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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1898
Page
2
The passage notes Cuba and Porto Rico as vast resources and key commercial gateways to Central and South America. Controlling their trade would allow steamers to reach Cartagena and all Caribbean ports, extending influence toward Rio.
The State Gazette notes that the protective tariff boosts home manufacturing and exports, with a 615 million dollar trade balance in the first year. It previews Atlantic and Cape May county fairs at Egg Harbor City and Cape May Court House, detailing dates, activities, admissions, and promised premiums, highlighting racing, exhibits, and family outings.
The eleventh annual Inter State Fair will run September 26 to 30 featuring a top Eastern fair known for new attractions every year. It highlights farming exhibits alongside sport, vaudeville, and other entertainments with bicycle races on opening day and daily horse racing afterward. Marion Mills is billed as a returning marquee performer. Separately, editors of Fourth Congressional district form a press association led by Frank Everett to advocate favorable legislation and fair advertising rates.
A New York Times feature describes Maggie Mitchell living quietly in Manhattan upper streets and summers at Croket Lodge Elberon where she swims and studies German. It notes her desire for privacy and common misconception about her age and stage life as sheltered by her daughter. It also mentions Russian interest in women clubs and the formation of the Russian Women's Mutual Help society led by Dr. Anna Shabanoff in St. Petersburg with about 1400 members and professions among doctors mathematicians lawyers and authors.
A collection of aphorisms on love memory aging and wealth pairing humor with social observations. The remarks touch on learning from one person fate of old age law and economy and reflect a light satirical tone from a Chicago News source.
A Chicago Record piece warns that plain women must display stylish bonnets to win favor with both service branches. The Pittsburg Post notes a new graduate’s confident claim that six months after graduation she will choose a career, a confidence described as frayed at the edges by the Atchison Globe.
Cork waste finds varied uses from cork grips for bicycle handles to vessel fenders and caps for cans. It fills icehouse linings, insulates, coats ironwork interiors, and even dusts pipes to mimic stone. Cork materials also appear in hats, helmets, and novelty items, per New York Commercial Advertiser.
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