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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1906
Page
2
Do not fear tipping on steamers and in Europe. Tips vary by service and steamer class, with a typical total of five to ten dollars per voyage. Stateroom, dining room, and bathroom stewards receive specified amounts, while extra services require compensation.
The Alameda is praised as a leading tropical park amid global rivals. It originated when viceroy Don Luis de Velasco funded pleasure grounds near San Hipolito, expanding from the old Plaza del Quemadero into a twenty two acre oasis with walkways, gardens, and playgrounds.
The Face on the Cent recounts how Sarah Longacre Keen became the model for the U S cent since 1836. It notes her Saxon profile beneath Indian regalia, and describes James Barton Longacre’s 1833 design competition, a key mint moment in Philadelphia.
A compilation of quotable line about marriage lists aging, certainty, riches, and self treatment. It notes that those with loud assurance are often right, condemns hatred of wealth, and cites Dives and Lazarus. It ends with a wry comparison on parental protection.
A detailed account of the Russian crown notes a dome like Byzantine miter shape with a cross of five large diamonds atop a polished red ruby. The cross rests on a foliated arch of eleven big diamonds, supported by back and front base elements. Side hoops hold thirty eight pearls, with leafwork and silver ornaments encrusted with diamonds and purple velvet beneath. The gold base band features twenty eight magnificent diamonds.
The triumphal crown of Rome was made of laurel leaves and awarded to the general who won a major victory over a formidable foe. He entered the city by a breached wall section. At his funeral his laurel crown was placed on the bier and buried with him.
A Chicago News item presents a sharp exchange about a suit and a taunt that one man brands as a clothes ringer. The dialogue captures a terse confrontation between two men over the identity and purpose of the garment.
A collection of sayings on women from Chenier Curtis Plautus German proverbs Brongon Alcott and Irving. The lines discuss civilization beauty divination risk and marriage with varying views on female influence and temperament. The statements reflect historical stereotypes and social norms surrounding women.
A discussion on tonics as two edged remedies, noting their therapeutic value but risks from overuse and misapplication. It emphasizes the need to understand tonics as drugs with both beneficial and injurious potential, differing from temporary stimulants and aiming for permanent strength gains.
The piece compares policy as insurance with policy as a political term, tracing its roots from polis to policy. It notes how policy, polity, and police share Greek origins from polis, while the insurance sense comes from Latin polticum and related forms, likening etymology to the way diploma becomes diplomatist.
The article describes sowbeer a drink in Wales made from fourteen field herbs. It is said to be harmless aside from causing sleepiness and resembles treacle. Villagers smoke a thin dried sage cigarette while drinking sowbeer, and while villagers cannot brew it themselves, dealers in larger towns supply it.
A poet notes the last two verses may be omitted if desired. The editor responds by offering to remove the entire poem from the Somerville Journal, implying a page-wide change rather than selective cuts.
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