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Newspaper

Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1896

Page

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Diverse global views spark debate on union and empire

Chief Justice Judd of Hawaii envisions a federal district or territory status for Hawaii as a union with the United States. Marshall Yamagata of Japan praises America as the sun of nations and ridded of need for an army. Other items note crime theories, Greek Athens praise, Canada fears, Nebraska irrigation drives, Andrew Carnegie’s Pittsburg art center plan, church gender trends, Buffalo Bill fame, new lung disease study, Australian whale therapy myth, Sandy Hook lighthouse concerns, and state school boards forming national links for teacher boards.

Judd Hawaii United States Island Republic

Od Church Bell Keeps Its Timeless Tone in Village Memory

The old Od Church Bell remains a constant amid changing years and grief. Despite storms and decay, its music endures in the plaza where a faithful community once gathered, now resting beyond time while its companions fade from earth.

Throop Girls Face Test With Chipman over Apples

Phoebe and Daisy Throop, two sisters from Underhill, visit Augusta Chipman to trade apples for baking supplies. Miss Chipman manipulates a peck measure, sparking anger, yet the sisters finish chores, bake a pudding, and bond with their father. Ozro Martin, a beggar from the nearby poorhouse, arrives seeking charity.

Bradley Augusta Chipman Mra. Mosely Miss Chipman Mao Phoebe Daisy Miss, Chipman Ber Peck Ozro Martin Chipman Ozro

Stingy Miss Chipman and the Apple Return

Daisy and Phoebe Throop return a half apple with a note to Miss Chipman sparking a confrontation. Ozro Martin tries to burn Chipman’s house. the girls help quell the blaze and Miss Chipman repents her own stingy habits, inviting friendship and mutual aid.

Oddities and Advances From Science and Industry

Virginia leads world in magnesium mining while nights reveal larger bird eyes. The Bertillon system spreads to New York Police. Bicycle wheel principles fail for rugged vehicles. A piano recording device captures musical ideas on moving paper. Plateau questions insect color attraction. odors guide insects more. Baltimore and Ohio reports electric locomotives costlier per mile but offer tunnel advantages. Skeletons often found near entrances with Atlantic Highlands wreckage details.

Virginia New York City Plateau Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Mississippi Valley Atlantic Highlands N. J

Peculiar Way to Grind Out a Living on West Twenty-eighth

A man with an office on West Twenty-eighth street runs a bureau of nomenclature naming titles for plays. He reads the plays, providing catchy names for authors unable to title their works. If a title leads to success, he earns a handsome bonus in addition to his fee. He claims seven years in the business, though he notes only two titles named about to be published by New York World.

Australia New York Twofold Bay Cober Eden West Twenty-eighth Street Pomenclature New York World Puck Catcom Adame Freeman Norristown Herald Chicago Record Tommy Paw Mr. Figg Indianapolis Journal Alberta Miriam Mr. Bortwhistle Alethea Norristown

German experiment tests penetration of small projectiles

A German test setup uses a 16 divided water trough with gelatin plates at one end. Shots are fired into the end and the opening closes, each bullet retained by a sponge where it falls, its position recorded after the water is drained.

Germany Herr Muller Falla

Mills College Girls Challenge Alameda County Team

Mills College girls publish a bold claim to be the county’s best players and invite challenge from State University after noting a strong San Francisco game. The item also surveys fashion notes on mock gems, chair posture, ribbons, sleeves, and summer attire trends.

California College Mills College Alameda County State University San Francisco

An American Indian Song Record

An excerpt titled An American Indian Song describes a hunter tracking a goose through a brake. The narrator, Black Jake, misfires but spots a feather on the ground and recalls a shaft that killed the bird. Charles A. Collman notes this piece in Century.

Black Jake Charlea A. Collman

Scrapbook Snippets from Civil War Echoes and Society Gags

A collage of witty quotes and social tidbits from vintage magazines and newspapers. Observations on marriage, fashion, self made men, and humorous exchanges appear alongside mock histories and jokes. The notes mix culture, letters, and social commentary in a light, era style.

Discoveries of Pigmies in Africa by Dr Donalidson Smith

Dr Donalidson Smith, the young physician, arrived in New York from London aboard the St Louis after an expedition to Lake Rudolph Africa. He reports a new tribal group called pigmics, four to five feet tall, living in conical huts, farming corn and rearing sheep, with poisoned arrows used in war. the finds create scientific excitement.

Donalidson Smith Lake Rudolph Africa New York London American Line St. Louis Oue Saya Philadelphia ‘Times

Born Lawyer Emerges From The Theological Test

A Scottish father sought the boy’s future by placing a Bible or theological work an apple and a sixpence in a room. If the child read the book, clergy. if he touched the apple, farmer. if money moved him, banker. He returned to find the boy with the book, the sixpence in his pocket, and the apple nearly devoured, declaring the lad a born lawyer.

San Francisco Examiner

The Largest Olive Grove in Southern California

Three of the world’s largest olive groves are being planted in Southern California. Qach grove in Orange County will cover 400 acres and hold 10 000 trees, another near Colton will have 34 000 trees, and a third near Pomona 24 000 trees. The California olive planting boom is driven by rising U S demand. Last season’s Southern California olive crop was valued at 120 000 dollars, and growers say three times that amount could have been sold.

California Qach Grove Orange County Colton Pomona Calfornia New York Sun

Music Published Cheaply and Ambitious composers

The article notes cheap music publication, LUO copies costing about 820, and 60,000 compositions produced by American presses last year. It remarks that only a few songs gain popularity while ambitious individuals can become composers with the right grace, implying a hopeful path for aspiring writers.

Farce of Fashion Photographs Stir London Society

A distorted clipping describes Dr James and officers with oddly described portraits. It mocks current fashion driven society images and hints at sensational urban culture, signaling a sharp satire of high society life in the metropolis.

James An London Would —Catadelphia Press

Washington and California items mix in late Senate actions

The House expunged General Wheeler from the Record. Senate debates a San Pedro Santa Monica harbor plan and a 5 million budget for Santa Bronsca. Various global and domestic notices include a Turkish minister recalled, tax returns destroyed, and a New Rochette naval provision.

Washington Wheeler Alabama House Senate San Pedro Santa Monica Cal Santa Bronsca Mavrogon Bay United States Treasury Secretary of the Navy Furniah New Rochette Irvin Ford Banator Alit Bloo Caffrey Faulkner Gray Hill Mitchell Palmer Generl Kimball Life Saving Service Eichenau Bacharet Roumania Baron Clemens von Kotterer Mexico Elections Committee No John G. Bhow North Carolina Cyrus Thompson

Senate Accepts Marquette Statutory Action Amid No Opposition

Congressional actions include a 800000 appropriation for a General Grant monument in Washington and favorable reports on yacht protection measures. The Pickler Pension bill passes 87 to 54 with party splits. Delaware River harbor funding trimmed to 250000. Tennessee Centennial Exposition funding sought with 130000 for a government exhibit. White House proclamation and neutrality policy call for war rules adherence.

Senate Congress Washington Senato Committee of Commerce Fryo Janet Unitedates Ways and Means Committee Evang Kentucky Treasury Department House of Representatives Nepablicans Aldrich Underwood Alabama House Benate Delaware River McCall Massachusetts Nashville Tennessee Atate Union Woodman Illinois Waria Gubals United States

Spain’s Cortes Reassembles with Cuba Policy Announcement

In Madrid the Cortes reopen with a throne speech by the Queen Regent. The plan favors a locally administered Caribbean province while preserving Spain’s sovereign claims, claims fulfilled to Cubans after prior rebellion, and notes strong ties with the United States and Latin American republics. The speech also praises the armed forces and outlines new defense and naval upgrades.

Cortes Madrid Gaba Antilles Spain United States Pops Benin Cuba Hur

Towboat Harry Brown sinks after boiler explosion near Vicksburg

The Pittsburg owned towboat Harry Brown bound from New Orleans burst its boilers at 11 p m twenty five miles below Vicksburg Mississippi. Eleven crew members including Pilot Norman X Drago and Captain Keirn perished. six were injured.

Harry Brown Pittsburg New Orleans Vicksburg Miss Norman X. Drago G. W. Bardsley Willam Dougherty Annie Hoss Tom Judge William Wilson William Fitzsimmons George Keirn William Kelly Washington Henshell Brown Keirn Ketrn Kelrn William Dougherty Brown & Co

Trains Collide in Algeria Killing Five Officers

A troop train en route to Madagascar collided with another train between Adolin and Vesoulbo Iman in Algeria. Five officers died and three officers plus thirty soldiers and several crew members were injured.

Madagascar Algeria Adolin Vesoulbo-Iman

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