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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1902
Page
2
Miscellaneous items discuss health rules and daily routines, local disease counts, and decoration day origins. Articles reflect civic concerns about sanitation, nature in townships, and moral questions about wartime conduct. Includes opinions on walking as exercise and school grounds improvements versus play.
The writer questions excessive meat consumption for laborers and endorses a balanced regimen. A medium breakfast, light lunch, and hearty dinner with physical exercise is urged for urban dwellers. The piece laments overindulgence and praises open air activity, noting lifestyle and health impacts. It closes with a curiously negative portrait of May as a crossgrained, unfriendly figure.
An 11 year old locust swarm emerges from the ground in West Fairmount Park Philadelphia with billions of insects. Reports say they appear in Baltimore Washington and nearby areas. The six week chorus will fill parks and woods as eggs hatch and larvae emerge feeding on shrubs and trees.
President Roosevelt names Craig Wadsworth of the Hough Riders to be Third Secretary at the American Embassy in London succeeding William Corcoran Eustis. Eustis resigns effective July 1. Wadsworth expected in London in time for King Edward's coronation. Wadsworth and humor note about bachelor manners appear in the text.
The Bergen Republicans club of Jersey City approved Marshall Van Wickle as the Republican nominee for Congress in the South District. A Jersey patch produced fields and pests are noted in Hunterdon County amid pest control torches. Governor Murphy calls a special election for July 1 across Hunterdon Warren Sussex and Morris to select a representative for Joshua Salmon.
Delegates from every state gathered at the Hotel Radolf Atlantic City for the twenty first annual convention of the Funeral Benefit Association of the United States Jr U A M Officers elected George H Harris president H H Powers vice president and Gustav Bacharach treasurer all of Philadelphia The convention condemned the beneficiary degree as insolvent and impracticable urging fullest use of quo warranty proceedings A proposal urged physical exams for every applicant for Jr C U A M membership Also notes White House renovation plans under President Arthur era including East Room changes parquet floor and a large woven rug Cost estimated at about 30000 in the civil bill for Congress approval
A 1900 era column urges finishing each task fully before moving to the next, praising prompt, orderly work and the virtue of acting “now.” It notes stories of speed in daily life, cites John B. McDonald’s order for 600 subway cars, and mentions a new one cent postal card with McKinley’s portrait. It also touches on a peculiar four-headed kitten, YMCA work in Russia, postal receipts as a business barometer, and New York’s public school system as a major industry.
New York and New Jersey church circles weigh calls for revival and a return to sin's guilt. Porsyth argues churches need a stronger sense of sin and forgiveness, while Huntington seeks assistance for aging duties. Presbyterians face weak converts and debates over Genesis literalism amid wage and labor law tensions.
At a Milwaukee convention, St K Row demonstrated vertical writing with seventeen seventh and eighth graders and nearly six hundred public school children. In one minute trials the best student wrote 175 letters, average public schools 130, while expert slant writers averaged 108. Charts showed vertical writing outperforming slant methods in testing across cities.
A quirky survey notes how long daylight lasts varies by location. It lists cities such as Jockholm, Spitzenburg, London, Hamburg, and St Petersburg with uneven hours of daylight and even months of continuous day near Wardburg Norway. The piece cautions that time fades for the lazy and favors steady work.
A cryptic, fragmented poem fragment mentions Domes and names like Busan Whalley Allison. Vague images of sea travel, dawn light, crane imagery, and a mobster motif drift through surreal lines. The text blends dreamlike phrases with partial names and landscape cues.
An essay reflects on the aging Grand Army of the Republic and the eventual farewell of its last survivor. It envisions the final march of the lone veteran, the crowd’s hushed reverence, and history’s fading link between past and present as generations pass.
Boys gathered around pots or rings in residential blocks play marble games while policemen loom in the background. The piece describes marble production from Thuringia Germany and various types such as imitation agate, painted china, and glass marbles, their prices, and the playful chaos of games among children.
A 19th century exhortation urges parents to place sons in work, avoid idleness, and pursue truthful parenting. It champions military drill for reform, praises pleasant words, and ends with a Creed about education, wisdom, and the hope of a better future, noting Decoration Day next Friday.
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