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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1888
Page
1
A collage of eccentric items spans medicine in Germany, a missing 1804 silver dollar valued at 800 dollars, wide mortgage burdens in agricultural states, and a portrait of notable figures from Minnesota to Washington. Other items include Wyoming’s capitol saga, Bank of England security gains, and an amusing misfire involving soap with rubies.
An excerpt from Oliver Dyer in Farm and Fireside voices farewell and joy in readers hearing the word coming home. The poem contrasts parting pain with the blissful thrill of reunion through long travels and loved ones distant across the sea.
An article blends a fairy tale origin of Rhodopis with historical notes on Psammetichus and Naucratis. It recounts a sandal led to a royal match, Egypt’s queen Rhodopis, and parallels to Cinderella while noting Greek and Egyptian connections. It also cites Nevada wild horses and a brief humorous social vignette about a telephone interruption at a party.
A Chicago Tribune fragment captures a flirtatious exchange at 11:30 between Pockingpaugh and Miss Bilderback. The pair discuss a pleasant evening, noting the sense of familiarity and time passing slowly as the clock progresses.
A vivid glimpse into northern logging camps describes the wooden shelters, bunk rooms, and meals of crews including Americans Canadians Swedes Norsemen and Danes. It notes harsh labor early rising and rough camaraderie amid strong drink and plain wholesome grub.
M. Treven argues obesity is a nervous disorder and should be treated by avoiding mental and physical fatigue while following a diet of fruit soup fish rice and potatoes. The claim appears in Scientific American.
A look at early lives of famed Chicago wealth shows J W Doane started as a peanuts dealer and W M Hoyt ran a tiny apple stand. Other fortunes trace to carpenters, brewers, peddlers, and shop clerks who later built major enterprises.
At Cologne a Roman burial ground has been dug up five feet beneath the surface. It holds about thirty skeletons some with money between the teeth to pay Charon. urns remain with remains of men goblets ointment needles and carved lions claws point to times of Claudius and Augustus as the search continues.
Berlin enshrouded in black as Emperor William's funeral begins. The city, dressed in crape, closes shops and watches processions from Unter den Linden. The cathedral service features royal and foreign dignitaries, a grandeur hearse, and a multi-tiered procession to the mausoleum amid a heavy military guard.
Congressman Samuel J. Randall introduces a tariff bill sharply reforming internal taxes. It repeals tobacco taxes in all forms and license taxes on dealers, exempts alcohol for wine and arts, and reduces whiskey tax to fifty cents per gallon. Tea and coffee join the free list as iron and steel duties are modestly cut. The measure could cut federal revenue by about 15 million dollars, with most loss from internal taxes.
An official report on the Yellow River disaster in China arrives via steamship City of Sydney to San Francisco. The report states the total number of drowned exceeds 100000 and estimates 1800000 are destitute or displaced across districts.
A great storm battered Lewes harbor causing at least twenty two drownings or frostbite deaths. Dozens of seamen were injured or missing as thirty five ships sheltered in port. Several vessels were driven ashore or wrecked including Zephyr Flora E Newcomb and Eva Lynch with crews saved or lost. The steamer City of Exeter later foundered in the English Channel with only one survivor.
The column gathers disparate items from science, crime, weather, and commerce. It notes ink lakes in Colorado, a vast artificial forest claim in Kansas, a Russian Empire census, a $75 million currency proposal, desertions from European armies, and a violent sand storm in Egypt. It mentions a royal jubilee chalice, Chinese fortunes in San Francisco, a murder in Mississippi, dynamite accidents in Texas, baseball prize money, a mule-dense railroad accident in Alabama, a Formosa Channel cable, and a Shanghai kidnapping case.
An account of Emperor William I's final hours recounts a struggle marked by brief awakenings and interactions. He drank soup and champagne, spoke of military matters, and directed funeral plans with Prince Bismarck present. The scene was austere, in a small royal chamber with essential furnishings and the emperor’s orders kept beside him.
A survey of labor trends notes 22,000 coal miners in Ohio, wage gains in railroads, carpenters in London, and a Pittsburgh painters’ wage at 3 dollars a day. It cites factory hiring in the South, silk weavers in New Jersey facing destitution, and shifts in New York City immigrant labor. It reports railroads raising wages, coal mines idled near Missouri, and a rising but poorly paid artificial flower trade with apprentices earning meager wages.
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