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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
10
An old-fashioned boy, mocked for his plain clothes, funds an operation for a crippled neighbor’s grandson. Wayne, a merchant, learns the youth’s generosity when he discovers the boy sacrifice for Billy and the old woman. The tale ends with renewed respect for unselfish acts over fashion.
The Baltimore American quotes Farmer Meddergrass arguing that Boston folk feel the paper’s editor is overly refined. He notes locals dislike tires and reacts to a skin game labeled as an epidermal pastime.
A Chicago Daily poem praises humming a tune over words in June. The speaker notes how the simple sound lightens the soul and brightens the world as the bass trembles. The piece compares rhythmic singing to plain whistling, suggesting honesty in emotion over crafted rhyme.
A fragment discusses the idea that sensible women scorn romance and dissect sentiment with practical logic. It recounts a cruelly practical mistress who mistreated her cook and later lamented, and a dying girl whose chamber is prepared with cold efficiency.
Grace uses several bottles of lotion on her sensitive skin during cold weather and ends up with blistered hands after rubbing in a furniture polish and kerosene to remove the residue. Her hands resemble a lobster hue and she fears a night of uncomfortable sleep as she handles social duties soon. Paris readies grand year end celebrations as the Fim de Siecle marks the century’s finale.
A report claims Russian Railways is the most dangerous in the world with thirty per million travelers killed or injured.
In Shaneyville Pennsylvania four women challenged farmer Weller and his three assistants to thrash a hundred sheaves of wheat matching the men’s load. The women, Miss Nell, Miss Conrad, Miss Hannah Weidner and Mrs. Laura Weiler, operated the gear, finished in record time, and won easily.
Excursions to Los Angeles and San Francisco and to Mexico offered on the Missouri Pacific system known as the Fast Mail Route and Rocky Mountain Route. Personally conducted trips with all expenses paid to The World's Sanitarium Hot Springs Arkansas. Inquiries directed to McCann and Hoyt at 91 Broadway New York.
Post office notices outline mail collections and deliveries for Asbury Park Long Branch Ocean Grove and nearby routes. Times show departures to New York Philadelphia Trenton and point south with multiple daily options and collection windows.
A garbled list shows street intersections and alarm codes in Asbury Park, noting pairs like Cookman and Main and Fourth and Bond, with various numbers and letters, suggesting a fire alarm or incident log. The fragmented text references streets, cross streets, and possible locations of alarms or responses.
Fragmented notes list multiple fire alarms and street intersections including Main Avenue Pilgrim Pathway Broadway and Surf and Beach. Mentions of unexpected fire and general alert signals appear in scattered entries with vague formatting and stray names.
A fragmented guide describes flag colors and meanings for weather indicators. White flag means fair weather, blue flag signals snow, white and blue flags indicate local rain, and black triangle flags denote cold or temperature shifts. Combination signals mix these to show combined conditions like rain, cold waves, or warmer weather.
A fragmented OCR list mentions multiple individuals including Mrs Mathews Mrs Hannah Matthews Mrs Mary Braton John Tilton and Sirs Aaron Babyley in a community notices compilation. Other names include Joba Marie Grace nsoy and Mary Lathan with various titles and affiliations unclear from the scan.
The note recites fragmented text about blame and a contribution box with garbled lettering. It hints at personal or church related remarks but lacks clear context or full sentences to determine the event or speaker.
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