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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1897
Page
1
A Philadelphia Ledger piece by Felix Gerson laments the dying century and its fading glories. It praises celebrated acts, recalls wars and upheavals, and foresees a new dawn while honoring the noble thoughts that spurred progress.
A Prairie City Eagle editor faced a Ruthless night as six cowboys hired by Ryan’s Ranch rode to silence the paper over a land dispute. They planned arson and violence, but a sympathetic editor’s daughter received aid from the cowboys after revealing her plight. The operation shifted. money was offered to keep the paper afloat and the Eagle survived the attack.
A collage of notes on science and society. Accounts range from a Siberian fence dispute and grazing rights to a German electrician’s smart home rail, a new fertilizer from swamp soil, King’s coin legends, and a Russian fever remedy using powdered crabs. Also includes curios about languages, insects, and a New York telephone worker’s jest.
A Bucksport dispatch recounts Arthur Fra zier of the Eliza Foster casting adrift in a dory during fog and gale, surviving on grit and a premonitory dream shared by two shipmates who later rescue him after a tense chase. another Chicago Record tale describes Eric Carlson cornering a mother bear and cubs in a trap, fighting with knife and pistol to escape with injuries. The piece also notes Mrs. Tait chasing a runaway cart on a bicycle in Philadelphia, and a Confederate witness aiding a Medal of Honor for Thomas L. Higgins of the Ninety-ninth Illinois at Vicksburg.
The Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune notes a curious mortgage case where clerks in the County Clerk’s office were astonished by a filing describing a car mortgaged by Charles Arnold to J Claus. The tale mentions a cat, and odd items listed among mortgaged property. In Bangor Maine a taxidermy shop records 27 deer beads 58 moose heads and 40 pavilion heads mounted this season.
A recommendation to bar women from public pulpit addresses to mixed audiences is before the Presbyterian Board, while women may still testify publicly for their sex. The item reflects debates on gender roles within church practice.
A country court near New Orleans hears a suit over the value of an ox killed while attempting a limited mail hold up. The young railroad lawyer mocks ox recognition, claiming all oxen look alike to him, while the judge and clerk reveal there has been only one yoke in town. Judgment for the plaintiff.
The article recalls failed Channel crossings in open boats by four old explorers and notes that Cord Aberdeen’s elder brother died young while crossing in a valley thirty years ago and that Sir Henry Golville did the same. It adds that the success of such expeditions hinges largely on weather conditions.
A wide range of readings from Washington cover diplomacy with Spain and Cuba and tariff talks with Germany. Canadian, British, and Danish affairs. proposed Nicaraguan railway developments. and naval base plans. Domestic items include notable trials, deaths, accidents, and economic notes on railways and industry.
Market notes outline 1962 prices in New York for country products. It records average price paid, receipts on steam shipments near the city, and daily receipts of condensed milk and cream cans.
General Lew Wallace of Indianapolis warns Japan could trigger a conflict over Hawaii noting forty thousand Japanese soldiers in the islands and predicting annexation now or later. Admiral George Brown counters that U S Japanese relations are stable and war is unlikely, arguing Japan seeks trade recognition if Hawaii is annexed.
Josiah Quincy wins re election as Boston mayor with 89 707 votes to 85 741 for Curtis and 2 395 for Riley. Quincy carries all Democratic wards and performs strongly in Republican wards, with a 4 049 plurality. Reported figures note skepticism about Riley counts and cite broader political mentions and varied items from the era.
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