New Jersey Briefs Highlight Schools and Industry
Within two weeks three new garages opened in Salem. Glassboro grammar school elected Miss Mary Ware Miss Frances Kramer and Miss Helen Zapf as new teachers. Clayton sale reported to Brown Shoe Co will employ 300 to 400. Millville eyes large Fourth celebration amid fireworks ban. Several local officials and residents cited in various civic matters across Cumberland and Gloucester counties.
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Salem
Glassboro Grammar School
Mary Ware
Frances Kramer
Helen Zapf
Temple University
Clayton
Brown Shoe Company
Moore's Lake
Millville
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bristol
John Donlon
Trenton
Donlon
Merchants’ Shipyard
Woodbury
Public Service Electric Company
Gloucester-Westville-Woodbury
State Highway Commission
Westville
William F. Burk
Parks and Public Property
Burk
Emily Burk
John Gregory
New Brunswick
Irvington
St. Peter's Church of
J. C. Price
New Jersey State Department of Health
John N. Ryan
Puassale
State Health Department
English Creek
Gloucester City
Mickleton
South Jersey
Crawford
Pleasantville
Cumberland County
Hopewell
Gloucester County
Navy Department
Naval Aircraft Station
Public Utilities Commission
Pitman
Daretown
Bridgeton
Imrts
Pennsgrove
Ginssboro
Ezabeth Pettit
West Mill Ville
Ben Locke
Whitaker
Harrison Chemical
Paulsboro
Bowman “Hendricks
Glassboro
Sait
West Jersey and Seashore Railroad Company
Woodsbury
Gibbstown
Elwood F. Rowland
Emily
Gretta Costello
Thomas Costello
Mullica Hill
Harry Taylor
Costellos
Taylor
Rowland
Frederick“Penito
Charles Snyder
Penito
Snyder
New York
New Jersey
Smith
Wilam N. Runyon
Henry W. Lewis
Delaware General Ordnance Depot
Pedricktown
Walker Avenue
Presbyterian Church of
Carney
Rosenhayn
Woodbury Council
Public Service Company
J. B. McMahan & Sons
Vineland Trust Company
L. V. Castellini
Vineland
FE. W. Jkoering
Albert Zambone
John Schneider
Fred Snell
Robert Mennies
Leon Bozarth
Tatnall
Camden
Delaware
Not His Unlucky Number
The piece recounts Fleet Street journalist F G Cordwell who is plagued by the number thirteen. It notes his arrival in France on the 18th, his first leave, thirteen tent camp, thirteen men in the tent, thirteen hospital days, thirteen pills, and a room renumbered 113 upon return.
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F. G. Cordwell
Fleet Street
Cordwell
France
Hne 13
Camp 13
London
There Is No Fraternal Spirit in Town
A spectacled guest notes citizens lack fraternal spirit while the tavern landlord in Wayoverbehind predicts a united town will attack a stranger who falls into trouble, a remark cited by the Kansas City Star.
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Kansas City Star
The Way Around
Mrs Wakeup asks where Mrs de Style got her new hat. Mrs Blase notes the hat came from money borrowed from her uncle who won it in a poker game from her brother. The tale traces coins loaned after a birthday gift taken from her father’s pockets.
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Wakeup
de Style
Mrs. Blase
New York Globe
Diamond guckpin found amid scarf and monocle tale
In Berlin a playful exchange unfolds about a diamond pin hidden in an old gent's scarf. A shop talk snippet hints at fur fashions and origins of summer furs, with a jokey remark on a know-it-all man as a target for designers.
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Tony
Fritz
Utrk
Berlin
Kipling’s First Departmental Duties Edition
The Manchester Guardian notes Kipling’s tiny first edition of Departmental Duties, a lean brown paper docket bound with red tape. About a hundred copies were sent in official envelopes across the empire from Aden to Singapore and Quetta to Colombo. The initial twenty six poems expanded as demand grew, though Kipling still preferred the book in its original small form.
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Kipling
Aden
Singapore
Quetta
Colombo
Manchester Guardian
No Trust
Dialogue notes Rufus and a listener discussing trust and health with a Yonkers Statesman quotation. The exchange hints at a barrier between patient and doctor, highlighting mistrust in medical advice.
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Rufus
Yonkers
Old Friendship Sweet
A reflective note on friendship comparing past years' lessons to the value of old friends, stating that sweetness and bitterness have taught wiser judgment and that friendship should be treasured over other things.
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Lowell
Crawfish Migration Draws Crowds Along New Orleans Tracks
Passengers arriving in New Orleans on a Sunday evening report crawfish swarming the Louisville & Nashville tracks between Micheud and Chef Menteur. Hundreds gather with baskets of crawfish as experts note the crustaceans crawl back to calmer waters to escape squalls.
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New Orleans
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Micheud
Chef Menteur
Neighbors Raise Subscription for Woman’s Study Abroad
A woman sought funds to study music abroad and participants say neighbors contributed via a subscription. The remark notes women’s fashion serves men but is mainly noticed by other women.
Superfluous Promoter Claim on Rainy Wells
A terse exchange shows a promoter dismissing well drilling needs on a claim, asserting rain makes drilling unnecessary. The fragment hints at financial or resource dispute surrounding development plans.
No Admittance Sign in German Trenches Cited by Veterans
A wartime quip contrasts a door sign reading No Admittance with a German barrier of barbed wire and bullets. The speaker notes that despite the sign, Allied troops entered the trench, reflecting on wartime irony. The line is attributed to Life magazine.
Power Pays in Sewing Machine Speeds
A sewing machine with an individual motor produces about 1000 stitches per minute while traditional foot driven models reach only 300 to 400 stitches per minute.
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