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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1886
Page
1
A poem fragment depicts a family in sorrow as a mother greets a frightened child, and an old man laments lost kin. The piece explores loneliness, memory, faith, and divine aid amid enduring pain and abandonment. Mrs 50 Re. Goodale, in Tide pendant.
A historical recounting of the Willie Allbright case detailing a kidnapping in Sheffield in 1861. An abductor manipulated the boy, transported him to Liverpool, renamed him John Manton, and conditioned him to accept a new family while concealing his true identity. The narrative highlights social indifference and weak investigative response.
A story from New York Sun recounts Willie Albright, stolen from Sheffield as a child, living under the stage name Johnny Manton. After traveling in a vaudeville circuit from Liverpool to Australia, he is identified in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, by chance and reunited with his American parents who had searched for years.
In a coastal opinion piece, the writer links sand storms and burials with occult signs such as culebritas and little green snakes. The essay notes moonlit grave sites, secret digging with a trowel, and night plans to stash coins, guarded by rocks and trees to deter discovery.
The Time columnist recalls Gen John Tyler son of President and his view of Tom Benton and Benton’s Thirty Years View. Gen Tyler recounts Randolph meeting with Sheffey and the famed Phidias story and a dying Randolph scene. The Washington Star notes Fremont memoirs details at the British Legation residence and daily writing routine.
In Georgia pine forests a traveler describes log homes built from sapling pines with rough clapboard roofs and red clay floors. The oldest structure remains, its chimney layered with pine sticks and red mortar, witness to generations passing in a single quiet landscape.
A Missouri tale from War saw reports a horned snake fifteen feet long sunning behind a log near the Orange river. It allegedly pursued Waldeck who dropped his spectacles. He fled to Warsaw, later locals found the snake reading the Globe-Democrat with his glasses. Politicians in Benton county vouched for the story.
In a humorous exchange the landlady remarks on Gilbooly’s fondness for coffee as he passes his cup yet again. The exchange ends with a biting, lingering look from the landlady that Texas Sifti ngs notes will haunt him.
A mix of curiosities and calculations. Lion forelimb strength at 69.9 percent of tiger, hind limbs 65.9 percent. An iron bridge move on Summer Hill near Pittsburg to permit a stone arch replacement. Eye injury risk ratios, rail expansion effects, coal formation estimates, and a gas light using a water jacket to boost brightness.
A detailed description of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World, gifted by France, its height of 151 feet on a 305 foot statue, copper construction, lighting system, and cost approaching one million dollars. It notes Bartholdi as designer, Congress funding for the plant, and comparisons to Colossus of Rhodes and Brooklyn Bridge.
Jake Beiman, a ranch employee, battled a large snake near a rock and log in the hills. After being coiled around his leg and forced to fend off the animal with a knife, he severed the snake’s neck in a long struggle, the creature dying and later displayed at the ranch.
The State of New York paid John M. Crous $1000 in 1806 for a hydrophobia remedy deemed infallible. Advocated by De Witt Clinton and Chancellor Kent, the mixture included dog jawbone ash colt tongue powder and verdigris raised from old copper in moist earth.
The Baltimore Manufacturers' Record notes unparalleled progress in the South's iron and steel sectors during the last five months with 42 factories 46 foundries and machine shops 75 stove foundries 12 carriage and wagon works 21 water works 4 tobacco factories 71 flour mills and 862 lumber mills among numerous enterprises. Capital stock for new and expanded manufacturers and mining ventures across the South amounts to about 83,834,200 in the nine months of 1886, up from 52,086,300 a year earlier.
A fourteen year old girl testified in a Rock Island court that she had been married five years, and she could not read or write or tell time by the clock.
Sabine Pass Texas was destroyed by a Salt River inundation. Relief parties moved to the scene from nearby towns. About 101 people were missing with most believed drowned. More than 150 houses were destroyed, and the lighthouse suffered severe damage. The disaster caused nearly 500000 in damage to property and government works.
The clipping surveys performances from Detroit to Chicago and New York including Washee Washco in The Danites, Italian opera in New York under signor Angelo, Langtry’s improved acting, Liszt advice on soulful piano, new operas Indiana and Bernasse in London, and Wanger’s Bayreuth festival plans. It also mentions a Confederate general’s admirer choosing a state career, George Miln’s Chicago fund, FitzGerald’s Shanghai legacy in London, the Wandering Minstrels, Edwin Booth’s Northwest tour earnings, and a strong note on Booth’s artistic and financial impact.
Denis Kearney pursues San Francisco Sheriff role while Par sell family plan winter in France. General Snenxsan claims he never voted. President Cleveland now favors wearing a flower. Mrs Lockwood declares presidential bid. James Froop builds Nob Hill home. Mrs Hopkins’ fortune tied to Central Pacific. Hashron Fish at seventy nine remains vigorous after stroke. Victoria’s crown keeps General Gordon’s Bible in Windsor. Garfield University Wichita opens soon with Mrs Garfield at ceremonies. London plans to award Freedom of the City to explorer Henry Stanley. Eugenie withdraws Napoleonic pensions amid Franco republic concerns.
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