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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1888
Page
1
The piece notes rising roller skating fever in Australia and warns the rabbit plague could be overtaken by a worse trend. It compiles various tidbits from across the era including public figures, church finance, gambling, and regional anecdotes, reflecting a broad snapshot of contemporary concerns and curiosities.
A Modern Deserted Village in Lecompton Kansas shows how a once thriving town faded. Town lots that sold for 1000 in 1854 cannot fetch 50 today. The 400000 State House project is reduced to ruins.
A fragment of moral maxims and reflections on virtue, endurance, and character from Bishop Doane. It contrasts nobility of spirit with material rank, stressing self-control, gratitude, and good manners over wealth or appearance.
The author describes twins and two other men who resemble each other in build and character. Both pairs act with striking similarity under similar circumstances. One couple quarrel, write contrite letters, then amend them. the other pair pursue a same lookalike romance at a dance, each choosing the same flower for a woman they barely know.
A vivid, era tone narrative from Serthner's Magazine describes the Great Pyramid and surrounding Cairo landmarks from its summit. It paints changing light, shifting sands, wind driven dust spirals, and the vast Egyptian plain, noting Chephren’s pyramid nearby and the deceptive distances from the pinnacle.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals led by Henry Bergh operates ambulances in New York to rescue and transport injured horses and other animals. The fleet uses winches, sliding platforms, and derricks to move crippled animals with minimal suffering amid urban hazards and alleyways.
A column mix covers a woman on Main Street riding a loaded tricycle as a sign of changing shopping habits. It also surveys women’s legal and social issues in India, infighting with Cossacks in Armenia, and historical shrews. It includes a New York dressmaker's insights on training, earnings, and the craft.
Forewomen who supervise work earn about $20 a week. Dressmakers, mostly women with long experience, show patterns simplifying home sewing. Men earn more for waists. draping skirts remains a challenge. Russian styles, furs, gold embroidery, and long or short wraps dominate. Toques of ruby velvet, diamond brooches, red plush stylists, and red-bowed trims are popular. Graphic details describe colors, trims, and fabrics like silk-soutache and ostrich-feather bonnets.
A loggerhead turtle laid 139 eggs in a sand nest above high tide, the eggs about an inch and a half across and covered by a foot and a half of sand. Breeding runs May to August with multiple deposits, sometimes up to 180 eggs first laying, natives hunt eggs yearly, and handling does not stop laying.
An archived line shows a parish member recalling past attendance and singings with clipped speech. The brief excerpt hints at personal estrangement from church activities and a vow to return soon.
A miscellany notes oxidation discoloration of paper, iron pillar strength in fire, exercise benefits for heart disease, a Pennsylvania boat promising true science, a Western Australia cross pearl anomaly, sulfur fumigation for diphtheria, and demographic declines of Maori and Laplanders. It also covers rest as nerv ous disease prevention, a Barcelona merchant's bed rest, a British businesswoman's nerves, and a Preece needle extraction via induction balance tests.
Alonzo Bowman near Lowndeville DC keeps a fox hunt and a pet sheep that follows hounds. A fragment from Tid Bits notes the sheep joining a race with the Gogs while a jest about an ostrich appears, detailing indiscreet behavior and social maxims.
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