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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1888
Page
1
Readable fragments show cadets majority voted for no wine at the annual commencement banquet while a minority held a separate gathering. Cadets, vacancies, and officer assignments noted as West Point garrison details unfold.
A rhymed meditation on giving and writing to uplift others. It urges readers to share their noblest thoughts with humanity and God, asserting that every child of earth may rise through virtue, regardless of stain.
Lita Allan late to church sketches the preacher in her hymn book. a crumbling conscience follows. At a tennis party she fears exposure as Mr Frank Dewey, the minister's nephew, recognizes her. The inked sketch becomes a joke kept secret by Dewey and his loyal friend, until years later marriage confirms forgiveness.
The Detroit Free Press account recalls a rural public school scene with exams, prize distributions, and speeches. Students pass examinations, receive books and prizes announced by the President, and a dance follows the service, ending late Sunday morning.
An evening paper muses on the Niagara Falls sound likening it to organ tones, noting a famed American organist’s view of the deepest pitch and the impossibility of a real low note. The piece argues the falls produce a grand, undefinable harmonic hum rather than discernible melody.
A jumble of science tidbits reports dust particles in air, grafting on hawthorn, pebble blush, voice mechanics in a piano, sugar mite counts, vigorous thistles in Australia, root growth from cut pieces, vibrating strings with induction sparks, and Mars canals with possible weather and life. Some claims stretch credulity, others note astronomical observations.
The column laments petty fashion trends such as poodle color matching and cowbells as accessories, surveys riding side preferences for ladies, and notes quirks in beauty cures. It also discusses varied fashion forecasts, textiles, and ornaments, while recounting Mrs Langtry’s rumored beauty regimen and a long, curious scroll of dress trends and exotic birds.
The Cincinnati Esquirer notes a travel tradition where porters are tipped a quarter each morning for shining shoes and brushing clothes. Some mean porters steal by biting the heel notch. a visible outside heel notch signals nonpayment on the DB. 7 list.
A Springfield Republican survey of 19th century electric advances features Colonel Pierce proposing high speed pneumatic tubes for travel and missionaries, Edison phonograph talks, Bell’s handwriting telegraph, and electric streetcar deployments. It highlights Adolph Peters’ German lines, U S electric rail growth, and P. Flood’s Menlo Park estate as emblematic of modern progress.
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