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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1890
Page
1
Reports touch on czarist parliaments and reasoning, rising insanity in many countries, and Virginia Florida and Arkansas building strong school systems. Notes include imperial uniforms, South African court language, Scottish cattle horns, Yale clergyman Stage, German attitude toward France, Alaska rail links, Key West cigar industry, and polar voyage tales from Jeannette and Nansen.
Poem from Detroit Free Press reflects on kisses growing from a baby's soul spreading from head to toe and fingers. The speaker cherishes each kiss as purity and love nurture character over a child’s life, with memory lasting long after infancy.
Mrs Jordan despises neighborly ties while Felix admires Clemmy James from the Jones family. A feverish baby, a meddling Esmeralda, and a debate over social lineages end with Mrs Jordan humbly seeking aid from Mrs Jones. The two households gradually mend and wed their children, ending years of strained proximity.
A veteran recounts battlefield psychology across Bull Run Fredericksburg Malvern Hill and Antietam describing panic fear and courage in each engagement. He contrasts Confederate stone walls and Federal lines at Fredericksburg and Gettysburg noting nerves and the iconic white feather. Also included is the tale of Gabriel an aging Monterey Salinas mission Indian whose long life and service to the church are recalled by Californians.
Extracts include Josiah Quincy death in 1802 and Mesmerism in France with a pupil who became royal physician. It cites a 1771 Massachusetts Gazette extract about Jonathan Hersey of Hingham in a wrestling challenge and a 1679 English travel account of a Spanish princess. Also mentions Dorchester England sparrow bounty and eggs in Dorsetshire.
From Paris come hints for a perfect dinner service with a mirrored table aid for ladies. The piece also surveys Spanish mantillas, new powders, color matching dresses to homes, heart shaped dinners in New York, and evolving 19th century bodice fashions influenced by Paris exhibitions.
A long compendium describes women’s spring and summer wear including light muslin and lisse gowns, plaited rouffles, low necklines, and silk or wool blends. It covers bonnets, hats, and floral millinery, with notes on fabrics, perfumes, and the latest garden and household trends. It also includes odds and ends on home decor and domestic advice.
A puzzling remark notes the number of lightning deaths last year matching murder figures, suggesting a lazy spot somewhere. The tale implies one side should be ashamed of a poor showing.
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