07 May 1914
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Newspaper
Cranford Citizen
Location
Cranford, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1914
Page
1
In a desultory account from a 19th century trek in Algeria, Albert Edwards recalls jackals observed by traders and workers. He notes that natives barbecued jackal meat while a hesitant host questions the practice and the conqueror’s tone hints at broader atrocities.
The passage discusses Edgar Lucien Larkty and a New York American claim that the fourth dimension is unknown and not fully comprehensible. It argues that space may be curved and that the mind cannot fully grasp what space is, only that it includes all things.
The Canton ivory trade centers on about forty shops with showrooms on the street and back rooms for carving. Each shop employs workers who carve and sell ivory articles in small, cramped spaces. Carvers use basic hand tools and water to shape ivory blocks into carved pieces, earning about 30 Canton currency a month.
A fragmentary historical note describes coastal erosion in Aldeburgh and Dunwich with stretched references to land loss since the eighties and nineties. It notes the sea stealing market spaces and the cross, with eleven houses vanished by 1709 and church areas eroded, framed by a wry Upper Town humor.
Analysis notes that nearly 60 percent of coal energy is lost up the chimney as heat and unrecovered energy. Only about 6 percent becomes useful light in electric lamps, with most energy wasted in generation and transmission. Also mentions poets and poverty in England and a group of three Tooley Street figures who debated public affairs.
A New York Tribune excerpt recalls a suffrage encounter where Mrs Simpson Jones seeks activism but her husband objects. The exchange features sharp banter about referendums recalls and women asking husbands for guidance. The dialogue reflects tensions in early suffrage discussions.
Fragmentary remarks show Senator Sorghum and Washington figures debating office salaries. The exchange hints at officials needing higher wages and critics labeling some officeholders as mendicants amid a broader discussion of fiscal policy.
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