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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1891
Page
4
An article explains fig production from Smyrna to California, detailing grading, packaging, and pricing. It covers import paths via New York and Boston, the McKinley tariff, and California's rising role with dried figs and crystallized varieties. It also mentions the shortest New York horse railway and assorted society items.
A devastating crash on the New York Lake Erie and Western Railroad near Havenna Ohio leaves twenty dead and many injured as a fast freight collides with the Thunderbolt express after a delay at Ravenna. Separately a Kanawha and Michigan train plunges from a thirty foot trestle near Charleston West Virginia killing at least thirteen and injuring over fifty. A third accident wrecks a passenger train at a trestle, with most aboard laboring people from Findlay and surrounding areas perishing or severely injured. Rescue efforts mobilize from St Albans and Charleston as investigators seek cause amid smoke and burning ties.
An eclectic 19th century digest lists Prominent people including Prince Guonox of Grocer, Russian czarowits, Joux Macpoxacn estate valued at £20000, and other royal and political notables. It mentions the Prince of Wales, Queen Victoria, Queen of Saxony, and etc. It also notes a New York Recorder subscription fund, and a yellow fir tree shipment to the World’s Fair.
A jumble of reports recount disasters from coast to coast. A ferryman named Mickey drowned with two unknown men when their boat capsized on the Afonon gahela River near Braddock Pennsylvania amid fog and intoxication. Four workers died in a Moosla Powder Company mill explosion in Horanton Pennsylvania. The Cunard steamer Sorvia broke her shaft and was towed by the Chea ter Prince George to New York. Missing Albany official owed tens of thousands of dollars and is believed to have distributed much to relatives. Executions occurred at Sing Bing prison in New York. Tax receipts show Connecticut Rhode Island district records. A deadly thunderstorm killed three Woodstock College students in Maryland. A German and Japanese travelers are named among casualties. Shipping and labor unrest ripple across states as fires and floods devastate rail lines and waterfronts.
Dispatch from G W Durbrow Salton salt works superintendent confirms water in Salton Sink comes from the Colorado River through the New River. Traced by land from Fig Spring, the stream enters Salton Sea twenty five miles south of Malton, rising one and a half inches in twenty four hours. railroad track remains safe as developments await.
Report from the British cruiser Cordelia at Bilney New South Wales describes an explosion during target practice killing Lieutenant William Holliar and Lieutenant Gordon along with four seamen. thirteen wounded including midshipmen and others. Captain Grenfell and Lieutenant Gordon are noted.
Ex city treasurer Bardaley faced Judge Wilson for embezzlement with bonds to the state and city. He received a fifteen year term with solitary confinement at Eastern Penitentiary and a fine of 237550, while the district attorney cited a deficit of 553835.34 after adjustments. Bardaley was returned to Moyamensing Prison to await transfer and shaving for a prisoner number.
Reports from Cincinnati Indianapolis New York and Chicago describe strikes and union organizing among bakers carpenters iron workers and textile laborers. Discussions cover wage cuts holidays patrols and federation movements while Finland Russia and Finland’s workers plan gatherings. The World’s Fair committee plans exhibitions by furniture manufacturers and traveling professionals.
A note on the Chicago World’s Fair describes exhibits including eighty bulls and a Nebraska plan to bring 30,000 Omaha children to the exposition. Lighting plans by electricity, Alaska’s government sponsored exhibit, a sixteenth color water color view, a permanent art palace with $200000 funding, and a new religious and philanthropic building are outlined.
A long mixed note covers top teams and players. Cleveland and Wuarex bog down as poor fielding clogs the New Yorks. Yale captain reelected for next season. Boston, Chicago, and Brooklyn players shine with records in batting and fielding. New Haven notes a sensational appearance by J. Larcent in a city game. crowd size and mayoral participation highlighted. Pitchers like Rouaze Clarkson Hutchinson vie for best winning pitcher honors with leaders Glavin Mullane Lovett Thompson Young. Cincinnati, Philadelphia, and Baltimore figures post season marks as National League standings span across teams and players.
Hannibal Hamlin ex Vice President and early Republican figure dies in Bangor Maine after a long career in law politics and public service. He served as Senator Governor and Minister to Spain and played a key role in Lincoln's era. Born in Oxford County in 1800 he rose from farmer to printer and lawyer.
A new monthly public debt statement combines the Secretary and Treasurer reports in one form. It notes about a five million dollar rise in total public debt over the last month and a net drop of about twenty two thousand dollars in the past fiscal year. The Treasury shows a surplus near five million five hundred eight thousand dollars, with no change in interest bearing debt. bonded debt totals six hundred thirty point six million, including five hundred sixty million in bonds and four and a half percent bonds at three hundred sixty million.
Constable John Powers and Samuel Gann led a party with McCoy to arrest Indians accused of firing haystacks near the Mojave Desert. A clash occurred. Powers and Beedy were idle, two Indians and two horses were involved. Gann’s mustache was shot off, yet he guided Powers to the Kern River for aid. Twelve men pursued the Indians as Powers’s throat was cut and McCoy’s face was severely gashed.
Monticello witness Charles Huffman aged about twenty eight collapsed with heart disease at the altar after marrying Miss Mary Loshty. The stunned bride fainted as he died. the Tremont Hotel scene recounted in the incident. A Chinese beggar in Portland surprised a white family with a disruptive meal and cigar before being removed.
A devastating cyclone struck Baton Rouge early morning, wrecking the steam tug Smoky City and demolishing 100 houses. It tore through the penitentiary, collapsing two stories of the north wing and killing ten convicts while wounding thirty. Five more were not expected to live. The storm damaged the town, with fires, ruined drug stores, and uprooted trees, as rescuers cleared debris and evacuated inmates.
A garbled 19th century patch lists many disparate items. Mentions Australasian fruit, hundreds of alliances, Florida land, large farm plans, Russia and Danish concerns, German customs league, Kansas machinery sales, naval maneuvers, and Chicago Exposition access rules. Reads as an OCR collage with uncertain details and dates.
P M Geatch of Sidney Ohio explains how his height saved his life when a wheat bin collapsed and sank him into grain. He describes being pulled free after a coworker shut off power and workers dug him out, claiming a taller frame would have left him dead.
The New York Times reports coal in Northern Iowa is running low amid major strikes and exhausted fields. Mines at Carbon Junction Holiday Creek Coalville and Kalo are largely abandoned while Lehigh’s operations shrink. Craig Company shifts to Angus as output drops and costs rise.
Four parts pulverized resin and two parts train oil are mixed in a suitable vessel with one part hot tallow. The steel article is plunged at slow red heat and held until thoroughly cooled. Reheating and tempering in the usual way yields cheaper, more uniform hardening and less brittle steel with excellent cutting qualities.
A survey notes rivers failing to reach the sea in the Atlas south slope and several California streams drying midsummer. Jersey agriculture is robust with $450 per acre potato yield, $7000 per farm assessment, cows valued highly, and overall island prosperity. A Toledo address pledges Hall's Catarrh Cure in a sworn oath, with others present.
The dairyman arrested for watering milk explains he added water to ten gallons of milk and a tablespoonful of salt to transport it in warm weather over rough streets. He claims dilution keeps milk salable, cites competition with Gascon dairies and says he would follow any health regulation or use harmless chemicals to counter churning effects. He states water was not to defraud customers but to prevent rancidity.
A London court heard a bold act by a female weight lifter paid by her employer. She displayed shining teeth and lifted a 120 pound cannon with her bite to prove the weapon was not property. The jury quickly returned a verdict in her favor. An 1812 geography notes California as foggy, damp, with volcanoes and snowy plains, citing traveler accounts.
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