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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1886
Page
1
A rural scene opens with harvest imagery and a squire’s joyful return, then shifts to Wedge the carpenter feeling envy before learning to express affection. A neighbor’s snowdrops spark a change at home, transforming marital warmth and inspiring mutual care, lifting a plain life toward happiness.
East Bridgeport man swallows pills thinking they are buttons after a spell of illness. His wife searches for four shoe buttons to sew on baby shoes, then the man recalls the pills and exclaims I swallowed them buttons.
Excerpted notes describe Manchu princes under a strict imperial education with tutors eunuchs and corporal correction, then a New England anecdote about superstition and Barnum style humor. The piece ends with a Boston Courier quip about summer ice bills.
An Asia Minor traveler recounts an ancient white terrace near Hierapolia in Asia Minor. He describes dazzling sulphur and lime formations, geometrical basins, and petrifactions with stalactites, a preserved temple, basins, and a cave cited as Pluto’s shortcut. The piece notes sacred inscriptions and nearby ruins in a London Telegraph report.
An intoxicated man boarded a train near a small station with two demijohns and forced a ride toward Atlanta. After refusing a conductor’s ticket request, he assaulted the conductor, then rode the stunned official for about eighteen miles to Atlanta, while other male passengers complied with his demand for a drink.
A practical old-time technique describes handling unsightly holes in wooden surfaces. Use many small tacks crisscrossed through the hole, drive in putty soft and pliable through and around them, let dry and level with the surface, then apply varnish before coloring to prevent sinking.
A Bos ton Courior fragment recalls a politician’s wife admiring her baby boy who smiles when tossed, while the father jokes that the child will never be a good party man because he is a kicker. The quip suggests the gloom cast over happy families by political divides.
Scientific scraps describe Thompson using rapid photographs to reveal organ action, potential drug effects, and teaching value. Forel notes Alpine glaciers grow for 15 to 30 years then shrink, with cycles tied to climate. Nes-enland fungus valued oddly in medicine and dye. Cornea transplants and early eye restoration methods show promise. European ports report higher aneurysm deaths. A Shanghai inventor markets an electric sword with battery pack. Tides at Amazon and Chinese rivers exhibit rapid wave surges, while Atlantic rivers show multiple high tides in quick succession.
From Kirkwall Lammas market the Ospray of Westray sighted a large shoal off Westray Firth. English tourists aiding in a seal hunt joined locals as boats surrounded the twenty foot plus whales and drew them ashore. About 180 were counted.
A San Francisco Chronicle writer notes a test case where a Mongol was brought to an official’s office after a Chinese applicant was refused land. The official asked a string of questions and the Chinese man admitted findings were false. The exchange ends with both asserting the entire tale is a lie.
A compact note describes Tavolara a small Mediterranean island kingdom once ruled by King Paul Vits until his death at seventy eight. It compares Tavolara to San Marino Monaco and Andorra, noting populations and sizes of each microstate in a concise youth companion style.
An American reporter describes the vast Temple of the Saviour in Moscow noting its lavish marble and gold interior built to mark Napoleon’s 1812 defeat. He praises the concealed bass choirs producing thunderous yet precise tones rivaling organ music, with multiple voice parts and deep priestly voices completing the grand choral service.
A long tale from Senator Gorman recalls neuralgia bouts so severe he stayed home days. An sympathetic elder offered a nutmeg remedy worn on a string, and relief followed within hours. Physicians note nutmeg may have virtues against neuralgic pain, per the Baltimore Sun. Separately, U.S. cornfields span a territory rivaling England Scotland and Belgium, with grain fields larger than Spain.
A steamship explosion near Cape Girardeau Missouri sank La Mascotte off Willard's Landing after leaving St. Louis. Rescue by the Eagle saved many. bodies and injured listed, including officers crew and passengers. The vessel, built in Evansville, ran tri weekly to Cape Girardeau and St. Louis before the catastrophe.
The September public debt statement from the U S Treasury reports a decrease in total debt and less cash in the Treasury since September 1. It lists debt categories, including bonds at various rates, Pacific railroad bonds, and pension funds, with totals for principal and interest and notes reductions in cash available for debt reduction.
Fragmentary OCR text recalls Meg Tonzay and a note about her daughters. It mentions a six hundred payment per due and that Jones outlived all but fifteen children. Details are unclear due to damage.
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