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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
1
A collage of quotes and notes touches on legal powers of health boards, hypnotism in courts, patent medicines, Kossuth’s impact, Wesleyan evolution theory, cotton mill profits, rice culture in Texas, and Franklin’s $5000 investment shaping a Boston industrial training school funded by a trustees’ plan.
The text surveys global affairs and U S economic growth, noting Samoa disputes sparked by London press, U S property value rising to 65.0 billion from 30.1 billion since 1870, rail travel gains, and lecture fees from Agassiz to Stoddard while nascent poetry output nears 3 million lines. It also discusses naval budgets, New York electrocution, and coffee versus tea consumption in the United States.
The southern otter remains hunted in Florida for fur used by a Lis guru, though it yields inferior fur to the northern varieties. The son otter of Oragon and Alaska is pursued so relentlessly in the far northwest that it has become extremely scarce. The South’s common otter is a sport fisher, found mainly near watercourses or lakes, while the East Indian otter has become a reduced aid to fishermen.
Poem fragment describes a forest scene with blue light and heavenly imagery. References a dove, trees, velvet palms, an angel from Paradise, and an enduring memory of a lost love. The verse emphasizes a dreamlike, tranquil landscape and nostalgia.
Dr Goddard visits the Clements clan where three elder sisters Nora Georgiana Cordelia shine in art music and beauty while Maggie, praised for kindness and neatness, quietly assists as housekeeper. A budding romance grows as Paul favors Maggie over flashy talent.
In a New York Journal snippet, a conversation unfolds where a simple woman asserts she cannot be loved unless a suitor presides at her home. He vows devotion, then hints she is plain. The couple discuss marriage, with a harsh joke about a housekeeper as a wife. Maggie becomes the artist instead of the musician.
Waldo County legend recounts a boy aged twelve to fifteen buried in a family vault who remained preserved for more than forty years. Roxton, then an executor, opened the coffin and found a so preserved corpse with sunken eyes and neatly arranged clothing. The secret was kept until a Massachusetts sexton verified nothing like it existed.
The Percheron draught horse, noted for great strength and endurance, originated in La Perche France. Breeds vary in height from fifteen and a half to seventeen hands with gray or white colors common. The French government shifted preference to black cavalry horses during wartime, influencing breeding trends. Percherons now rival Shire and Clydesdale breeds in the Western States, valued for size power and intelligence.
A Denver engineer’s wife owns a remarkable railroad cat that accompanies his freight locomotive on every trip. The cat, jet black and unbothered by surroundings, searches for vermin at junctions while the train idles. The feline has traveled for years, sometimes facing danger but never missing a trip, even staying at the shops during a wreck when the original engineer was out of service.
A clay deposit of kaolin or china clay was found near Cilen Allen Missouri. The find challenges the belief that the only such deposit in the country was in North Carolina. A Chicago backed company plans to extract and process the high quality clay for glassware and other uses.
A collage of brief humorous quips and captions from Detroit Free Press Chicago Record Harper's Bazar and others. Jokes range from social sparring to witty captions about fashion fame romance and art with familiar newspaper voice and period tone.
A garbled dialogue shows Mrs Faugla and Bridget mispronouncing items while discussing a dining room bell. Bridget explains she could not locate a bell, then Mrs Faysla points to a sideboard bell and mentions a breakfast bell. The odd phrasing suggests a transcription error on a domestic scene.
A garbled collage shows a police officer debating stopping a baseball game with a householder, a crowded Medford station scene with a nervous man asking about a clock, a lovers tale of wealth and parental consent, and a weary traveler’s night ride with a boy asking about a man with a big head.
In a Chicago Tribune account the aftermath of a prank on a sleeping traveler is described. A boy is paid a dime to squeeze lemon juice into the man's open mouth while the groggy passenger rests, provoking concern as the man struggles with the discomfort and the scene unsettles fellow travelers.
The Pennsylvania Fish Commission expects 40 to 50 million pike perch fry this year and invites applications to distribute them in suitable state waters during May. Once scarce to streams like the Delaware and Schuylkill, the species now thrives in the Delaware from Water Gap upward and exists in limited numbers in the Schuylkill as far as Norristown, with rapid hatchery output driven by egg supply.
A medical paper warns that many deaths occur yearly from lack of care after small hand wounds. It cites inquests on septicaemia from minor cuts, stresses cleanliness, and notes once infection begins little can avert virulence. Until wounds heal completely, the risk persists. New York Disputed.
A vivid excerpt describes heat and thirst in India, detailing the danger of handling a hot gun barrel and the desperate urge to drink any available liquid, including harmful substances, as natives and laborers seek relief from extreme conditions.
The piece advises careful care for wet stiff shoes after rain. Clean off mud gently, rub with purative oil using flannel while still damp, let partially dry, apply a second oil coat, then warm dry until soft. A final rub with damp paraffin aids flexibility for future wear.
A mob executed four more men linked to the Boyce murder in Madison Parish after sheriffs captured them near Buckhorn swamp. The 200 white posse hunted the region while bloodhounds failed to locate escaping suspects. The four named victims Pomp Claxton Shell Claxton Scott Marvey Tony McCoy were hanged near Crescent, while further reprisals left many colored residents dead or jailed.
The Senate spent the day debating tariff and finance issues amid speeches by Hale, Sherman, Dolph, Harris, and others. News included the death of Senator Stockbridge of Michigan and a funeral-related seating plan for a Kalamazoo procession, with House actions on diplomatic funds and public pensions proceeding in parallel.
The piece catalogs players and teams with speculation on 19th century baseball fortunes. It mentions Latirax as Cincinnati captain, Muzzen at third for the Bt, Lou’s Browns roster notes, and Washington’s payroll. Chicago, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia figures appear alongside old battery names and stadium details.
A jumble of isolated notes reports drought in Evsore and illness in Wareham, plans for Arbor Day in Foarce and immigration moves in Georgia, economic shakiness in Angenting and Bank of England, and warship armor concerns from Washington. The mix mirrors a late 19th century clipping of briefs with scattered dates and places.
The report notes widespread labor conditions with unions active in Maine Minnesota and beyond. It cites wage figures and hours for trades and laborers, strikes near mines and quarries, and collective bargaining efforts impacting workers from metal to glass to railway sectors.
Three young Schneider children perished in a Scranton Pennsylvania house fire on the outskirts of town. Philip Schneider Sr. was away, his wife found flames in the garden, and attempts to rescue them failed as flames spread quickly. The charred remains were found in their rooms despite smoke in the cellar.
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