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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
1
Fragmentary wartime verse honors unnamed soldiers who died alone at night in snow. The poem contrasts sung heroes with the unsung dead, praising their silent courage and the nobler fight endured in darkness.
The piece recalls George Washington after leaving the presidency at Mount Vernon. It notes his stature despite aging, his hospitality as a Southern gentleman, and his careful estate planning. Martha Washington is portrayed as dignified, tending to duties, and hosting guests, with Nellie Custis playing a significant role in his later years.
A historical recount of George Washington’s death at Mount Vernon and the nation’s grief as public ceremonies mark the burial. Details include funeral rites by Rev Davis, Masonic rites, artillery salutes, and the public reaction across early America. The article also surveys Washington’s military career from Lexington to Yorktown and his path to the presidency.
Washington Chronology notes a Virginia Tory rising to commander of the northern Virginia district at age 19 in 1751, warning the French in 1753, becoming Virginia’s commander in chief in 1755, and leading the advance guard at Fort Duquesne in 1758 before marrying Mrs Castie. It also mentions a note on Wheatmoreland County.
A vivid recap features J Armstrong of Denver recounting his fights in the Philippines with the First Colorado including a scarred eyebrow and forearm. Stories cover a courageous clash with a 200 pound Filipino, shoe repairs, and Armstrong’s backroom heroics amid regimental chaos.
A collage of whimsical snippets from poems and humor pieces. The text scrolls through nature imagery with berries and cowslips, then shifts to quips and anecdotes from multiple newspapers and magazines, including light humor and classroom stories.
A reader notes large temperature gaps between New Orleans and Dakota on the same day, and recalls a Quebec July day in the nineties to show such differences are not seasonally exclusive. The piece cites isolated anecdotes and old clippings to illustrate cross‑latitude variability.
Reports by cable describe Boer forces pressing forward as British outposts retreat to Rensburg and Stegersfontein. French officer Villebois-Moyrell allegedly directs Boer operations with strong artillery, while British losses and strategic withdrawals signal a shifting balance near Magersfontein and the Do Aur–Orange River rail corridor.
Congressman Charlies A. Chickering of Copenhagen New York was found dead outside the Grand Union Hotel in New York City. Police say he may have fallen or jumped from a fourth story window while traveling to Washington. He suffered rheumatic pain and friends dispute the theory of drug induced insanity. He served in the Fifty third Congress and remained active in Republicans’ state organization. A Berlin emigration society was noted and California’s Legislature adjourned after an extra session.
Superintendent Ness reports the Delaware and Hudson Canal route area is being depopulated as settlers abandon towns along the canal. He warns the Delaware and Kingston Railroad planned along the canal could drive the region toward wilderness if built.
Durban Weekly Review suppressed for critiquing Buller as 800 men mobilize in small parties. Reports from Chicago to Delagoa Bay show rising demands for ammonium or nitric acid for lyddite. Boers stockpile, Orange Free State calls in merchants, Cape Colony Dutch return home, and ships reinforce at Delagoa Bay. Cape Town court gives Maashonns owners time to show lack of intent to trade with Boers. English generals lament lack of modern artillery and failures to study American Santiago engagement. London papers warn toy soldiery cannot meet demand.
Frick files two equity suits against Carnegie and the Carnegie Steel Company alleging fraud and malice. He seeks to restrain Carnegie from forcing sale of his stake and claims enormous profits and misvaluation of assets from 1892 to 1900. He accuses Carnegie of removal as chairman and seeks to protect his roughly $19 million stake and $25 million plus claimed value.
Severe equinox gales caused historic flooding across New England. Rivers like the Merrimac and Connecticut Valley swelled, flooding mills, washing away bridges, and threatening harvests. In Manchester New Hampshire Almer H Jackson drowned after being washed from a river wall. Damage estimates reach into tens of thousands for mills and roads.
Readable portions report multiple sensational items: two young boys Charles Boirne eleven and Martino Looffller nine from New York City were found smothered in a closet of a vacant house near their home after disappearing on August 3 during a storm over the North River. The text also references a white lynching in Port Arthur Texas and a Florida triple murder, plus scattered notes on prominent individuals and miscellaneous historical remarks.
The item lists U S and international updates including wages for enumerators estimates on pensions for soldiers in the South African War, the Hague Peace Conference treaties, Senate action and executive sessions, the Philippines troop totals, and political reorganizations in the United States. It also covers labor movements in Havana and Chicago, colonial and war news, and diplomatic developments overseas.
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