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Newspaper

Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Jul 04, 1890

Page

4

Lightkeepers and their strict lighthouse life

The article surveys U S lighthouse service detailing keeper duties and discipline. It notes salaries from 600 to 1000 with strict penalties for liquor use or leaving posts. It describes ice wreck of Sharp's Island lighthouse, library provisions, and rules about sideline work and renting summer quarters. It also covers superstition among Wall Street traders and bears on weather.

United States Sharp's Island Chesapeake Bay Highthouse Iea Fife New York Sun

Quality Springs Fail to Stand the Test of Time

A New York Sun item notes a jeweller's complaint that watch springs wear out quickly. He recalls a century old spring lasting years while modern springs break within days. Manufacturers have spent vast sums but spring quality appears to have declined.

New York Sun

Absurd Exchange Over War Privileges

A fragment from Epoch records Mr Fangio praising an “oxyiiige carriage” of Mrs Simcoe and Mrs Fangio retorting about someone walking oddly. The text reads as a humorous, clipped dialogue snippet with unclear context. The source preserves stylistic wordplay and social banter without clear event or outcome.

Mr. Fangio

Louisiana Lottery Charter Bill Advances in House Debate

Amid a heated session in Baton Rouge lawmakers approved a constitutional amendment to grant a twenty year charter to the Louisiana State Lottery Company. The bill carried a $1,000,000 yearly payment to the state treasury for schools and charities, with Senate support and possible voter ratification at the general election. The vote tally was 66 to 29 with three absent.

House of Me Baton Rouse Louisiana State Lottery Company Tve Etalo Treasury Tao Vota Senate Jackson Shattuck Lawton New Orleans Aubmalttins Morris Law

Bloodshed in Church at Ezeroum Toll of Deaths and Riots

Reports from Ezeroum Turkey describe Turkish soldiers raiding a church during services chasing arms. Fire exchanged with revolvers left several dead including a Turkish officer and Americans and many wounded. Afterwards Mussulman rioters vandalized the British Consulate and stirred unrest.

Ezeroum Turkey Bulding Siles Mussulmans

Banco National of Buenos Ayres Suspends Dividend

The Banco National of Buenos Ayres suspended its quarterly dividend payment causing a sharp drop in its shares from 165 to 190 and closing at 118. A panic spread in Buenos Ayres with distrust prevailing as gold prices rose to a 148 premium. The bank, principal to Buenos Ayres, held about $10,000,000 in capital and $44,000,000 in deposits serving as the government depository.

National Bank of Buenos Ayres Banco National

German vengeance linked to Bagamoyo arson murder case

In Central Africa at Bagamoyo a German merchant eight years after a criminal case is cited. Araab people and associates including Alvida Mahomed Bincassin are said to have died in a related incident. The event triggers mourning among the Arab community, as Mahomed hailed from a prominent family.

Mahomed Bincassin Bagamoyo Central Africa Mahomed

Election notes and disasters across states and nations

Nineteenth century dispatches report Yale and Harvard commencements, governors nominated in Pennsylvania and Maine, resignations at Amherst, and civil engineering meetings. Flooding, fires, ship and rail accidents, poisonings, murders, and legal cases color reports from New Haven to Lima, Joliet, and Washington with rail strikes and policy actions nationwide and abroad.

Turbulent Global Disasters Reported Across Nations

A stream of calamities from 1900 era sources details wrecks and deaths: a freight wreck on Lexican National Railroad at Obergor Ridge with three fatalities including a Mexican. Nova Scotia’s Lt. Governor Archibald Woodbury McTalan dies of heart failure at Government House Halifax. Prins Frederik sinks after a collision with six lost lives. midweek Scotch gales wreck nine vessels with thirty-five drowned. Dowager Queen of Corca ic dies aged eighty three on June 4. Faoching steamer burned near Forked Ree on Tangtza River with twenty fatalities. cholera spreads in Spain to Gandia and nearby villages. Mexican Governor Nicanok Vaper fights bandits but is routed with losses. Italians defeat 1000 dervishes at Keren in Abyssinia with 150 killed.

Ton Obergor Ridge Lexican National Railroad Thomas Archibald Woodbury McTalan Nova Scotia Government House Halifax Prins Frederik Corca Tangtza China Captain Place Wilson Gandia Enero Sucea Spain Grsenal

Fires Destroy Barns and Stores Across Multiple States

A series of incendiary fires wiped out barns and a Barker Rose & Gray hardware store in Carliste Pennsylvania and Elmira New York, causing nearly 200000 dollars in losses. Chicago endured a ferocious heat spell with over eighty deaths and more than five hundred prostrations in two days. A severe electrical storm hit Columbus Ohio with lightning striking about fifty locations. A waterspout in Wapakoucha Ohio drowned cattle and damaged property. A runaway accident in Martinsburg West Virginia killed two travelers. The President signed an act authorizing an Appraiser's warehouse in New York City. The Interior Department asked Congress for a 031,009 grant for the Disability Pension program. Cholera cases, including a death, appeared in Narbonne France. In Canada, Lake Ontario floods threatened. A boat overturned near Brockville, killing two. The Senate Sergeant at Arms resigned, and Philadelphia’s naval contract trials were approved.

Washington Arizona Secretary of the Interior Indian Territory Cherokes United Stats Tue Army Rockey P. Earhart District of Willamette Oregon Sreakin Buren Messrs. Conger Walker Bland House Senate Thiksum Mint New York Trek Porter Crom United States Alexander ©. Moore West Virginia Siam George W. Fishback Missouri Buenos Ayres Sanwel H Deacon Minor Belleville Woolman J. Hollowas Indiana Stratford Carliste Penn Tur Hardware Stora Barker Rose É& Gray Elmira N.Y Chicago Bozan Columbus Ohio Campman Stultz Inborer William Wiss Wapakoucha Tstarw Berry James Anheney Martinsburg W. Va Tae Hira

Palmer Efecto President and Dickin son Elected to Columbian Fair

The article notes T. W. Palmer of Michigan and John T. Dickinson of Texas were elected President and Secretary of the Columbian Fair Commission in Chicago by unanimous vote. It details proposed officer structure and mentions Palmer’s career and 1800 birth in Detroit with later roles and ventures.

Palmer United States Spain T. W. Palmer Michigan John T. Dickinson Texas Chicago Conmaittes Flva Vicw Fiat

Notable Global Figures in Brief Scandals and Honors

A collage of famous names and quick notes spans royals, politicians, and celebrities. Emperors, nobles, and ambassadors are linked with fortunes, marriages, and nominations, while writers, planners, and explorers receive quick sketches of status and wealth.

Heat Wave Strikes Chicago as Dozens Prostrate

Dispatches report an unprecedented heat spell centered on Chicago with hundreds exposed to extreme conditions. Eighteen deaths and eighty five prostrations in the city, plus over 300 horses killed, as others suffer in rising temperatures across St. Louis Cincinnati and Louisville with multiple fatalities and widespread suffering.

Chicago Missouri River Oho British Columbia Pensacola Phinehatt Oblast Wells Street Fifth Avenue Clark Madison Streets Randolph Street Charborn Washington Frank Kronlick Seventh Street Edward Griffin Fan Handle Railroad Round House Wentford Hon Patrick—Bshea Fowler William Moore Randolph Anfield Debary Sun Aassistant Illum Madison St. Louis Cincinnati Louisville Lince

Counting by Machine How the Census Figures Are Tallied

The Washington Star describes census counting on Punth street in the Census Building where women operate Hollevith machines. The process uses two-pass counting and cross checks to ensure accuracy. Multiple machines count districts, then totals are adjusted for discrepancies.

Punth Street Washington Star Hollevith Enery Hay Cel Dietret

Major Panitza Executed for Plot Against Bulgarian Government

A Russian officer named Major Panitza was executed at a camp near Sythe for conspiring to overthrow the Bulgarian government. He confessed to the chaplain before being tied to a post and shot by twenty one bullets at 50 o’clock in the morning as infantry and artillery guards watched. The body was given to his widow.

Panitra Sythe Chaplin Ciy Panitz

National League baseball scene features star players and attendance boom

The era’s debates on pitchers, hitters, and team strength unfold as Boston, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia clubs vie for supremacy. Attendance soars in Louisville while early season gaps and veteran pluyers challenge new talent across leagues.

Frromens Lapres Clarkson Paty Hives Philadelphia Players' Club Brooklyn Sraca Yale Ilo Brothers Hood Boston Mantin Buffalo N. Y Harry Vaughn New York Brotherhood as¢Inehes Channy Farran Chicago Sam Thompson Philadelphia Ree Tnost Nelson and Gerhardt Brooklyn Association Crankson Boston Jeague Louisville Hines Cittinnati Russv New York Pirciten Witt Gusnert Pittsburg Carrain Nep Hanlon Pittsburgs Boston Globe Mike Kelly Aml Tim Kelly

Global unrest and economic woes reported in Newly Gleanings

The item lists diverse global notes from crop and locust damage in Hungary to Egypt cotton export plans, rising English bicyclist numbers, Franco German trade shifts, Egypt recruits for Congo state, and faltering Philadelphia population growth. It blends economic, political, and social curiosities in a single snapshot.

Wyoming Statehood Dominates Senate Debates and Conferees

The Senate debated Wyoming's admission amid attacks over print matters in the Record and set conferees on Post Office and Consular bills. Bills passed include a Texas public building, relief for retired Army officers, and sale of Navy Yard lands in Brooklyn. Idaho admission was pressed as another item on the calendar.

Senate Wyoming Call Hiscock Hudson, N, Y Post Office Department Messrs Phimb Allizon Blackburn Hale Alson House Paris Texas Navy Yard United States Naval Hospital Brooklyn N.Y Blessis Sherman, Jones Nevada Harris Fort Worth Postoffice Dennis W. Mullan United States Navy Idaho Cullom +s Delivary

Oil Fire at Refinery Injures Several Boys in Louisville Wy

A five acre oil fire at the Standard Oil refinery on Earth and C streets in Louisville Wy began when a tank car from Cleveland was accessed to vent oil into refining vats. An inspector and two workers caused a flare, igniting vapor and causing a massive explosion. Injured: Andrew McDonald twelve, John McDonald fourteen, Dan O Neill twelve, Join Kine twenty two, Severin Skene forty one, 1. 3. Pettito forty five, Arthur Yonkers eighteen. Three young boys Davey O Neill and the McDonalds were near a railroad track when the blast occurred and flames spread as they moved east with the wind. Fire crews extinguished flames. O Neill suffered flesh peeling and pain, unable to cry. The blast reportedly caused a building damage of about 359,000. NATIVE prages note shift in trade as French packers eye California color recalls.

Standard Oil Louisville Cleveland Andrew McDonald John McDonald Dan O'Neill Kine Agal Severin Skene Pettito Tve Thouzane Arthur Yonkers Davey O'Neill Andrew O'Neal

Only Daughter Cured of Consumption Promotes Free Remedy

Dr James saved his only child from consumption with an Indian Hemp preparation and offers the recipe free on receipt of two stamps. Claims hemp cures night sweats, nausea, and can break a fresh cold in 24 hours. advertises Craddock 30 Race St Philadelphia and notes extra products for cosmetic skin care and insect stings.

Sumner Halifax Nova Scotia Bernuda JL. James Craddock Race &T Philadelphia

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