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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1900
Page
1
A mosaic of observations covers currency trends in minting, British use of England versus Great Britain, a planned jack rabbit sausage plant in Kansas, London smoke costs, Guam school strikes, Khartoum tourism critique, and prison name fraud prevention. It cites Pennsylvania prison practices, sportsmen privileges, and the looming replacement of French by English in Canada and beyond.
The farmer in Aroostook had not shingled his barn because of infirmity and two sons away at war and in the Klondike. His daughter returned from normal school and shingled the barn skillfully without harming her fingers, a notable feat in town.
A Spanish garrison at Baracoa Cuba endures four months of calm life amid loyal townsfolk despite rumors of war with the United States. As supplies dwindle and whispers rise, the Commandant learns the town is mysteriously deserted with shops closed and no outside contact, while a distant fleet appears on the horizon signaling possible siege.
A garrisoned Baracón in Cuba endures weeks of isolation as Cuban forces surround the town. News is scarce until a small improvised craft from Cape Mayisi aims for Guantánamo, prompting a tense standoff. A U S fleet then encounters a clumsy Spanish sloop off the coast, leading to capture and interrogation by Marblehead crew and interpreter Laborie.
The piece notes British soldiers like Tommy Atkins forcing morale through sport amid bombardment. It recalls fights in Ladysmith, Kimberley, Mafeking and links their resilience to past campaigns under Napoleon, Marlborough, Cromwell, and Kingkiller’s era. The contrast with besieged foes underscores stubborn British spirit. It also includes a separate note on New York aquarium fish behavior and Bermuda natives’ culinary use of trunkfish.
A woman is rescued from a three story brick building at No 156 Third Avenue after a basement fire. Thomas Delehanty crawled along an eighteen inch ledge to reach Mrs Bailry Paterson and carry her to safety through a window amid cheering spectators.
A New York City Italian colony banquet praised Marcon, the famed inventor, for a century making achievement. Toasts lauded his self sacrifice and luminous intellect, with reverence to wireless telegraphy and the mother of the power it represents, as reported by Philadelphia Saturday Evening Ledger.
New Jersey has suffered much in the past decade from the deaths of prominent public men including Vice-President Hobart former Governors Redle Green and Abbott Senator McPherson Congressmen Halsey and Phelpa and Judges Beasley Runyou and Cuttell.
A scattered collection of home care and cooking notes. It covers sponge cleaning by salt water, lavender and pine sachets for linens, the value of olive oil for salads, proper food storage in ice boxes, a quick luncheon dish for unexpected guests, and several simple recipes such as poached tapioca and salmon mayonnaise. Also includes a judge remarks on pardons from St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A nostalgic verse from Bliss Carman published in the Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post. The speaker recalls a sultry afternoon, a distant beloved, and how memory returns with winter imagery and longing for reunion. The poem blends nature with personal recollection and a refrain of the beloved’s voice.
A collage of humorous exchanges and quips from London and American papers including light dialogue on court visits in London, domestic scenes in homes, and schoolroom jokes. Notable snippets feature misheard words, frugal households, a bigamy joke from a convict, and a classroom pun about A D and B C explained to students.
A collection of maxims and brief items notes Franklin’s maxims on thrift and vice, a White House water anecdote from Franklin Square, and a Wichita streetcar seat dispute. Also a claim that Malay has little grammar, highlighting quirky historical items and social observations.
Attorney-General Griggs ruled ICC freight classification evidence does not justify action against Official Classification Committees under anti trust law. Manila reports Lt Edward Taylor of the Twelfth Infantry killed by a train near Bau tista. Inspector General Breckinridge drafts a bill to raise Inspectors General from 19 to 25. Alaska troop expansion discussed. Julius H McAtee charged with large cash theft from Stevens and another. Captain Edwin White to retire, served since 1861. Smallpox spreads among Indians and Crow Reservation. Congress to seek 50,000 dollars to stamp it out.
The dispatch reports American troops patrolling coastal provinces of Cagayan and northern Luzon, with insurrection forces attacking signal corps near Talevera. It notes boiler explosions in Pennsylvania and Milwaukee, ships wrecked off England, and various political shifts. A broad sweep covers Franco American treaty debates, Indian currency dissent, and colonial war fronts in Africa and Europe.
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