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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1900
Page
1
Mary Boswell returns with the daylight diamond, revealing its link to a past letter. Sidney Waterhouse confronts guilt over not writing, while Boswell and Lehr confirm the gem belongs to them, ending with Boswell’s resolve to move on and Waterhouse accepting the loss.
Sidney Waterhouse, manager at Lehr and Roeder, becomes enchanted with Mary Boswell after meeting her in the shop. A missing daylight diamond strains his hopes as Boswell vanishes by telegram. A year later Waterhouse marries a distant cousin, yet the tale hints at a lingering, unfulfilled longing.
Large deposits of rare earths like zirconia and thorium are reported in Central Tasmania near Kirt suvik with Icelandic volcanic districts featuring eruptive clays and pure sulphur. Heidel berg studies declare no eye harm from properly placed electric or incandescent light, while hygienic light is favored for crowded rooms. California by products profit from apricot pits now yielding almond oil and candy ingredients, with caution on war-related use. Prospecting for rare metals cited as largely unprofitable. uranium and molybdenum fetch high prices but demand remains limited to labs. Lobster propagation in Newfoundland shows 300 to 400 million lobster ova hatched using incubators around shores, with female tails supplying eggs and cod populations also rebuilt.
A fourteen year old boy in a lumber drive saves a drowning foreman after a log jam near rapids causes the line to split. He hops from log to log, frees the coat, steadies the man, and drags him to shallow water amid cheers as danger abates.
An eccentric tale recounts a rich old woman who frequented a barge store, bestowing six pence to the footwalker with a pompous flourish and insisting it be used well. The scene turns comic as staff navigate her persistent ritual and cultural pretenses amid census humor and odd anecdotes.
The State Department released texts of notes to Germany Russia and China showing a firm policy toward China. Navy forces will be increased in Asia while land forces in China may be reduced, and several ships were ordered to Asia. Germany proposes punishing Pekin aggressors. McKinley urges punishment of responsible leaders across China. The United States accepts Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching as preliminary negotiators and instructs Conger to engage with both envoys.
In Foxboro Massachusetts a brutal murder hits the town as Mr and Mrs David Lewis Shepard are found slain with hatchets. The son William Shepard, aged forty five, is suspected after his body is found in Factory Pond. Authorities believe he killed his parents while incoherent and then committed suicide by drowning. Also noted is a brief item about four Negroes hanged at Ponchatoula Louisiana for robbery. A Cuba Cuba report states W313 Schools Open with three schools operating, Boas teachers and 120 pupils.
The National Game reports recalls to Worcester, leading stolen bases by Carrick, new hitting pitcher in Philadelphia, and injuries in Chicago. Pittsburg relies on speed and pitching. a Baltimore National Association forms. Hutton of Brooklyn and Murphy of New York show ongoing team dynamics and trial performances in this era.
General Randall reported to the War Department that health conditions at Cape Nome were improved. Others noted include Captain Cartwright's death from yellow fever in Cuba, and various political and military updates from Havana to Washington.
General Corbin signs the withdrawal order directing all American forces out of China except a legation guard of one infantry regiment four cavalry troops and one light battery to stay in Pekin for ministerial protection. The rest will be sent to Manila under General MacArthur.
From Nelspruit General Roberts reports 700 Boers retreated into Portuguese territory while others scattered toward the Komati River and Lebombe Mountain. The British claim most Boer forces are dissolved into raiding bands with Long Toms and guns destroyed. The Standard notes offers for underground mining rights in the Transvaal may help fund the war.
General MacArthur reports renewed Filipino operations across Luzon with General Young meeting strong resistance in Boean Province and calling for additional troops. Laguna Province sees heavy fighting between Fifteenth Infantry and insurgents as U S forces reallocate to China amid withdrawal rumors.
General John M Palmer former United States Senator and Civil War Major General died at his Springfield residence from heart failure. Born in Kentucky on September 13 1817 Palmer led the Fourteenth Army Corps in the Atlanta campaign and served Illinois as governor from 1869 to 1873. He later joined the Democratic Party and in 1891 was elected to the Senate. In 1800 he ran as a presidential candidate for the Gold Standard Democrats.
A Fresno jury acquitted a 13 year old boy in a murder trial arising from the poisoning of his father. The boy claimed self defense after years of alleged cruelty and alcohol abuse by his father. The defense cited the boy’s prior good character and doubts about causation of death as reason for acquittal.
A tornado hit Morristown Minnesota at eight oclock. Eight men died and three were injured as a barn was raised and dropped onto Paul Gatzkes saloon where sixteen sought shelter. The wreck buried occupants and authorities recovered eight bodies and three injuries. Names include Jake Miller Jake Weaver Dr Frank Pitman Otto Gazske John Rohrer John Me Frank Walt and Frank Wil er. Baroness von Schutzbar of New York City was robbed of jewels worth 2000.
Daviel Steinman of Paterson dies after a bee sting led to blood poisoning and heart nerve involvement. He had been fishing at Oakland, fell ill days later, and died despite treatment from doctors Alexander and McBride while his body lay in Paterson.
The Cobra furthers turbineDestroyer speed records by beating the Viper with a top speed of 37.7 knots (43.5 miles per hour) in an unofficial Tyne trial. Engineers expect potential, believing the Cobra can gain another knot.
Reverend J C Wellwood of Bensonhurst engaged in the first recorded international pulpit exchange. He ministered nine weeks to parishioners in Yorkshire England while Reverend Clement Brewin tended Wellwood’s flock in Bensonhurst.
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