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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1900
Page
1
Three young fishers Ned Moll and Tom spend a day in woodland shade trading wishes and dreaming of wealth while imagining ships at sea, claiming vast fortunes yet paying no price for their imagined riches. The scene reads as a childlike fable about desire and luck.
In 19th century frontier travel, Lieutenant Murphy leads a small troop from the Rio Grande to Avizona where a gaunt stranger dubbed the professor joins. Amid a deadly Apache ambush on the Jicarilla Mesa, the professor unveils a Creedmoor rifle, swings into action, and singlehandedly disrupts the attack, earning grudging respect from the troops.
A schooner from Makaweul Hawaii, bound for San Francisco with sugar, battled a waterspout northwest of Point Reyes. The column of water hoisted the Metha Nelson, tore at spars, and the crew twice dodged wreckage before the vessel righted on a near miss.
A dialogue between a sporty youth and a prosaic old gentleman set in Chicago about appetites and social position. Maybo the Kenason muses on why some crave abundance while others manage with simple sustenance. The exchange touches on wealth, desire, and life balance in a humorous, old style.
Northern Italian silk firms expand with Lyons dyers opening neighbors to Como. Silk exports climb from 1808 levels to new highs. Reports note rapid industrial growth and Como’s rising status as a European manufacturing hub amid expanding global demand.
Reports describe a hurricane sweeping along the Texas coast with 80 mph winds and six foot tides. Galveston is in ruins, thousands feared dead, water works destroyed, ships driven ashore, and vast property losses reported. Survivors crowded at Tremont Hotel seeking water and shelter as relief efforts begin.
A Texas coast storm, described as the most disastrous to hit the area, leveled Alvin and Alta Loma, wrecked Brookshire, damaged Pearl, and ravaged Houston. Seven deaths occurred near Alvin, with nine African Americans found dead in a ruined house on the Columbia Tap Road near Chenango Junction. Property damage tops $250,000 as churches and many buildings lost roofs and windows. streets cluttered with debris.
Special from Houston lists thirty-one cities and hamlets ruined by the cyclone. Galveston and Texas City suffer heavy losses as homes depots churches and stores are wrecked and lives are lost. Texas City port and Galveston Island endure severe flood and tidal damage with fourteen feet of water over the bar at low tide.
President McKinley’s acceptance letter emphasizes the silver question and imperialism, urging growth of the American merchant marine, trust restraint, uniform state laws, and government construction of the canal. He defends Puerto Rico policy and outlines Philippine policy as taken.
A broad review cites Colonel Amos 8. Kimball as proper in awarding the Manila supplies contract. Hay informs protected status for American miners in Alaska. France favors peace talks. Germany dissents. Navy to bury fallen officers and men from the war with Spain. Cuban schools reopen with large student turnout. drought and crops noted in Cuba. Several incidents including insane violence, crop losses, and regulatory actions across the U.S. and abroad are reported.
The state news notes Salem and Cumberland Counties expect a larger tomato crop this season with strong canning demand. Packing houses number forty seven in total, and national output is outlined. Fire destroys the Haines home with $5000 loss. A Newfield manhunt ends with capture of a robber. A gasoline stove fire injures an elderly man. A fatal runaway near Blackwood kills Miss Gest, and Miss Smallwood is severely hurt. William O. Watkins is killed by a Cape May express near Woodbury. Vineyard pilfering suspects are jailed. Excursion House at Ocean City burned with $60,000 insured loss. New Brunswick girls abandon hats at school. Bridgeton to get ice and cold storage. Cape May seeks workers. Salem reports meat market burglary and last winter’s exhausted ice supply.
A Harford court document filed against Holmes Booth Haydeny of Watebury by William He McGil of New York City alleges wrongful use of the term patent on an unpatented article. The writ lists 2549 ramphants for SW at twenty pounds each, totaling F054 with 268 printed pages. The complainant's claim and damages appear. Also notes farmers in Sully County cut wild hay for fodder due to dry weather and tests showing cattle benefit from hay when thorns are hardened.
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