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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1900
Page
1
A poem from the Athinta Constitution depicting rain as a gentle blessing easing burning streets, refreshing crops, and bringing relief to a world weary of heat and hardship. The verses praise the heavens for rain sent to refresh life and soothe the afflicted.
Nan Gray and her mother take in a motherless trio, a father and three children, as summer boarders at the Gray cottage by the sea. The arrangement arises after Nan’s wish to help, with Mr Bailey visiting nightly. Nan’s yielding strain blends with affection as the family forms, ending in a quiet, hopeful summer.
In a heartwarming scene in the Chicago Times Herald Nan becomes Mrs Bailey after a fall wedding in a hammock. A loving kiss seals the moment and happiness follows for Nan and the family in the Bailey household.
A London Globe dispatch from St. Petersburg argues Russia gains strategic advantage with Masanpho and Port Arthur, enabling sea and land bases in Korea. It warns Japan may be sidelined as Moscow projects a stronger Far East presence and hints at Russia's potential to civilize Korea amid wartime supply lines.
A Mass farmer, West Deerfield resident Lanfair, was buried alive seven hours after a sand filled well he was cleaning collapsed. Rescuers and neighbors pulled him from the twenty seven foot deep shaft alive but nearly frozen, recounting his awareness and aid during the entombment and the perilous extraction.
Cable reports from Shanghai and Lorton detail the fall of Pekin legations after a British wall breach. Foreign nationals were killed as Chinese authorities and Boxers intensified assaults, with estimates of hundreds dead and ammunition exhausted during a desperate defense and failed relief attempts.
The defense under Fire at the British Legation endures a heavy assault as Chinese forces press with artillery and infantry. Prince Ching is reported wounded and the legation faces repeated attacks through the night. Desertions and counterattacks shape the siege amid chaotic casualty reports and shifting loyalties.
The account describes massacres during the siege of foreign legations in Pekin, including firing of buildings, killings of women and children, and brutal reprisals by Boxers and Chinese forces. It mentions foreign casualties, destruction of properties, and the dramatic collapse of defenses as legation walls fell and survivors sought shelter in ruined structures.
The Daily Eye correspondent details upheaval as Chinese refugees, many women and children, flee to ships and warehouses then to markets, amid torture rumors and calls for retribution. U.S., Japanese, and other ships evacuate thousands, with police and press coverage focusing on the humanitarian crisis and ongoing resistance.
The report covers diverse events from Senator Gear of Iowa’s funeral in Burling ton to U S government actions against anti Chinese outbreaks. President McKinley ratifies Germany reciprocity provisions while Porto Rico lands, Hawaii irrigation, and China Philippines tensions unfold with military moves and official condemnations.
A fifteen-year-old Western Union messenger boy, Thomas, rushed under lowered gates at Hammonton, seized Joseph Bean by the coat, and pulled him off the track as a locomotive pass at fifty five miles an hour. The rescue followed Bean crossing despite warnings from gatemen.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a legal or insurance dispute involving White, Suwell, and New York insurance firms in San Francisco. Names and places are garbled. appears to reference sums paid and annual premiums, with limited readable details about a case or settlement.
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