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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1897
Page
4
The piece argues that tariffs and taxes on physical strength hinder business and health. It promotes Bt Jacobs Oil as a fast cure for sudden backache, urging prompt use to restore vigor and return to work. It frames health as the best currency and remedy against pain.
A novel church plan features a shiplike hull with a 100 by 25 foot footprint, T iron frame, corrugated iron skin, and 80 foot masts. The design, aiming to lure hundreds beyond ordinary sanctuaries, includes porthole windows, decked galleries, a forecastle capstan, and a pulpit on the bow. The program envisions naval cadets in dress uniforms and a band performing nautical tunes, attracting longshoremen, dock hands, and roisterers from local yards and lodging houses, with congregations already near 500.
Captain Slocum, the world cruising American skipper, reports from Valparaiso that the island of Crusoe’s Cave near Juan Fernandez has disappeared. He claims twenty five to thirty five families once lived there and that a cargo of supplies was sent to inhabitants, with a drunken voyage causing him to misjudge navigation. In Iowa, Humboldt County Supervisors find County Treasurer Lindley twenty thousand dollars short, with bondsmen mostly farmers and a Baptist church member.
Senator Chandler introduces a resolution directing the Committee On Foreign Relations to investigate recent payments related to the Cuban insurgents. The measure seeks to determine the source and amount of funds, whether any foreign influence affected the government’s stance, and to identify individuals who benefited from the settlement of this claim.
The Northern Pacific Railway Company held an auction in Tacoma selling 1100-pound horses for about 4.69 each and 1000-pound horses with issues noted in bid results. Reportedly, eighteen head of horses were brought to the sale, with various health concerns mentioned as reasons for value.
The note outlines Governor Walcott acting as governor during Governor Greenbalge’s term and his inauguration as governor. It mentions his earlier role as Lieutenant Governor and references the transition during the year of Greenbalge’s death. The source emphasizes the sequence of acting and official governorship.
General Gomez stated Cuba would offer to pay a war indemnity to Spain only if Madrid recognizes Cuba as independent. He argued Spain should wait to grant recognition until the island is ruined and resources are exhausted, favoring Cuban triumph over concessions to the Spanish treasury.
A large armed pursuit trailed Simon Cooper through night to a house two miles from Squaretown DC. Cooper fired a Winchester when approached, Governor Evans authorized capture dead or alive, and at noon he stepped out to surrender before being shot down in the standoff.
narrative from the era notes Bombay's half-population loss and a weekly death rate around 200 per thousand. It cites Lord Mayor of London funding a relief fumigation for the famine in Lodia, with large sums absorbed. Reports of other distant governance events and an overflowing river town in Linn Creek under water conclude the fragment.
Fragmented Delaware political scene sees seven Addicks Republicans form a rump after defeats in Sussex, meeting at Hotel Richardson in Dover. Luthar Conewell serves as temporary chair, Thomas C. Moore elected speaker, and Charles Mastings named clerk. Democrats retain control in both chambers, with Meredith (Democrat, Kent) seated and Altus (Rep) rejected. Postmaster changes noted in Washington and Dover. Concord session ends with Republican House rivalries and a Democratic Senate.
A New York Evangelist piece describes Arctic avian migration, noting vast numbers of birds travel to breeding grounds beyond the Arctic Circle to feast on cranberry cloudberry and crowberry crops nourished by perpetual daylight. Insects flourish with heat, producing mosquitoes that attract insectivorous birds like warblers and wagtails.
House wrens readily nest near people when boxes gourds or hollow receptacles are provided. They will enter stance and repay with cheerful tinkling songs. They defend their nests against larger birds even attacking cats. When no shelter, they occupy knots holes weather boards crevices teapots or hats. They are lively useful and as familiar as neighbors. In Europe the Kitty Wren name is widely used for the common variety.
The Buenos Ayres Standard reports Jabez Balfour era Italta intends a new tax regime on bachelors with monthly rates by age: 3 dollars for 20–30, 10 dollars for 30–35, 220 dollars apparently for 35–50, 30 dollars for 50–75, and 50 cents for 7 to Y0. Widows and widowers receive a three year grace to remain free.
A three-year-old potato and six small attached tubers, grown at Connor Bluffs Town, have been nicknamed the Murphy family by the owner.
The most substantial memorial of the Victorian jubilee will be the Victoria Hospital for Children in London, built to commemorate the sixtieth year of the queen's reign. It is described as the only hospital in London to bear panic.
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