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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1891
Page
1
An assortment of items covers papermaking and safe storage by a figure named Blemarek, a notable Aristotle find, and diverse stats on public school spending, telegraph lines, and world agriculture. It also discusses women’s wages, food adulteration losses, canned meat dating, and social reforms. Further notes critique Koch’s lymph term, and outline Dr. Allen’s proposal to test drugs on subjects without disclosure.
A reader contemplates a dialogue on love's nature as two characters claim ideal forms. A vision reveals Love is not mere youth or maiden purity but a divine, multifaceted force beyond human flaws, suggesting Love is an angel and a bond to the divine.
In a Wall Street office Mr. Peters watches a counting-room ticker and notes profits as the Middle Pacific market rises. His daughter Miss Peters asks him to favor Charlie’s fortune, while the trader fears he is no longer able to decide. The scene ends with the ticker revealing further gains and the tension over Charlie’s future.
A daughter defies a forced marriage as her father bets on a stock ticker to secure a fortune. A conspirator admits fake growth and a staged rise to seventeen thousand, only to reveal the ploy as Middle Pacific’s value collapses. The lovers pivot to marriage as the ticker exposes the ruse.
An exploration of moon brightness compares the full moon to daytime sky light, noting the moon appears very bright yet is not impossibly glaring when viewed against a pale blue sky. It discusses how daylight sky brightness relates to moon glare and mentions the concept that the full moon’s light could rival a measure of sunlight in theory.
Workmen digging foundations for a new hotel in Certondon Arizona uncovered what appeared to be a kingly tomb. A red gold crown with a hawk-headed top, a jeweled girdle, and a blue clay image were found sealed in a stone coffin. Exhibition at the Court House will donate these relics to the State Museum at Tucson.
A coast of India incident involved two English ships repairing a Bombay telegraph cable. One ship held the shore end, the other the sea end connected to Adon, requiring cross communication via Bombay and Adon across a 4000 mile route. The event illustrates how time and space were contracted through electric signaling.
The column surveys society fads with a new engagement cup design featuring a porcelain likeness and 5 o clock tea table appeal. It also notes wedding cake boxes priced by decoration, citing Maraball Field Jr. wedding boxes and a costly pale lilac example.
A fragmented column discusses home work for women, embroidery markets, and fashion trends. It notes demand for gauze embroidery, cautions about pay, and mentions era styles such as puffed sleeves, Shetland wool, dotted muslins, and new jewelry and fabrics.
A massive blaze on the Bleecker Street block near Houston and Mercer burned the Colenfeld Building and adjacent structures. The fire, starting in a sub cellar, raged for hours, destroying six floors across multiple buildings and causing insured losses near three million dollars. Fire crews fought with overwhelming smoke and collapsing walls as the block faced near-total destruction.
The March Department of Agriculture estimates indicate corn reserves at 90.4 percent of last year with 183,000,000 bushels to be shipped. Wheat holdings are lower than the ten year average at 112,000,000 bushels with a domestic consumption forecast of 290,000,000 and exports near 3,000,000. The report notes merchantable corn at 70.5 percent and spring wheat stocks high in several states.
The steamer Mirama from London to Colombo wrecked off Start Point near Dartmouth due to a severe gale. The lifeboat with 25 men twice capsized, drowning many, while four survivors later reached the shore exhausted and badly battered.
A garbled digest mentions Lonvor free baths MoRNONE Melon and a colored policeman. It reports rising Enoor.Yn favor in Brazil, an epidemic of meaales in Boston, aporete winter in Emorg and a Montana Legislature win. Notes include Pan American Canal, forest fires in southwestern France, price shifts in Africa and whalebone, naval vessel counts, and brewing industry stakes.
A compilation of prominent individuals including lawmakers, diplomats, and entertainers. Highlights include Exrenon Warxtam’s travel ambitions, Hearst’s son planning a New York daily, and notable career figures like General Sherman’s officer call, Senator Hearst’s widow, and Brazilian President Dropona da Fosaka.
The Utopia, an Italian emigrant liner with about 700 aboard, collided with British Ironclad Anson near Gibraltar in a southwest gale. The ship sank within minutes. 200 plus passengers are reported lost, while 180 were rescued by squadron boats and other vessels. The disaster occurred as Utopia, from Trieste and Fiume, anchored in Gibraltar Day.
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