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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1897
Page
4
Ancient patent remedy ad promises Allen's Foot-Ease relieves painful swollen feet and bunions while Dr. Kinno's Great Nerve Restorer claims permanent cure after first day. Includes address in Philadelphia and pricing details for bottles.
Judge Emden presses Caswell of Camberwell to pay debts in installments, ruling ten shillings monthly or fourteen days in jail as the path for the penniless. The report then notes shifts in Chinese attitudes toward foreigners after a Japan defeat and a new Pei Yang coin bearing English text signaling rising foreign influence. Dr. Schulz describes Africa as largely unexplored within known routes, detailing terrain between British and German domains and a vast river named Chobe feeding the Zambezi.
The article explains thread fineness by hanks to the pound, with finest spinning around three hundred hanks, coarsest about two banks, and common sewing threads ranging from ten to seventy hanks per pound. Spool numbers reflect this grading from ten to seventy.
The Atlanta Journal notes Thomas Edison foresees a light, noiseless motor bicycle selling for about 100 dollars that could rapidly reduce bicycle popularity. While motor vehicles improve, the bicycle endures for convenience and joy, with many carriages still costly and city‑bound.
In the 1896 Medical Times piece Children of Feeble Resistance Dr John Madison Taylor warns against rapid carriage journeys for babies and watching fast passing objects. He links daily exercise in a swift carriage to migraine and lasting damage to the eye and nervous system.
A Great Dane named Hypnotized, owned by Charles L. Brown, is jailed at Station 8 after Brown confessed to stealing Mrs. Margaret Deland’s bicycle. Deland and family found the bike missing after returning from a ride on Mount Vernon street. Brown claimed the theft was for his wife, aided by the dog’s legendary hypnotic power.
Thousands greeted the President in Nashville as he toured the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. Ex Confederate soldiers in uniform escorted McKinley to the Maxwell House then to the grounds. Governor Taylor and Governor Bushnell spoke amid enthusiastic cheers as McKinley praised Tennessee’s history and unity. A hickory cane from the Hermitage was presented before a luncheon at the West Side Club.
Moses Fielding a descendant of Uneas and member of the Mohegany tribe dies at Mohegan Village Conn from paralytic shock He was forty four and regarded as one of the state’s best hunters In Russia Grand Duchess Olga is born as the czarina delivers a daughter at Peterhof with the first child of their Majesties born November 3 1905.
A bomb exploded near the Bois de Boulogne as President Faure rode to the Grand Prix at Longchamp. The device, a tubing fragment filled with powder and swan shot, caused no reported fatalities.
Despatch from Simin reports serious trouble in the northern frontier with a massacre of British officers and native troops. Two Bombay mounted battery guns escorted by 800 Sikhs and Punjab infantry were attacked by a large native force in the Tochi Valley. Colonel Bunny and multiple officers and privates killed or wounded. Captain Browne and Lieutenant Crnokshank killed. Surgeon Biggingon and Lieutenant Seaton Brown wounded. Patrols pursued by larger enemy forces amid desperate fighting.
The Indiana Supreme Court upholds a three cent street car fare law as constitutional for Indianapolis. Federal court had ruled the same law unconstitutional, with injunctions against enforcement. The state plans to pursue appeals to maintain fares.
An explosion near M. Faure as his carriage arrived at the racecourse caused no injuries. A man named Gallot, claimed resident of Lovallbla-Porret and described as insane, was arrested after a loud scene in the crowd. A youth was also seized while authorities believe the actual culprit fled. The bomb and pistol were found with inscriptions and a threatening cartoon targetting the President. The incident echoed prior assassination attempts in 1867 and 1900.
A man named Martin Colby’s young son fell into canal water near Celeron Park in Jamestown New York. Mrs Edith Martin, who witnessed the accident, rushed to help but collapsed and died before reaching the scene. The water was shallow at the point of the fall.
Mrs. Bruno, a 23 year old balloonist, died when her basket overturned on the Tennessee River at Riversiew Park two miles north of Chattanooga. Witnesses watched as the parachute deployed and she became entangled in a rope before drowning. she was with her husband during the ascent.
Testimony at Cincinnati inquiry states Alfred Quick killed himself to avoid mob violence after being found attempting to assault a ten year old girl. The fear of mob vengeance drove Quick to take his life rather than face lynching.
Lary Anderino of Washington married Miss Isabella Perkins heiress to 17 600 000 at Arlington Street Church Boston Mass. A breakfast and reception followed at the bride’s Commonwealth Avenue home. Floral displays and a gathering of wealth and fame highlighted the event.
A large fire at Ellis Island destroyed the immigrant hospital section and damaged the main building. About 250 detainees and 40 patients were evacuated to the Barge One pier, with guards and surgeons assisting as fire crews fought the blaze. The incident follows the 1891 opening of the vast immigration depot, noteing its size, design, and prior operations.
Detroit area tale reports a Michigan township treasurer who claimed a $400 loss was due to a goat devouring the bills. Post mortem found the goat indeed ate the greens, the goat locating the township funds in an iron pot under the treasurer’s house. The piece suggests exploring noncriminal explanations for deficits rather than assuming misconduct.
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