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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1895
Page
1
Poem urges endurance through ordinary trials and daily cares. It honors steadfast hearts facing fatigue, seeking holy patience and grace.
A young lawyer recalls a first circuit will contest over John Andrews, his daughter Effie, and a scheming suitor. The case hinges on witnesses to a will and a dramatic reappearance of MacPherson. Tom Mansfield suddenly reopens testimony, aiding the contestant and securing a verdict for the widow.
A mosaic of notes on mosquitoes, sails of ramio cloth, bicycle tire materials from fish skins, and dense mist on seas. References to London amblements, dynamos, and a monument for sun spot discoverers Fabricius. Reports on glass mirrors, lightning safety, Yerkes telescope lens transport, and iron hulls conducting lightning to the sea. Professor Coville climbs Mount Saddleback Maine noting Arctic alpine flora and a 4490 foot altitude reading.
A New York Telegram piece envisions a sun powered era where coal fades and deserts supply heat to drive vast engines. John Ericsson is cited for a solar steam concept that could liberate energy from sunlight, lighting cities and powering towns from imagined desert power stations.
A report highlights recent cycling records with Molbyvin’s 207 miles in 24 hours on roads near Loudon and Peterborough, a Putney track effort by 4 Frenchman Huret covering 515 miles in 24 hours, and Fountaing’s 474 miles 1295 yards in 24 hours. The piece compares cyclist speed to horses, noting cyclists often outrun horses over longer distances.
Baltim ore Herald cites a clown figure in Britain and France who retained facial tattooing customs after urban abandonment. The piece describes the contrast between rural practice and city trends, noting the lingering habit among country people.
A Fort Wingate Arizona veteran, Sergeant Henry Heuser of Troop G Second Cavalry, famed as the army’s best shot, survived a brutal bear attack in 1890 near Fort Huachuca. He shot the bear after a fight that tore his face, hand, and arm, leaving him with glasses but continuing to excel as a marksman.
The New Orleans Times Democrat reports a fog signaling system mounted on Winter Quarter Tightship No. 45 at Wilmington Delaware. It uses two safety oil engines to power compressed air to two upright boilers with timeclocks above. The air drives whistle valves to alternate every fifty five seconds without steam power. Explosions of oil vapor regulate forty pound air pressure for a clear long distance signal.
A colossal Oregon pine beam fifty eight feet long and twenty eight meters square was logged and milled in Bath. It contained about 4000 feet of lumber and was quartered for keel pieces. The operation took hours as heat was managed to prevent warping. Lewiston Journal notes its size would suit a 3000 ton ship.
Dr. Thomas F. Berry, then Lewisville coroner, faced roughly 30 to 40 Federal cavalry while at a sympathizer’s breakfast near the Kentucky River bluff. He mounted his horse, charged a river bluff, clear water awaited, and leaped in with the horse’s weight. The mount sank but surfaced, Berry swam free as Union troops halted their pursuit.
Report from central London on months of tunneling under the river for an electric railway from the city to Waterloo. Workers advance from the river bed on both sides, excavated earth hauled through the sole river passage, as Line workmen press under the metropolis.
An 19th century report describes Miles Vice Schofield being detailed to command the Department of the East with headquarters in New York, and Lamont Asalzoa tasked with duties in Washington. General Ruger to command the same department, and Miles appointed as Major General. It chronicles Miles’s birth in Westminster in 1839, his rise from Second Lieutenant to Major General, his Civil War record, campaigns against Plains tribes, and noted public life with his wife reputedly connected to Senators Cameron and Shorano. It closes with a brief note on General Ruger and a mention of a National Council of Women observing an event in New York on November.
The article notes November 12 as Elizabeth Cady Stanton's birthday with suffrage groups nationwide planning meetings in her honor. It cites the National Suffrage Organization and the National Council of Women led by Mary Laws Dickinson, tracing its roots to the first Woman's Rights Convention and its aim to advance women across all life areas.
The Brooklyn, an armored cruiser rivaling the New York, was launched at Cramp's shipyard in Philadelphia. Gov. Meyer and notable guests attended as Miss Behieren christened the ship and Brooklyn supporters celebrate a new era for the United States Navy with a 460 foot length, nickel steel armor, and a powerful 8 eight-inch gun battery along with multiple smaller weapons.
The Massachusetts Democratic State Convention at Worcester nominated George Williams for governor with 1579 delegates present. James Grinnell was named lieutenant governor, Osward J. Tynn secretary of state, Stoyans Balwary treasurer, Attrra Whitney attorney general, and the platform backed sound money and a gold standard. Cuba sympathy voiced, Hawaii support absent. Among maritime news, forty-nine vessels were lost or damaged in a North Atlantic storm, with wreckage strewn along Devon and Somerset shores. The Herreshoff firm received orders for a yacht for England, about twenty-seven feet on the water, with bronze fittings, and work on a new building to begin at once. American locomotives gain favor in Japan, cost about ten percent more than earlier models.
Five armed men halted a Chicago suburban electric car, robbed eightees passengers, and injured one rider, as lights failed and a wire was cut to stop other cars. Police later spotted four men driving away, with passengers including N A Johnson and T P Nesbitt among victims.
At Geribmer's Dock in Tonawanda New York a clash among boatmen over docking led to gunfire. Captain Phillips was shot in the head and died, his son wounded fatally. The scene showed a bloodied deck and broken cabin windows as about eleven men were arrested. Deputy Marshal Smoring attempted to restore order but was confronted by armed rioters.
Six men held up a northbound train on the St Louis and Sag Franciseo road near Casto Indian Territory at midnight. They opened eighty five cents and were upset enough to throw money on the floor after threatening the express messenger. The National Guard was notified.
A late passenger train collided with a freight train between Wave and Ottignies Belgium. Eighteen people were killed and about a hundred injured, with twenty two seriously hurt. The accident involved passenger cars piling onto the wreckage. M Boornaart, president of the Belgian Chamber of Deputes, and family among the travelers, his wife killed and sister-in-law wounded. The crash blamed on the absent regular signalman replaced by a man with limited knowledge.
Details emerge on a flood that drowned fifty six people in the Vuelta Abajo tobacco region. Bridges and rail lines were washed away, houses ruined, and large tobacco flields destroyed. Government aid of £5000 and a day of military relief are planned, with private Havana donations totaling 410310 for relief.
Elon A Rogora an instructor at Harvard College Cambridge dropped in Boyleston Hall after dismissing class and collapsed after holding a glass vessel containing an unknown chemical and a note reading It Is As It Should Be colleagues say he may have taken his own life leaving a note and a vapor cloud detected in the room authorities investigate the mysterious scene and the substance involved.
Mrs. Mary Walters of Bridgeport Connecticut, a trained vocalist, swallowed a hornet after it landed on her frost while eating a snack. The sting caused severe throat swelling and hoarseness, nearly preventing swallowing and speech. Dr. James L. Brigg treated her, noting no permanent loss but calling the case remarkable with few similar records in Connecticut.
A large onyx marble deposit discovered near Healdbore California is said to exceed any prior US finds. The ledge runs 600 feet wide along the mountain crest for 1600 feet, then disappears under chrome ore. samples show green gold purple and white varieties.
At Wilkesbarre Pann in the Dorrance Mine owned and operated by Lehigh Valley Coal Co a serious explosion of fire damp killed nine miners two named Mioheel Morr ant Robert Miller fatally with three others seriously injured Mites Takes Possession General Niles assumed command of army headquarters at Washington and received officers on duty to Washington later letters of congratulation arrived The South corn crop expected 600000000 to 630000000 bushels worth about 300000000 The first Holidaysburg water relief pipe delivered 70000 gallons to drought sufferers near Altoona Gaysport Council approved temporary water supply for Altoona residents Dropped Dead in the Pulpit Dr Longsteath died during a service in Dayton Ohio.
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