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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1895
Page
1
A compilation of various remarks and claims from different sources. It touches on language quirks like cyclestrienne, critiques of journalism practices, and cultural shifts in cheese taste, with data on wool output, newspaper pulp usage, and print literature trends. It notes debates on warship construction, forest usage, and land entries alongside commentary on novels and Ruskin's advice.
This fragmented verse recalls two loves guiding a life of pursuit and memory. The speaker contrasts a fleeting dawn love with a enduring, unreachable one, expressing longing, doubt, and the belief that life may be about seed time rather than fruit. The clumsy spelling hints at faded handwriting from an earlier era.
Fred Sawyer discovers a battered trunk full of a vanished sweetheart’s keepsakes in a London saleroom. Courtney urges a charity theft, but Fred vows to locate the owner Nell Burt, leads to a reunion with his long-lost love Miss Burr, now recovering from a hotel fire. The tale ends with a wedding and a chest of keepsakes returned.
In Dalton Georgia during winter 1862 3 a Confederate force near Lt Gen Josaph O Lewis and Pat Clavourne repelled snowball attacks from Tennessee and Georgia troops. Eight thousand men formed in battle array as officers led charges to reclaim barracks and colors in a long, bloodless clash that ended with nightfall.
A collection of brief notes covers rapid mail transport by trains at sixty mph, brittleness of alloys under electric currents, nervous signal speeds, and power transmission by rope. It mentions whale power, platinum drawing, alpine and tropical wheat cultivation, fruit health benefits, a German night-vision torch for life buoys, an automated match cutter, electric night flags for ships, a non shrinking thread process, and alumina textile treatments with steam gelation improvements.
A historical note recalls how itinerant cobblers, once common in rural districts, traveled home to home supplying footwear. The craft thrived through seasonal demand and was known as "whipping the cat," but machine-made shoes and a shift to ready made production gradually wiped it out.
Italian fisherman James Tagoria recounts the battle with a 245 pound eleven foot rat fish off Goat Island in San Francisco Bay. Three companions aided, the creature was towed ashore after a long struggle, and officials plan to display the head at Oakland High School.
A rich lady with two infant children travels from Ramasgar toward a plantation area as a driver, trusted by the family, is suspected in a thwarted crime. The incident draws attention to a perplexing case noted in an Indian newspaper.
A fragment describes a mocking bird’s autumn migration southward to find berries and food for winter. It likens the territory hunting ground to staking a claim, noting the bird’s fierce defense and its enormous appetite compared to mere survival needs.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Italian torpedo boats not yet fitted with petroleum furnaces will be supplied. The burners are claimed to be the invention of engineer Caniberti. Trials are underway in German and French vessels while Britain ignores liquid fuel for small high speed warships.
A New York Times excerpt discusses Sr Casper Whitney’s retrieved badge showing paired bull horns. Captain John J Bourke offers a theory that horn imagery began as utilitarian ritual gear and masks, evolving into symbols of office and ceremonial stones with horn shapes. The horned emblem may trace to offerings, hunts, and ceremonial roles.
A citizen followed a sign promising free painless tooth extraction and entered a dental shop. After a quick procedure, he was charged fifty cents, prompting him to challenge the claim while the operator defended their policy and pricing.
A Southern California lemon grove owner bets on a bumper year with improved curing methods boosting fruit quality. At seven dollars per box, a grove with ten year old trees bearing ten to twelve boxes per tree could yield up to two thousand dollars per acre if prices hold, per the New York Tribunes.
The report recounts George Forbes of the Niagara Electric Company noting he lived in a Porter family home near the falls. A Misa Porter previously traveled to Europe and during a debate a neighbor teased her about being American. She challenged him with a sharp retort, declaring ownership of the falls.
Commissioner Lochten submits the annual Pension Office report through June 3, 1891, showing 959,544 rewarded prostontis and 99,185 new pensions granted, plus 4,236 restored pensions. Rolls total 1,002,995 with 27,816 deaths and 14,575 pensions dropped. Proposes $140,000,090 for 1896 pensions and notes legislative changes, board efficiency, and 194 clerk dismissals. praises pension examiners and calls for aid to disabled clerks.
George Fmith and Charles Davis were executed by electricity at Clinton Prison Dannemora N Y just after 11 30 p m using 1750 volts for about one second and then reduced to 290 volts. Smith was convicted June 18 for murder of Philip Richtmayer and Davis on May for murder of Shannon a six year old near Cohoes. No appeal was filed and life ended without further delay.
President and Mrs. Cleveland and their family leave the White House for Woodley, his country place near Washington. They will reside there during the social season while the President maintains daily presence at the White House as required.
Governor Atkinson urges Georgia lawmakers to pass a law making the state pay families for lynched persons full value of life and to authorize removing a custody holder. Reports describe a deadly cattle attack near Bersvou County with men Warner Telit and Bob Christin killed, horses and cattle burned, and devastating injuries to others.
Fragmentary despatch from Seoul describes a royal claimant and proposed envoy to foreign lands. The text is garbled, making specific names, dates, and outcomes unreadable. Strong entities cannot be reliably extracted from the damaged lines.
A compilation from a late 1800s paper covers diverse items: Navy findings on defects due to improper stowage, appointments and resignations in government offices, the electric lighting upgrade for Capitol illumination, resignations in the State Department, shifts in White House staff, Unitarian Conference results, and various incidents from storms to fires. It notes political votes, legal actions, notable deaths, local disasters, and foreign notes on conflicts and uprisings. The report mingles national governance, international events, and public misfortunes in a dense ledger of current affairs.
A mob overpowered Sheriff Sebaltz at Titn Ohio jail to seize Leander J. Martis. Guards fired on the attackers, killing Henry Mutchler Jr and Christian Matz as officers and mob members clashed. Martis abducted under guard, later spirited to Fremont as militia arrives.
A devastating blaze at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, began in the annex to the rotunda and destroyed the annex, the rotunda, and priceless works. Firefighting efforts, aided by nearby towns, saved parts of the library and some paintings while the Jefferson portrait and the School of Athens were lost.
The report confirms King Menelek II of Abyssinia killed by lightning while opposing Italians in Abyssinia. He was a key native ruler, previously king of Shon and a central figure in Abyssinian leadership. With his death, Italians seem poised to exert greater control over Abyssinia.
Treasury Agent Ayerbys submits a year end 1895 report on the tin plate industry noting a marked rise in the number of mills rolling steel sheet or black plates and increased use of American rolled sheets for coatings and applications.
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