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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1896
Page
1
Mayor Swift of Chicago assigns blame for a corrupt City Council to prominent citizens. The piece cites various opinions on governance, health, education, and public policy, including remarks on police practices, cholera immunity, and national holidays, with unrelated historical notes.
A domestic scene unfolds in a well to do home where Mrs Porter and her husband discuss their two governess maids Maud and Christine. The tension between aspiration and servitude emerges as the sisters vent frustration with housework and social constraints.
Mrs Porter, distressed by home life, meets an elderly man seeking to place her two nieces in a home. He explains their independence and intent to help themselves, proposing shelter if they prove self-reliant. A younger woman arrives. Mrs Porter approves plans and grants consent for the nieces to move in.
A Chambers's Journal anecdote recalls a deaf, multi married house servant and a loud parrot. The bird mocks fools, chats with kittens by a fire, and reveals tulip mischief when Polly's owner returns. The tale blends humor and domestic detail with gentle satire.
The article notes Queen Victoria has nine children seven living, forty one grandchildren thirty three living and twenty three great grandchildren all living. It mentions the oldest great grandchild Princess Feodora of Saxe Meiningen aged seventeen whose marriage is under discussion. It predicts she may live to see a great great grandchild, a feat no English sovereign has achieved.
A long feature recounts IMON ENSIGN of Pontiac pursuing fortune in California and Cuba. He is captured by Spanish authorities after a brig Virginia incident, endures thirteen years in Moro castle and other camps, later escapes to American soil and seeks kin while conflicts with wolves in Pennsylvania area are also noted.
The New Orleans Picayune reports a flood of bicycle tire patents as inventors focus on puncture resistance. Designs include armor plated tires with fish scale like plates, cotton compressed between rubber strips for strength, and a self mending tire using a rubber tape and cement.
The Hong Kong jail misrecorded a flogging sentence and punished the wrong prisoner. A coolie jailed for gambling was led to the wooden horse and lashed eighteen times before warders noticed the error. The governor ordered release and the warder personally paid ten dollars in compensation.
The article discusses hot waves forming in the northwest and moving east and south, with warm winds from the south and southwest whose causes are unclear. Dr. Frankenfield notes narrow helical movement of these winds, about 100 feet to half a mile wide, and attributes uncertain causes to Baye and focal topography. It also mentions Scotland Yard in London as the world's largest police station.
The New York Yacht Club special committee chaired by E J Helps and including J Pierpont Morgan ex Secretary W C Whitney and others found Lord Dunraven’s charges against the Defender syndicate unfounded. They exonerated Iselin and the Defender crew, noting the allegations originated in error and urged Dunraven to apologize or face possible expulsion at the February 18 meeting.
A report from the twenty eighth annual convention of the National Woman Suffrage Association in Washington notes Susan B Anthony again as president. The piece traces suffrage origins to 1880 and outlines early efforts and state by state adoptions across the Union and territories.
The Marquis of Salisbury told the Non-Conformist Unionist Association banquet at the Hotel Metropole London that the Monroe doctrine remains a policy in the sense President Monroe understood it. He argued Britain cannot force reform in Armenia and must rely on moral influence, while the Sultan bears primary responsibility for the Christians' fate.
Despatch from Madrid notes General Woyler, new Captain-General of Cuba, will issue a Havana proclamation granting eight days to rebels to surrender. If ignored, a campaign of blood and firefighting against rebels and supporters will follow. Wedded an Indian Hello. C A Mauphin, First National Bank president, and Slixy Chickie Lafore wed at Limestone Cap Indian Territory. The bride is daughter of Captain Charles Lafore of the Indian Police and a famed Indian belle.
Senate favors pensions for generals widows and approves a free silver substitute, while the House refuses approval. The Supreme Court monitors a Bell telephone patent case amid finance and naval orders. Presidential receptions, Armenian appeals, and a rush of domestic and foreign notes fill the page with political, legal, and social developments.
The House, amid heated debate and scattered notes, approves the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bill. Unclear lines show committees pushing related measures on pensions, seaports, and national finances while leadership faces procedural and oversight questions.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections reviewed Henry A. Dupont of Delaware and, by a strict party vote, ordered a report favoring his seating as successor to Senator Higgins. Affirmative votes came from Mitchell Oregon Hoar Chandler Burrows and Pritchard.
North Queensland suffers vast destruction from a tornado and flood with unknown deaths and extensive property damage estimated at 99 500 000. Townsville reports heavy losses with most buildings damaged and several ships missing. Advices from Tonga Islands note a recent hurricane with wrecked ships and uprooted coconut plantations.
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