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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1886
Page
2
A reflective piece argues that despite high prices and many middlemen, wealth concentrates power through corporate influence and legislation. It urges diligence and frugality for the poor while noting sustained hardship for workers who feel injustice when possessions rise slowly.
Riots and labor unrest in the West spark anxious debate at Congress over restricting immigration. Leaders argue European anarchists and others depress native wages and fuel unrest while parties clash over political risk and timing. A regional tally lists 249 editorial publications across counties with varying counts.
WASHINGTON May 4 The Morrison tariff bill is expected to be called for House consideration on May 18. Morrison seeks prompt passage of Appropriation bills and river and harbor funding. The bill’s strength grows with delay, and claims of plans to remove free wool are denied by leaders. A separate labor conference is planned in Philadelphia for May 18 to seek unity among unions and reduce internal strife.
A violent clash in Chicago as a Socialist meeting turns incendiary. Anarchist speakers Spies Parsons and Fischer are sought after while police engage a hostile mob. casualties reported among police and Socialist adherents with authorities warning of further action.
The mayor has not issued a ban on gatherings amid red flag protests. At County Hospital twenty seven officers and three citizens are wounded with more expected to die. Doctors and nurses attend the injured while families arrive, creating a solemn scene. Deford notes the extraordinary sight.
Reports from Bay View describe rioters forming at 9 30 pm marching toward mills. Fire opened on the crowd wounding several and five killed including a self hanged student. Police and infantry dispersed socialists and strikers at Milwaukee Garden and at the Polish neighborhood amid threats of further raids. The State Teachers Reading Circle expands with county managers and teacher memberships to pursue a four year reading course.
A writer argues that demand for commercial fertilizer is rising and quality matters. He warns against low grade phosphate and cites experiments indicating one ton per acre as a minimum, with potential for 1.4 tons where profitable, claiming all New England crops respond to superphosphate alone.
A long column of agricultural notes cites the Sabbath law in Philadelphia, farm advice on manure mixing and hog feeding, and remarks from a Ohio farmer. It covers crop yields from 1883 1884 1885 and practices for hogs cattle and horses, plus tips on plowing, manure application, and seed use.
Farmers discuss manure losses from surface exposure with J W Pierce noting minimal evaporation losses and noting wash-off on frozen hills as a bigger risk. Advice on killing lice using tobacco decoction is given by Professor A J Cook. Melon growth tips describe threading stems to encourage water uptake, claiming rapid size increase but reduced sweetness. General Casement recounts a war anecdote, and an account from Winchester Indiana cites Dr King s New Discovery for Consumption with free trial bottles offered.
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