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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1895
Page
1
The century-spanning panorama promises canal triumphs and a Siberian Railway dream that would let Londoners reach Japan in sixteen days and circle the globe in forty. Amid speculative notes on industry, labor, and wild tech, humane reporting recalls cattle mortality, education, and social change across nations.
A fragmented verse by Charley B. Going from 61. Nicholas evokes summer warmth and nature. It contrasts spring and rain with lingering winter gloom, urging readers to hold fast to hopeful days as the little brook sings back the season.
A Detroit Free Press tale in which a self aware street bicycle narrates its life among hirelings. It recalls a failed instalment plan, owners who loved and mistreated it, and a romance with a woman and her young companion who endure a near accident and rescue. The bike ends as a cherished keeper with a bill settled.
A Pearson's Weekly excerpt explains a small throat ganglion that directs throat muscles, acts like a brain, and remains subservient yet capable of independent thought. It fears strangers, complicates surgical attempts, and can trigger violent reactions if confidence is not earned.
Tawsht Many Sealowly, William Mark Broats, of Norway, is now in the sixty-eighth year of his age and says he has taught more schools than any other man in Maine. In the 11 schools he has taught he whipped 115 pupils. He says he does not believe in punishment except in extrema cases.
A Kansas frontier siege tale details Mrs Vollman defending Carter's cabin against Little Bear's band for three days. With two boys and several children inside, they repelled Indian assaults, prepared water and wetting to slow fire, and used a pit for safe evacuation. After a dawn relief by soldiers, all survivors were found safe though hungry.
A 19th century account recalls Mexican Army service against rebellious Indians in Yucatan. The narrator describes a siege atop a cliff fortress, using breech loading rifles and pan fire, witnessing Indian dances and evasive tactics. After reinforcements arrived, a Yankee gunner shared a breech-loader that helped disable the cliff’s defenders, they fled, and the Indians never performed the cliff dance again.
Mrs Talbott and her twelve year old son Willie were dragged through Gulf waters by a tarpon weighing around 190 pounds after a rope looped to the fish’s tail pulled them from shore. Mr Talbott and Willie eventually subdued the tarpon and towed it ashore while Mrs Talbott suffered arm injuries but survived with minor wounds. The incident occurred while her husband searched for turtle eggs with the family on a vacant afternoon.
A sea captain died recently and once faced a fire aboard his ship from London to Lisbon. While passengers fled to lifeboats, he calmly lit a burning rope with a cigar to distract fear, then ordered the crew to push off, preserving safety as others escaped. A bear story nearby adds local humor.
The School Journal explains flag symbolism from white for peace to red for danger, yellow for quarantine or mourning, and black for piracy. It notes dipping flags as salutes and how flags convey status, danger, or mourning on ships and during battles.
A veterinary surgeon in Van Buren Missouri investigated a hard lump on a horse shoulder. He identified a central object, described as a byproduct or foreign item, prompting local grocers to speculate about how it got there during the vacation period.
A compilation of curiosities and claims across science and industry. Topics include zinc sulfate and amber hues, cosmic light travel time to Earth, paper as insulation for Nottingham telephone lines, Arctic bird analogies, Turkish coal-like mining at Eski-Shebir, African nut remedies for asthma, helium’s spectral lines, Chicago drainage impact, Mount Baker’s melting snows, a new pea t by eye visibility, braille writing via bingo plate, meteorite extraction of argon and helium, possible new elements in hosamarskite, and digestibility comparisons in foods with chacos versus beef.
A New York Times excerpt notes refined oil at one dollar a gallon reshaping dairy, pork, and cheese markets, reducing butter demand, altering olive groves, and redirecting tallow uses. It also recounts a Kansas City scene about a dog catcher shooting stray dogs, reflecting rural and urban attitudes.
A new Dravoh of the Timber anch ory introduces recovery operations on the Bike River and its tributaries to salvage water soaked logs partly sunk. Workers will banter out timber and float it downstream to mills in Marinette Wisconsin, aiming to recover two million feet of timber sunk in the Menominee River system.
A whiskered man from Alma Kansas was arrested in Kansay City a few days ago for bellicose bearing in public. Police found in his pocket a pistol a pair of brass knuckles and a Bible old and new testaments. He claimed he was no good church member in his own torn words.
The readable lines describe smoky corridors and warped imagery as a man yearns for calm, with scattered references to distant names and places. The fragmentary text blends surreal, grimy visuals with a quest for peace, set against a troubled backdrop.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from Detroit Free Press Atchison Globe Boston Transcript New York Weekly and Chicago Tribune circulate as a humor page. The snippet cites quirky lines about plumbers burglars poets and social scenes with light amusement and tongue in cheek remarks.
A New York Witness quote urges listening to opposing views to learn truth and avoid futile controversy. Farmers discuss fighting Russin thistle, noting collective action and local councils, fearing continued spread until science humors the plant into usefulness, then scarcity.
Montana parks face abundant deer damage to fruit production as ranchers and fruit growers complain. Night browsing by deer from the mountains snacks on shoots, harming orchards while daytime avoidance leaves farmers wary and seeking relief.
Washington reports an investigation into misconduct in pension voucher handling leads to the suspension of a Department of the Interior official. The story also notes fiscal year coinage totals, railway car equipment extension, and various political and criminal happenings across the nation, including indictments in Washington and notable local incidents.
The Lord Mayor of London entertained Augustin Daly's New York company at the Mansion House. Guests included Thomas F. Bayan US Ambassador and private secretary Mr Carton. Daly praised English hospitality while Daly thanked the host for the welcome and lauded Shakespeare.
Four suspects including a 25 year old woman identified as Balla Carr were arrested by the United States Secret Service in a New York apartment at 35 Fourth Avenue after a stairwell chase on the third floor. A counterfeiting operation yielded fifty silver dollars nearly identical to genuine coins.
The Treasury reopened gold certificate issuance after gold reserves rose above 100 million. Since June 25 last, about 200 thousand dollars in gold certificates have been issued on non Vault mints. Outstanding gold certificates total 48.376 million with 617,080 in the Treasury and the rest in circulation. Gold certificates are favored over silver dollars, with only 63 million silver dollars in circulation and most silver in bullion stored at the Treasury vaults.
Reports detail a mob dragging and hanging a colored man named Dob Unggach from a mile-long trestle near Winchester Kentucky. An ex Confederate leader directed the group as Company A of the Kentucky State Guard stood by. authorities ignored the demand for prisoners. Also noted are arrest of a Bohemian priest in Prague exhibition visitors dispute and postmaster Hartshorne amid embezzlement claims, and a Baltimore electric motor test signaling end of steam era.
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