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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 17, 1899
Page
1
A wartime tale follows Gatling gunner Bill through training and a brutal Santiago campaign. He suffers injuries while defending a hill with the gatling gun, inspiring heroism that secures victory as the weapon’s power is proven. The weapon survives as a museum exhibit in Washington.
A collection of aphorisms from Goethe Martineau Richter Kempin Johnson Roche Burke Wordsworth and Kant on wisdom virtue and happiness. The quotes explore independence self awareness censure and kindness with references to famous authors and thinkers.
Captain Abern leads a Western Montana expedition and slips on a melting glacier, barely avoiding a crevasse with rapid rescue by his men. The episode ends with Abern asking a mirror to check his hair, then fainting. Nearby Denver records recount a Colorado avalanche that buries a cabin, killing a host and his wife while a guest survives.
Kid Birch, a railroad brakeman, fell between cars near Monon Indiana while the train was moving at about two in the morning. His legs were severed and he was fatally mangled. He placed torpedoes on the rails to warn an approaching train and was found alive at Monon Station before dying en route to Delphi.
In a Ballo Isle confrontation, a pup evades a disorderly policeman as a crowd cheers. A master declares the dog remains with him, while observers joke and chase ensue, ending with the dog rejoining its owner. The piece shifts to Admira l de Amezaga of the Italian navy and remarks on historic rescues and telephony expansion worldwide.
A poem follows John Jones and Bill Brown as youthful dreamers in a town. John Marshals visions of greatness while Bill works, earns more, and pursues steady progress. Old Jack Jones fails to reach the shining height, leaving him poor and friendless as William Henry Brown rises locally.
A collage of short items from various papers notes satirical quotations, social blurbs, and early war reports. It mentions Philippine campaign updates with the Thirty third Infantry in action and casualties, plus international notes on fisheries, antiquated colors, and a curious wedding protest in Mount Carmel Pennsylvania.
The report outlines George Cooper who in 1892 received a ten year sentence for lovin and allegedly killed his wife at Dowell Pyle of Man. It claims he sought to claim a $5 million fortune while his parents doubted his guilt. The text oddly intermingles political notes about Johnathon Senatoria Candidate Governor Jose F Johnston Alabama and a U S Senate bid with various unclear figures and projected naval reserve policy.
A large crowd gathered in the Irvington N Y church for an anti Roberts rally led by Eugene Young grandson of Brigham Young. Helen Gould read a letter from Salt Lake City about polygamy and pressure to eject Roberts from Congress. resolutions urged New Jersey lawmakers to push for Roberts expulsion and anti polygamy legislation.
A Carnegie Steel Company statement says no change in organization or policy and that Andrew Carnegie will stay with his partners. It refutes claims of a war with Rockefeller interests and notes high ore shipments and transport constraints affecting annual tonnage.
Six men attempted to rob Garfield Savings Bank at Eveclid Creek near Cleveland. They fired fifty to seventy-five shots over four hours but failed to crack the burglar proof vault, leaving the building wrecked and vaults ruined. The neighborhood was in an uproar during the night of the incident. The vault reportedly contained over 35000 dollars.
An arrangement surrounding the lease of the Boston and Albany Railroad to the New York Central gains approval from the Protective Committee. An additional 1.5 million dollars is pledged to be paid by the Central to secure stockholder interests, with ratification expected at the December 27 stockholders meeting.
The piece notes new or strengthened unions in Deprer Col Coremaker and St Paul Mine, with craft groups forming in Louisville Kentucky. It mentions the General Omathas Company in London employing many and horses, plus various local labor actions including bar tenders in Troy and longshoremen negotiations, as a broad view of labor organizing and union activity.
Boston reports a Circuit Court case in Eastern Massachusetts pitting American Bell against National Telephone Manufacturing. The broader battle pits Bell interests against numerous independent telephone outfits, risking millions in value and shaping the future of local and national networks.
General Otis cabled the War Department the full strength of his command in the Philippines up to October 31, excluding the Hospital and Medical Corps. The total is 98,465 enlisted men and 1,298 officers, with additional arrivals of the Thirty-second and Thirty-eighth Infantry at Manila and ongoing updates to the force total.
Curvevann Olio reports $810000 worth of diamonds stolen from Siglar Brothers store on Kuclitaverns. Three men entered on the second floor. one distracted a clerk while two entered Sigler’s office and removed a black 4 by 10 inch jewel box. No suspects or description provided. Natali natives restless over Ladysmith. McKinley to limit martial sentences in new US possessions. Congress to consider reorganizing United States Courts.
The Lipton Loving Cup Committee plans to have the trophy present at Josh Thomay’s event and notes a general display. Venezuela’s new president Castro is thirty six and touted for ambitious policies.
The Guatemalan minister Lazo Arriaga sought a parallel post convention with the United States. State Department notes Aguinaldo left Tarlac for Noambang. Diplomatic talks with Secretary Hoy touched on the Chinese question and naval matters.
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