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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1896
Page
1
A composite digest notes silver coin value estimates in New York and Berlin stock market shifts. It covers charity giving in New York City, a Dutch defense idea for Acheen, and Stan Toy’s African trek risks. Also reports on a London servant lawsuit over hat-style dress and a kitchen telephone pilot in San Francisco.
Laurence Gaydon meets Nellie Meade in a rural wood and falls for her. Uncle Gustave and Aunt Louis appear sinister as plans unfold. Laurie disguises Nellie as he devises a daring rescue and confrontation, ending with a swift, theatrical reversal and a wedding vow.
The article surveys language origins and growth, noting Hebrew and Christian views on language as a heavenly gift. It cites shifts in Spanish and Portuguese speakers, estimates of flavoring roots, and compares ancient theories by Adam and Roman scholars.
The Whatazo boys and girls aged five to ten ride with superb self control along crowded Boule vard traffic. Young riders dodge trucks and obstacles with ease, showing greater endurance than adults, while boys and girls alike display fearless riding and confident balance.
A column blends fashion and social norms from the era, noting the virtue of the high collar, long service of Phoebe Vinton at Hamilton Woolen Mills, and a Montana race rule on decency. It surveys women’s dress, travel by train, and notable women from politics, arts, and society with brief anecdotes.
William Jennings Bryan accepted the Silver party nomination at a public ceremony in Omaha. A grand procession along Post Office Square to the State Capitol featured brass bands, mounted riders, and a photographed carriage as Bryan spoke on silver coinage and oppose a gold standard.
The Albany Journal notes a street piano grinder who charms crowds, including two young girls, with dynamic dancing and musical bits. The performer mimics singing and dancing while switching tunes and a brief trilling display, entertaining passersby.
In Ming Glencoe area a mob abducted Cormac Musgrove and Charles Dingmars from the county jail and hanged them near a bridge south of Glencoe. They admitted guilt over Sheriff Rogers's murder after a confrontation in which Rogers was shot five times. The men were captured the next day with militia protection and later moved to St Paul.
Twenty four anarchists were arrested in Barcelona Spain after a bomb exploded during a Corpus Christi procession causing eight deaths and many injuries. The incident exposed a university board debate over a presidential offer to ex President Harrison which he declined.
An Oden dispatch reports a Moscow alcetrician named Kildischewaky traveling to London to test a new telephone linked to the Atlantic cable. The piece also mentions Miss Mary Gainister Willard and Frances E. Willie, along with a Berlin kindergarten graduate and a Cleveland White House child education plan for the President’s daughter.
A coach carrying young people from Waren left the road after a fall down an embankment. The vehicle and homes rolled over the slope. Two women were killed and four others injured in the crash.
The piece notes clemency for Henry Mors ty n Jackson and Daniel T Thompson, restoration to citizenship. It records George Browne Goode at Mount Vernon wreath-laying, War Department personnel reclassification, and various political, social, and crime items from the era including strikes, elections, and international visits.
Firefighters from Benton Harbor and St Joseph died when walls of Yoro's Opera House collapsed during a blaze. Sirens sounded after midnight as smoke issued from windows and a rear wall fell burying crew. rescue operations continued through morning with bodies recovered and injured listed. Authorities suspect the fire began in the basement from a discarded cigarette or burning oil. Mourning flags draped Benton Harbor and St Joseph.
Dispatches from Zanzibar report Hamond Bin Mohammed Bin Seyyid, the new sultan, showing willingness to align with English government suggestions. The island’s officials signaled approval of the new regime, with public sentiment described as cautiously cooperative.
Queen Victoria with signs of willingness to receive a petition protesting opium and spirituous liquors. The document bears 7,000,000 signatures gathered by the Women's Christian Temperance Union led by Miss Franco EB Willard and Lady Henry Somerset, linking the British and World unions.
An express halted nine miles west of Bucramen to Cal as three masked robbers surrounded the engine crew. The engineer fired on a robber, killing him, then sped away. In other reports a yacht with twelve aboard was wrecked near Elmwood Borch on the Nincaca River, drowning William GQ Farthing and Miss Lou Gilbert. Navy gunboats attacked insurrectionists at Cavite, routing them. four prisoners shot and 200 sent to Mariaimo Islands. A Manila congress vote elevated Ledrins Recazacts to chief executive for five years from September 18.
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