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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1888
Page
1
Master Leighton Foster found a two headed turtle on a West River fishing trip. The creature, small at first, grew and was later injured by a cat, killing both heads. Yale professors photographed the case. experts deem it a unique specimen, to be preserved in alcohol.
A king dawns humbled by a beggar at the gate as they walk forth together. In a later scene Vivian Grant, facing estate ruin, learns of selfless charity from lawyer Leon Bailey who confesses his long-held love and vows.
Attorney Leon Bailey confronts the ill Senor Grant and his imperious daughter Vivian in Lynbrooke. Grant reveals a ruinous financial collapse and euthanizes himself with a pistol after a tense visit, as Bailey contemplates the fallout and Vivian remains aloof.
The London St James Gazette criticizes the American boy as restless and disruptive abroad. It claims he roams Paris and Italy, unsettles others after dinner, smokes on terraces, and resists manners, expressing doubt about the evolution of the American man from the boy.
The article explains England's lead in spinning and how yarn counts indicate fineness. It notes that 40 hanks weigh one pound in standard count notation and briefly mentions a separate anecdote about a lucky find of ambergris and idle workers in Chicago.
A young traveling man keeps proposing to a charming lady after a long pursuit. She asks for a no, he insists he will endure until she can offer a better answer. The playful exchange highlights social manners and persistence in romantic pursuit.
A Good Housekeeping writer lauds Japanese fans as artful yet practical, detailing boo k and paper work, wood engraving, and multicolored block printing. The article notes gender norms, etiquette, and fans as educational household items, with other notes on London tailors and chivalry legends.
A snippet shows Mrs. Brown and Unkind Brown in a playful exchange about a baby’s temper. He jokes the child inherits it from him while she retorts with a sharp jab about his character. The dialogue mirrors a domestic tease typical of the era’s social pages.
A New York Times story outlines green geese production and history. Ten years ago a barrel supplied markets for a week, now 75 a week are used in the city, with Americans buying about half. Farmers in Adamaville Rhode Island raise 1000 to 1500 birds per season and specialize in these dark skinned birds with true green flesh, though some mongrel offspring occur.
Self marriage by W Beemer a Taylorville merchant and Jennie D Thomas of Scranton was performed in Wilkesbarre by the clerk of the Orphan Court. They answered questions, obtained a license, and used the 1886 act to marry themselves without minister or ceremony. It is the first known case under that provision.
The column covers Victoria's sitting room decor in French style with gold damask, luxurious furnishings, and a bay window. It also includes commentary on unmarried women choosing independence, plus hygiene and work for women. It moves to fashion trends like chamois trim on English dresses, Montevideo girls and a club scene, then monkey skin muffs as winter fashion.
A survey of early 20th century fashion highlights heavy velvet moire trims on cloaks and gloves with velvet ribbons. Rich fabrics feature Byzantine camel hair capes, gold embroidery, and bold colors like vulcan red and cadet blue. Paris reports anticipate netticoats under long skirts and black lace with pale palettes for new coats.
A petrified section of a silicified tree weighing 5000 pounds and four feet in diameter moves from Chalcedony Park Arizona to Sioux Falls for polishing and then to Tiffany & Co New York for display in a chalcedony exhibit The bark is preserved the surface polished displays rainbow colors with black white and grey crystals The chalcedony ranks near diamond in hardness and is among the largest cut agates. the Arizona tree slab now shown in Sioux Falls was polished in the city and is noted as the largest cut of its kind with a global display prior in London England
Italian patent covers building stones pressed from corn cobs shaped like bricks and held with wire. Tea tar soak seals moisture, molds are hard and strong, and weight is less than a hollow brick while resisting dampness.
A lengthy account describes the iron steamship Nizhni Novgorod carrying about 460 convicts from Odessa to an island camp. Details cover cage design, manacles, steam jets to quell outbreaks, ventilation, discipline, and the presence of murderers plus a notable prisoner related to a shah. A Chinese legend about filial piety and ice is also noted.
Conversation excerpt shows Mrs Browne and Mrs Smythe discussing Reverend Chokeri. Smythe answers that he is “a little high church” with a humorous aside noting a salary of fifteen thousand a year cited in a bazar setting.
A collage of notes on technology and science including electric lighting and varnish recipes plus remarks on sugar from pips in France, a claim about mother’s control of sex, small tin mines in Virginia and scattered notes on leprosy, cattle plague and ancient footprints in Lake May vicinity.
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