasteur. A German astronomer links zodiacal light and aurora to sunlight reflecting off water and ice. Aniline oil used as local anesthetic for minor operations. A Naples physician describes a hysteria case with spontaneous nail shedding. Phosphoric acid solutions bleach bones to ivory whiteness. Electricity increases crop yields in German field experiments. D Arsonval examines heat from nerve stimulation and whether heat is produced by muscle or electricity within nerves.
The excerpt discusses lung capacity and breath holding as a medical practice with cautions for beginners and claims about abdominal benefits. It also transcribes remarks by Rev. William Lamb on Mormon religious life in Utah, noting views on honesty, polygamy, and the possibility of Christian outreach mainly among Mormons' youth.
Ciara discussed singing at Mrs Hobson's party with Mr Featherly. Featherly asks what was said and Bobby notes she merely laughed, according to the New York Sun.
The interview describes Mr. Parnell's pale frame and improving strength while illness limits political talk. He notes the government would have struggled to use coercion due to a peaceful anti rent campaign and seeks legal clarity on whether the campaign is illegal and the rights of Irish tenant farmers.
Paris feels unease as France rushes to arm to maximum capacity with state manufactories working at full tilt. Reports from Rome claim Italy is arming and Berlin notes Germany boosting troops in Alsace Lorraine.
A mix of theater and music notes including Edgar Fawcett's new play for George Riddle titled The Earl, Augustin Cary directing Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew in New York, Miss Alice Whitacre’s notable Liverpool solo, Boston Theatre hat removal reforms, Jennie Buckner's reported lineage denial, Gil bert and Sullivan secrecy at the Savoy, Prince William of Prussia visit to the Russian Emperor and a dramatic rescue of a Prussian uniform, and a New York seizure of bogus wines with poison in 6000 gallons labeled pure grapes.
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