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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1903
Page
3
A Mays Landing Record summary notes national tariff polarity between protection and free trade, predicting a long Republican-dominated Senate era until 1907. It cites President McKinley era tariff talks, trust policy separation, and rising labor strikes with calls for wage gains over reductions, as Atlantic City and national voices weigh tariff revision and capital relocation talk.
A moonlit matchup pits athletics against Hammonton Glass Works at Pastime Park's field. Fans expect a competitive game under night skies with local teams seeking a win and bragging rights.
Avante City meeting notes governance changes with Di rector Frederick Schuchard resigning and Alfred Smith elected as director. Discussion centers on whether the county must maintain roads running through municipalities and a state law basis. Contracts awarded for Albany Avenue Mullion Higher bridges. Rainbow Thoroughfare work authorized. treasurer reports balance and bills totaling $11,000 ordered paid.
The Passenger Department will publish the 1903 Summer Excursion Route Book listing main Eastern resorts, routes, and fares. It includes over seventeen hundred route combinations, maps, and halftone scenery cuts. Available at Pennsylvania offices for a nominal price of cents.
Deputy Factory Inspector Lewis H. Barrett of the First District resigns to join the hotel business at Pleasantville. He has leased the McDonnell property and will take effect on July 1. Barrett has friends countywide who wish him success in his new enterprise.
Local item list highlights Fish and Game warden John Schuster of Egg Harbor City and various residents. Highlights include advertisements, arrivals, home projects, a May’s Landing highway note, a wedding, a Sunday School day plan, and a memorial service by Atlantic Lodge No. W J C G F.
A special Orphans' Court session in Atlantic City imposed two year prison terms for John Armstrito and Charles Ruscell amid robbery cases. Other rulings included committals to the State Reformatory and probation, with orders to sell estate lands and a scheduled July session. Reduced railroad fares announced for the Inter-Collegiate Regatta travel from June 26.
In a playful exchange, a fellow jokes about earning one dollar per word, while Johnson responds. The banter centers on language and lexicon as a judge considers the last word in the dialogue.
A man rang a drugstore at night and asked to look up his own address in the city directory. The druggist, sleepy, confirmed the shop is a drugstore and asked what he wanted. The exchange occurred at the store window, reflecting a curious late night visit.
A dialogue from the Denver Republican and Chicago Post ponders honesty and guilt. It contrasts Mrs Kidder and Mr Kidder over a supposed petty act and moral restraint, proposing that true conscience is measured by actions beyond small sums.
A humorous dialogue frames a husband pressuring his wife to attend a ball and endure late hours then work early, with the wife retorting it is brutal to demand such expectations. The exchange reflects domestic tension and social norms portrayed in the periodical.
The speaker debates a misspelled verse with an editor who notes more truth than poetry in the print. The piece explains goose flesh as a bodily reaction from a low state of health and advises consulting a physician for frequent episodes.
A local ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best remedy for burns cuts and wounds, noting its availability at Water Power Co's Store for 23 cents. It frames remote living as a hazard that drives families to seek quick relief.
Advert shows constipation remedy Little Early Risers as easier on the system than laxative syrups. Claims no purge, gentle action, no gripe, with testimonials from W. H. Howell of Houston and Bob Moore of Lafayette. Morse & Co. sells the product.
Chamberlain's Colle Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy praised as a universal dependable cure for summer diarrhoea in children. Advertised as life saving with sales through Orse & Co. Adry.
Incoherent OCR fragment describes a salve touted to cure blindness bleeding itching and piles. Claims the product offers a scar free remedy but text is garbled with brand and distributor names not clearly identifiable. The item resembles a patent medicine blurb with exaggerated health claims.
District Attorney Abbott is a frequent visitor. Armourdale flood relief appeal seeks to aid 16000 homeless with rapid donations. A drowning death occurs near the steel pier when a chef from a hotel perishes in the surf. The victim, an Alsatian visiting from Hot Springs, Arkansas, is found later on the beach.
County Clerk records show multiple Atlantic City property transfers. Owners include Mary Williams, Warren M. Cale, Howard M. Bennet, Harry Cheesman, Pearles Tage, Charles Dougherty, Daniel R. Peterson, Bulma Leester, C Stanley Grove, John B M Hilton, E Crowley Co, and George W. Richman. Properties span South Carolina Ave Bellevue to Chelsea Av and Rhode Island Ave with prices from 1,100 to 34,690 dollars.
An array of small local ads and notices from May's Landing New Jersey highlighting products and services. It includes Bibo's Banners praise, Stagg L Shut plastering services, post office delivery, A H Abbott & Co credit terms, Congezer's Cough Syrup promotion, Dr W L Zane dental services, J Harbert express services, Chamberlains Pain Balm antiseptic use, and H. O’le wagon maker offerings with mail order options.
In Decatur Alabama Mrs H Newson recalls years of severe indigestion and bowel trouble. She describes nearing death until Electric Bitters was tried. She credits a miraculous improvement and full recovery, urging the medicine for kidney stomach and bowel issues with Water Power Co. guarantee.
The article surveys salt's role from ancient gifts of salt springs to religious symbolism and social customs. It notes salt as life’s “salt of life,” its sacred connotations in meals, its display of rank in feudal days, and idioms like there is salt between us. It cites biblical references and Catholic baptism rituals using salt.
A collection of brief sayings from German Socratic Chinese and other sources. The quotes warn about anger envy self possession and the harm these emotions cause to the person who harbors them.
An exchange argues that fear of night air is unfounded and that sleeping outdoors under tents improves health. It notes camping as a growing practice among delicate health groups and cites vigor from short outdoor stays as evidence against the old superstition.
A reflective passage citing Emerson about each person’s unique vocation. Talent arises from inner faculties directing effort toward a single path. The metaphor of a ship in a river illustrates overcoming obstacles until alignment with a divine, infinite sea of purpose.
John Oliver Hobbes argues in Pall Mall Magazine that girls and older men can be compatible friends without romance. He asserts that intolerance would follow if young women must be in love with men near their age, and that harmless friendships do not harm anyone or lead to marriage.
An advertisement promotes Kodol Dyspepsia Core promising to enable digestion and nurture the nerves, tissues, and organs by transforming all wholesome food into nourishing blood. It lists cures for indigestion dyspepsia and stomach disorders and notes Morse & Co as the sellers.
Established Chicago house seeks a reliable traveler to visit retail merchants and agents across local territory. Salary $1,030 a year plus expenses, with $19.70 weekly cash advances. Permanent position. Business strong. Standard House 4 Dearborn St Chicago Ad.
The surrogate of Atlantia County directs creditors of Gottlieb Kiemle to present debts and claims under oath within nine months from the date, or be barred from action. The notice is dated April 1908 and mentions an executor Ernst Kiemle and an eight dollar executor’s fee.
The executor Arvine H Phillips of Norman Phillipa estate in Atlantic County issues notice to creditors requiring claims within nine months from May 1908 or they will be barred. The notice names H Phillips as executor and requests formal filing at the surrogate's office.
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