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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1906
Page
2
The London Globe notes sea cooks and galley staff profited from perquisites including grog and the fat known as slush. They faced punishments for frauds, and routines such as pennant removal and guarding provisions shaped shipboard life.
A discussion of how famous figures rose to prominence by accident or chance. Examples include Cooper, Napoleon, Shakespeare, Cowley, Gibbon, Corneille, Franklin, Moliere, Newton, Flamsteed, Pennant, and Reynolds, each inspired or redirected by a serendipitous moment or rebuke that shaped their chosen paths.
A note from the New York Press explains farmers can tell time using their hand as an hour scale. With arm extended and sun position noted, three palm measures equal three hours. by practice, one can approximate time and even match a watch’s accuracy.
A passage notes horses will eat pork if fed a fattening diet and oil cakes. Belle gains weight rapidly on such feed, but once fattened there is no way to regain flesh if the horse later grows. further feeding yields no extra gain. The text cites a strange belief about feed efficiency and fattening limits.
Harper's Weekly reports a study of 200 students aged 20 to 30 showing 41 percent of men and 87 percent of women talked in their sleep. many could answer questions.
A brief quip from the Philadelphia Ledger contrasts chance and effort. It notes that missing the opportunity leads to trouble, with a wry observation on choosing not to take on effort.
A brief reflection on leaves being light and changeable yet faithful as part of the oak, attributed to Leigh Hunt. The image juxtaposes motion and purpose, suggesting natural harmony and divine design in even small plant life.
A London Academy note surveys misprints and authorial slips across classic works. It cites Cervantes consuming two suppers in Don Quixote, Scott misnaming Malvoisin as Rich ard then Philip, Pope's weasel feeding corn, Kingsley’s Bramblecombe prayer misattribution, and Maitland and Hugo translation quirks including droit de timbre rendered as timber duty and Firth of Forth as premier de quatre.
A Buffalo Commercial reprints a clergyman’s tale of an old colored man in North Carolina who stole a pig and prays through the night to seek forgiveness. The comic vignette ends with his wife urging him to sleep while he insists on explaining to the Lord how he was caught in the act.
A man notes his daughter learned to write a legible hand at boarding school. A friend asks how it happened. he recalls she kept writing home for money, and he replied he could not read the letters, which supposedly cured her of the Chinese handwriting.
Dumley quips about entering the hotel business after his friend teases him. He notes that all top hotels carry a motto and asks for a suggestion. He suggests the line Mistakes will happen as a blunt motto for his venture.
In Yonkers a man explains to his partner that the money spent on cigars could buy about fifty hats for him but only about three for her. The exchange reflects a humorous domestic budgeting jab in a local Statesman item.
A witty aside compares wearing engagement rings to tying a string on the finger to remember being engaged, framed as an offhand remark in a light exchange.
A Baltimore American reflection contrasts a hopeful future with practical plans for building in the suburbs. Two voices discuss choice, behavior, and where to invest for a sunnier, steadier life.
A brief verse excerpt shows a wife and husband exchange where he promises wishes granted upon marriage, the wife doubting the arrangement, and a punchline about regret. The piece ends with a proverb about noble blood and pride from Danish origin.
Notice to creditors of the estate of Harry C Eldridge issued by executor Kartz Buromag at Mey's Landing New Jersey on June 14 1908 under Surrogate Emanuel C Shaner. Creditors must present claims within nine months or be barred from recovery against the executrix.
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