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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1891
Page
1
A Buffalo area piece recounts a deaf and dumb Leghorn rooster that lost its voice after a neck injury. The bird remains dominant, waking the flock with movements rather than crowing, recognizing meals by lip movements, and winning its daily battles without sound.
A Novoye Vremya correspondent details the brutal conditions of Siberian travel from Irkutsk to Yakutsk and onward to Verkhovyanka and Sredno-Kolymsk. Roads are ice or mud, shelters scarce, food meager, and delays frequent with river crossings by improvised means.
A collection of society fashion notes and cultural glimpses across cities like Vienna and Paris. Highlights include Austrian ladies steeplechase scenes among military circles, Russian lace fashions, fur hood trends, New York household salaries, and a profile of Mrs. May Frenel Sheldon’s planned Africa expedition.
Brazil nuts come from tall northern Brazilian trees reaching 100 to 120 feet. The large fruit drops with force, requiring a mallet to crack. Nuts have wrinkled triangular shells and white kernels, pleasant to taste when fresh, and pressed oil burns well.
In a New York Sun excerpt a household rejoices over Mary the cook. She returns sad after attending a wake and reveals she will marry the corpending husband, prompting surprise from her mistress Taige Martine.
A cryptic note hints at danger as a local family discovers jars emptied of food and a strange message. Police urge calm while investigators examine possible threats and motives.
A Mo. journal recounts a railroad engineer noting locomotives' moods. He compares engines to horses, saying one can balk on grades yet surge forward the next day under the same load. The piece highlights the temperamental nature of locomotives and the affection engineers hold for their Iron steeds.
A column of household recipe notes covers a brass cleaner mix with acids and oils, a five pound grease soap recipe, rice cooking method, two inexpensive sauces, and various other kitchen tips. It includes details on a temperance cake, crullers, rolls, oats, and a brief note on Thoroughbred horses and other scattered items.
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