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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1899
Page
1
A reflective verse on how great truths are won through struggle and discipline. It contrasts burdened, troubled striving with the awakening of insight as God’s force exposes and tilts the ground, bringing imprisoned truth seeds to thought and harvest after hardship. The speaker emphasizes effort, patience, and inner ascent.
Lieutenant Mackworth, an earnest but fearful recruit, disobeys orders during a Chiricahua campaign. After weeks of harsh marching and near breakdown, he negotiates a deadly showdown with a hostile chief, then tests fate by returning to his unit with resolve. Morley’s hidden mercy becomes a grim test of loyalty and courage.
Keeper Mullen tended a puma at the zoo after removing a side tumor with cat gut. The animal, once feared, rubbed its neck and head against the keeper and purred as they played, promising safer in-cage interactions in the future despite the earlier scare. The Philadelphia Times notes the odd bond formed between man and beast.
The President of France pardons Eugene Borique after five years, ending a piracy case tied to the Degraeve brothers. Details recount daring sea rescues in storms, including Leonce and Eugene Degraeve saving Norwegian sailors and a crew on the Pieter Atton before the ship sank. Also features two Union Hill heroes rescuing boys at the Palisades, Kruger anecdotes, and various brief items on bravery and curiosities.
A minor named Tarek Hagdor from Tong near Leeds, who died aged sixty seven, is buried in a coffin built to his own design twenty years prior. The pine coffin with silver handles is hinged at one end and included a compartment for his clothes and his wife’s. He kept a lump of coal as a keepsake and pillow, preserving it with tobacco and a pipe as part of the funeral relics.
President McKinley lays the cornerstone of the new Post Office in a citywide celebration. A military parade, a nationa l parade, and a grand banquet at the Auditorium mark the day. Mexican Vice President Mariscal and Canadian Premier Laurier attend and speak.
Brigadier General Fanston and the Twentieth Kansas Regiment arrive in San Francisco after swifter rivers and swollen streams in Luzon claim many lives. Reports note nine charges against officers from Manila while the Tartar brings troops and discharged men home amid a welcome in California.
The Treasury plans to anticipate all interest on the public debt through June next year, paying November interest in full and discounting subsequent payments by two tenths of one percent per month. The move aims to relieve the tight money market, saving the government about 25 million dollars for the year's remainder while offering a rebate of two tenths of one percent per month to bondholders who prepay. Washington officials say cash balances exceed averages and could support this action, with several bond issues affected and specific bookkeeping dates noted.
An epidemic of typhoid fever hits Newport at the Naval Training Station with hundreds of apprentices affected. Medical Inspector Siegfried shut off the city water supply at the station, now using island water. About 359 apprentices are at the station, with 200 moved to the training ship Monongalula which required urgent repairs and was sent to Brooklyn Navy Yard. The health of the boys has been largely good until now. authorities investigate the outbreak and its origin.
A chaotic street duel in front of the Evening Item office left Dominick OMalley of New Orleans and C Harzlaon Parker of the Delta severely wounded. The confrontation stemmed from a coppery feud tied to a governor and political faction.
The Secret Service Bureau in Washington reports a new dangerous counterfeit note from the Alivere artifact series. It features a photo-mechanical reproduction with soft paper and pasted halves. The note imitates genuine paper by reproducing its watermark and engraving.
The Treasury Department plans to anticipate November interest payments on war bonds, issuing 5 and 4 per cent notes from 1904 to 1925 as a rebate aided prepayment. The move is welcomed in the money market, seen as a money-led prompt rather than sentiment, signaling a temporary liquidity boost amid tight conditions.
The Havana floating dock sale to a Vera Cruz syndicate for 600000 is linked with labor news from The Labor World in Dayton. Reports cover unionized Japanese co operatives with a 4000 monthly turnover, Brooklyn plaster workers, 90000 cotton mill workers in the U S, and new trade organizations in Indiana and Omaha. A West Scotland wage demand and Chinese labor for Mexican coffee pose global labor trends as England’s shop seat law nears.
About 25 000 people witnessed Chadwick Day in Monagatown West Virginia. A parade honored Rear Admiral Sampson with a salute by university cadets. Governor Atkinson presented a tribute to Captain Dundwick on behalf of the state. Rear Admiral Saropaon spoke on "Our Quest" and a long reception followed.
Ten miles from Cheney Nebraska Tonto Fainting Man Jola A Barton fell into a bog pen during a task. Big sister Mrs Brunson witnessed the accident and cried for help as the man struggled with the animals. Neighbors arrived hours later and dragged him free. Barton suffers from fainting spells and remains in distress amid refugee hardships at the Cape.
Antonio de Luvas and Rosario Calapus become linked as Calapus saves her parents from a Newark jail sentence by confessing to Pudge Lambart that de Luvas is her betrothed. Pieman dies as Calapus faces suspicion over a missing fortune.
Admiral Dewey names J W Crawford official secretary while he serves in the Judge Advocate General's office and holds the rank of lieutenant. The Supreme Court convened with many cases postponed due to Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer’s absence. Government towed ships to the Philippines, paying high daily rates for horses and troops transport, as eight vessels were dispatched with more to follow. Epstein not. Premier Laurier spoke in Chicago and Alaska boundary talks caused no quarrel. A gang in New York faces stamps and revenue cases. a farm family tragedy in Louisiana involved two killed children. The St Lawrence shipping, epidemic polio in Dayton, and a mountain opening in Tennessee are noted amid other varied reports. A ceremony in Dallas drew 10,009 attendees. Kruger names O Balroo as Transvaal commissioner. The Julia Morrison murder case in Chattanooga continues into January 1900.
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