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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1908
Page
3
A long passage presents puzzles and tricks designed to stump friends, from animal rise mechanics to watch-chain tests, family-portrait riddles, and Abel versus Cain misdirections. It hints at the fallibility of quick wit and invites readers to test others with clever questions.
Mrs H Wachter of 843 Third Ave Elizabeth New Jersey reports her daughter at the Singer Sewing Machine Works suffers backaches and neck pains from long hours at the table. Dean’s Kidney Pills are advertised as a remedy. The ad suggests many women recognize kidney related back pain and promote the cure.
A historical puzzle shows four weights—half pound, one and a half inch, four and a half pound, and thirteen and a half pound—sufficing to measure any weight from one half to twenty pounds. The piece then presents simple arithmetic teases about apples and cannon discharge to entertain a boy, ending with a coin-rate riddle on dollars versus cents.
A travel anecdote recounts a night in Virginia with misheard English breakfast requests and a humorous table talk about beef tea. The party recalls a friend who traveled northward, a two fire-fire adventure, and a hostess who served canned green food in a cabin. The tale ends with a wary reflection on strange provisions and a stubborn stock remark.
Figures from anthracite payrolls show contract miners earning steadily during the November panic. At one large Middle Field colliery sixty miners averaged $4.44 per working day, with some above $5 daily. other mines show similar gains. Earnings rise with coal prices per the sliding scale overseen by the Strike Commission, though April remains the only month with minimum pay. The report notes increased labor costs since five years ago and credits stable earnings for reduced disturbances and a quiet Con ciliation board record.
The passage cites Edmund Clarence Stedman as a better critic than poet and discusses critics' function. It includes a toast about a theatre afterpart, an unsuccessful actor replying, and a quip about getting near the end of his rope, all as examples of critical voice from Harper's Weekly.
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