20 Jan 1893
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1893
Page
1
A mosaic of observations and anecdotes on labor, education, empire, and weather from the era. It notes Greece and England demographics, American enrollments, U.S. spending, and European labor trends. cites a North Carolina college endowment idea, India’s voyage records, and a rainmaking/toy pageant in El Paso. The piece blends social commentary with humorous vignettes, closing with a poem urging steadfast virtue.
In a gossiping village tale Miss Beth Davenport, a poised single woman of thirty, befriends Max Mendon. A planned evening visit leads to a mistaken confrontation with Ethel, a dramatic escape to the stable, a comic arrest, and a late confession of mutual love. Beth accepts, despite age gap, and Max asks to marry.
Howry Labouchere cites Mr Bright describing artificial appetite from stomach distension. He explains that reducing food amount gradually weakens hunger, making meals more satisfying as the stomach adapts.
The New York Advertiser describes why canaries shipped from Germany and England face severe seasickness and high mortality during transatlantic voyages. Attendants monitor crates of paired cages, feeding and watering twice daily, with crates stored separately on the steerage deck. Thousands of birds travel year round, with laborers risking long voyages to broker birds to European depots and back.
A Baltimore group in September 1614 plotted to seize British soldiers passing through Upper Marlborough. They captured over twenty men and held them in a form of durance vile before British forces repelled the plan, freed a soldier, and captured the conspirators who had plotted mistreatment.
An elephant at Bello Gardens impresses visitors by solving a biscuit puzzle using multiple coins. The beast holds five coins, rocks, and then drops two pennies together to trigger a biscuit, suggesting counting insight though not full arithmetic. The piece also notes wolf season in Russia with wolf losses and government records, followed by a comic family exchange about a torn outfit and a lesson on restraint.
A Keokuk Iowa nickel mine new discovery and coal losses in bulk. Platinum drawn into fine wire strands. electric lights and batteries for rails discussed. Destruction of barberry in France cited. Solar and stellar musings note 1000 stars seen with naked eye and countless more in the heavens. Mining in California foothills marginal in dry winters. electricity speed over wires noted. A lawn and parlor bicycle invention described along with a portable storage battery system for railways.
The article outlines three ruby types the Oriental, spine, and balala. It notes color and composition differences, alumina content, chromium influence, and relative values. It discusses hardness, light behavior, and ancient beliefs about ruby luminescence and protective myths. It cites famous rubies and owners, including Sheik Sophy, the Shiah of Persia, the King of Venice, Gustavus Adolphus, and a czarist presentation.
A collage of short notices notes Tne Khedira of Egypt writer Rev T De Wirr Taumaar aged sixty one Bismance in Milwaukee Ex Mayon Gnant New York City offered five business offers Governor HoaG Texas aged thirty five Pasteur honorary member in Berlin Mr G Byonxnes sixtieth birthday in Norway Duke of Veragas plans voyage from Spain Senor Conevaro Peru minister to the U S handsome bachelor Parswent Hannison reads faces Exiramera Stuart Parnps Wanp author of Gatoc Ajar Braxiny Brows Garfiald aide now clerk in Washington $1490 yearly Oliver Optic author over 600 short stories Trowan Henry Sarrono lightning calculator Jonx T Ricn Michigan governor self made man Ex governor Kexxanaluz 1835 Senator Kenna death in Washington four deaths in Senate since Fifty-second Congress December 20 1831 May 14 last December 15 last and now Kenna.
National tally reports totals for a presidential candidate in a fusion slate. The document labels totals and affiliations, noting the Lach candidate and fusion group.
Widespread extreme cold freezes Europe as St Petersburg and Moscow endure record lows. Snow halts Baltic navigation, Rhine pontoons are hauled in, Berlin clears streets while tramways halt in Constantinople. Telecommunication and suburban traffic are disrupted. several deaths attributed to the cold.
Chief Architect Burnham offers another estimate for finishing the World’s Fair buildings in Chicago, claiming at least 0 extra dollars beyond prior figures. Budgets from 10 million to 23 million circulated before a final $10.59 million compromise. Other notes mention Evansham's Cantard bid and a Ohio birth claim of a woman with a large family.
Senator John E. Kenna of West Virginia died in Washington at about 3 a.m. after years of illness due to a malady. He served in Congress and the Senate, fought in the Civil War, studied law, and left a widow and six children. Funeral services were held in the Senate Chamber with dignitaries attending, and the body was buried in Charles Town, West Virginia.
Kornel Loth, condemned for the murder of Mrs Etta Demacsek of Schenectady, died by electric shock at Clinton Prison Dannemora a few mornings ago just before noon. Clergy accompanied him and witnesses described a quiet end after a brief confession and the fatal 1735 volt shock. He had been convicted in Schenectady Court of Over and Berminer and sentenced December 3 to die during the week of January 16.
A raid by robbers on Kam Li village in Sala Hing district led to a fatal disaster during a festival. A wooden temple burned as a crowd fled the fire and smoke, with about 1490 dead and 1140 missing. The incident is the region's worst in years.
Four colored men were hanged in the town’s jail yard at Chestertown at noon on execution day for the murder of Dr. James H. Hill. Sheriff and guards maintained order as the town emptied. the condemned proclaimed innocence while a confession from Bradshaw was reportedly not obtained.
The Manufacturer's Record details Southern iron, coal, railroad and ship lines showing output up from 1891 to 1892. Iron production rose to 1,944,203 tons. eleven new blast furnaces were completed. coal shipments increased from 23,836,512 to 24,? million tons. railroads added 1,053 miles and 24 lines reorganized. Also notes more steamship lines, mill employment gains, cotton consumption, and phosphate shipments, with mixed estimates for cotton acreage and 1893 crop prospects.
A sprawling set of terse notes reports drought and crop issues in Mexico, cattle and border tensions, and sums paid for wolf scalps. It cites losses from Garza and a British Columbia salmon run, rail expansion, and varied economic indicators from New York to Illinois.
A Rome dispatch reports the pope will establish a permanent apostolic delegation in the United States and has named Monsignor Satolli as the first delegate. The move aims to unify American church differences, with Rev. F Z Booker named secretary of the delegation and travel notes indicating Satolli’s rise from papal representative to delegate with broad powers.
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