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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
10
Photographed by Prince, New York, Miss Margherita Arlina Hamm has released a poetry collection. Her poems, many previously printed in leading magazines in the United States and England, reflect her wartime newspaper experience and literary breadth.
An elderly giraffe entertains a baboon with fables from tropical swamps deserts and death by thirst. The tale ends with a moral about lying, love, and humility through a princess and three suitors. Also includes fables about a garden rose and poppy and a warning about the braggart’s truth.
A dramatic event described as a loud hissing and brilliant lighting concludes with a crimson coated man discovering a gray ball about 14 inches in diameter after a fiery streak and impact near Fort Lee on the Hudson. Separate notes mention college yells, glee songs, and an English walnut tree in Fort Lee that bears exceptionally fine fruit this fruitful year.
Twenty years into the Toronto Ontario city hall building project the original estimate was 800000 dollars while expenditures total 2345000 dollars and construction remains unfinished.
The piece extols using common plants and garden herbs as medicines to reduce drug bills and promote health. It warns readers to grow herbs such as yerbena, maidenhair fern, blackberry, cowslip, camomile, coltsfoot, lily of the valley, marigold, lavender, primrose, apple, and potato for remedies from sore throat to insomnia, asthma, headaches, gout, and rheumatism.
A medical note from the New York Press reports a new disease among returning Boer War soldiers labeled puttee paralysis. It notes that tight puttees caused nerve pressure leading to foot and toe paralysis, with firmer evidence linking the condition to the strips of cloth rather than boots.
A party in a New Orleans Times-Democrat extract recalls a river plantation meal debate. A planter notes workers rely on shrimp and buttermilk while loggers eat fat bacon and coffee, arguing dyspepsia is avoidable by eating freely and ignoring dietary rules.
A collection of clippings notes color psychology for brunettes and blondes, advising red or green backgrounds, plus a New York Post quote on turquoise and dinnerware. It includes cooking advice preserving vegetable salts, and tips to restore brass details on beds. A brief instruction for helping a stuttering child concludes the fragment.
Washington holiday tour on December 27 by Pennsylvania Railroad offers a three day itinerary to visit the National Capitol including the Library of Congress and Corcoran Gallery. Round trip rates cover transport, hotel, guides and two days at select hotels with ten day ticket validity and reduced side trip fares. For itineraries contact agents in New York Brooklyn or Philadelphia offices.
The Pennsylvania Railroad will sell roundtrip tickets to Washington from all points at the regular rate for the Centennial Celebration. Tickets good for travel December 11, with return until December 14. December 12 marks the District of Columbia event.
The Central Railroad of New Jersey sells tickets at a single fare for a round trip to Washington celebrating the centennial of the senator government. Tickets are valid to depart by December 11 and return on or before December 1A.
The Missouri Pacific Railway offers seasonal excursions for 1900 and 1901 along the Fast Mail Route from Loyia to Kansas City and via Colorado Short Line to Denver and beyond. It also includes Rocky Mountain and Iron Mountain routes with weekly personally conducted, all expenses paid trips to Los Angeles San Francisco and Mexico, plus special tickets to The World's Sanitarium Hot Springs Arkansas. Address J P McCann and W E Host in New York for full details.
The first 1901 set leaves New York and Philadelphia on Thursday December 27. Luncheon and going trip plus return within six days cost $15 from New York, $13.50 from Trenton, $12.50 from Philadelphia with pro rata rates from other points. For itineraries contact Ticket Agents, Tourist Agent, 1198 Broadway New York or Broad Street Philadelphia.
Fragmented OCR lists several personal names and phrases in a local column. It references Hafan Mame Gas and Annie-Veron of arbert John W White, with multiple other names including Mrs Jackson Miss Emma and Joanie. The piece reads like a gossip column item from a small paper.
Postal notices list mail arrivals and departures for Asbury Park and Ocean Grove with schedules to New York, Trenton, Philadelphia, Freehold, and point south. Times show morning and afternoon runs, along with collections from letter boxes and carrier deliveries.
Alarms noted at multiple streets and intersections including Main Avenue, Sunset, Pilgrim Pathway, Broadway, Tabor Way, and South Main. Mentions fire out, general alarm status, and unidentified signals at Grove and Engine House areas.
Weather signals describe fair or unsettled conditions. The page lists symbols and their meanings noting rain, snow, temperature changes, and stationary trends with a mix of garbled captions.
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