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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1893
Page
4
Housekeepers warned against indisciplined use of cheap baking powders sold with prizes and ads. Many contain caustic acids and alkalis that irritate internal membranes and digestion. Royal Baking Powder, made from cream of tartar and soda, is praised as pure, safe, and effective for leavening.
A New York Sun note says Damascus likely hosts the world s oldest waterworks. The ancient city, cradle of many empires, faced epidemics due to leaky canals and poorly cleaned sewers. Despite abundant water, drainage issues kept the town unsanitary.
A miscellany of old newspaper clippings recount a railway scene where a lavender salts bottle odors up a carriage near an oil factory. The tale blends comic venting with a note on cures and patent medicines, touting Hall’s Catarrh Cure and Syrup of Figs as remedies, and urging readers to respond to Johnson & Co. of Richmond for offers and opportunities.
The Forestry Building at the Chicago Exposition showcases vast timber from South America Burma India Japan and across the United States. It features large wood blocks cedar oaks teak carved doorways and intricate mantels. Visitors admire bamboo blocks and the huge logs including the California redwood plank and sections from Oregon Washington and Mexico.
Reports detail widespread destruction across Glfa after river embankments failed and floods inundated towns. More than 200 sections of banks gave way totaling 45,009 yards, 14,029 houses flooded housing about 70,000 occupants. Five hundred fifty seven houses washed away, sixteen severely damaged. A Kobe area incident recalls a European rescued from the river but died soon after. other scenes show fear and debris as rescue efforts continue. In Mexico City nearby, horse breeding and a new track enterprise drew discussion at congress.
A Michigamme River flood breached the beam of the Matsfeld Mine six miles east of Crystal Falls Iron County, drowning twenty eight workers. Eighteen escaped from lower levels while upper level miners were overwhelmed. Rescue attempts failed as water and debris blocked the shaft, with diversion of the river and pumping planned to recover the flooded workings. The mine, operated by Corrigan Ives & Co. of Cleveland, has shipped about 660000 tons of ore, with losses estimated at 600000.
President Cleveland explains his financial position to Governor Northen urging a stable sound money policy. He calls for repeal of the Sherman act purchasing clause, warns against coinage inflation, and urges prompt congressional action to restore confidence and avoid deeper economic trouble. Cleveland emphasizes a comprehensive monetary framework and distrust of hoarding.
A partial report from Representative Nockery outlines salaries across federal departments for the year ending June 30, 184. The total payroll is 818,804,100 with detailed sums for the President, Vice President, State, War, Treasury, Justice, Navy, Interior, Agriculture, Labor, Civil Service, Fish Commission, Interstate Commerce Commission, Smithsonian institutions, and other agencies. The grand total cited is 915,964,106.
The monthly public debt statement shows September's liabilities rising about 8,150. The public debt grew by about $1,000,000 with gold reserves down $2,426,951 and receipts from all sources off $7,000,000 versus a year ago. Receipts rose about $1,000,000 from August due to higher internal revenue.
A collage of items notes improved business in Tun, heavy snow in northern England, unrest in Prague, a mob looting in Oregon, and broad predictions from the era. Reports cover taxation plans, footwear of glass production, a proposed Baghdad to Constantinople highway, and public works spending in various locales. Also noted are train robberies prompting armed messengers, the capture of moonshiner Wilard Morgan, Garfield monument funding in Philadelphia, peach-pit industry growth, and a camel postal service planned for Obock and the Yo mal coast. A Minneapolis teen, Luc Braumperte, died by suicide, and Ontario County rabbit hunts yield thousands of jacks for bounty claims.
Eighteen Spaniards were killed and thirty five wounded in a clash with Moors of the RU tribes near Mehila Morocco. The town's garrison, commanded by westadel, held a rock-built citadel as Moors bombarded with volleys. A truce was granted after both sides buried their dead. The Moorish government has pledged reparations as Spain reinforces for further action.
Ten persons killed as crowd crushes during a religious festival at a parish church in Titan Hurfentero Mexico after a rocket fired to the roof caused panic. Dozens injured, including many children, as worshippers rushed for exits in a chaotic stampede.
The Senate considered Dubois’s proposal to postpone financial and election measures until January. Debates on the Silver Purchase Repeal bill continued with speeches by Pasco, Hoar, Cameron, Morgan, Peffer, and Dubois. The House debated the Federal Election Repeal bill as amendments and joint resolutions moved forward, with ongoing controversy over silver policy and census timing.
The United States Treasury Department released a comparative statement of receipts and expenditures for September and the first quarter of the fiscal year. Receipts in September 1893 fell by 6.6 million dollars versus September 1892, and the current quarter shows a 20 million dollar shortfall from 1892. Expenditures rose by 2.75 million dollars versus September 1892, with the quarter up by 3.5 million compared to the same period in 1892.
The market notes extend wholesale quotes for Benns-Marrow and rivals, listing creamery items, dairy products, fruits, vegetables, and live stock. Includes prices for peas, kidney beans, creamery tubs, cheeses, apples, grapes, melons, poultry, and hogs, with regional references to New York and state listings across months and varieties.
Reports describe massive damage from a great storm affecting Bayou Cook and many Louisiana locales. Fatalities include three in Bigqueming parish and others at Port Ends and Bohemia. Losses run into millions across Alabama and New Orleans, with wrecked vessels, collapsed churches, flooded hotels, and ruined farms.
Congress passed the flat pre-emption right on public lands in 1816 allowing settlers to buy 320 acres. It marked the start of a long series of similar laws expanding land access for settlers.
A false alarm fire at a Kalwarya synagogue near Suwalki, Poland, caused a deadly stampede as worshippers rushed for exits. About two thirds remained inside after ten minutes. nine bodies were found near exits and twenty were unconscious, with over a hundred injured.
Dispatch from Capetown states German wagon trains en route Wiedtoek to Kivako were attacked. Twenty Geran wagons destroyed and four heading opposite path. War hoard including a quay of arms and ammunition and 400 oxen seized. Twenty natives with the Germans killed.
Five men were executed on a single scaffold at Mount Vernon in Montgomery County. At noon, about 1000 spectators watched as the men died in a public hanging. The crimes included murder of Max Peterson last July and the killing of a five year old child, with one killer coloring a companion. This marked Montgomery County’s first postwar hanging.
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