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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1900
Page
2
A merchant recalls a sixteen year old boy who dressed plainly yet acts with selfless devotion. The youth funds an operation for a crippled helper, adopts a neighbor’s family, and saves money for a future hospital stay. His unassuming generosity inspires the narrator to reassess appearances and kindness.
No, said Farmer Meddergrass, that Boston fellow who runs the paper doesn't get along with our folks. He calls a skin game an epidermal pastime, and they think he's becoming a little too highfalutin.
A Chicago Daily piece presents a poem about humming a tune over words, noting how music lightens the heart and brightens the world when the bass trembles. It contrasts singing by sound with rhymed verse and reflects on labor, mood, and simple pleasure of hums.
A Chicago Chronicle essay argues that sensible women scorn romance and dissect tender stories, leaving admiration for affection shattered. A cruel caregiver quits after four years, and a pragmatic matron urges cold practicality in sorrow, prompting reflection on love and duty.
Grace suffers a bad skin reaction from misused household liquids and an ointment bottle. She rubs in a lotion, uses furniture polish and kerosene, blistering her hands to a lobster hue and waking in discomfort. She nurses three upcoming card parties and a bridesmaid role amid the century’s end festivities in Paris.
A report notes that Russian Railways is among the most dangerous networks with about thirty deaths or injuries per one million passengers. The statement highlights elevated risk on the system and calls for safety improvements.
In Shaneyville Pennsylvania four women defeat Alvin D Weiler and his three assistants in a hundred-sheave wheat thrashing contest. Miss Nell Conrad Mrs Hannah Weidner Miss Laura Conrad and Miss Sallie Weiler operated the machines while Mr Weller and his men handled the engine. The women finished in record time prompting the farmer to note their skill and efficiency.
Special notices announce regu lar weekly personally conducted and inexpensive excursions to Los Angeles and San Francisco via the Missouri Pacific Railway. The line's routes include the Fast Mail to Kansas City and connections to Denver Salt Lake City and California with the Iron Mountain Route. Excursions to Mexico and to The World's Sanitarium Hot Springs Arkansas are offered. For full information write to gk Pe McCann Trav Pass Agent or W E Hoyt Esatern Pass Agent 91 Broadway New York.
Postal schedule shows arrival and departure of mails for New York and points north and south from Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, and Freehold with multiple times and routes. Collections from letter boxes at 6, 9:50 p.m., 12 noon, and 5:80 p.m., plus deliveries by carriers at 8 and 11 a.m. and 4:80 p.m.
Fire alarm readings list intersections and notes from Asbury Park area. Entries include multiple street pairings such as Fourth and Bond and Seventh and Bond with numbers and unclear annotations indicating alarm activity.
A fragmented report lists fire alarms and locations including Main Avenue, Surf and Beach, Pilgrim Pathway, Broadway, Tabor Way, Penpaygania, Clark and New Jersey, Heck and Whitefield, and Gates. It mentions a fire in progress at an unspecified out of town area and general alarm status.
A garbled OCR fragment describes weather flag meanings with numbered signals. It lists No 1 white flag for fair weather, No 2 blue flag for snow rate or rain snow, No 4 black triangular flag for cold, No 8 white and blue flag for local rains, and a combined system of No 4 and others indicating temperature and conditions, including warm and cold waves and rain or snow. The text is inconsistent and incomplete but centers on flag signals and weather interpretation.
Readable fragments list individuals such as Mrs Mathews Mrs Hannah Matthews Misa Racha Smitth and John Tilton Aliases appear with titles Mrs and Mr and mentions of several households and organizations. No clear event or action found.
A noisy fragment notes a problem with a contribution box overflowing. It references a person or group labeled Brudder in a casual colonial dialect and hints at blame being assigned for the issue.
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