28 Jan 1887
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1887
Page
1
A reflective excerpt from Golden Days extols progress made step by step. It compares growth to a forest, a river, a book, a palace, a city, and a war won through gradual effort, concluding with time guiding wisdom through steady deeds.
Rose Rossiter endures a tense surprise party where Nellie Frost and Fred Evarts woo each other. John confronts Fred as Rose prays for strength, then Fred confesses love while Rose contemplates Nellie’s role and her future with John.
In a tense scene, Rosé-bud comforts a sad companion as Nellie and John depart with an uneasy dynamic. John eyes frost-bitten destiny while escorting Nellie, creating a mood of quiet strain and looming concern within the house.
Ben Perley Poor documents in the Boston Budget the 1852 initiation of daily weather reports by the signal service. A. H. Stephens and Prof. Espy promoted fast telegraphic weather notes, with payments through telegraph firms and publisher Col Seaton, leading to the system now used, starting from sparse reports like New Orleans rain and Chicago wind. The program expanded under General Meyer who introduced the army flag signal code.
A boy with a burned leg underwent a pioneering transplant using skin from the foot sole to cover a knee lesion. Surgeons placed about sixty tiny grafts with 50 percent taking, aiming to fix the knee for weight bearing on an artificial leg. The boy then fled on crutches, and searchers could not locate him.
In a Philadelphia Call excerpt Aurelia objects to a match with Spriggs, insisting he lacks wealth while he suspects him of deception. The dialogue mentions a Hogg estate valued at sixty four millions and hints he may be among the lawyers defending the will.
A tour of odd discoveries and experiments includes a Seine propelled by artificial wings, an ancient fresco of six geese in an Egyptian museum, and a Russian hospital study on digestion times. Also noted are grape seed germination traits, a one lung case, a blind Paris museum of tactile reading, sugar via fibre digestion, and snow lines across continents with precise elevations.
The Shah, famed hunter and sportsman, uses a smooth bore and bullet. During a royal hunt a wounded tiger escaped as the king reloaded. A private soldier seized the tiger by the tail and held it long enough for the Shah to dispatch the animal, then the soldier was made a captain on the spot.
The Mulatos mine in Sonora, once worked by natives, was rediscovered in 1804 and traded to French owners before passing to a wealthy Mexican. It features 100 chambers, some 150 feet high, with no timber supports, relying on ore pillars for roof support. ore grade is low.
A young woman who admired dogs and a young man with literary tastes plan to travel to Europe. He mentions Ouida and dogs, then responds with a pained look when the woman repeats the idea, showing a private heartbreak amid casual chatter.
The U S Senate approved a retaliatory measure by a 46 to 1 vote authorizing the President to close ports to Canadian vessels and goods amid the fisheries dispute. Debate centered on suppression as a remedy with leaders predicting possible war. President Cleveland consulted Democratic House Foreign Affairs members as risk discussions continued.
A montage of curious facts and anecdotes from 1886 including strikes, immigration, and rail debt totals. Notable items mention a Benton boy’s weight, Queen Victoria’s carriage outlays, alpine peak losses, and a Grand Duke’s Frankfurt street scuffle ending with a sausage-maker’s intervention.
The Senate passed West's bill authorizing a Mississippi River bridge near St Luke and an appropriation of 300000 for Charleston jetties. It reported several bills including protecting American fishing vessels and aiding dependent veterans. The President vetoed a pension bill for William Dickens. a conference on the Electoral Count bill was approved. a Mary monument bill advanced after debate.
The 9th day noted eulogies for Reps Arnot Kesch and Dewdney and speeches for the Inter State Commerce Bill by Messia Dunham Bynum Guenther and Nelson. The Mississippi River bridge at St Louis passed and Treasury inquiries targeted Pacific railroad funds. Senate actions included Washing ton admission, Freedmans Savings Bank relief funding and patent law amendments. Conference reports on Inter State Commerce passed 219 to 41 and the river and harbor measures advanced, with votes on statehood and land issues shaping the week's record.
A half mile west of Fort Scott Kansas a railroad explosion destroyed fifteen freight cars and blew the magazine car to atoms. Brakeman Scott Hooker was instantly killed and the blast shattered roadbed rails and glass in Fort Scott. The shock was felt five miles away and caused panic among residents.
Report describes a two to three o clock Sunday morning heist on the Texas and Pacific line two miles east of Gordon. Two masked men boarded the engine forced the engineer to halt at a trestle. They blasted the express car door and plundered the safe and mail bags worth between five thousand and fifteen thousand dollars. A Dallas sheriff fired at the robbers and was shot at. armed guards on the car hindered entry to passenger coaches.
Tonia Cabalek, 36, killed five of eight children on Independence Street near Bergle Park then hanged herself. The four younger victims were found dead. the two older children and husband survived. Neighbors describe possible insanity after the birth of the last child. the family had immigrated from Bohemia two decades earlier.
The Severn Tunnel under the river Severn, which empties into the Bristol Channel, has been opened for passenger traffic. The tunnel is four and a half miles long, one of the world’s longest, with ventilation praised as perfect.
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