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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1889
Page
1
The piece surveys varied topics including California adding to states opposing municipal marriage for women, New Jersey farmland wealth claims, calls for better cavalry horses, farm earnings in New York and Chilean trade, Arbor Day origins, Chinese degree contests, a parolee named John Doe, and U S horse breeding trends with regional differences in the United States.
A dying man at heaven’s gate endures a storm of fate and fate’s thunder. An angel guides him inward as the gale yields to serene music, and the spirit finds peace beyond the tempest. The Century.
A detective recounts two staged life insurance frauds in which men faked deaths to claim $30,000. He traces a doctor, a widow, and accomplices through staged funerals, altered bodies, and forged documents, catching them after months of covert investigation and recovering most of the money. The tale also notes other insurance plots and curious Tasmanian wildlife.
Alabama inventor John W. Davis applies at the Patent Office for a watch housing three distinct movements and dials to aid railroad engineers. The device aims to keep time even if one movement fails, referencing a Memphis Charleston collision where a mis-timed watch altered a train’s speed.
A new religious group has emerged in the Northwest with meetings in Minneapolis. Led by CG C Whitney, they claim Isaiah chapter forty four foreshadows a new Christ. Whitney links a Kansas meeting twenty years ago to a woman named Beekman. His son, Rev George J Sclen furth, is said to be the true Christ. Also noted, W J Applegate and John Bryant of Chicago hold a patent to convert slack coal into bricks using a chemical press, with England already buying rights for 10000 dollars.
Fashion notes discuss a dressmaker trick using wadding muslin and an empire frock lining to create fuller plaits. Lady Hornby, wife of a British admiral, is highlighted as a fearless, witty eccentric who once saved a cat from a mad dog and amuses peers with cemetery scent anecdotes. Various items describe post office clerk attire, beauty standards, Tyrolean ritual, royal etiquette about gloves, and pocket evolution.
A collage of scientific tidbits from a Swiss writer on baldness caused by a microscopic fungus to deep sea fish species rising from 30 to 870 noted over fifteen years. It cites a Berlin bacteria study lab, bee stings treating rheumatism, and an electric fire engine. Old Connecticut prohibition measures restrict liquor and tobacco access for youth and social misuse.
An article claims celery cooked in water then consumed with milk and nutmeg thins arthritis and gout by alkalizing blood. It asserts cold and damp worsen disease, cites 1876 rheumatism deaths, and urges daily cooked celery as essential, with potatoes and toast.
In Lake Como Italy an elderly Berlin diamond merchant named Leopold Landauer handed out diamond packets on a steamer to Colico. After swallowing several gems and being confined to a lunatic asylum, police recovered 162 brilliants valued at $16 000 while locals searched for the missing stones.
The President named Frank T. Palmer as Public Printer and Theodore Roosevelt and Hugh S. Thompson as Civil Service Commissioners. Utah appointments include Arthur L. Thomas as Governor Elijah Sells as Secretary and Ellsworth Daggett as Surveyor General. Sixty-one presidential postmasters named, with Alexander C. Yard noted from Trenton New Jersey.
A man named McLeod killed his eight year old daughter and wounded his thirteen year old son before taking his own life at a farm near Right Bluff, Manitoba. Neighbors found the father dead with his throat cut near the stove and the axe still nearby. the knife used to slay himself was in the cellar. Financial troubles followed his wife’s death two years earlier.
Mr. Parnell testifies as the defense’s first witness before the Commission in London. He denies connections to the Amnesty Association, secret societies, and any knowledge of plots against Justice Lawson.
South, American, and Southern League games draw big crowds while players switch teams and managers reshape lineups. New Yorks claim three championship flags, Long, Nichols, and Anson era details surface, and rule changes boost hitting at the cost of rail receipts. Anson discusses Baldwin and others, with rising slugging from Rhennan son and rising attendance trends at Staten Island venues.
Five members of the Bowne household perish in a Westchester Village blaze started by unknown causes. Rebecca Bowne and three Bowne children perished, as did two servants Catherine Dunn and her sister. Residents watched in shock as the house burned, with rescue attempts halted by flames.
A mosaic of global snippets notes economic booms and busts, policy shifts, and social trends. Highlights include Oklahoma and California topics, Brazil and Switzerland events, Japan’s constitutional sales, and New Zealand Jubilee plans. Data points touch on forests, railways, divorces, alcohol licenses, agriculture, and census efforts.
A wide survey of opera and theatre news cites Jiown Guisent at seventy eight and Rosatind by Mrs James Brown Potter, production plans in Germany and London, and notable performances by Invexe in Florence. It notes new works and comedies, touring artists, and a star-studded Evangeline company with many famous actors.
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