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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1906
Page
4
A devotional poem recalls comfort from a mother’s memory beneath an oak and by a willow. The speaker asks why to fear death when the mother is there and promises solace in the night because the mother’s sleep brings eternal day.
A boy recalls a childhood mishap when he crawled into a closed horse barn seeking nest eggs. Trapped by earth and beams, he panicked as hours passed, then slowly wriggled free toward daylight, endangering his life and nerves before a miraculous exit. The tale ends with the barn torn down and a family memory sealed.
Washington report describes a foot and a half by one foot mirror said to come from a Himalayan monastery. The piece, owned by Dr. Leroy Taylor then Mrs. Gordon, draws attention from psychological societies. Consultations reportedly reveal visions of future events and past relatives, including a California judge’s relative and a fire at a Potomac River home.
The article reviews influenza origins from 1403 and repeated epidemics, noting impacts on courts and religious rites. It traces symptoms, duration, and early names such as troilette, coquette, grippe, and influenza, and cites remedies and theories from the 15th to 18th centuries.
Teddy asks for pockets in his pants, gets them from mamma, and uses them to stash odds and ends. A sequence follows with toys, tools, and small family items appearing from his pockets as relatives debate the practicality. The tale blends household life with a humorous note on growing up.
A playful Victorian game read aloud with a prize for the best telegram made from ten given initial letters. Examples show alphabet prompts yielding witty ten word messages, and a light verse about a dinner for three with girls named Lucy Mabel Etty-Belle Kitty-Belle and a doll.
An English farmer Mr Thompson demonstrated water divining with a forked stick to a group of scientists and engineers. The twig allegedly directed them to a wet spot where water would be found at fifty feet and a full supply at ninety or one hundred feet, astonishing the onlookers.
A mother recalls treating her daughter's severe eczema with Cuticura Soap Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Pills after an unnamed physician. She claims rapid relief and eventual full recovery, noting they abandoned the prescription to rely on the Cuticura line.
The article argues swamp land, once drained, is cheaper to maintain than irrigated desert land and can yield vast tillable areas. It cites Everglades, Michigan, Minnesota and Illinois totals, notes proximity to population centers, and discusses a Congressional push to reclaim swamp lands with similar methods used for deserts.
A Detroit minister recounts a case of Army authority with a colonel during an earnest debate. Tim Murphy, a recruit with poor backing, dismounts without proper orders and is sent to the guardhouse after a mishap in drill. The tale exposes perceived abuses of power in the ranks.
Pessimistiv Comshte editor of the Allegeah Weakly Agitator pens a wistful obituary for his late brother in law Hon. Dodd Gast legislator. Prof Twiggs comments on death and posterity while the Old Codger mildly scoffs at elegiac excess in a Puck style exchange.
The Kennebec Journal notes coastal towns along the Maina coast are celebrating an unusual fish event. Herrings are arriving and supposedly transforming into sardines, a seasonal lightning change that locals joyfully overlook.
The piece argues that vast coast defense expenditures are wasted without paying adequate wages to attract skilled guards. It cites Secretary Taft and warns a navy two times the current size cannot safely cover wide coastlines. It stresses patriotism alone cannot fill labor gaps in peace.
A trained nurse advocates Grape-Nuts as a versatile, palatable food suitable for babies to the elderly. She describes soaking a teaspoon in water, mixing with egg white and fruit juice, and serving to nourish even weak stomachs. She notes her husband, a physician, also uses the product.
A vivid sermon headline proclaims warning notes calling the wicked to repent. It frames a religious revival moment with emphatic language and a call to spiritual renewal.
A string of pious maxims on faith and conduct appears, warning against outward show in worship, credence in folly, and pride in broadmindedness. It stresses that true food for faith comes from the heart and that diverting amusements invite temptation.
The Electrical Magazine notes diurnal rotation of Earth could lengthen slowly though not visibly. It explains vast rotational energy in a 7,925 mile globe, estimates needed mass to slow one second, and hints glaciers and solar magnetic effects could alter rotation, while planets’ past arrests imply day length may remain steady for long.
A fragment discusses American criticism of poetry and notes the London Academy’s view that poetry is a plant not yet fully blossomed. It suggests more growth is expected over a long period, possibly 50 to 100 years.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as an internal remedy that reaches the blood and mucous surfaces. It emphasizes a nonquack approach, lists ingredients, and invites testimonials. The snippet also mentions fake Gale Family Pills andUpcoming volumes of Literary History of England by Prof W H Schofield.
A glimpse of folk beliefs from Roumania to Ireland and Wales shows mothers using red ribbons on infants ankles, new moon births linked to luck, cradle charms like a strand of hair, and knives or tongs used as protections against harm.
The sea otter displays ideal habits and intelligent playful nature. In rare herd sightings far at sea they swim on their backs while feeding and nursing young, with mothers guiding pups and mothers and babies sharing this waterborne stance.
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