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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1891
Page
1
The Arizona Legislature exempts land used for sugar beet cultivation and processing from taxation for ten years. The piece notes huge increases in value for Minnesota and Dakota farms, claims a $200 million gain, and reports a strong Northwest year amid crop surges and regional wealth.
A poetic fragment by E Pauling Johnson reflects on husking time with personified creatures and rustic scenes. The piece contrasts corn harvest imagery with playful mischief and busy farm life.
A historical overview traces the gypsies in Europe for five centuries, detailing origins in Asia, migrations across the continent, and persecution from the 15th century onward. It notes roles as musicians and craftspeople, mass expulsions, clan structures in Scotland, and the gradual erosion of distinct gypsy identity amid assimilation.
A Tasmanian report discusses ostrich breeding in South Africa and Australia. It notes the male’s hostile defense of nesting sites with powerful kicks that can injure or kill, and advises lying flat when attacked to reduce harm.
A London Tid-Bite item notes the Queen of Italy’s hobby of collecting gloves boots and shoes worn by past royals including Mary Queen of Scots Queen Anne and Empress Josephine. It also highlights Florence Hartley Kansas’ first feminine court reporter who rose from obcure beginnings to a private office in Wichita.
Pepper, a tropical belt climber native to the East Indies, yields two crops a year after three to four years. Nutmeg trees mature for sixty years, with mace within the nut. Mustard has black and white varieties, with adulteration common. paprika-like flavorings are produced from essential oils and extracts.
Aman returns from Copenhagen with a pitiful account of Mine Trevada's taste. She is noted for appearing on any stage and was seen at Klampenberg's crowded bathing establishment before leaving abruptly.
Electricity in surgery shows marked progress with a new electrical transformer for surgical, medical, and dental use praised by the London Lancet. The device features three pairs of ferroe pairs handling countercurrent, surgical incandescence, and Faradaic feedback to the patient, offering versatile control for the surgeon.
A Jersey California mine leases crew uncovered a massive fossil reptile in a limestone chamber while blasting. Smithsonian expedition members verified a pterodactyl like skeleton about seven feet long with a seven foot wing span and five inch teeth, a rare find in the oolitic formation.
A miscellany notes cures and devices from hydrophobia remedies to electric welds. It mentions an instrument to study the aurora, electric tools for saws, and a Florida bath tub liner. A Featherview cake basket is praised as an emergency multipurpose device for entertaining visitors.
Practical household notes cover polishing walnut furniture a Turkish polish is described and a metal mending paste for cast iron. Canning tips urge stoneware pots and oven simmering not metal vessels. Includes fruit pastes syrup tips chill sauce pickles and a fog dispersal anecdote with electricity.
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