14 Jul 1893
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1893
Page
1
A compilation of international views notes Sigmarck urging a bigger German army, questions about European war prospects from The Atlanta Constitution, and various European economic and cultural observations. It touches on German deposits, British and French concerns, and plans for monetary decimalization in Mexico.
Six year old Frank Hagan from Ingersoll Texas quit school to farm and win prizes. He cultivates acres producing cabbages onions and oats while furnishing vegetables for his family. He will clear at least $1000 this year and earns income from livestock produce and journals. His farming feats highlight southern youth vigor and regional agricultural potential.
The St Louis Globe-Democrat reports on hostel signals used by tramps indicating the character of house occupants. A feather suggests a soft-hearted resident, a sketch-saw horse warns of hard work, a dog motif signals trust or fear, and a tail-down dog implies a lockout.
In Harper’s Weekly style a poem on rain opens a tale where Mrs. Denver rents rooms to a dapper old lodger, who turns out to be Frank Ellington in disguise. Josie resists marriage to an old gentleman, and the plot culminates in a comic revelation and a double wedding outcome.
A Baron recounts a trial by jury of storks deciding a punishment for a mate. Beavers face penal servitude for losing mates. An Indian adage links the adjutant bird to the coming rains in Bengal, with thirteen birds foretold at the Viceregal palace.
A Science cited discussion on epitermic scales forming the outer layer of animal hairs explains how hair arrangement aids cleansing. It describes edge orientation, friction effects, and particle movement toward the tip, aided by sebaceous secretions that help remove shed epithelium.
The Detroit Free Press notes a quirky household practice in Florida orange districts where housekeepers scrub floors with orange halves. The acid supposedly cleans the floor pulp, leaving it sparkling white. The text also mentions a post Franco-Prussian War marriage rate rise in Germany by ten percent.
A collage of lighthearted vignettes and quips from sources like Life Tit-Bits and Indianapolis Jour explore social foibles. Bits include a proud father satire a cobbler joke a flying machine gag and bar crowd observation, with playful exchanges between servants husbands and wives and witty quotes.
A veteran of ’49 recounts coaching stories from the West and a youth recalls a Newport episode. The exchange shifts to a failed engagement, a sunstroke, and a lucky turn when Miss Newton becomes engaged, illustrating that old coaching mishaps echo into later years.
Commo dore Tyrrell recounts 1864 voyage south of Campeachy aboard the Metacomet. A massive white shark, weighing over 2000 pounds and over sixteen feet long, was hauled aboard after a fierce chase with rifles firing. The shark’s stomach contained an old boot a tin can and fish heads.
The Philadelphia Times notes that many Americans cannot name the number of stars on the flag, with common guesses between 40 and 42. It explains North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Washington, Idaho, and Wyoming joining to bring the total to 44 and describes star arrangement in six rows with varying counts.
News briefs note planned excursion trains to Chicago from New York, a court rejection on closing the World's Fair on Sundays, a fatal mine explosion in Cumberland, a Texas land association in receivership, vast farm losses near Fergus Falls, a large Denver silver convention, and Navy discharge policy changes. Also reported are New York customs receipts drop, Treasury gold totals, and flooding in Tyrolian districts with drownings.
The article notes New York crippling play while the West is booming. Pitcher shifts, releases, and strong batteries are described for clubs including Brooklyn, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Philadelphia with mentions of key players and upcoming matchups.
Nations of the Latin Union led by Italy France Belgium and Switzerland move to protect mutual interests after India's silver action. Negotiations continue with no withdrawal expected. In Bern Switzerland minting of one half one and two franc pieces nearly halted with a few five franc pieces still circulating.
In 1694 William III faced funding needs for war with France. William Paterson and Michael Godfrey recruited forty merchants to subscribe to a 6 million loan, forming a bank. Parliament granted the charter on 27 1694 with Sir John Houblon as first Governor and Godfrey as first Deputy Governor. The bank began operations July 1, 1695, issuing notes and discounting bills as usual.
A long log jam at Carratunk Falls Maine stretched two miles up the river and held 330 million feet of lumber. For thirty days crews toiled to remove the obstruction with a locomotive and two flat cars, moving the last log and costing about 12000 dollars.
The steamer Dolgie reports the Welling River overflowed in heavy rain in China. Estimates say over 1000 drowned and many more homeless as walls collapse. A telegraph notes nearly 10 000 dead in Nunlugiu Ixviaya Polis amid broader crisis.
Destructive cyclone hits Pomeroy Iowa razing most homes injuring and killing dozens. Rescue crews with tents and physicians set up improvised hospitals as Governor Bolos mobilizes relief. Death toll climbs with hundreds injured and property losses reaching into the hundreds of thousands. towns nearby report additional fatalities.
Western Kansas counties including Wichita Scott Lane Seott and Greeley urge a convention to appeal to Governor Lowelling for immediate legislative funds. The plea warns thousands may abandon homesteads and move to Oklahoma unless aid arrives soon.
A group of thirty railway builders from a village went for a day excursion by yacht off Skegnolds on England’s east coast. A heavy squall capsized the vessel. twenty seven drowned as survivors struggled in the water. The disaster follows a boating outing by workers and other excursionists toward the well waterlogged coast.
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