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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1899
Page
2
The House Census Committee reports a bill for the twelfth national census to be taken next year. It limits inquiry to population mortality manufacturing mechanical establishments and agriculture with full reports within two years. An initial appropriation of 1 million dollars is proposed.
Health Office reports twenty new typhoid cases since Saturday, total 287 since outbreak began, with sixteen deaths by noon Saturday and five more since. Allenhurst awards contract to Benjamin A Van Brunt for 1600 feet bulkhead and 30 foot steel walk along ocean front, starting now and due by June 1, about $25,000. Glass industry booms in South Jersey amid unsettled labor questions.
Washington report asserts Vice President Hobart will retire after his term due to health after a grippe recovery and dislike of another campaign. McKinley and party leaders reportedly prefer Hobart’s renomination, but Hobart plans private life. The paper notes possible successors, including a war hero, with Roosevelt as a debated option.
A patient from West Jefferson, Ohio, allegedly cured an 18 month rectal fistula without surgery using Bucklen’s Arnica Salve after doctors warned of death. The ad claims 25 cents per box and lists N. F. Clayton Drugist. The page also advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills for digestive health and features a humorous anecdote about a mongoose exhibit and a medical note on laughter’s effects from the British Medical Journal.
An 18 year old in a trench at El Caney faltered under fire and was mocked by peers until General Chaffee intervened. He urged the boy to stand, take his gun, and fight. The young recruit fired near-horizontally, then gained steadiness and became a capable soldier. The account notes the boy’s gratitude to the general as he faced combat.
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