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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1897
Page
3
A 1747 note on beets and sugar contrasts beet sugar origins with later industry growth. Practical advice for blanket washing stresses soft water and proper soap to prevent fiber damage, plus careful drying and moth-proof packing. Also warns bicycle owners that any noise signals a problem and advocates professional repair for silent operation.
A fragment from a 19th century page spans ad copy for Allen’s Foot-Ease and Hall’s Catarrh Cure, a mention of a French aviator Louis Pierre Monillard’s flying machine, and Salvation Army labor efforts in Contra Costa and Sonoma counties. It mixes product pitches with speculative aviation and social welfare notes.
Severe and disastrous electric storms swept Indiana causing widespread damage. Buildings were demolished, crops and forests harmed, and several fatalities reported at John Street farm. Courthouse in English damaged, a Monon train struck by lightning injuring conductor Johnston but he expected to recover. Numerous unroofed houses, toppled trees, and ruin at Easton mill. total property loss about 25000 dollars.
A fierce thunderstorm in Ayersville Ohio killed farmer Jacob Griner and destroyed his barn. Lightning struck the Citizens Opera House in a nearby city injuring High School grads Clinton Garvey and Frederick Holler. In Wapakoneta Peter Tabler died as his house burned, his family hurt. Canal Dover suffered burned power lines plunging the city into darkness. Louisville Kentucky faced severe winds with property damage and toppled poles. Central and Eastern Kentucky crops were damaged with wheat fields laid low. Rosel Kansas was wiped out by a tornado destroying two grain elevators and every house, with barns cattle sheds and many animals wrecked.
Despite Indocements by steamship lines in favor of better accommodations and Jubilee attractions in England, European travel has fallen about twelve percent for North Atlantic passengers and about eight percent for the second-class department versus last year.
The royal physician reports Her Majesty Queen Victoria is almost totally blind. No further news is available. illness has troubled her for some time, and age-related blindness is suggested. The queen will miss processions and Jubilee services. Rumors of a regency under the Prince of Wales recur amid gossip.
A tornado swept the Paris area causing about twelve deaths and fifty injuries. Factories and dwellings were leveled, a cafe collapsed injuring occupants, and the Seine fetes at Asnieres were ruined. St Germain and Colomber also suffered heavy damage along with a central France cloudburst.
Loxpon England reports a grand Jubilee in London celebrating sixty years of Queen Victoria's reign. A world-spanning, state ceremonial procession passed Buckingham Palace with multi-nation emissaries, royal escorts, and dignitaries. The Queen appeared atop a black attire, signaled by telegraphic gratitude to subjects, as crowds cheered through seven miles of decorated streets.
An eye catching royal procession through London attracted large crowds as Queen Victoria rode in a carriage flanked by royals and guards. Attaches from Britain and abroad watched as the procession moved from Temple Bar to Buckingham Palace amid horns, drums, and cheers for the Queen and her party.
Fragmentary OCR text recounts an electric shock experiment linked to a murder case at Auburn Prison. It mentions witnesses, medical remarks, and a controversial legal action overturning a prior verdict. The passage names Advocate General Sealy and references a Marine hand incident as context.
Captain Boycott of Ireland died at about fifty years old. He was a land agent in 19th century Connaught County Mayo who collected rents for many landlords including the Fort of Erne. In 1890 Charles Stewart Parnell urged Irish people to shun agrarian crimes and use boycott against harsh landlords and agents, making Boycott the first man targeted by the practice.
At James Crossing Missouri Paul James and Will Able fatally shoot each other after a dispute over a niece's marriage. James fires with a shotgun, hitting Able. Able returns fire with a revolver and Winchester, killing James instantly as both men exchange shots in a reported feud.
A lively blaze at 9 30 p m in building No 3, Brooklyn Navy Yard, stretched across the block between Second and Chauncey and Perry avenues. Fire crews from the Brooklyn Fire Department, six hundred sailors, and three marines fought the flames, but the structure and its contents were seriously damaged with losses estimated at 250000 and 240000 respectively. No insurance covered the property.
In Colorado state politics a freshwater axolotl found in Mrs. Martha A. Shute’s office stirs theories of metamorphosis from a mountain lake near Mexico City arriving after heavy rains. Janitor Smith reported a green yellow reptile with six webbed paws on the window sill. The incident accompanies notes on human mechanics and weather observations from various period sources.
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