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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1888
Page
1
A miscellany covers royal dinners, agriculture declines, and land use shifts. It cites Caswell and New Orleans factory growth, tobacco markets in Amsterdam, and a mix of European military and social observations.
A whaling story follows a crew racing a sperm whale after sighting its spout. Harpoon strikes pierce the whale as the boat hunts in rough seas, the chase ends with a brutal kill and the crew's triumphant cheers as the giant leviathan sinks.
The article contrasts modern writing ink, prized for its rapid flow and ease of removal, with ancient ink noted for durability. Ancient ink relied on charcoal or lampblack with mucilaginous fluid, sometimes mixed with animal glue and perfumes, used in China with a brush for writing and drawing.
The King Philip war in New England started with an attack on Swansea in July 1675 and ended as Philip was shot by a faithless Indian the following year.
A historical survey traces ear loss as a medieval punishment, citing Edward VI statutes, Defoe and Bastwick examples, and pillory rituals. It notes public spectacle, the shift from ecclesiastical to secular penalties, and later references to theft, crime, and sensational violence in rough confrontations.
The article describes walrus as the principal food for Eskimo communities across the Arctic North America. It notes seals, salmon, cod, whale, muskox, reindeer, and polar bear as supplementary staples. It explains walrus scarcity where waters freeze, and cites fatty tissue as a key reason for preference during harsh winters.
A gardener collected fifteen thousand beetles from Austria Hungary to form a double eagle emblem for Emperor Francis Joseph s fifty eighth birthday. The beetle mosaic includes imperial family names printed in beetle characters. The project took two years to collect insects and three quarters of a year to arrange.
The story centers on Melville Doanon of Dakota worth five million dollars in cash with vast cattle holdings and land. He travels for health and cites his homely appearance as having once saved his life by helping him evade phrase on the road from desperate stock agents. Separate notes describe tiny watch screws and their production, including 200 threads per inch and counting methods by weight, all made by delicate handwork and automatic machines.
A husband and wife spar over a newspaper joke about Babylon, with Br. Brown remarking that Babylon’s climate seems equable. She asks what he means, and he returns to the paper, still pondering the idea.
A collage of fashion trends and curiosities from across the world. The piece surveys Chinese eyebrow shaping and Turkish dye practices, compares weights of women’s dresses, praises Bertha Berger in New York market cuisine, recounts Clive and Maskeleyne’s India tale, warns on chewing gum effects, and sketches Mrs. Cleveland’s White House social life and gown fashions. It concludes with Australian tales and a Sydney Bulletin note on feigned wealth and heirs.
A partial Boston Transcript excerpt records a quirky dialogue about a man named Biggs and a doctorless cure. The speaker Fogg notes someone pined away for weeks before recovery, mentioning a boarding change and a humorous mispronunciation of doctor.
A vivid Harper's essay describes the caribou as social and curious on frozen seas. It details their playful behavior on thawed ice, their group dynamics, pawing slush, licking open water, and sudden bursts of speed as they move through forest and field.
A descriptive look at the Arizona Territory cactus, noting its leafless stock, venomous spines, and waxlike blossoms. The text highlights the edible, seeds filled fruit, vibrant colors, long life without water, and the cactus’s hardy, paradoxical nature as a tropical curiosity.
Reports on a French trial of military microphones, a new closed gasometer for explosives, AL A Levy hydro-plastic metal coatings, and global metal strength measures. Notes on cedar pulp paper, turpentine polish for stoves, and overboard signals. Paris cab electrics, solar system motions beyond Newton, a new cross candle lamp, and a patented liquid-wax wick lamp.
A new wrapping paper method embeds metallic zinc powder into the pulp or onto the surface. The zinc adheres to the paper during manufacture and protects silver brass copper and iron articles wrapped in it from rusting or tarnishing by absorbing sulfur chlorine and acid vapors. The powder can be applied during sizing or dusted onto the surface before drying.
The Paris experiments show coffee as a disinfectant by fumigation. Meat hung in a sealed room decomposed before five hundred grams of coffee were burned on the fire to disinfect the space. Sulphuretted hydrogen and ammonia odors were eliminated with ninety grams of coffee, and the smell of musis casteerum and ossafooida absorbed as fumes rise.
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