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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1897
Page
4
Five suburbs have been annexed by Indianapolis. The piece surveys vaccination statistics in the German Army, discusses Waterloo battle uncertainty, longevity indicators, and includes an ad-like paragraph praising St Jacobs Oil for pains and aches with a promotional tone.
A Vienna height rule limits buildings to eighty two feet with the top floor under sixty five feet plus, measured from the highest point on sloped ground. A Utah libel law requires double publication of no retraction for three days to mitigate damages. In Bainbridge Ohio a stagnant general store, kept by a widower hermit, mirrors Civil War era prices as persisted stock remains largely worthless. he recalls paying sixty five cents for calico per yard in 1867 and refuses to sell below cost.
A survey notes Britain imported large butter quantities and oleomargarine amid rising consumption, with 1896 figures and a peak in 1892. It also describes Peruvian pottery acoustics, including vessels that imitate animal cries when liquid is poured, and a rare sobbing aged-woman jar.
Oneida County resident and Bridgewater farmer William H Briggs a G A R member recounts years of illness after Civil War service and credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with his full recovery within a year He emphasizes no pension claim though grateful for aid and urges others to consider the remedy sold at 50 cents per box or six for 2 60 from Schenectady NY druggists or by mail.
A pair of observers measured a flock of geese migrating northeast along the New England coast on March 22. From a 1178.4 meter baseline between Blue Hill Observatory and Blue Hill, the second set of simultaneous readings gave a height of 960 feet above sea level and a velocity of 44.3 miles per hour, with flight direction southwest to northeast.
The Bangor Commercial details the 800 acre Weeks potato farm in Aroostook County. 425 acres cultivated, 200 gores last year with about 12 000 bushels produced and 9 000 sold mostly to Boston for seed. Yield 60 bushels per acre, aided by stump removal on newly cleared land. Three tons fertilizer used. Ownership by J WH Weeks Company including Weeks, Poole and Houghton.
A British Army Gazette excerpt notes German regiments testing a very light aluminum helmet to reduce weight while preserving head protection. Early issues include excessive heat and shin blister risks, with observers watching results as chemists and naval reports hint at broader material testing.
Rear-Admiral Meade, a prominent U S Navy officer with Civil War service and global diplomatic missions, died after a long career. He was born in New York City on October 9, 1837, the eldest son of Captain Wehard W Meade, and a brother of General Meade. He entered the Navy as a midshipman from California on October 3, 1850, and married the daughter of Rear-Admiral Paulding in 1865, leaving one son and four daughters.
The Finance Committee reports the Dingling tariff measure with broad across the board cuts except for lumber, lead, fruits and hides. The retroactive clause is removed and Hawaiian treaty issues cited as a political point. Internal revenue taxes rise on beer tobacco and cigars, stamps discount ends, and new sugar duties are set with mixed ad valorem and specific rates. Wood duties fall, wool prices adjusted to eight and nine cents per pound by class.
A collision between the steamships Giral goe and Collynie off Aberdeen ends with the Collynie’s complete loss. Captain Lawrie and his wife perish. the captain clutched his two boys as the ship vanished beneath a wave while Girnigoe rescues the captain, leaving all other crew and passengers drowned. The quay scene shows distraught wives learning their husbands' fate.
In Larimore North Dakota August Norman entered Knute Hillstead’s home where Hillstead’s wife and six children were present. Norman killed Peter Hillstead and the thirteen month old child with a razor and wounded two other children. Mrs Hillstead opened the door after threatened harm. The attacker then stole a horse and fled into the woods after destroying lamps. In separate dispatches from Thessaly Greece and Turkey discuss armistice talks and battle developments as Greek forces repulse a Turkish flank attempt near Volos after fourteen hours of fighting.
The postmaster at Meineeton New Jersey has applied for abexirea caccer and allownines for clerk hire on the Cleveland administration’s heavy mail route.
A wooden Paris bazaar hosting charity stalls for high society burned violently on Tuesday. Officials estimate at least 100 dead with many more injured as panicked crowds crushed at exits and the roof collapsed. Ambulances and police evacuated the wounded. bodies were badly burned and identifiable only with difficulty.
Webster Davis of Missouri is named for Assistant Secretary of the Interior. Havemeyer and Searles face a May 17 Federal Court appearance over refusing information to the Senate committee in 1894. McKinley defers new consular appointments after Congress adjourns. Dunlop’s Chicago Dispatch case stands. Tariff bill reportPACT agreed between parties. tea import rules tighten. W M Aiken resignations urged. silver certificates to be cancelled. Patterson named Consul-General at Calcutta. Sickles named Secretary of Legation at Madrid. Treasury may issue certificates of indebtedness up to 260 million in a deficit year.
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