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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1906
Page
2
An old tale explains a phrase about lazy boys not setting a sieve on fire and how the river Thames name linked to it. Over time the expression spread and locals began saying the river of their town, not Thames, was set on fire.
An anecdote from Success Magazine recalls Joseph Jefferson in a western mining camp show. The crowd paid five dollars for admission and watched the melodrama unfold with the mother’s revolver scene causing a startled exit. The audience’s reaction led to a curtain encore and renewed applause.
An ancient Cornish tale recalls St. Piran, the Irish hermit, as the discoverer of tin. The Perranzabuloe parish church, long buried by sand, has been repaired and Cornish miners still honor St. Piran during the feast. The legend may reflect early metallurgical skill rather than a simple discovery claim.
A anatomy professor displays a jawbone and proclaims it the inferior maxillary. A student questions the claim and asks if the skeleton is female, prompting the professor to admit the error and retract the statement.
A dialogue snippet features a push to marry a man described as nature's nobleman. The opposing view warns that such affection may fade, highlighting a tension between romantic influence and lasting judgment. The quotation attributes modern wit to Puck.
The Baltimore American lists summer graces as the Anne Arundel strawberry, the Eastern Shore Beach, and the Maryland watermelon, all from the land. The winter graces are the oyster, the terra pin, and the canvas back, all from the water.
Some writers propose that early card marks signified social classes. Hearts denote clergy, spades nobility, clubs serfs, and diamonds burghers, with old packs sometimes using a sword or lance for the spade.
A clerk Galley tells the boss he was up early this morning while the bookkeeper mocks him saying he never gets up early. The exchange captures a light office moment reflecting daily routines.
A Metropolitan Magazine note recounts Rothenburg ob der Tauber legends about a heroic innkeeper Nusch and the famous Tauber wine cup. During a siege by Tilly, Nusch drank the three-quart stirrup cup to force mercy, fainted, recovered, and the siege ended with a promise kept.
The article describes salt harvesting in Saltair with pond basins and evaporation, then shifts to Congo region geology and salt extraction methods, and ends with a historical note on submarines from Drebbel to Bushnell and Fulton detailing capacity and air supply in early underwater craft.
In Tit-Bits a playful exchange ponders Aunt Lucie’s smile during a party scene. Erna quips the change stems from a visit to the dentist, hinting at a routine snag during repairs or social hush.
A jumbled clipping blends dialogue about living without a partner with apocryphal lines from John Hunter and Holmes. It also cites a schoolmaster admonition and a remark on education as ornament, presenting a collage of literary quips and persona notes.
The account notes ten volcanoes, a 6000 mile coastline, vast onyx and marble deposits, fifty nine lakes, a 750000 square mile area, and a rainy season from May to September. It cites 25000 cotton workers, a large mining labor force, and claims Mexico as the richest mineral country, with Chihuahua as the largest state by area and mining in extinct volcanoes.
A Japanese theology student in this country credits Henry Irving’s Becket with shaping his resolve to hold to his beliefs. He says he may face death to stay true, inspired by Becket’s example as portrayed by Irving. The moment underlines the impact of theater on personal faith and courage.
A humorous blurb from the Chicago News describes an old hen pecking at stray carpet tacks in the bayard. Homer wonders what the hen eats, and his partner muses she may be going to lay a carpet.
The cartoonish exchange rewinds to a parlor joke where a cabby jokes about growing or losing facial hair. Punch style wit pivots on a beard transforming appearance and identity with a quick punchline.
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