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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1905
Page
3
The text notes changes to free railroad transport for legislators and workers. It cites New Jersey law requiring lawmakers to receive free travel during sessions. It mentions Pennsylvania Railroad stopping free transport from January 1 without exceptions and discusses community benefits and city manufacturers.
County lawyers will benefit from a new rule allowing nonjury trials and motion days. Judge Allen B Endicott will oversee the schedule with sessions in Avantic City Camden Woodbury May's Landing Chambers Tom's River Bridgeton Usmden Mt Holly Garden and more from December through April.
A distractingly old fashioned medical pitch touts Bonechee's German Syrup as a reliable remedy for severe colds and feverish symptoms. It claims to clear congested organs ease irritation and stop coughing in children and adults alike with bottles of 250 or 750 units offered for sale by Water Power Co.
The preacher from Harperville N Y describes suffering agonies from a persistent cough after influenza. He credits Dr King's New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds with curing his cough and saving him from consumption. The Water Power Co advertises the remedy at 50 and 1.00 with a guaranteed trial bottle.
Letters remaining unclaimed at May's Landing New Jersey post office dated December 1906 include Nettie Brebbens Mary Major Lizzie Pratt J Mealey Toney Fedexco BP Jarreil R M Nicholls W Nowland Oak Boddy Guiseppe Meghbs and other names. Recipients must claim by notice marked advertised and provide the date Her 5.8 Hopson P.M. December 9 1978.
A reader from Iowa recounts illness during severe winter, describing joint and muscle pain and congestion. He credits Chamber a Roesch and Liver Tactic with rapid relief after heavy use, claiming it cleanses bowels liver and kidneys and prevents further symptoms. Morse 2 Co. advertises sale of the remedy.
A new business league in May's Landing includes prominent townspeople and aims to boost internal town affairs and growth. Officers named include President Charles D. Makepeace and Vice Presidents Dr. Charles B Baulsherry Harrison Wilson and Daniel A. Taylor with secretary Jarryn James and treasurer Charles Remmey. The group schedules a library hall meeting to set committees and begin active work toward municipal electric lighting water supply and encouraging manufacturing.
Week ending August inst transfers include Charrles Pryor and wife to Lennie Hudson for 214.75 feet along Arctic Avenue. Jobo F. Walls to TM B. Fagerman for 1.150 feet along Northeast corner Arctic and Ohio Avenues. William Jones to Charter Morey for 2,021 feet along Southeast corner Atlantic Avenue and Surf Place. Other deeds involve Charles Adams to Harvey Shumway, Michael Faby to Peter Ros, Peter Host to Rachel Faby, John Stevenson to Robert Breyerhot, Charles Cook to Thomas Cranada, Robinson Land Co. to William McLaughian, Mary Gurekunst et al to acres on Pacific and Mediterranean avenues, and William McLaughian to Central Passenger Hallway Co. Northwest corner Virginia and Mediterranean Avenues for 28,000.
An advertisement claims Devoe paint lasts longer and sells for less than rival brands. It cites a customer who bought 18 gallons and suggests ten thousand people know the product. The pitch urges sales in May's Landing and warns against sham or false performance.
An old advertisement touts August Flower as a universal cure for indigestion and dyspepsia with claims of over thirty-five years of proven success. It cites massive US sales and worldwide recognition, urging readers to buy three bottles at set prices via Water Power Co. Ady.
The ad promotes DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve for rough skin cracks and eczema and claims immediate relief for piles. A testimonial from O H Lavrots of Zavalia Texas says a box cured a stubborn fissure permanently after druggist recommendation. Distrib by Water Power Co advertisements.
Harper resident Geo W Hoffman writes of a seven year struggle with stomach trouble finally alleviated by Electric Bittera. He asserts the remedy cured his disease and urges others to keep it at home, praising its guaranteed effectiveness.
Mas and Mrs. Charles Godwin visit Virginia relatives. Bartha's Adv promotes Christmas goods and clothing sales. Widow Ellen Jordan receives a Civil War pension. May's Landing area reports local visits, theater ads at Veal's Opera House, and public notices on juries and lighting plans. Community updates include religious services and debates at the Young Men's Lyceum.
A New Jersey consortium plans to build an electric rail network from Camden to Atlantic City and beyond. The project links the West Jersey and Seashore lines with Cross-town routes, includes a two-track loop, a drawbridge, and grade crossing removals. Work to electrify Pleasantville to Atlantic City and Pleasantville to Somers Point is set for immediate contract, with full operation hoped by July 1, 1906.
A fragment from the Atchison Globe offers terse maxims on effort perseverance and decision making. It contrasts hard work with guarding gains and warns that plans often fail when delayed by vague promises. The excerpt reflects a skeptical view of plans and timing in social and personal contexts.
Fragmentary notes show a community debate over football playing rules and alleged abuses. The jagged text mentions a public notice and a protest possibly tied to a 158Si or local ordinance. Further readable details are scarce.
In a 19th century style note from the Free Press, an NMahony Me 36.F writer urges caution in proposing after dark and while a woman is dressed. The quip imagines etiquette mishaps like dropping a glove and arriving with odd footwear, then counsels retreat or quick approach depending on appearance.
Fragmentary OCR passage reflects musings on virtue and sympathy in The Woman's Life. It contrasts cleverness with inner character, noting patience and self forgetfulness as keys to elevating others.
A fragmentary notice notes a cautious conclusion about a man described as honest. The text contrasts a restrained sentiment with churchyard details of birth and death, hinting at a formal obituary or memory statement.
Tommy asks to stay up to watch Ethel and Mr. Green play cards. Mr. Green resists, but Tommy recalls Mama saying everything hinges on how she plays her cards tonight.
By order of the court in Augustine B. Repetto et al v. Mosseil et al a public vendue is scheduled at the corner of Northf and Atlantic Avenues in Atlantic City New Jersey. The sale will occur on the day specified in the order and will be conducted at the noted property location.
The notice lists Saturday the sixth day of January at two o'clock in the afternoon for sale of tracts of land in Raw Harbor Toms River area Atlantic County New Jersey. Tracts include numbered parcels 27 29 31 33 and 5 from a map prepared by Ashmead and Starknes and on file in the county clerk's office at West's Landing New Jersey. Tract No 21 begins at the intersection of North Washington Avenue with West Fire Road continues along the Fire Road to the west line of the Fire Road, then north along a line 185 feet, then west parallel to Washington Avenue, then south back to Fire Road, enclosing about 100 acres. The notice states a filing fee of 10.50.
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