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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1897
Page
1
A mosaic of curiosities and rumors from a late nineteenth century press. Ancient cheating with loaded dice, horseless carriages, Paris street progress, and dubious political notes mix with population projections, postal reforms, and sensational tales of a Belgian seaport project. Reports touch on aluminum prices, floods blamed on sun spots, spurious White House spoons, and a curious saga of a Chal dean patriarch.
London reports say Chile plans a state bounty of 125000 to any foreign country or firm that will build an iron foundry there on a suitably large scale. The move follows rising evidence of iron ore in Chile and the government action reflects industrial expansion aims. Professor Davideon notes Greece’s culture as seen through its education system, praising schools from peasant infant classes to the university with 2200 students and highlighting Greek philanthropy and child hardship in education.
In a small Indiana town Moses and Tsene Marty celebrate their sixty second anniversary. Their twins married Tabitha and Lavina McCormick, forming two more twin pairs. Each couple has seven sons and an equal number of daughters, with the first children born within days of each other and the last born at nearly the same time.
A fragmentary verse from Hamilton Jay sent to the Florida Times-Union laments unspoken words and distant hopes. The piece contrasts past longing with a vision of serenity, a watchful heart, and gentle faith under a hopeful sky.
In a Mississippi flood, Grandmother Melton and two children escape their cottage as water invades the home. Fred Melton hatches a roof exit and uses rope to secure the wounded house, clinging to the ridgepole while the boat like structure drifts. They drift for hours toward Springside Springsville and are eventually spotted near lights on the river, recognizing their town as Springsville. The narrative captures fear, resourcefulness, and the looming threat of a flood.
The Missouri River repeatedly changes course, eroding fields and fences near the plains. The piece explains how floods create new land across the river, leaving farmers puzzled as to ownership when accretion moves land across boundaries and complicates land titles.
In Brasszonay Alabama Mollie Smith and Amanda Franklin, two young colored women, were found hanged on a road after alleged poisoning attempts on Joshua O Kelly’s family. A mob of about twenty men fled. the family suffered prior poisoning pains and Mr Kelly died after ingesting coffee.
A disastrous cave-in at the Pink Hoy mine near Tha Now Tipple collapses a ten car ore dump. Ten killed include Jose Remington Kitburn Jim Brown Cal Harris Landin Harris Richard Hardwick Matt Crow Sim Crow. Nine seriously injured with many fatally so. Two escaped, others injured. Cause unknown. Mine owned by J Craig McZanahan.
After a bread related poisoning, several family members fall ill with cramps while the Smith and Franklin girls face accusations. The two girls are dragged to a woods where they are hanged by the posse, a grim act witnessed by locals as authorities investigate the case.
Elmer Clawson nineteen was hanged at Somerset County Jail Somerville N J for murder of former employer Harry Hodgett. He was the state’s youngest murderer executed and expressed contrition. The crime occurred August 29 1896 at Hodgett’s Black Amen farm, after a quarrel over alleged theft. Clawson rode away on a bicycle but was overtaken. two men on a bicycle then pursued.weather notes and other items follow in the same column.
A mob seized three Black prisoners near Rosebud Texas and hanged Davy Cotton Berry Williams and Habe Stuart after an attempted assault on Miss Lottly Coates. The sheriff advertises a reward and a manhunt follows as authorities pursue the lynchers amid broader immigration and political notes.
The President named Justice William M. Morrow to the Ninth Circuit, Morgan Thomas for solicitor of Internal Revenue, Frank H. Elbridge as Chief Engineer in the Navy, Samus G. Morse for Indian agent at Neat Bay, Zenas R. Biss for Major General, and Frank A. Vanderlip as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. Republican leaders conferred with Senator Platt on Greater New York representation. Foreign affairs notes cite Cuban distress and a failed universal postage stamp plan. House actions show Mr. Simpson ruled out of order after floor access was granted by a vote.
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