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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1900
Page
12
The New Jersey Legislature meets on Tuesday January 8 marking the eighth consecutive session under Republican control. Editors note the party’s continuous power as a sign of public confidence and a continuation of conservative legislation shaping forthcoming representatives' priorities.
A columnist urges balancing grammar and high school work to prevent overemphasis on the high school at the expense of lower grades. The piece notes too much time wasted in grammar schools and argues for study designed for life work. The rest lists church services, sermons, and Sunday programs across Monmouth and nearby communities with multiple pastors and schedules.
A January 4 bird shoot between J E Applegate of Matawan and Carl von Lengerke of Trenton will be held at Matawan for a $200 purse with fifty birds at thirty yards rise. Other notes include local ice crop damage claims against Central Railroad of NJ and plans to outfit a Matawan reading room for young men.
The Philadelphia Press Almanac for 1901 is now ready and praised for its wealth of facts and fancies. It promises daily consultation for the thoughtful reader and claims to be an encyclopedia of the past year and a guide to the future. It can be bought for 25 cents from any newsdealer or by addressing The Philadelphia Press.
Prudential Insurance Company of America issues a colorful calendar for 1901. It serves as a photograph holder and can be used as a screen. The design shows months in small squares amid climbing flowers and presents a neat, attractive overall look.
On Friday evening January 4 a real metal concert will be tendered to Miss Maurgart Asay the gifted elocutionist of Ocean Grove. The event will be held in the assembly room of Neptune Township High School.
Captain Charles Van Dyke of Long Branch reports a Christmas catch filling 27 barrels, the next day 12 barrels were brought ashore, and on Thursday 14 barrels were filled. Dr. George B. Herbert, dental surgeon, A P & O G bank building. Office hours 9 a m to 5 p m.
About half a million rural residents now enjoy free delivery. The text also references the bolo knife, old dyeing arts, turf fuel drying challenges, and explains sighing as a natural response to oxygen need and stress.
A scattered collection notes Austria never imprisons women, English land value over 200 years, the French Legion of Honor with 415000 members, eight million pounds of English fish yearly, Russia’s medal swings, Denmark thriftiness, English savings per head, and Germany’s wealth with 150 billion marks of which 25 billion marks stem from cereal lands.
Secretary Hay could become president if McKinley dies before March 4. Chauncey M. Depew presents a young portrait of himself as New York secretary of state. Maine's Charles A Routelle volunteered as master in the navy in 1862 and earned recognition with the Albemarle engagement. Chinese regard for Grant endures with Thanksgiving wreaths at Grant’s tomb in New York. Rev P Daly at Hot Springs SD suspects kinship with Marcus Daly after reading a biography that claims they are brothers.
The piece notes Senator Davis's public career and nervous speech anticipation. It highlights Senator Lodge's literary daily routine and a jaunty tweed suit with a blue striped shirt. Senator Shoup is described as always facing entrances, a habit from decades with a gun in hand.
A brief note reports that seventy Boer families will settle in Long Island. The piece also mentions six special stamps for the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo and references to historical events around 1844, the burning of Washington, and a life line along the Chicago drainage canal.
The navy secretary proposes honoring valor with honorary medals rather than promotions. He urges Congress to authorize medals for bravery, noting such rewards are more valued and effective, as seen in Napoleon, England, and other nations. He cites past abuses of brevet titles and cites Gen Townsend’s push for a medal of honor to equalize treatment of soldiers abroad and at home.
The article traces the early U S military honors from Washington to 1862 when Congress authorized the medal for noncommissioned officers and privates, later extended to officers. It notes public unfamiliarity with the decoration compared to European orders and contrasts it with recognitions like the Victoria Cross. It also mentions brevet ranks and key figures such as Gen. Scott.
A Portland man who rarely attends church heard a sermon and reflected on lifelong learning. He confided that he once thought Sodom and Gomorrah were husband and wife, noting they were actually different beings.
A historical note traces early nail production from James I era patent to 19th century machine age. It details slow adoption after 1606, the 1872 start of practical horse shoe nail machinery, and the shift from hand forged nails in England’s black country to mass production with wire nails becoming vital for exports.
The article notes Queen Victoria's Windsor household, Windsor Castle stories, and her 60 housemaids. It mentions Duke of Abruzzi gifting the Stella Polare to Italy, Lord Salisbury's boar hound Pharaoh, and the Lansdowne estate spanning nine countries with a large rent roll. Osborne hosts a pagoda cottage of royal relics and toys. Reuters-like vignette on Saxon King’s approachable fame and Villa Strehlen.
A compact survey notes varied topics from Dickinson county towns to German sauerkraut production, New York insurance ventures, and a Dalton era velocipede claim. It reports on blind nursery plans, artificial eyes for foundry workers, and a London Home Magazine remark on clergy smoking in vestries after prayers.
The article surveys Maine’s 175 canned fish and vegetable factories, shifts in Italian macaroni production to machinery, per capita grain output in the United States and England, an agricultural settlement near New York feeding eastern Chinese, Malaga grapes’ superior freshness, Secretary Wilson on crop potential, and agriculture in Alaska and Finland supporting populations of about 2.5 million.
The notice outlines ancient and modern glass making from Egypt to the United States and Canada. It notes Virginia’s early glassware, 3500 years of history, and a display of American glass and glassware at a national exposition illustrating industrial development from crude crushware to refined tableware.
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