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Mays Landing Record in Mays Landing, New Jersey
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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1903
Page
1
Mollie Hillacre Defies Kin To Save Old Homestead
Mollie Hillacre, intent on keeping the old Hillacre homestead and its twenty rocky acres, defies relatives after a will dispute. She plans a boardinghouse, hires Mrs Hall, and enlists Dabney Mellen to ready the property. Boarders include an elderly couple, a widowed matron, a placid maiden, a health-seeking youth, and Professor Tallman the geologist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mellenamo Hillacre
Mollie Hillacre
Grandpa Hillacre
Mollie
Tnele Dabney Mellen
Dabney Mellen
Uncle Simeon
Steve Kimble
Mellen
4Tolie
Steve
Squire Stafford
Molle
Miss Tufton
Morie
Professor Tallman
Mollie’s Rock Profit Sparks Farm Transformation
Mollie on the Hillacre farm discovers magnesian limestone in a sheep pasture after a professor’s hint. Two businessmen value the rocks at a quarry, offering Mollie profits and a share in future yields. Relatives toast Mollie’s shrewd move as she plans an autumn wedding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nick-Nat
Mollie
Professor Tallman
Misa Mollie
Molle
Hillacre
Mellie
Steve Kimble
Oecla
Tye
Tallman
Steve
Dab Bey Mellen
Short Stories Recollect De Wet Curtis and Tissot Anecdotes
A collection of brief vignettes recalls encounters with historical figures. A Cape Town resident greets De Wet with humor about being an “ex-general.” George William Curtis shares a New York lecture mishap about politics and death. James Tissot’s London mislabeling as a Communard leads to awkward social flattery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Town
de Wet
George William Curtis
New York
Curtis
Longfelow
Pontebody
James Tissot
Christ
London
Paria
Tissot
Aviner
Ike
Oldest Working Locomotive By Stephenson Since 1822
The Hetton colliery engine built by George Stephenson in 1822 for the opening of the Stockton and Darlington line remains in use after eighty years. It will be retired to the Dorhem College of Science at Newcastle upon Tyne for preservation as a landmark of early locomotive engineering. Stephenson’s No 1, used at Darlington in 1825, later became a pedestal exhibit, but the Hetton engine outpaces it in years of active service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephenson
Cee
George Stephenson
Betton
Durham
England
Wear
Sunderland
Hetton
Ais
Lonson Railway News
Stockton’ & Darlington
Orst
Thiat
Messrs. Pease & Partners
Darlington Station
Passing of the Beard and the World’s Shave Revival
A preserved fragment from Harper’s Weekly notes a renewed fashion for shaving after fifty years of beards. It details various beard styles from goatee to full beard, noting the public’s fascination and the way partial facial styles alter perception of age and dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper's Weekly
Hain
Justice in Morocco killed in Fez execution of Moorish assassin
London Times report from Fez describes the arrest of the Christian killer of Dr. Cooper. The sultan ordered public flogging and a donkey-escort before the assassin was shot in the arsenal square in front of viziers and troops. the man bore the punishment with fortitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cooper
Fez
London Times
Fescor Tespontent
Pssassin
Shine
Mr. Hastings
Bo. Cooper
Dr. Cooper
Nicaea
Plea Recalls Lake Town Wage Dispute Arbitration
The article recounts a three year old strike case in a lake town where J. C. Hanna, brother of Senator Hanna, led employers' efforts. An arbitrator heard both sides with Pat Bran for the engineers. The referee ruled in favor of higher wages for the workers after deliberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Hanna
Hanna
New York, Evening ‘Post
Pat Bran
Haya
Madlé
Pat
Yad
Papal Jubilee to Open Grand Ceremonies at St Peter's
The pope, in unusually good health, plans to begin his pontifical jubilee year with grand ceremonies at St Peter's. The event signals a notable religious observance and public celebration in Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Peter’s
St. Peter's
Fragmented Era Humour and Intricate Puns Across Papers
The text weaves snippets from multiple newspapers with humorous dialogue and slang. It references a teacher seeking memory, Johnny Brighteyes, Restful Rawlins, and a freight-train ride, plus a shopkeeper, a commercial traveler, and a lovers scene in Glasgow and Philadelphia. The fragmented quotes resemble column filler and gag bits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Brighteyes
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Rawlins
Jon
Jobs
Puck
Glasgow
Philadelphia Bulletin
Mia
Murdy
Chicago News
Ice Gorge Over Niagara Falls Captivates Winter Visitors
Niagara Falls presents its winter splendor with an expansive ice gorge across the river and ice-coated islands. Tobogganing and coasting thrill-seekers race the mist as colossal ice cakes, stalactites, and frozen trees frame a dramatic, moonlit landscape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
Iagara Falls
International Bridge
Mar
Hsten
Niagara
Jingo the Great Elephant Dies Aboard Ship
The giant elephant Jingo died on the steamer Georgie near Liverpool after a brutal voyage from Africa. At 11 feet 4 inches and six tons he was the largest captive elephant, once owned by London Zoo until sold to an American circus for $50,000. He trumpeted for sixty hours and perished in his narrow cage, his body later thrown overboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yen
Jingo
Africa
London Zoological Gardens
Liverpool
New York
Jinge
Tondon Zoo
Iin
Thomas Lawrence
Lawrence
Perfectly Hopeless Dialogue Sparks Senate Debate
In Washington the Star reports a heated exchange about a man trusted by a friend who defends him while a Senator questions his suitability for employment. Sorghum contends the speaker lacks time to instruct him in business basics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Star
Missing Link Question Sparks Logical Exchange
A brief dialogue imagines a debate on the missing link. He asks if it will ever be found and she responds that it will not, arguing that true discovery would negate the premise.
Morning frost noted in old inscription dialogue
Arnie and Mistah Johnsing discuss a powerfully cold morning. They estimate a four inch and a half depth below the freezing point that frizzed water in a backyard tub.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnie
Mistah
Cole
Mistah Jackson
Prisoner Faces Death Row Exchange With Jailmate
An elderly female inmate asks a condemned prisoner if he is prepared to die. He replies neutrally while noting a neighbor in the next cell can endure talk, hinting at further interaction as tensions rise in the jail setting.
The Despised Goat On The Festal Board
A boarding-house landlady teases the revelers about a goat that is disliked by all the boarders. The dining-room queen notes the creature is not particular about its diet, sparking curiosity among the guests.
Record Tracker Pirates Stirring Microbe Talk
Unclear garbled lines discuss microbes and money with names Tom Dick and a wife. No coherent event or details emerge from the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
Tan
West End hotel boom reshapes London’s luxury scene
The Piccadilly area sees two new luxury hotels rise on St James Hall and Walsingham Bath sites as the west end vies to become London’s hotel capital. Claridge’s and Ritz set the trend while old Bath Hotel declines under a flood of broker inspections and auctioned interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Picadilly
St. James’ Hall
Walsingham
Bath Hotels
West End
London
Etrand
Trafalgar Square
Savoy
The
Cecil
Metropole
Morley’s
Claridge’s
Bath Hotel
Bath
Piccadilly
Carlton
West ‘End
London Mail
Cadogan
Hans .Crescenit
Mount Street
Coburg
Kensington
Gore
Royal “Palace
Albemarle
Iselin Financier Expands Catholic Benefactions in New Rochelle
Adrian Iselin, prominent New York financier, funds church and parish projects in New Rochelle. His gifts total about 750,000 dollars for church buildings, rectories, and related items. The effort includes a 30,000 dollar church and parish home for Italian residents and support for vestments and clergy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adrian Iselin
New York
New. Rochelle, S
New Rochelle
Ise
They Speak Of The Great PE Rate In A Pirate Tale
In a Chicago News excerpt the crew debates a hefty rate on their voyage. A dark man asks why 30, a freebooter compares a crusty landlady to a stern captain, noting the ability to repel many boarders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago News
Americans Buy Belgian Plate Glass Plant in Courcelles
The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, an American firm, purchased the large Courcelles plate glass plant in Belgium for 1 million dollars. It is described as the largest in Europe with current capacity listed as eighteen to be doubled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Pittsburg Plate Glass Company
Courcelles
Europe
Doubia
Explorer claims Arctic tribe lacks religion
Mr. Hanbury, the recently returned Arctic explorer, says the Eakimos have no religion not even a belief in a Supreme Being.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanbury
Misunderstanding over dusting causes servant mixup
In a Philadelphia Press quirky note Mrs Bubbubs explains a misunderstanding with her maid who allegedly head dusted instead of dusting. The item records a light domestic mishap and the newspaper’s humorous tone.
No Longer His Own Master
Fragmentary dialogue shows Euphree stating marriage and ideals, with Tidemann reacting angrily about a wife and expectations, within a damaged text fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Euphree
Tidemann
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