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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1886
Page
1
A fragment from a 19th century reminiscence recounts a boy’s crush on Mary Jane, a schoolhouse meeting, a rival named putty keg, and a humorous fall from pride. It shifts to a list of superstitions about luck, sleep, and domestic habits from various regions and eras.
The Algiers museum houses a ghastly plaster cast of Geronimo the Moorish lad who converted to Christianity, endured persecution, and was said to die trapped in liquid concrete. In 1853 a concrete block with his writhing body was found, later deposited in a church that became the cathedral.
In the churchyard at Fredricksburg a tombstone bears the inscription for Edward Helden a practitioner in physics and chirurgery Born in Bedfordshire England in 1642 He was a pallbearer for William Shakspeare of the Avon After a brief illness his spirit ascended in 1618 aged 76
A fragment from the Merchant Traveller features a brief exchange where a sister shares admiration for a hymn. The responses express a touching sentiment about singing and mortality. The dialogue highlights shared emotion and familial closeness in a quiet moment of reflection.
The 1885 coal output totaled 95,814,705 long tons valued at 152,015,108 dollars with Pennsylvania anthracite leading at 32,265,491 tons valued around 72,274,544. Bituminous and other coals produced 63,509,254 tons worth 80,640,564, while total coal including local use reached 9,009,216 tons valued at 154,019,596 dollars. Petroleum output stood at 23,612,700 barrels, worth 19,195,695, with iron ore and pig iron totals, cement, lime, gypsum, salt, and other minerals also reported along with minor metal and building material statistics.
New fashion notes describe ladies riding atop stage carriages on Fifth Avenue in New York. Paris and other cities show ongoing glass floor substitutions. A wide range of global topics appear, from copper usage in a brewery to urban housing in Washington and farming experiments in Los Angeles.
A report describes an explosion at Scranton injuring several, with two badly hurt and not expected to recover. It notes burials in Garden City Long Island, trials against Philadelphia mayor, and a series of unrelated 19th century events including political speeches, dairy oleomargarine laws, fires in Cleveland and Chicago, and international incidents from Honduras to Belgium.
A Milwaukee bound limited train derailed at East Rio Wisconsin and plunged into an old quarry. Thirteen people in a day coach perished burned to cinders while others were injured. all sleepers escaped with minor injuries. Only one sleeper survived detachment could not be uncoupled.
Amid statewide contests on November 21 1886 voters in Alabama California Connecticut Georgia and others cast ballots for governors and Congress. Early results show mixed outcomes with Republicans gaining in some states and Democrats leading in others while several states elected or anticipated legislative shifts and new delegation balances.
The proclamation designates Thursday November 25 as a day of thanksgiving and prayer. It urges observance with thanks for a free government, prosperity, and aid to the needy, calling for charity and reflection on divine mercy.
The note mentions Garfield's eldest son marrying Miss Mason of Cleveland, a marriage tying in a Janta President lineage and topics of social events. It also covers moves for a new eastern league, royal visits to Australia via the Canadian Pacific Railway, and a Mobile Alabama game umpiring anecdote.
The piece catalogs a string of arts news: Epward Harrican's band in New York with “The O'Reagans,” Constantine Sternberg named director of Atlanta College of Music, a 19 year old sandalmaker Balezat found in Southern France, Miss Mary Anserson's $25,002 donation to Charlottan suffragists, Veccio lauding Venni's Ingo at La Scala, McCaney securing American rights to La Bearnaise and Indiana, Welch harpist Harney Morgan aided after hardship, and Henry Abbey’s accounting of top actor salaries from 1800s to 1890s. It also mentions a large pumpkin contest in Dane County won by a 123 pound pumpkin.
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