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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1900
Page
2
The article notes fashionable fabrics such as panne velvet with gold design and Persian colorings used for waists, along with black fox furs and castor gloves. It reports May Irwin refusing to sing unless publishers pay royalties, and a Scranton woman killed after pushing a neighbor’s baby to safety at a railroad crossing.
The article notes that attending theater or opera by street car is now unusual in eastern cities. It suggests a shift toward walking as the preferred mode of transport, with a potential nationwide move to substitute walking for street cars next fall.
A marriage license was issued to Frank Leroy and Mrs Ella Whitledge at Paris Texas. The groom is a balloonist who fell on Mrs Whitledge during a parachute descent at a May firemen street fair and carnival. She cared for him after the injury, and the romance led to marriage.
Retta L. Long argues for humane treatment and fair pay for domestic workers, proposing fixed extra pay for late hours and two daily rights to personal time. She calls for renamed “helpers,” compulsory domestic science schooling, and a shift to view household work as respectable labor alongside brain work.
Gertrude Leigh outlines craft ideas from Farm and Home for a Christmas theme. A cardboard cornucopia with green duck cover and pink poppy design doubles as a hair receiver and keeps combings. a round or square waste basket uses stiff cardboard with linen and holly embroidery. Packages show variations using pasteboard or cloth, with materials chosen to suit recipient taste.
The lesson recounts Jesus healing Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, as he passes Jericho. Bartimaeus cries for mercy, Jesus calls him, and the man is healed through faith, then follows Jesus in the way. The story emphasizes faith as the eyes of the soul and gratitude expressed by following Christ.
Special notices announce a Personally Conducted Holiday Tour of the Pennsylvania Railroad to Washington on December 27 for three days. The package includes round trip transportation, hotel accommodations, and guides with rates from New York 14.60, Trenton 13.00, Philadelphia 11.50, and hotel options at Arlington Nor mandie Riggs or Ebbitt House. Side trips to Mount Vernon Richmond Old Point Comfort and Norfolk offered at reduced rates. Tickets valid ten days with extended hotel rates after coupons.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell round trip tickets to Washington from all points on its line for a single fare for the round trip in honor of the Centennial Celebration of the U S government in the District of Columbia. Tickets good for travel December 11 and return until December 14 inclusive.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey offers a single round trip fare from all stations to Washington for the centennial celebration. Tickets are valid for travel December 11 and must be returned by December 14.
Excursions to Los Angeles San Francisco and Mexico are planned for 1900 1901 with personally conducted trips and all expenses paid. Special tickets to The Worlds Sanitarium Hot Springs Arkansas are available. Inquiries to J P McCann Tray Pass Agent or W E Hoyt General Eastern Pass Agent 391 Broadway New York.
The 1900-1901 series of personally conducted tours to Old Point Comfort via the Pennsylvania Railroad departs New York and Philadelphia on Thursday December 27. Tickets include luncheon, 1 3 4 days aboard at Old Point Comfort, and return by regular trains within six days. Fares: 15.00 from New York, 13.60 from Trenton, 12.50 from Philadelphia, with proportional rates from other points. Tickets and itineraries available from ticket agents and agents listed in Newark and Philadelphia offices.
Mails close for New York and points north at 7.80 and 11.40 a m. for Trenton Philadelphia and south. Ocean Grove and Freehold and Point Pleasant listed with multiple closing times. Mails arrive from New York and north at various times including 7.09 and 10.35 a m, plus arrivals from Philadelphia and Trenton in the day. Collections from letter boxes at 11 a.m. and 5:80 p.m., deliveries by carriers at 8 and 11 a.m.
Fire alarm signals list locations and responses with street intersections and codes including general alarm and fire out notes. Entries cover numerous block and cross street combinations such as Seventh and Bond Webb and Fourth and Grand with numbered signals.
Fire alarm listings show multiple locations in Ocean Grove including Main Avenue Clayton’s Store and Pilgrim Pathway at several cross streets. The message indicates a general town-wide alarm followed by a fire engine house note and out-of-town status.
A historical note describes flag codes for weather, including No 1 white flag for fair weather and No 2 blue for rain or snow. It outlines combinations with other flags to indicate temperature trends, local rain, cold waves, and warmer or colder conditions.
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