20 Dec 1902
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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1902
Page
1
A historical notice extols a Prudential policy as a loyal ally in hardship. It affirms lifelong ownership and reliability, quoted by John F. Dryden as president, with Leslie Ward, Edgar Ward, and Forrest F. Dryden holding vice presidential and secretarial roles.
A fragmentary advertisement discussion extols advertising as a tonic for sluggish markets. It notes two keys to success sense and nerve, with a claim that spending one dollar to earn two is sensible. It cites Reading Pennsylvania merchants endorsing newspaper ads and critiques various promotional schemes while detailing material production processes for leather imitation products.
Cardinal Gotti, elevated by Pope Leo to the prefecture of the Propiganida, is seen as an able leader whose long rise impressed those close to him. Born to a Genoese laborer, he gained education, joined the Carmelites, and became head of the order before earning cardinal status.
Old shoes are not waste to modern industry. A second hand dealer restores worn shoes then sells them again to the poorer classes. After final discard the shoes are reused for other purposes in France where rag dealers buy them for factories.
A Bureau of Engraving and Printing employee, a 20 year plate printer, tells a New York cashier he printed the note himself. Police detain him until a bank expert authenticates the currency, clearing him of guilt and sending him away wiser.
The article surveys ancient and medieval monopolies from Assyrian and biblical instances to Roman tax practices and medieval trade guilds. It highlights how control of food, crafts, and distribution enabled powerful groups to curb competition, culminating in the Hanseatic League’s vast monopoly and armed enforcement.
An objection to the French term chauffeurs in the citys speed ordinance prompted replacing the word with operator to describe the person controlling the machine driving the vehicle.
The scene opens with a nostalgic Christmas verse by Frances Havergal and shifts to Nellie’s family morning. Nellie, awakened by gifts, receives a cherished portrait and a sparkling watch hidden inside a pincushion, delighting her and bringing tears of gratitude. Uncle Hiram's cheerful greeting seals a heartwarming holiday moment.
Nellie and Lucy, cousins at a boarding school, must choose Christmas plans. Nellie favors Uncle Dallas for its warmth and gifts, while Lucy prefers Uncle Winston. Nellie visits Milton, brightens Aunt Amanda and Eliza, then discovers the Winston home lacks festivity yet gains unexpected warmth as Nellie brightens the dreary house.
The notice warns that Christmas parcels should bear no phrases like photo printed matter or calendar. Mark packages as first class mail with postage paid and only include return address information. Avoid any writing on wrappers to prevent friends paying extra postage.
The mistletoe story describes berries eaten by birds like robins during scarce winter food. The sticky seed clings to a bird’s bill and rubs off onto tree branches, where the sprout grows into a parasite tapping the host sap for nourishment.
News in brief reports the Ministry of Emerce annual strike data for 1903: 529 strikes with 111,44 participants including women and youths, 6970 factories affected, 1,362,050 days lost, average fifteen days per strike. Also cites 1900 figures and other unrelated items.
In Belltown a boy named Tom Bowen trains his dog Tip for a dog and pony show. The owner offers fifty dollars to any boy who can train a dog to stand on its head play dead or dance within six months. Tip performs a dance on cue winning Tom the prize and a fond farewell from the crowd.
A poetic farewell to the old year praising its gifts from nature and season, with verses on Christmas chimes roses daffodils and autumn leaves. It contrasts Old Year memories with Santa Claus imagery and family scenes from Collier's Weekly.
The article argues the wise path is to tell children Santa Claus as a myth or fairy tale. It urges parents to share the timeless stories from infancy, preserving the wonder while guiding the child toward the spiritual meaning of gift giving and Christmas joy.
The article notes Chinese New Year occurs in early February and lasts a month. It describes drums and fringe decorations, crackers and bunting, visits to joss houses, and oriental ceremonies ending with the phrase A Happy New Year. It also remarks on a Chinaman settling debts at year start to preserve his gentlemanly standing.
In Brooklyn Life a tearful Mrs Torkins asks John about a Christmas present from Mrs Page. He answers that he may have sent it away already this year, recalling last year’s gift in a memory-filled dialogue.
A rough collection of kitchen instructions lists Creamed Rice with butter flour milk and rice, Salmon and Peas with salmon peas butter and milk, Tripe Creole with tripe onion pepper flour stock tomatoes and mushrooms, and a Mince Pie using a mix of raisins currants suet apples sugar candied peel and spices plus sherry.
A Watchman inspired reflection urges starting the new year with courage hope and resolution. Dwelling on past mistakes is unproductive since outcomes are shaped by character and providence. Preserve high pure aims and avoid self reproach while facing life’s ordering.
A prudent housewife surveys Christmas decorations and warns against keeping the mistletoe in one spot all day. Her husband asks why she moves it, and she explains it is to avoid wearing the carpet out in one area.
A fragment expresses a longing to recover the youthful appetite of childhood, rejecting costly gifts and urging a return to simpler pleasures as a Christmas tree is hung with ornament.
In Kidderminster England bricklayers end a strike begun last April with an arbitrator ruling for the men. Paris milliners form a society to regulate prices and seek shorter hours and better treatment. Scots blast furnace workers see no wage changes per a conciliation report. Western Union Memphis messengers win two cent per message raise instead of a flat 320 monthly rate.
If labor organization plans are carried through, laws will be passed in Albany this winter that will entirely wipe out of existence the child labor in New York City.
Cordelia worries about buying clothes and whether to look stylish yet uncomfortable or comfortable yet dowdy. Cornelia asks why, and Cordelia explains the conflict between fashion and ease.
A fragment notes relief after talking with a naggid woman and taking a roll in a bed of stinging nettles. The text emphasizes a strong sensory reaction to the nettles and a sense of release following the discussion.
The University of Chicago receives a substantial gift of edition de fixe volumes from the French Government as partial reward for its active role in the Franco-American movement. The gift includes several thousand works on history and science, already shipped, to strengthen educational relations between France and the United States.
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