NAMES IN JERSEY A native explains New Jersey place names
A Jersey native defends New Jersey nomenclature with examples of towns and locales. He contrasts Jersey naming with Greek and Roman influences and cites places like Ragtown, Breakfast Point, Pluckemin, and Succasuna as authentic from the state landscape.
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New Jersey
Jersey
New York
Ithaca
Marathon
Utica
Homer
Virgil
Syracuse
Sempropius
Moravia
Rome
Cato
Palmyra
Greece
Ragtown
Breakfast Point
Camp Gaw
Polifly
Radix
Pluckemin
Pocktown
Tillietudelum
Succasuna
New Yorker
Bove Hill
Wickatank
Bamber
Atco
Wallyfield
Blue Anchor
Blazing 8Car
Hockamick
Jabokeyville
Oney’s Hat
Kalarama
Flyat
Flickerville
Zingcom
Wakeake
Batato
Goosetown
Hensfoot
Hogtown
Monkeytown
Horseneck
Peacocktown
Skunktown
Pole Tavern
Polecat Tavern
Postertown
Snake Hill
Turtletown
Frogtown
Manunka Chunk
Whisky Lane
Gin Point
Jugtown
Bom Tavern
Bam Tavern
Naughright
Packnack
Pequanac
Pequannock
Scrabbletown
Scrapetown
Slabtown
Lamptown
Solitude
Breckleastown
Lota
Pellettville
Snufftown
Ringoes
Rustic
Absecon
Hackle Barney
Soho
Backville
Rural Place
Sodom
Blue Ball
Allamuchy
Totowa
Smith
New York Sun
Religious Thought Weighs Truth From Denominational Teachings
A column of quotations from Rev. S. A. Mutchmore to Rev. John Duckson on individualism money education evolution and youth. The piece surveys religious leaders from Presbyterian to Unitarian, Episcopal to Methodist, praising truth, charity, self sacrifice, and the value of youth in shaping moral life.
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A. Eliot
Unitarian
Brooklyn
Boston Common
Dr. Hammond
Merritt’s Avenue Church
Atlanta
Frank Crane
Methodist
Chicago
B. F. da Costa
Episcopal
New York
Rev
C.C. Meador
Baptist
Washington
Pascal
Sir Isaac Newton
John Duckson
Boston
Cube Root Made Easy for Bright Boys
The article explains cube roots by defining a cube as multiplying a number by itself and then by the original number. It presents matches of final digits for cubes, shows examples with numbers like 74,088 and 324,369, and claims the method lets any skilled person determine cube roots quickly, noting that tough problems exist but are rare in public tests.
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New York Herald
Zebras Tried for Draft Work on South African Farms
Experiments with Burchells zebra show zebras kept as tame as ponies and easily broken for draft work. Tamers aim to breed a mule resistant to the metse fly, with zebras capable of pulling a mule team though overdriving is not tolerated.
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Burchell
London Spectator
Fortune Built on Civility, Says Zachariah Fox
In Liverpool, the aged Zachariah Fox attributes his large fortune to one key article civility. He tells a visitor that civility in dealings can unlock riches, a claim echoed by the old proverb cited in Golden Days.
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Zachariah Fox
Liverpool
Lewis County Prospects as a Rich Farming and Lumber Region
The article extols Lewis County Washington as an ideal farming area with hops, apples, pears, plums, grapes, berries, and strong dairying. It highlights abundant timber, mining prospects in St Helens, coal veins, graphite, and fire clay. Chehalis is described as the county seat with extensive facilities and industries, inviting homeseekers to visit the region.
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Washington
Lewis County
Chehalis
Cascade Mountains
Japan
Pacific Coast
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Puget Sound
Columbia River
Cowlitz
Chehalia
Cascade
Coast Ranges
Northwest
Newaukum
John BR. Rogers
Pierce County
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Lllinois
St. Helens
Little Falls
Catholic Sisters
Northern Pacific Railroad
BEE
Cc. C. Paul
Elkhorn
Neb
Paul
Nebraska
State of Washington
John Miles
Clinton A. Burchard
Charlies L. Reed
Ellen Reed
Annie Farron
Frank Reed
Willie Reed
Austin Reed
Leonard Reed
Louisa Reed
Nellie Reed
Charles L. Reed
Fli
Austin Eed
Towit
Charles Reed
Eben Reed
Willamette Meridian
Reynolds & Stewart
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Cincinnati
Earth
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Europe
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Attorneys AT Law
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