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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1903
Page
2
Notes on trout stream predators including the heron, kingfisher, mink, water snake, and snapping turtle. A narrator recalls eyewitness sightings of a blue heron, mink, kingfisher, and water snake catching trout, and discusses their impact on trout populations and fishing.
Quote heavy column extols the value of laughter as a national trait. It contrasts American humor with German melancholy and French tragedy, praising laughter as healthy and spontaneous that sustains resilience and progress. It cites Denver Post as source.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat piece explores why men run fingers through their hair after removing hats. It traces a habit from tidiness to vanity and notes it persists even among bald men, suggesting a deep masculine impulse and social signaling in professional settings.
The son of a Saxon nobleman showed musical genius at age five with a piece titled Augers wooed Giving sociedies. An aunt hid the spinel attic to spare the father quarrel while the elector of Saxony marveled at the boy’s talent. By twelve Feu. Kaaeri was renowned as a brilliant composer at court.
A fragment recalls a century and a half past when wig wearing peaked and young children were shaved for fashion. A professor Rivers warned that Christians must wear wigs to avoid eternal damnation while Dr Thiers critiqued the practice in a lengthy treatise.
A quoted exchange questions sanity as a judge examines a man. Witness remarks that many sane people are not rational, highlighting confusion over mental state in a defiant courtroom moment.
A dialogue fragment shows a character asking a doctor for help with memory loss. The doctor agrees to provide a monthly supply, reflecting a humorous or didactic exchange. The text appears labeled Baltimore American.
The advertisement claims two million buyers in three years and three million before New Year. It markets Cascarets as the most delightful laxative for everyone year round. Priced at 25 cents per box with a satisfaction guarantee.
A 40 year old man named Negocier died after drinking a dozen glasses of absinthe to win a wager as the city bell struck eleven in a Rue de Charenton wine shop. The scene drew applause before his collapse and death.
A table lists acres of peach salt marsh bays and channels on the New Jersey coast including Shrewsbury and Navesink rivers. Counties Monmouth Burlington Atlantic and others total nearly a million acres with figures for each coastal feature and overall totals.
Survey of coast lights including East Beach, Sandy Hook North point with fixed or flashing white or red signals. Notes establish dates from 1514 to 1948, listing Barnegat Inlet, Little Egg Harbor, and Delaware Bay approaches with light characteristics and intervals.
The article lists species common to the coast with arrival and departure patterns. It notes Black Ducks stay all summer, Broad Bills return mid October, and Red Heads along with Dabbling ducks migrate October to April. Shore birds like Plovers arrive in May and Pigeon or Tell Tales migrate northward in May return autumn. Various fish like Striped Bass, White Perch, and Flounder appear through spring and summer with others like Codfish and Sea Bass seasonally present.
The State Board of Fish and Game Commissioners released compiled laws with a table of open and close seasons for game and fish. It outlines fines for illegal hunting and fishing practices, including penalties up to 100 dollars for polluting streams and unlawful fishing devices, and lists seasonal restrictions for various species. The notice covers hunter responsibilities, landowner trapping rights, and dealer disclosures, with detailed dates and fines.
The Rev. Mr. Yeisley of the First Reformed Church in St. Paris Ohio credits Dr David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy with curing kidney and liver troubles after other treatments failed. Advertised benefits include relief from dyspepsia constipation bladder issues and night-time urination and it is sold by druggists in various sizes with samples available by mail from Rondout NY.
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