15 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1887
Page
1
A mix of notes covers thunderstorms safety myths and tree choices, Pasteur's rabies impact, dog care contrasts, anti rabies figures, a steel clad bullet from Germany, Finlanders in Washington Territory, quirky Western town names, a mosquito threat to young brook trout, and fruit export trials from South Australia with costly freight and limited profit.
A poetic fragment questions why love endures as music, art, and beauty reveal the beloved. The speaker invokes divine imagery, enchanted ground, and starry heaven to explain love's hidden, enduring secret. The verses juxtapose longing with peaceful contemplation as truth emerges.
Daisy Hale confronts class and labor ideals as John Ramsey, a college-educated farmer, insists on tending the land while she resents domestic duties. Aunt Mary weeps downstairs, and Daisy shifts from vanity to sympathy, taking up chores and pondering humble work over refinement.
Daisy, once seen as mere drudgery on the farm, grows into a sturdy partner as John, now ready for city life, asks her to marry. Aunt Mary’s paralysis reshapes duties, and four years of earnest labor leave both Daisy and John content, united in love and home. The article shifts to a historical note on Japanese acupuncture, shampooing, and the medical arts, detailing traditions from ancient to more modern practices and their ceremonial roles.
The article notes Turkish homes have no separate parlor dining or sleeping rooms. All apartments look alike and are furnished similarly. Visitors are welcomed in any room, meals occur where people sit, and mattresses with cushions are stored away during the day and laid out on the floor at night.
Two wealthy widows Mrs. Massey of Colorado and Mrs. Mary Easterly of Nevada own ranches and manage cattle stocks while others like Mrs. Nig and Mrs. Meredith build fortunes from stock. The piece also discusses fashion advice on colors for golden hair and staying habits, and notes wedding veil customs, orange blossom symbolism, and German bridal traditions.
An Alaska Free Press reminiscence recounts Wild Bill Hickok’s famed six‑shooter feats including a double kill in Kansas, a running joke about his drinking, and a deadly monkey scare. It then describes a cremation in Juneau with potlatch rites and detailed tribal burial practices for two natives, followed by a native house gathering and distribution of belongings.
An Austrian meteorologist M Ligner in the Moon Magnetism theory asserts the moon exerts a fluctuating influence on a compass needle, growing stronger when near earth and during certain moon phases. disturbances peak when the moon is on the celestial equator and vary with declination. A separate Texas Siftings note describes a passenger attention scene in a smoking car where a man repeats a tale about a silver watch.
The London Letter notes that Mr. Parnell speaks coolly yet with deliberate force when angered his words come heavy with emphasis and a hissing undertone his face pale with suppressed passion. He remains in control like a rider mastering a stubborn horse, intent on conquering the end while repudiating the Phoenix Park murders and the conspiracy against Mr. Foster.
A Boston Herald excerpt discusses the rising prevalence of absinthe consumption in the United States and its severe nervous outcomes. It cites warnings on epileptic convulsions and gruesome final moments, noting wormwood oil as a key toxic component and contrasting absinthe risks with those of ordinary alcohol.
The article traces the evolution from Congressional caucuses to national conventions beginning with the Anti Masonic gathering in 1830. It notes the 1831 Baltimore convention nominating William Worth and Amos Edlmaker, the 1833 Democratic convention nominating Van Buren with Jackson for President, and the 1856 Republican convention in Philadelphia nominating John C. Freemont for President.
Epoch notes that John E. Parsons, Joseph H. Choate and other eminent New York lawyers each pull about $75,000 annually. A rising Bar member remarks that if every lawyer in the city shared equally, each would get roughly $1,000.
In Vienna pipes of paper are fashioned to convey £ 3 and water underground. They are made from sheets like firework cases, charged with asphalt during rolling, lined with insoluble enamel, and measure half an inch in thickness yet withstand an internal pressure of 200 pounds.
A Nebraska farmer quarrels with the growing number of railroads and sues for damages claiming they shade his crops. The dialogue features a railroad superintendent and the farmer debating methods to curb delays. The exchange reflects early 20th century rural frustration with rail service and regulatory action in Nebraska.
A correspondent outlines Nubia's narrow strip along the Nile. Despite harsh, rocky terrain and scarce villages, two irrigation systems keep the land alive. He describes Nubian life, religion, and dress, noting the region’s devout Mohammedan culture and distinctive housing. The piece closes with a short moral on personal happiness and thrift.
Pacific reports note Allison Island near New Guinea with stretchable land and height, plus adjacent fertile tracts. Wallace predicts many islands unseen by whites, and traders find remote isles with early charting by an Australian firm. Also noted are studies on lunar velocity estimates, fish communication, and a groomsman clergyman anecdote.
The largest permanent electric installation yet placed in a single building is at the Czar’s winter palace. Interior illumination uses 12,000 candlepower lamps and exterior arcs number 56. Dynamos total twenty six plus eight engines, capable of 2500 horsepower, with reserve machinery.
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