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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1900
Page
2
Local notices section lists department items from Caldwell News and Newark municipal printing operations. Readers are advised to review for official announcements, deadlines, and community updates affecting residents and businesses.
July 7 1900 report highlights peach growers across the state predicting a vast yield after frost fears eased. It also surveys Newark Daily Advertiser views on 1899 foreign trade, meat exclusions, and U S manufacturing growth, plus Hoboken disaster aftermath and July 4 observations.
The Philadelphia School for Delinquent Boys known as Glen Mills is shown with cottages forming a reform school on the cottage system. Closely built structures reduce separation. a chapel and gymnasium are highlighted along with over 1 million dollars raised by Philadelphia citizens to build and equip the complex.
A visitor reports Independence Hall as cool and well visited. The guard notes about 300 daily visitors, with similar crowds on July Fourth, and the hall displays signers portraits, original chairs, and the Liberty Bell with its famous crack.
Advice from Globe Democrat urges farmers to favor corn for fodder to replace hay. Emphasizes proper soil, drilling three rows at a time, and harvesting stover after frost when needed. Stover should be cured and stored, then cut and split for feeding with ground grain to sustain cattle and horses.
Instructions describe making a painting prep from linseed oil and white lead with wood ashes. Apply to pruning wounds in dry weather, using only enough paint to cover the wound.
Practical notes on grafting wax mixtures with resin beeswax and tallow for long‑lasting grafts by Frantz. Also discusses boiled linseed oil with charcoal coating to extend timber life, plus assorted historical notes on the Natural Bridge and Jefferson era land claims and a captured courier case in New York Herald reporting.
A mother recalls hearing her twins giggling from near their bed one night. The children deny any cause, saying they were laughing at nothing, while the details blur into a fragmentary vignette of a quiet household moment.
The Globe Democrat cites experts debating the Pneumatic Dispatch and subterranean rail proposals. It notes predicted speeds near forty miles per hour with seven ton loads, promising mail and parcel delivery between stations in minutes. It discusses horses’ role amid new inventions and the cautious outlook on displacement by machines.
A Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt recalls Clerk Harrison’s Police Board class with Officer Tehan sharing virtues of a good cop. It cites city notes on home life, crops, Glen Mills boys’ school, and public projects while reflecting on perseverance, forgiveness, and historical quotes about work and character.
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