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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1894
Page
2
Citizens must register all dogs and ensure each canine wears a collar bearing the owner’s name to aid identification and return. Enforcement likely through local animal control with fines for noncompliance.
An elderly physician kept a motionable skeleton in a nearby cabinet so it could slide onto the floor for inspection. A curious boy touched the mechanism, the skeleton sprang out, and the boy fled shouting. The physician later calmed him, and the incident sparked broader fear about public policies and economy amid political turmoil.
A Newark chemical works suffered total loss by fire on Tuesday evening, with damage estimated at 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. In Monmouth County a battle between stallions Ramapo and Custis at Holadel farm left both severely injured and likely out of racing this season. In New Brunswick a black man, George Brown, shot and killed Michael Cody during a late night dispute near City alley. Brown claims self defense and was arrested.
Edward Burroughs urges legislature to alert Congress to the decayed Red Bank battle site and Fort Mercer remnants. He describes Howe’s 1777 Philadelphia entry attempt, Dono’s defense with 100 men, and a costly rout with 400 patriots killed or wounded amid weed-choked ruins.
The State has not paid for four hundred plus New Jersey youths in a free scholarship program at the State College in New Brunswick begun in 1890 under a free scholarship act. Scholarships have existed since 1890 with funds due to the Trustees totaling $89,912 through 1895, but the State Treasury has provided only $1,500 so far. Legislators consider bills to authorize warrants to cover payments, preserving the scholarship program for promising Jersey youths.
Fragmented OCR recounts a remark about a named person and a medical patent claim. It mentions Cochapert, De, and de bert Marker in a context suggesting a registered pharmaceutical product or legal matter. The readable portion is incomplete and lacks a clear event or outcome.
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