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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1889
Page
1
A collection of news snippets covers varied topics. Pennsylvania moves to require the national flag over every schoolhouse. Other notes include patent law on unpatented apparatus, Franco’s Panama Canal policy, Mississippi’s Farmers Alliance rise, and international remarque on railroads, aristocracy, politics, and social conduct of the era.
A fragment from S W Foss in Yankee Blade laments vanished dreams and castles, sailors and ships fading into the Land of Neverwas. The poet recalls shifting valleys, aureoled ambitions, moonlit towers, and golden galleons, now shadows seen by few, with belief scarce among men.
A seasoned theatrical manager recalls creating The Little Waif, finding a real life Nellie who embodied the role. He describes a banker’s wife in a western town who learns the child on stage is her own daughter, proving that truth and fiction can walk hand in hand. The narrator introduces his wife who originated the waif character fifteen years earlier.
A collage of quips on cats and a famous Atlantic coast oak with disputed age. The piece blends playful feline anecdotes, a sailor and bread yeast bed reference, and historical notes about the Woodbridge Oak cited by Eaton Abbott and Holmes. It recalls Golfe Whalley and Dixwell observers and mariners using the tree as a beacon near New Haven harbor.
A brief exchange hints at Nellie and Genie discussing poetry with Nomar preferring solitude, and a remark about admiring the poetry of motion as he walks alone, suggesting a contemplative scene rather than a dramatic event.
A New York Tribune description details a vast abattoir where hogs from Ohio, Illinois, and the West are driven in by the hundreds. Hogs are led through a rapid death sequence, bled, scalded, shaved, eviscerated, and divided into meat products within minutes. The scene emphasizes mechanistic efficiency and the detachment of workers amid the blood and steam.
An eccentric gray-haired man known as Uncle Davy entered the Denver Republican with his pet wolf Jack, a six month old 50 pound cub found in Middle Park last summer. A wild she wolf attacked a greyhound during a camping trip. Davy struck the wolf with his hat, scaring it off, and took one cub.
A veteran survivor Clinton B Hooper recalls a deadly powder mill blast at Gambo, describing the horrific flash, flying debris, and months of recovery. The piece recounts other near misses and a fatal concussion after a man lost his shoes yet walked away only to die moments later.
A Terre Haute Express quotation evokes gender role claims with a quip about a man being his wife makes him and a man's actions being shaped by his wife, highlighting social humor and marital dynamics in a brief readers’ sentiment.
A NYT style tribute highlights ordinary workers who risked their lives to save others amid disasters. Foreman Michael Maloney shields a gas tank during a Brooklyn explosion, while Pittsburg fireman Snyder and priest Father Cancvin save a boy and assist trapped workers. Pearson scales a dangerous chimney to prevent collapse, and Mississippi pilot Jill Givens sacrifices himself to save passengers. The piece praises plain bravery and names several unsung heroes.
A citizen recounts six calls from a collector over an unpaid bill, expressing frustration at the repeated effort. The dialogue shifts to a promise to visit in person when payment occurs, condemning the ongoing trouble as outrageous.
A Miss Delmas of Louisiana rose from a life of leisure to manage her sugar estate, riding daily to inspect workers. The report contrasts her with a humorous tale of a married Arkansas woman whose milking mishap led to her scalp being burrs and a remnant shopping scene involving a price dispute over ten yards. It notes widespread tobacco use among Arkansas women, detailing snuff gear and daily rituals with a critical tone.
A Pittsby Dispatch writer extols careful hair cultivation for even length and shine. Advice notes that different hair types require distinct regimes, urging weekly shampooing and daily brushing, plus sun exposure as a stimulant and tender care for thin dry hair.
Advice on scalp cleansing and hair maintenance using soap bark and shampoo powders, plus natural treatments like egg yolk and lavender oil. The piece also describes sun drying, combing techniques, monthly hair flipping, light electrical stimulation, and sage and rosemary tincture as hair safeguards. It ends with fashion notes on gowns, gloves, and velvet, followed by Utah mineral finds including ozokerite and gilsonite and a remark on Great Salt Lake as a source for soda salts.
A fragment featuring dialogue about paternity and resemblance between a child and a proposed father, with lines about the widow and a department of questions from the child to the suitor. The text hints at a dramatic or humorous exchange centered on family and inheritance themes.
President approves bill elevating the Bureau of Agriculture to an executive department and nominates Commissioner Norman J Colman as Secretary. The move marks the creation of a Centennial Department of the Government, with historical notes on how departments formed since 1643 and 1849.
Newsy gleanings report a quiet Samoa and rising Rio Grande while noting debts, population figures, and international affairs. Mentions Vatican budget, British troops, Italian Italians in New York, and political shifts including New York Postmaster term, Panama Canal shares, and railroad controls.
Pari earns six thousand dollars nightly and notable figures like JosErg JefFErson valued at five hundred thousand appear in a varied arts panorama. The Kellogg Opera Company collapsed while stars such as Sanasganry prepare to tour America. Berlin pupil Josey Hogann studies with Urban. European theatre activity grows with Nordic and German productions and Melbourne theatres installing billiard rooms.
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