Unique Jewish Town Woodbine New Jersey Founded by Refugees
Woodbine New Jersey a borough organized by the New Jersey legislature is described as the only town in the world governed entirely by Jews. Founded twelve years ago for Hebrew refugees from Russia and now a thriving community of about 1500 with factories stores schools and modern facilities. The origin traces to Baron de Hirsch funding land and homes with payback terms including deeds mortgage on property and monthly payments. Early settlers faced hostility but over time farming trades and mercantile activity grew with three mills and several craftspeople.
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Russia
Woodbine
Cape May County
N. J
New Jersey
Wostbine
Dennis
Iteheleht
France
England
Tt Wen
Baron de Hirsch
New York
Cape May
Joe
Eaid
Harbers
Snake That Swallowed a Pig Ends in Tragic Java Field Incident
A Java resident reports a large snake in a rice field behind a bungalow that had just swallowed a pig. The reptile, thick and lengthy, died after its meal as it failed to escape and was killed by locals. Snakes in Java are spared for trade value rather than danger.
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Java
Old Babylonian Divorce Law Amid Ancient Texts
A fragment from the Khammurabi code, dating around 200 B C, explores divorce rules. It notes that a wife who leaves her husband’s home after he mismanages and impoverishes the household may be divorced with no financial provision from the husband.
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Khammurabi
Assyria
Suen
Vowel O Sounds Richer In English Than In Other Languages
The vowel o shows more distinct sounds in English than in any other language. It can be pronounced in many different ways, reflecting English's phonetic variety and irregular spelling patterns.
Last Chance for John Kingsland Ends in Departure Error
In a humorous confession the narrator recalls John Kingsland, a lively engineer who chased debutantes and faced repeated rejections. John's failed marriage gambit peaks when his plan to marry Marguerite Ericson collapses as he misses the departure, leaving her to wed elsewhere.
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John
Marguerite
Jook
Miss Ericson
Christopher Shadow
New York Times
Caught in a Patrol Box Too Fat to Exit
A Pittsburgh policeman, overweight, locked inside a police call box after entering to report all clear. Unable to twist free, he pounded the tin wall as onlookers gathered. A sergeant soon arranged a key and he emerged exhausted, angry yet unharmed, amid a laughing crowd.
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Tractor
Treston
Pittaburg
Where People Refuse to Die in Jamaica and New York
A quirky critique notes Centena riae in Jamaica and skyscrapers in New York as ideal places where health claims abound. A military doctor in New York laments earning little while tending hypochondriacs who insist they are ill. He cites a tourist quote about patients aged 761 years in total and mocks the inability to cure delusion amid a perfect climate.
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Santa Cruz
Jamaica
Centenariae
New York
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