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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1886
Page
1
A reflective Thanksgiving verse praises divine kingship and national gratitude. The speaker thanks for happiness, wealth, protection, love, and friendships, framing the day as a collective prayer and tribute.
A turkey narrates life with a kindly boy and a twin brother Ali. The birds face christening, caging, and sale as Thanksgiving looms, ending with the narrator being spared when a forgiving buyer returns him home.
A Rock Island banquet for the Army of the Tennessee marks the end of the century. General Sherman presides while Major J M Beardsley is escorted away after lunging with a raised fist and loud remarks. The event underscores the Republic surviving to greet a new era.
A Parke County Indiana farmer quoted in the Indianapolis Journal describes a young girl watching a binding harvester who fell into the machine. The grain carried her in, leaving only a string around her waist. A harvest hand rescued her, placing her on the ground unharmed but frightened.
A Tacoma paper notes that Frank M. Gray editor of the Davenport Times is a Republican candidate for the Legislature while his wife Mrs Gray who is associate editor seeks the Democratic nomination for School Superintendent in Lincoln County.
The text argues magazine cover redesigns often worsen quality. It cites Harper’s example, noting they have not altered the cover title since 1850 and still call it Harper’s New Monthly Magazine, despite 36 years since its inception.
Mrs George M Poulson travels in a quartet of private palace cars one for reception and reading with drawing rooms and piano another for dining a sleeping car and another for six blooded trotters and carriage horses highlighting lavish rail luxury in a single household.
A town clergyman proposes a weight based marriage fee where the groom pays four cents per hundred pounds and the bride three cents per hundred. He notes the rule may suit lean people but unfairly impacts heavier men, arguing that size should not determine the bond or the words required.
Ex president Arthur rests after rites as mourners gather at burial. Officials and family attend in a quiet ceremony. The obituary notes his long public service and end of an era.
Ex President Arthur’s funeral proceeded with simple ceremonies in New York. Attending were President Cleveland Postmaster General Vilas and other officials, followed by a large crowd along Lexington Avenue as the coffin was moved to the church and then to the hearse. The service in Trinity Church featured prayers hymns and a procession to Grand Central and the Albany train for burial at Rural Cemetery.
The Right Rev William Croswell Doand Bishop of Albany led the burial in full canonicals at the grave where the coffin was lowered after a brief Episcopal service. The Bishop’s depth of feeling touched mourners as hundreds visited the cemetery and a special train carried family members and pall bearers to New York.
President Grover Cleveland rescinds the suspension of M. E. Benton United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri and orders rein statement after Benton argues campaign speeches did not interfere with duties. The correspondence includes Cleveland's letter to Attorney-General Garland detailing reasons for lifting the suspension and restoring Benton to office.
General Hazen presents the Chief Signal Officer annual report detailing meteorology advances, weather forecasting demand, and limited funding. It notes the five year program raising educated enlisted ranks, 378 enlistments with 97 graduates, and 911 of 1085 cold wave signals justified. It urges $5,000 more for broader warnings and advocates extending telegraph lines along the Atlantic coast.
A heavy rainfall caused a landslide near Pittsburg Pennsylvania crushing a passing express car and injuring eight. A cyclone in the Eastern and Middle States damaged mines and property, with Kingston and Wilkesbarre suffering losses including a destroyed Catholic church and chemical works explosion injuring workers. A Cape May Point hotel was destroyed, totaling about $50 000 in losses. Notable deaths included banker Jon Annot Jr and Adams of Boston, with Adams once linked to the Free Soil and 1860s politics.
Official returns in California name Bart lett Democrat as governor with a 632 plurality. Legislature holds a Democratic ten seat majority on joint ballot.
Joan Moore, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Medical Purveyor, named Surgeon General of the Army. President also appoints Joseph K. Roberts Maryland Internal Revenue Collector and Joseph C. McGrorty New Mexico Internal Revenue Collector. Fiscal year army expenditures reach 313,444,733. Foreign advice notes a ship disaster near Queensland with 140 lives lost. President General Santos of Guayaquil resigns. Germany plans army buildup amid European tensions. Russia withdraws consuls over treatment of subjects in Bulgaria and Roumelia. Cuban Dox Tomas who died in Paris left 50 million dollars.
Bardwin Gardiner, San Francisco stock broker and Pacific Stock Board president, vanishes amid losses totaling 200000. The schooner J Conway sinks after a storm, with captain and four sailors drowned. A Champaign near collision kills four and injures three. Treasury Bureau reports active year on 81 buildings costing 50000 to 2500000, total 2102254 spent on new work and 319192 on repairs. Parliament committee in Washington assigns appropriation bills to subcommittees. Eviction orders issued to 800 tenants on Castlebar estates in Ireland. France given protection duties for Russian subjects in Bulgaria.
A roundup of diverse economic items notes donations for a monument fund reaching 123,709 dollars, cotton crop estimates of 6,414,900 bales, New Orleans moss exports valued at 175,000 dollars, and a Berlin built Washington statue prepared for Philadelphia. The report mentions New South Wales cremation legalization, U. S. army and Indian costs, and a Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling on Sunday shop openings.
Postmaster General Vilas releases the annual report detailing mail mileage surpassing all government services by hundreds of millions, more letters mailed than Great Britain, thousands of postmasters appointed, fraud arrests, and stock of funds. Free delivery extended to several cities with carrier counts rising, costs up, revenues improving, and future estimates showing continued growth. The report notes high postal efficiency, net revenue figures, and the status of the dead letter office as 53,614 post offices plus 497 branches at year end.
Commissioner Joseph S. Miller presents the Internal Revenue report for year ended June 30 1850 with total revenues of 116 002 669 and a rise in most taxes except snuff which fell 195 747 pounds. First three months of the current fiscal year show 28 901 904 collected, with an estimated 118 000 000 for the year.
Rex Butter celebrates his sixty eighth birthday as Lt. C N Curer becomes wealthy by Mrs A T Stewart's will. Joaquin Afi ler shaved beard and lost curls, Senon CastEvar vows England visit only with Gladstone in power, and Prince Walbermar loves sea life. General Newton to be honored at Hell Gate channel opening. Miss Winett Davis to visit Washington. J Q A Waun works on Garfield monument. Henry George eyed for nationwide lectures. Senator McPhenson joins Clan MacPherson. Emperor smoking 20 cigars daily warned to stop for facial neuralgia. Belnator Muni compiles biographical volume. Emperor Wicrtan allows army souvenirs for veterans.
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