25 Nov 1887
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1887
Page
1
A column blends diverse notes from 1887. Mrs Whitney champions a domestic training school with a $100000 goal while Michigan College graduates mostly become farmers. Immigration rises, Indian wills surface, a Los Angeles inspector escapes as a detective, and Philadelphia school facilities face a deficit with about 180000 children relying on public education.
A Chicago Herald parcel features John White and his wife Jana facing Thanksgiving woes. Penelope Shingle endures a solitary dinner attempt while Mr Shingle mocks labor and strings together a dry feast. In the end the couple accept help and resolve to avoid similar kitchen chaos.
The St. Louis Globe reports on the shochat, Jewish ritual slaughterer, detailing age, character, and Bible plus Talmud knowledge requirements. Apprenticeship, knife testing, and certification are described, with emphasis on appearance and conduct, and notes on wages and a cautious anecdote about a dishonest servant.
The Staked Plains of Texas host surviving wild horses pursued by mounted hunters who follow a circular grazing pattern. Pursuit lasts days until the herd is subdued and brought to camp, where lassoing and hobbling are used to prevent escape. Many horses descend from Spanish stock, remain tall, and retain a love of freedom despite domestication.
A New York Sun excerpt laments the grotesque trend in architecture with skull motifs snakes and a iron serpent railing a fearsome doorway the writer notes the danger of ornate designs and fears major Jim Joma may break his neck at his own door in such a setting.
Reporters note a blaze near the school house with crowds of boys seen dancing and cheering on the corner. Fire officials investigate the blaze as witnesses describe the chaotic scene and anxious onlookers.
In a dreamy exchange a speaker asks what is the most beautiful feature of a sunset and answers that it reminds him of supper. The fragment reflects a poetic aside from the Bollington Free Press.
Practical notes on washing blankets without shrinking, using soda soap or potash soap, and beating to jelly. Cider reduction for apple butter, fruit stain removal, cleaning zinc with vinegar, and maintaining ironware. Marble cleaning pastes, stain treatment with lime, vinegar, and turpentine paste.
A humorous roundup of fashion trends and society glimpses from Ruthin to Boston. Tales of poachers thwarted by Welsh police, domestic mishaps with bourette gowns, and reflections on working women and weather lore accompany detailed notes on hats, wraps, fabrics, and decorative motifs in current style.
Harper's Bazaar notes 1881 census figures show 207,888 widows under fourteen and 78,970 under nine. They endure confinement, isolation, and harsh rituals, now legally prevented from self immolation but still a grim legacy. The piece condemns their treatment as a societal punishment for alleged previous sins.
The passage notes that alchemical efforts to transmute metals to gold evolved into enduring metallurgical practices. It cites mosaics of old slag, dating back to Moses’ era, showing lime use and sulfur concerns, with advances mainly mechanical rather than new chemical principles.
A San Francisco Examiner note discusses alleged Chinese burial coin practices and coins found in mouths of the dead, describing coins in the mouths of corpses and possible health concerns. It broadens to caution about people placing coins in their mouths before paying streetcar fares. The piece also includes a brief, dated dialogue about a late-night visit.
A New York Sun interview exposes a mindset among defense lawyers and credulous jurors in accident suit culture. It recounts cases of staged injuries, forged releases, and staged paralysis to snare large damages from railroad and city defendants.
A reminiscence by Dr Searle recounts Henry Ward Beecher's shy, self deprecating nature. Witnesses describe his reluctance to meet people in Brooklyn and his bursts of memory, including Latin prepositions and a planned Hoboken lecture.
Robert Mantell recounts a tale from Cincinnati an audience of theatre gods mocked him. He recalls a backstage overheard exchange about who would play the hero and whether his appearance and coat earned a real “hoot” from the gallery.
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