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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1894
Page
1
A survey of items notes European journals printed on American paper, New Jersey road laws expanding state aid, Mecklenburg County road gains, and the Baltimore 1497 Southern Exposition plans with details on grounds, buildings, and exhibits.
A New York Mail and Express style note describes a roadside photographer who makes tin types of people in carriages and bicycles along Seventh Avenue. A noisy assistant rattles stones in a tin can to draw attention as passing horses spook briefly. The piece remarks poverty relief notions in China spanning over two millennia.
Poem excerpt attributed to John Vance Cheney laments pride and fame. It contrasts a humble life with a crowned renown, suggesting true happiness lies in simple deeds and quiet virtue rather than public glory.
A field diary recounts riding Chesapeake on the Kansas prairies in 1890. The narrator learns the horse’s vigor, loses control, and endures a wild chase across the plains ending with Chesapeake tumbling through a dugout roof and a rescuer’s intervention. He later befriends the Blackfield family and returns home enriched by the adventure.
Eleventh year of depreciation on steel rails leaves 10 002 000 tons in use in the United States. Annual replacement runs to 1 727 272 tons, but railroad economies have reduced purchases and renewals only when essential. Delays risk safety and late but large contracts for new rails will soon be needed, with expected revival of business tied to steel rail industry.
A prehistoric diamond mine was reported near Winburg in the Orange Free State. A shaft 150 feet deep descends to a mine floor extending hundreds of feet, with excavations yielding spears battle-axes primitive tools and skeletons. No native legends or traditions explain the giant quarry, according to Trontoz. The text notes unrest from unrelated local bird mentions.
A humorous column notes a summer peak in light verse and jokes. Snippets feature lines from Life, Washington Star, New York World, and other papers, with quips about weddings, courtship, and social foibles. The piece preserves era voices, playful banter, and brief cartoons of everyday life.
The excerpt mixes scenes of discreet romance and family moments. A young man declares love to Phoebe in a tense parental moment involving a proposed loan, and a widow remarks on work after dinner. The prose threads through intimate dialogue and domestic image as it traverses multiple vignettes.
In Kate Field's Washington a hostess seeks to amuse a dull guest named Cholly by introducing him to Professor Garner. The improvised entertainment prompts Garner to recount African adventures and supposed talent for talking to monkeys, while Cholly remains eager for more.
The city of New Bedford built wealth on whale oil and bone from vast fleets. By 1860 nearly 600 ships operated out of the port, employing over 10,000 sailors with investments surpassing 12 million dollars. Whaling profits peaked as oil sold for 2.76 a gallon and whalebone for 6 a pound, but late 19th century shifts, declining Antarctic stocks, and petroleum competition led to a drastic drop to 35 ships and under 900 men. The famed Onward voyage yielded 276000 dollars cargo with 33000 dollars for the captain, while overall whale products over 52 years exceeded 145 million. Crews were largely Portuguese from the Canary Madeira Azores, with captains and mates as sturdy New Englanders.
A discussion notes animals diet mixing with plant food. It cites Mes ban’s Monthly observations that carnivores and herbivores occasionally eat nontraditional foods. Examples include canines and birds like woodpeckers drinking nectar and sap wells later used by hummingbirds for sugar.
A violent cyclone devastated the business district of Little Rock Arkansas at 7 20 P M killing four people and injuring many. The insane asylum and the penitentiary suffered major damage with losses estimated near one million dollars. The Western Union office was wrecked and several buildings along Main East Markham and Third streets lost roofs or fronts. Dr J T Ingate and others were killed or injured and debris buried workers in the asylum and main building. Several inmates escaped or were unaccounted for. Insurance coverage was limited and property losses were widespread across commercial structures and utilities.
Readable fragments describe the Columbus relics loaned by the Pope Spain and the Duke of Talleyrand on a display tour, beginning homeward travel from Washington aboard the Norfolk and Detroit under Marine guard. Valued items include nine large bars with mosaics, a Vatican piece, and Columbus portrait destined for Paris Ordiz.
The steamer Guello relays a Kobe Chronicle dispatch describing a typhoon with widespread destruction and massive loss of life. The storm carved a broad path inland and to sea, wrecking towns like Lopralsk and Marinopal, leaving only a few houses standing and killing hundreds in Iattertown and Berdiausll areas.
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