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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1895
Page
4
The New York Lodger reports a shift in gatta-percha collection from cutting trees to plucking leaves. Leaves yield purer, easier to manage gum, with two leaf pluckings equaling a twenty-five year tree. The change promises easier harvesting, greater supply and lower prices.
A historical note recalls hospital cautions about tea addiction affecting ten percent at some dispensaries and workers in sweat shops. It contrasts women and men as victims and links tea consumption to nervousness, insomnia, and headaches, claiming St Jacobs Oil cured similar cases.
A lengthy crop and market report notes mixed yields with corn at 935.5 percent versus prior month, declines in cotton and oats, and a nationwide report of damage from early rains drought and bollworms. It mentions dairy and poultry item prices and a general farming outlook alongside scattered national notes.
Rebels withstand a five hour Spanish attack near Motota Mountain as 2600 Spanish troops clash with Antonio Macco's 800 men. Despite losses on the Spanish side, ammunition shortages limit the pursuit. Rebels raid camps at Sabana Mirinda Mogote and La Guna Piedra while towns Ban Tula and Patna Sorluna burn from shelled bridges. Yellow fever rages among Spaniards, but Cuban enthusiasm remains high.
Governor Renfrew Regorta that Oklahoma Territory now has about 275000 distinctive American inhabitants. He notes $39275189 in assessed property, a growing banking sector, and sound finances tied to a strong school system. Wheat and cotton crops are promising, fruit harvests excellent, and stock raising profitable though wool focus is light. He urges opening Wichita Kiowa Comanche and Apache reservations for settlement.
Cable reports violence between Turks and Armenians near Constantinople and in Asia Minor. Armenians face church closures and prison abuses as police and troops patrol streets.
A wild outpouring in Atlanta greeted Tao Exposition City visitors as crowds packed walls and rooftops for miles. The Liberty Bell signal sparked cheers as the Atlanta Light Artillery fired a cannon and Mayor Porter King plus committee met the escort at the city limits.
Catharine Carr, head nurse at St. Marys Hospital Evansville, volunteers to join an eight dollar leper hospital in New Orleans. Catholic Sisters lead the effort to staff the facility, the only such institution of its kind abroad. Carr fears exposure after a Boston training period where she unknowingly contracted leprosy while caring for a patient, yet she continues to pursue the risky mission.
A northeast storm broke a long drought across the East Coast from New Jersey to New England. Heavy rain and gale winds eased water shortages, with Boston reporting 5.64 inches and other cities noting record or near record totals. Farmers and miners across affected regions gained drought relief, allowing plowing and planting to resume.
A protest by workers outside the Caillz Spat procession led by the Bishop of Canis turned violent as workers pelted priests with heavy stones. The Bishop was injured slightly while police dispersed the mob outside the palace after they set fires and shouted threats. The Prefect faults lack of advance notice for proper security.
William E. Seely of Deajer proposes a radical railway from Tower to Rainy Lake City on the Canadian border. The line would be a single rail, with elevated track on piles seven to eight feet high, allowing cars to run about forty feet below the rail. Seely argues the design reduces cost to about one third of a standard double track and could attract strong support from financiers and machinists.
A trolley derailed on a Pittsburg Pittsburgh hill near McCartney street. Three people died from mangled injuries, including Frederick Tossel age about fifty five and George Rothman who survived. Conductor McGirr warned passengers to lie down as the car plunged off the track. Mrs Foley reportedly saved her child by dropping her daughter from a rear window before the wreck.
Major A Armes, long detained as secretary of war acting officer, was discharged from custody in Washington City by Judge Bradley. The court ruled his imprisonment violated army regulations and statutory rights, and denounced General Schofield's authority as tyrannical in this context. Morrison of the Judge Advocate General outlined notes of appeal.
A ferry boat with six passengers capsized on the Vampye River near Baltimore. Four occupants drowned, including Thedeslaco Frol Volkman, a stallion keeper named Javen, Luster, Willigor Polly, and Marty Steiner. Rescue boats found one clinging to the overturned craft and another afloat with an oar. others were recovered dead as hundreds looked on.
Reports from Constantinople indicate fifty Armenians killed and many wounded in Akbissar when a Turkish mob attacked the Armenian village near Kile on the Anatolian Railway. A lone Turkish rough fired first, triggering a mass slaughter as market looting ensued. Kalmatkan from Glove intervened to save Christians. Panic spread to Constantinople with Christians seeking refuge in churches.
The President and family arrived in Washington after separate trips from their summer home. The Oneida steam yacht docked at Seventh Street, and carriages awaited to take them to the Executive Mansion. The journey from New York Bay to Washington proceeded smoothly despite rough weather, with messages alerting officials along the Fatomac River and Indian Head reach.
A naturalist recounts ants rescuing a captive by coordinating moves to free it, a vivid tale of teamwork. The piece also notes moth collecting practices and methods like sugaring to lure moths, with eggs guarded through development. It closes with a funeral marriage on a dying man’s coffin as his sister wed her betrothed.
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