29 Jul 1887
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1887
Page
1
A collage of brief items notes eccentric farm practices, harsh penalties, labor issues, animal welfare tales, drug adulteration, and a detective tale of domestic crime. It recounts a judge’s tenderness toward his children, a theft uncovered through family liaison, and moral reflections on humane treatment of animals, labor unrest, and imperial milestones.
A Washington letter outlines Mrs. Cleveland’s exceptional wrist strength from calisthenics and dumbbell routines aiding graceful carriage. It notes public receptions demand stamina and cites her gymnastic background as the source of poise and endurance.
Waldo of Boston compliments a distant companion and invites her and her mother to share ice cream. The flirtatious exchange shows a light hearted social scene as Miss Breezy responds with enthusiasm and humor.
A man tells a Chicago girl he is poor while she rebukes him with a sharp retort. He theatrically brandishes a silver-mounted revolver and declares this his last resort as she jokes about the value of the weapon. Her response adds dark humor to a tense moment in Windy City.
The piece describes shop renovations drawing customers with clean ivory silks and cream cashmere, mentions Paris gowns, and reports on changing fashion trends from turquoise trimmings to white net and metallic threads. It recounts a Newport trees transplant tale where two trees moved via canal and sea from Miss Wolfe’s grounds to Rhode Island, cost around 1500 dollars, and thrived in new soil.
A Chicago News item reports on skeletons sold for display and study, detailing how bones vary in quality, price, and craftsmanship. It notes skulls can fetch high sums, even for ornate brass-mounted specimens, while inferior bones command far less amid a bustling, curious market.
A brief aphorism praising earnestness and enthusiasm as keys to achievement. It cites Bulwer and the tale of Orpheus, noting enthusiasm as the contagion of sincerity and a force that moves stones and chains brutes toward truth and victory.
A San Francisco Examiner correspondent from Boise City, Idaho describes Henry's Lake as a mysterious floating island in the Rocky Mountains. The oval lake at the continental divide forms a landlocked basin with a meadow that floats on water and a hidden outlet feeding the north fork of the Snake River. Thick mats of vegetation drift as natural pontoons support a small pine and willow landscape, which appears to drift visibly from camp to camp, sometimes several miles apart within a day.
The article describes the farming mix near San Juan del Rio to Queretaro with farmers growing wheat corn beans and peas in fixed proportions. It notes a specialized chile farmer near Queretaro with 60000 plants who bought a neighboring ranch for 80600 dollars and uses both modern tools and traditional rawhide harness.
An Austrian paper credits Prokop Diavish, a monk from Scuf tenberg in Bohemia, with inventing the first lightning rod on June 15, 1754, in Moravia. His device used a multi point iron pole, twenty seven iron points, iron ore boxes, and a chain to earth, but local unrest forced its removal amid drought accusations.
Dakota Bell recalls a misused proverb about a bird in the hand. He describes a night when a brownLeghorn bird was taken from a bush and a hunter killed him with buckshot, leaving him injured. He argues the proverb misleads and calls for revision for the modern age.
A visitor suggests to a woman that her husband sign up for the Society for the Repression of Crime. The woman doubts, noting he lives by crime, while the policeman present clarifies he is not a criminal. The exchange occurs in a Boston Courier context.
A Philadelphia Evening Call writer humorously calculates waste in everyday items pin losses cigars pipes coffee tea bread crusts and more. He assigns himself a 1 219 600 annual percentage greatly exaggerating idle income while urging readers to weigh personal contributions to national waste.
A collection of notes on a explosive named Bilotnor with smoke free effects, solar system velocities ranging from 10 million to 525 million miles per year, shipboard armor gains since 1860, a meteoric iron find in Upper Austria, water currents fueled by slight inclines, and giant lighthouses in Sydney and San Jose. It also covers chemistry advances, and peculiar brightness variations of Jupiter’s moons, noting transits and disc appearances.
The Rev George Muller founder of a Bristol orphanage returns from a ten year world preaching tour covering 130000 miles across the United States New Zealand Australia Malayan Peninsula China Japan and Europe at age 83. His congregations total over a million. Also a humorous exchange about a poet and a cure for coins and bunions appears.
A brief defense of buttermilk praising its digestive and nerve soothing properties. It argues buttermilk aids weak stomachs, cools in warm weather, and can replace coffee tea or water for health. Includes casual notes on its pleasant singing of devotees and a humorous aside about a pianist.
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