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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1886
Page
1
Fragment reads as a lyric yearning to a lost beloved, recalling shared summers and a promised tryst. The speaker imagines reunion after death, finding the loved one near in memory and dream, with intimate visions of eyes hair and kisses. The piece evokes nostalgic romance and enduring longing.
A long social tale recounts Nellie Grant, daughter of the US President, facing family and public scrutiny over her engagement to Algernon Sartoris of England. It notes Sartoris's foreign status, Grant family objections, and the prominent Washington society reaction during the era, detailing previous executive mansion weddings for context.
Report recalls Nellie Grant's wedding to Mr Sartoris on May 21 1874 in the East Room with high officials present. Details describe gowns, bridesmaids daughters of prominent figures, and the couple's later life apart from each other in England.
A concise exploration of sea salt, its abundance, and properties. It notes how ocean depth and evaporation build salt layers, the role of freshwater inflows, and examples like the Dead Sea and Salt Lake. It also describes salt crystals as small white cubes and mentions salt's reflective sunlight.
Worldly mamma Clara learns of Mr de Vincents income and outgo from Willie his small brother. Willie claims to know his brother’s finances, noting income around ten and outgoing after eleven, prompting Clara to question the topic.
A stray miscellany blends a tale of asthma cures with a Times reporter encounter at Fairmount Park. It shifts to a date-nerd dialogue about ancient rulers, then to notes on engineering caissons, plant anomalies, and a German shell description. It finishes with microbe notes on hydrophobia and rabies research.
An exhausted worker near death is given a caisson job for four dollars an hour. He endures hours underwater, loses weight, then gains strength, grows a beard, and becomes a ranch owner after relocating to Missouri and Kansas City. The story advocates temperance and breath while noting the man’s asthma and surprising recovery.
An old officer from Grant’s staff recalls Grant’s rare bursts of feeling during historic moments. He says Grant never raised his voice in negotiations with Lee, except for two times when moved by San Francisco schoolchildren and news of a fallen war comrade in New York after his first nomination.
A Galveston man forgets a $5 loan repayment promised two years ago. When pressed by the Colonel about the exact date for sending the money, the man grows flustered and promises to liquidate again before departing.
A bank swindle involves two checks laid edge to edge then torn so signatures and payee details appear on separate pieces. The teller is warned to refuse payment on mutilated checks to prevent a fraud that hinges on matching torn halves.
A vivid exhortation argues that idleness breeds ruin and that rising early brings vigor, appetite, and success. It asserts that diligent boys gain advantages in health, crops, and money, while idle youths risk debt and failure as they age.
Birdie McGinnis, a famed flirt in Austin, has engagements with several men but remains unmarried. Tom Anjerry, UT student, declares his love after a private moment, insisting his affection surpasses her past four relationships. The exchange ends with Birdie rejecting his claim.
The New York Sun text describes beggars as mostly paupers who prefer begging to work, with peak activity after 8am in downtown streets and again near upstate dry goods districts around 4pm. It notes beggars exploit winter conditions, netting about four dollars daily, and distinguishes worthy poor from professional beggars.
A chaotic collection of quips and cartoons on fat men Alpine climbs and marriage rules in China. Jokes touch the Prince of Wales dogs and a bald headed barber while a patient recalls a doctor’s promise and selling a horse for recovery.
The article surveys precocious poets from Beaumont to Pope Coleridge and Byron, noting early genius and fame by ages 12 to 21. It then shifts to nineteenth century madness, explaining religious monomania and melancholia as roots, and discussing cases of delusions such as believing one is married to the queen, with modern commentary from the London Standard.
A private letter from Gen P M B Young United States Consul General to Russia describes Easter week kissing customs in Russia. The Emperor and all social ranks greet each other with Christ has arisen and Yes He has surely arisen. The note recounts a sentinel incident with a Jewish guard and claims 80 000 to 90 000 Jews in New York City with about 136 Polish congregations.
A chaotic Greek emergency unfolded as hundreds are reported dead or missing after a catastrophic event. Officials caution that the full scope of casualties remains unclear as rescue efforts continue.
Advices from Athens report a catastrophic earthquake with up to 300 deaths in Greadéias and Philiatra on the Morea coast. Several towns were destroyed or damaged, with six hundred killed and one thousand injured across the islands and mainland. News notes fires, telegraph breakdowns, and a relief convoy reaching stricken districts.
A carriage raid near Wind sor Véron ended in tragedy when one horse bolted. Mr Parkins died instantly from a head injury, and Mrs Evarts sustained a serious scalp wound. A companion, Senator Evarts, was thrown and injured as the party returned to their house for dinner.
Report on Belgian workers shows miners earning 38 cents a day and quarry labor paying about 50 cents. Weaving mills in Ghent raised salaries to 83 a week after strikes. A notable protest involved young women over a discharged married worker after confinement. Track system noted as common. government inquiry examined employer wage practices.
Fragmentary OCR text references canal damage costing eighty thousand dollars yearly and various unrelated items. Mentions Ly ncasburg Virginia, Chicago costs, eight anarchists, schoolhouses in Erie county Nebraska, and a past fund with unclear amounts. No coherent event or narrative emerges.
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