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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1889
Page
4
A writer recalls divers in thick air helmets exploring Long Island Sound cabined in darkness. He describes the peril of a captain who narrowly survives a canal boat shadow passing over his air tube, a near-fatal underwater ordeal with vivid detail.
A description of the U S Navy button noting its large convex form and high relief eagle device. The piece mentions British manufacture due to American bronze tarnish issues and cites a San Francisco Chronicle obituary-like note about Havens and a right-sided heart condition. It includes anecdotes of naval officers and a young Confederate soldier, Berry Binford, with later reflections on alcoholism and a flood survivor.
The piece describes stormy petrels or Mother Cary's chickens that follow vessels until land appears, feeding on refuse and remaining hungry. Sailors fear calamity if the birds are harmed, noting their restless pattering and water-walking motion as they drift with the food.
The twenty fourth triennial conclave in Washington features a vast parade with up to seventeen thousand Knights, five hundred commanderies, and eleven divisions marching three and a half miles from First and B streets to Mount Vernon Place. President Harrison watches from a reviewing stand as Majors, Secretaries, and notable officials attend. a Louisville boy Knights presentation adds ceremony before the Grand Encampment begins its secret sessions.
Linville Cambs, the youngest life convict in Kentucky, earns a conditional pardon from Governor Buckner. The boy aged 12 will enter the Industrial School of Reform in Louisville until he comes of age after confessing to killing a baby with a poker and discarding the body in a creek.
A jumble of names and notes reports on notable figures and events. Mentions include Witxie Coniins, Bin Vaspensist salary, Frepentck Doranass writing, Tuk King of the Belgians Congo voyage, estate of Wruxrk Collins, and Senator Hoar as linguist. It notes German Emperor portrait, Lord Salisbury, Tennyson, and other famous names with brief remarks on activities and status.
News brief notes a spasm of incidents from a Brooklyn suicide tied to a secret marriage, deadly mine blasts in Michigan, a church explosion, and a fatal rail collision. It reports political shifts in Massachusetts and Wyoming, church conventions in New York, and various court and crime outcomes across the United States and Europe.
An Atlantic collision occurred forty miles from St Pierre Newfoundland between the steamer Geographic from Montreal to South Hampton and the Norwegian vessel Monnis Swift. The Monnis Swift sank in minutes with two women three children and ten men lost. Thirty or so survivors left in boats, one boat with captain and fifteen was rescued by Sister Bell and Purra CrLrsTiy PAUL died shortly after. The 118 ton Geographic reportedly sank and the event is tied to a farm near Roggio Station. The note mentions a man aged eighteen when he left for the farm and marks a century since the event.
The Commercial Agent at Mayenet reports the United States may supply Europe as deficits mount. He notes Austria-Hungary's poor harvests and Europe's reliance on imports, with Russia Romania and India also facing adverse yields. Potatoes offer some relief as bread costs rise.
A violent feud erupts in Lincoln County West Virginia after Floyd Dingess the son of a local justice is killed following a quarrel with his wife and her mother. Alfred Brumfield seeking revenge is fatally shot, and further deaths and wounds follow including Purvis Brumfield and George Dingess in a clash between feuding families.
The article reviews league dynamics with New York and Boston in a tight pennant race, predicts moves by Clarkson and other players, notes potential concessions from the Brotherhood of League Players, and mentions a November meeting in New York City. It also covers umpire disputes, player earnings disputes, and the American Association record.
The Rev Dr Talmage prepares to tour Palestine for two months to gather material for a life of Christ. Brooklyn pulpit to be supplied by visiting pastors during his absence.
A fire at R. E. Lott's two story restaurant in Winona, Australia, about 3 AM killed four men who slept in the upper floor. Nine were aboard, all prominent citizens en route home from Memphis where they had gone to buy goods. It appears the flames had a strong headway before discovery and walls collapsed as aid arrived. the four bodies were later shipped to relatives.
A fierce northwest gale on Lake Huron caused seven ships to be wrecked or ashore near Sand Beach White Rock and Peice Island. Three sailors were killed, a woman cook aboard the World the Wave drowned near the Detroit River mouth, with vessels Rhoda Emily Lady Franklyn Magruder Glasgow and others listed ashore or sunk.
President D J Mackey of the Mackey railroad system begins a walking journey from Mount Vernon Illinois. He plans to cover about four hundred miles on foot, asserting the trek as an undertaking for the company and himself.
The steamer Coruna exploded near False River about 150 miles above New Orleans, sinking quickly. The City of St. Louis rescued survivors, while Captain Blank perished and many crew were injured. L. C. Tawling and Mrs. Robertson survived, with multiple accounts of the disaster and rescue efforts.
Delegates to the International American Congress gathered at the State Department and were presented to Secretary Blaine and President Harrison. The assembly outlined aims including peace, a customs union, regular port communication, uniform regulations, weights and measures, patents and copyrights, a common silver coin, arbitration, and further topics for welfare of the American states. Representatives are listed from Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru, El Salvador, United States, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
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