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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1889
Page
1
A sprawling digest mentions soap and glue profits, Australian ballot tests, execution methods, life-insurance for public figures, Haggin and Carr ranch, toboggan costs, Indian church funds, cotton moving South, coal trade profits, rail bankruptcies, boodler indictments, city housing counts, Monte Carlo bribe tale, New York securities lists, quail-eating bets, and 1888 mercantile results showing signs of uptick.
A poem excerpt recalls the sea’s timeless call to rest as winds die, ships pass, and maidens listen to sea speech. The speaker muses on wisdom held by the hoar sea, its rites, and a timeless path toward Sleep and the final boon.
A bicycle traveler recounts entering Koordistan in Western Persia where a camp of wild Koordish women mobbed him. He dodged their rush, hid money, and escaped by distributing coins, noting their ferocious eyes and rough hospitality amid a tense, chaotic encounter.
A Pittsburg Dispatch item quotes a Gloucester man recounting hats stuffed with letters notes and even a $10 bill. The piece notes hats used as pockets invite loss and baldness, with anecdotes of hats holding parcels and a listener recalling a promissory note and a $10 bill.
Floral distillation in Florida shows attar of rose potential with musk and damask roses. A Northern firm tests scales for industry growth while jasmine and violets promise hardy yields. A Florida prospecting visit reports a factory and jobs, with two extraction methods and a Rimmel type aroma classification. An amateur bird fancier keeps forty canaries, crafts cages, and treats four one legged birds, performing home surgery-like care as a local hobbyist. The piece blends seeds of perfumery and light animal anecdotes in a single column.
The article cites life expectancy figures from Boston Glues data. It notes about one quarter die before age seventeen, average life about thirty three, one in a thousand reach a century, and six in a hundred reach sixty five. It adds daily and hourly death rates and contrasts life expectancy by gender and marital status. A separate children’s vignette features Bessie dropping toys and a mother asking about damage.
Frank G. Carpenter describes Korea as divided into three classes the king the nobles and commoners. Nobles or yang ban own land and oppress peasants while dressing in silk and keeping many servants. One noble general mocked a superior by noting Western ideas of laziness and honor, leading to a lesson in humility.
Advice on nail care from Health and Home stresses avoiding sharp knives for cleaning nails. It advises filling the space with soap then brushing with a nailbush, pushing back the cuticle, and avoiding cutting the flesh or using scissors.
A husband questions why his wife guards Amelia as if fragile while she insists the girl is their last chance and recovery hinges on careful handling.
A column surveys vanity among debutantes and the fate of wall flowers. It quotes the New York Herald on freckles and arched social favor, then notes Persian customs of influence via wives and new fashion in honeymoon plans led by a trusted best man.
A collection of aphorisms on motivation truth and human behavior. It cites themes of selfishness freedom perception and the limits of reason while warning against premature judgment and the danger of forcing growth or certainty. The voice suggests experience over theory and cautions about interpretation.
The article excerpt recalls plains horses and cow ponies seen in Arizona. It notes the saddle horse’s vitality and the lope gait, praises the horse’s picturesque bond with the Western landscape, and contrasts old frontier life with a new agricultural era through Remington’s observations.
A Buffalo man who penned many love letters on five dollar bills is creating a new courtship fad. He discovers that recipients refuse to answer missives drawn on small notes and demand higher denomination paper. The trend, spurred by a rival using ten and now twenty dollar bills, signals escalating stakes in romantic exchanges.
The Samoa Times copy from Apia, Samoa, December 22, reaches Washington detailing King Malietoa’s exile by Germany and his protest that British and American promises failed to prevent war. He accuses Germany of forcing Tamaseo to be king, laments bloodshed, and seeks aid to protect his chiefs and people.
Commissioner Carroll D. Wright submits the fourth annual Labor Department report on working women in great cities. It notes women entered more vocations, lists 43 today, and argues wage changes result from economic conditions, not mere legislative acts or charity.
Reports note Bakers' Union growth in England and a New Haven pension proposal for retired policemen. Belgians, Irish, and American workers face strikes, wage debates, and labor protections. Key figures include F Jacon Tove donating for youth schooling and Duchess de Galliera funding rent relief for workers.
A garbled digest of statistics and claims: Iowa reports 25 000 teachers while France receives wine, Vesuvius active, Texas towns aflame, and a series of odd facts on trusts, crises, clubs, and populations. It notes 8000 personal crisis reports in Paris, 50 000 club men in New York, and 100 000 dollars for Tennessee’s convict hire.
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