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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1897
Page
4
In Mexico a surgeon awoke to a burglar entering the hospital camp and fleeing. The intruder, later shot by a pistol ball, died after confessing he sought the doctor’s medicine chest. He had been in Algiers, learned opium smoking, and killer desperation drove the attempt.
In Jamaica and Abyssinia alike the great toe serves as a precision grip for climbing and handling loads. The account describes women carrying materials up stairs by toe grip, Abyssinian cavalry using the toe for stirrups, and a Santo Domingo man guiding a mule with a rein between toes, illustrating widespread use of the great toe.
Secretary Wilson asked Congress to place Agriculture Department agents at all major American embassies to gather market and crop data. He urged greater foreign trade efforts, seeds diversification at home, and stronger reporting, weather, and animal industry funding. He advocates keeping money at home and expanding sugar beet production.
The President announced James Longstreet of Georgia as Commissioner of Railroads, succeeding Wade Hampton. Henry S. Pritchett of Missouri becomes Superintendent of the Coast and General Survey. Mifflin W. Gibbs of Arkansas named Consul to Tamatave Madagascar. James E. Stillman named Collector at Pensacola Florida. Igano N. Moffat named Collector of Internal Revenue for New Jersey First District. General Longstreet, famed Confederate general and current Republican figure, has married a Georgia woman. Judge Gibbs chosen as Consul at Tamatave, highlighted as a leading Republican colored man.
The Youths' Companion of Boston presents a color art calendar for 1898 to all new subscribers, plus a lavish illustrated Thanksgiving Christmas and New Year double issue and a prize. Readers can secure these by sending a coupon from this week's local paper and following its instructions.
Bookmakers holding the bulk of public bets on a four candidate race in Greater New York canceled wagers after Henry George died, their meeting concluding that the conditions were no longer valid. Private bets would follow the public ruling unless otherwise stated.
The Democratic candidate Van Wyck carried Greater New York for mayor with an estimated 86,932 lead over Low and about 129,000 over Tracy. He swept all boroughs, delivering a Democratic city ticket victory and sweeping county tickets in New York, Kings, Queens, and Richmond. Voter turnout was near 90,000 under registration, with Republicans largely undecided between Tracy and Low. Tammany’s overwhelming victory shaped the Municipal Assembly and city-wide control.
Board of Health physicians say the fever’s backbone is broken and if weather stays steady the disease will become non latent and nearly stamped out. Officials urge continued vigilance and public calm amid the yellow fever situation.
Fragmentary OCR describes an event on the highway near Vereen Me te fra Keston with an attempted robbery. Nathan Stack is referenced as the person affected, and Heaton is mentioned as being detained. Details are incoherent and obfuscated by errors.
A sudden collapse at the Gennd Contra Mine near Mini Paretis Westo injured and killed multiple miners. Rescue teams evacuated workers as officials assess the cause and scope of the accident.
A compilation of election results across New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Ohio, Kentucky, Maryland, Nebraska, Colorado, Iowa, South Dakota, Virginia and more. Republican gains and Democratic leads appear in various counties and cities, with governors, legislators and local officials decided amid heavy weather and varied turnout.
A detailed price survey from New York shows average surplus milk prices at 33 1/3 cents per quart net to slipper, with weekly receipts at rail joints and city markets. The table lists extensive figures for milk, cream and various dairy products, eggs, fruits, vegetables, grains, and dressed poultry, plus live farm items like fowls, turkeys, ducks, and hogs, highlighting the price range and quantities across New York City market outlets.
A garbled 19th century census note reports replies from health authorities across the United States about mortality and morbidity. It lists populations and per cent mortality estimates for various cities, mentions missing data from Pittsburgh, and references other diverse items such as yellow fever in Jamaica and a navy vessel painting decision, all in a captured obituary-like column.
Henry George, a leading mayoral candidate for Greater New York, died at 5 a.m. in the Union Square Hotel after addressing crowds. The article recounts his life from Philadelphia birth to San Francisco printer, author of Progress and Poverty, and his political rise with the Democratic alliance, noting his son Henry George Jr. at his side and the campaign continuation after his death.
A Seattle lawyer W. HL Lewis ships 220 dogs from Chicago to Klondike miners hoping to fetch 225 to 250 apiece. The plan aims to recycle proceeds from the Chicago log pound as two years’ product. A separate note mentions a Wil Compton involved in Dayton Ohio and Champersburg, with unclear details.
The Bridgeport group of about one hundred residents petitions the mayor for a night school to teach English to local youth. They accuse outsiders of taking native papers and claim foreign influences threaten civic life.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Michael Waat Touth tied to debts and a battery incident and a vague schedule. Names and places are garbled, but the piece references a legal or financial matter involving an estate and possible public notice with unclear dates and charges.
A physician recalls two patients whose mouths and hands broke into severe eruptions after eating meat from the same meals, each case unique to the individual as poison. The tale, from New York Press and Pearson's Weekly, also notes an aging East EndLondon gentleman famed for a George II beard fashion, hair ribbon, and old fashioned attire, last of his kind.
A London paper reports a new water lily form bred at Kew from seeds from H A Creer of Philadelphia. It differs by pale green leaves red-tinted margins a tall six to eight inch rim and no spines on calyx lobes. Flowers open early afternoon, more vigorous and floriferous than the type. A second plant at Glasnevin shows the same traits. A separate note mentions a Great Barrington library lacking a Bible, prompting a gifted volume from a jurist amid a question of patron demand.
A chance street encounter on Market Street finds Smith loaded with candy for his girl and meat for the dog. Brown jokes about marriage as Smith clarifies his errands before visiting his lady. From the Argus’s humorous reading of social scenes. The piece then lists wheat yields by country with figures for Denmark United Kingdom Norway Belgium and others.
Fragmented notes reveal eclectic snippets from the past. A Tennessee farm paid wholly in hens eggs with installments in various rates. A Vienna matron spent 38,240 florins on lottery tickets with 5,000 florins winnings. Kansas official Webb McNall pursues 54,000 in company payments, aiming for 160,000 if possible.
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