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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1889
Page
1
A compilation of varied items notes a bleak forecast for Northern cotton mills. It cites global trade tensions, legal reforms, and social shifts while weaving in anecdotes from European and American press, including Germany and Ireland debates, and observations on industry and culture.
A reflective verse describes a sunny brook winding through green meadows. The speaker recalls youth and childhood memories stirred by nature’s sounds and the tranquil waters. Nostalgia returns, bringing visions of homes and faces no longer present.
Frank G. Carrienter reports on Burmese customs in Rangoon focusing on tobacco use among all ages, early smoking among girls, Burmese courtship and elopements, simple marriage rites, family living arrangements, and gender roles within Buddhist society. He notes April May marriages, bride money, postnuptial seclusion, property rights, and divorce grounds, with comments on women’s status.
A collage of rural anecdotes and practical tips. neighbors near Santiam bottoms form a hound club to cull coyotes, then dissolve over a $10 per member debt. The piece also includes cucumber pickling instructions, orange byproducts, flax news, and a historical note on Saturdays in royal history.
The Queen of Italy revived Burano lace, employing old and new workers to restore a dying industry. Philadelphia houses offer art leasing for parties, and a French artist Rosa Bonheur is noted for honors from Empress Eugenie. A Montlucon courtship with a lion showcases daring. A fashion column previews straw hats, millinery styles, and dress trends.
A severe cyclone struck the Atlantic seaboard around 5:30 p.m. causing deaths in Brooklyn and Newark, burning St James Church, toppling bridges in Vermont and Massachusetts, and damaging mills, factories, and electrical works. Widespread lightning and flooding disrupted life from New York to Holyoke with substantial property losses.
A partial exchange shows a character claiming aristocracy and a response of agreement. The fragment mentions a character named Amelia and a doctor diagnosing gout symptoms. The text is garbled with stray letters and punctuation, yielding limited coherent context.
A Seedy Individual taunts Pidstitgitateur offering to take $20 gold pieces from pockets all night. The performer retorts with a wink and mock bargaining, hinting at a staged street performance rather than a real theft.
The piece notes reduced power costs, new trade schools in Cleveland, and ongoing mill activity in Corron and Preston. It cites mining strikes in Germany and England, railroad growth in the US, and widespread labor actions, with wages and productivity changes across steel, coal, and textile sectors.
A garbled roundup covers drownings in Pittsburgh linked to drunken husbands, large charity sums for Johnstown sufferers, New Jersey charter ruling, Lehigh Valley wreck with eleven injured, a murder-suicide in South Carolina, and Cronin murder arrests. Also notes petroleum output, coal displacement, civil appointments, rail and canal damages, and Paris Exposition crowds.
Lucien Fredman 30 killed his mother Mrs. Orville Freeman 67 and John Morgan at the Mori Den farmhouse near Mori Den North. He managed the farm and had periods of insanity. Morgan died from an axe blow. Freeman was killed while partly dressed. Lucien confessed after fleeing to Orville Eaton's home and leading authorities to the bloodstained axe.
Couroien Gouxon will visit America next winter. A Paris group promotes American-authored works in a new Paris season. Tragedienne Julia Mantone closes her road run as Hamlet and Richeard V S are staged in London. An Italian opera drive and Gilbert and Sullivan revival plans surface as the theatre world maps a busy year.
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