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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1886
Page
4
A broad collection notes political shifts and crimes across states. Cleveland faces a forthcoming message to Congress while rail, church, and tax debates unfold in Pittsburgh Philadelphia and Indiana. Fire, boiler explosions, hangings, and strikes color the period as conflicts, policy, and public acts shape the nation.
The Bulgarian Sobranje elected Prince Valdemar the third son of the King of Denmark as successor to Prince Alexander on the Bulgarian throne. Official census reports Prussia with 28,318,458 people. A river Po bridge collapse in Italy after floods killed five. The Takataman steamship disaster off Nagata killed ninety six, mostly English officers. France continues war readiness per General Boulanges. Gold trades at 28. premium in Buenos Ayres.
The report covers players moving to Cuba, leadership changes in the New England League with William Exox of Lawrence as president, and Portland nine declared champions. It lists the St Louis Browns scarf pins cost, remarks on managers asserting next season's championship, and a Braves style Boston lineup.
Stefano Menratri, a 22 year old youth in Paris, begins a fifty days abstinence after a heavy pre-fast regime including a large amount of beef, vegetables, walnuts with shells, and a long meal to prepare.
A wild riot in Gilberton near Shenandoah Pennsylvania left Police Doyle fatally wounded by a gunshot and Pole Sceept Brown dying era. Six rioters were arrested and six others were seriously injured by stones and clubs. Women numbered seventy among the injured as chaos erupted after a drunken brawl involving Huns and Poles.
The oldest inhabitant of Gloucester, a farmer and businessman, died recently at age 103. The brief item notes a long life spent in the community with no further details on survivors or funeral arrangements.
The Commissioner of Customs annual report shows for the past fiscal year receipts of 14,384,569 into the Treasury with 102,307,844 from customs duty. Expenses of administration total 24,165,246, including 6,427,612 for revenue collection. Internal revenue since 1862 totals 3,438,200,455 with state-level gains led by New York and Illinois. An officer notes internal revenue could have paid the public debt. a Quincy man subsists on raw primes with tea.
The mandolin has become the fashionable instrument, surpassing the banjo among ladies. It is charming when well played, though its sharp steel strings can injure fingertips. The instrument has eight strings in pairs, with four unwound strings pressuring the fingers and offering a bright zither like tone with limited range.
An article describes a device called the somnolizer claimed to cure insomnia by applying pressure at the neck. The contraption uses a rubber pad and leather strap with a handle to compress a nerve area, purportedly increasing brain blood flow to induce sleep, though the text notes bloodless use and questions its effectiveness.
A Vienna carpet merchant preserves a curious collection of ancient textiles including over 200 specimens. Fragments from tombs are mounted on cardboard, some as small as a foot square, with one Roman toga reportedly the world’s only. The collection features embroidered dresses, knitting, crewel work, and Egyptian double chain stitch.
The article notes Great Britain hosting about 7,000,000 cats and recalls old practices where scarce cats were punished harshly. Royals protected their mousers, and killing a mouser could incur a wheat fine equivalent to the cat’s value hung by a rail.
The piece cites army data from a recent book, listing 18 corps d armee, 450 infantry battalions, 153 cavalry squadrons, 824 batteries and a total force of officers 18,728. men 671,262. horses 200,092. guns 1,44. carriages 38,754. It also notes immigrants at New York port, and a dubious labor scam ad offering at home work with high profits.
A Cincinnati interview with a doctor discusses cocaine as a severe, growing habit harming kidneys and liver, comparing it to morphine. He cites Dr Underhill and others, touting Warner's life cure and his private treatment as effective, with multiple cases claimed cured.
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