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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
1
A fragmentary meditation contrasts the solemn burial of the poet with a broader reflection on motherhood. It invokes Moab and Beth-peor, praising the poet and warrior, then shifts to praise for the enduring influence of mothers, arguing motherhood outlasts fashion and remains society’s core power.
An essay laments the loss of traditional maternal care to hired nurses and social clubs, warning of diminished national character. Separately, a labor strike threatens in Sumpter Oregon amid Japanese labor use, with St Louis mill workers demanding 19 percent raises. The Bank of Austria-Hungary burns banknotes worth 370 million, the largest such loss. Spanish ships bring 300000 barrels of Almeria grapes to the United States each autumn.
Mrs. Alice Morse Earle will publish Two Centuries of American Costume in America. Josephine Dodge Daskam will drop the Dodge surname. Ernest Thompson Seton starts a long boys story. Mark Twain’s Christian Science book is postponed. Susan B Anthony will donate papers to the Congressional Library. A Western woman writes a first novel for Harper Bros. Mary Holland Kinkaid writes Valda about modern religious life. John Quincy Adams diary, edited by Charles Francis Adams, to be released as Life in a New England Town 1787 1788. Small Maynard & Co announce a new American humor work, following Dooley and Lorimer.
In a tense rural scene Mrs. Clawson schemes to deprive neighbor Mary Long of water by diverting trenches to irrigate her own crops. Her husband Clawson aids, while their son Bobbie plans to leave with Mary Long’s daughter, prompting family rifts and a dramatic wall breach that shifts the water race and tests the marriage.
The piece laments public sentiment toward cats, praising a sanatorium idea for stray felines while criticizing perceived neglect by society. It portrays cats as exploited or mistreated by human behaviors, including cruelty by animal abusers and careless owners.
Fragmented caption reflects a dialogue about shame and taste in a Cleveland setting. The clipped text hints at social pressure and personal restraint, implying a domestic or interpersonal misunderstanding without full context.
The telegraphic department has tested an experimental electrical typewriter attached at the end of the line. It delivers messages in typewritten form at speeds exceeding 167 per minute on folio sheets. The experiments are said to have been conducted with complete payment and success.
The article surveys the milky sea phenomenon in tropical Indian Ocean waters, its likely phosphorescent basis, and related remarks on moisture effects, Zeppelins propulsion, radium dangers, and the Fata Morgana optical illusion observed near Messina. It ends with a Persian tale of a man given bakshish aiding recovery after a narrow escape.
An anecdote from Across Coveted Lands by A H. Landor tells of a Persian inn encounter. Landor carries a revolver and camera. a soda-water bottle explodes, causing a traveler to fear a bullet wound. After examination, no bullet hole is found and the man recovers to continue tea service.
During the Civil War congressmen Brandegee and Dixor urged Secretary of War Stanton to discharge young Beardsley, a Connecticut boy who enlisted fraudulently. Lincoln ordered a new attempt, directing the boy be discharged and sent to Washington, and within a week he was reunited with his mother. The second item depicts Fort San Carlos under Venezuelan defense as German shells threaten, with a humorous toast to customs receipts and a chaotic bombardment scene.
Native justice unfolds in Ney Guinea as a missionary notes a boy wearing a discarded shirt as a sign of wealth. A bigger boy arrives with a jacket and strips the first lad, sparking a communal stripping event until the true owner regains his shirt and the service resumes.
An agent touts a new crayon process to make a life size portrait of Mrs Herlihy. Mr Herlihy hesitates yet recalls a thirty five year shared history and favors a natural likeness without voice reproduction.
A Massachusetts regiment captain in Washington during the Civil War sent Bailey to Alexandria for fresh oysters. Nine days later Bailey returned with four train wagons loaded with oysters and a schooner voyage to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk. About two hundred bushels were bought, sold in Georgetown, and expenses paid, earning Bailey roughly one hundred dollars in profit. The cargo was divided among the regiment.
More than 1.5 million dollars is spent yearly on photographs in New York City. About 400 photographers serve a range from Bowery tintype studios to Fifth Avenue studios, with wealthy clients spending 1000 to 2000 a year and thousands of ordinary families 50 to 100 a year. Actors and actresses are not the top patrons. many studios avoid theatrical clients for pay reasons, while fashionable women imitate actress styles in portraits.
The Carleton relief bureaus assist needy families amid a coal strike. While many applicants prove deserving, some abuses emerge as aid distributions include coal and other essentials. A family requests a lock for grain aid, revealing concern over theft by youths, prompting officials to consider receivership measures.
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