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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1903
Page
1
A fragmented mix of verse and prose snippets recounts Rory O’More courting Kathleen with teasing and bold vows, classic poems, a Victorian tale of a wife shopping for cigars, and a shop misadventure ending with a humorous misdirection.
In a deadly encounter, Col. Charles Cooper of the West Province Mounted Rifles shoots the horse from under Franz Van Rhyn, leaving them locked in combat as Van Rhyn vows not to be captured. Cooper, low on ammunition, reels to retreat while the Afrikander faces a decisive stand.
Franz Van Rhyn tells of Col. Charles Cooper's death and the 1902 chase across the Cape border with Albert Maritz. He describes disguising himself in Madeira and Southampton, fighting in German territory, and fleeing to the United States as an Afrikander exile seeking pardon. Maritz dies of fever. Cooper is killed in the final clash at Garies.
A Buffalo Courier item recounts a village scene where boys surround a dog to tell lies about a bigger lie tester. A visiting clergyman condemns lying while one boy jokes about offering the dog. The tale ends with the quip Hand him the deg as silence falls.
A remark extols the adaptability of women noting they do not look awkward with a saw as men do with a needle, reflecting common era gender humor. The comment highlights cultural views on skill and propriety.
The village sexton, also a gravedigger and stonecutter, helps the doctor move to a new county. They settle accounts. the doctor deducts a contra debt and objects to charges for removing furniture. The sexton replies that steady work would help, noting gravedigging is slack.
A brief exchange quotes a comedian noting dramatic progress in the west and a tragedian replying that progress appears when yielding the right of way to an approaching train. The quip highlights rail travel hazards with a dry stage humor touch.
The article recounts the tangen tree in Madagascar believed to reveal criminals. A prisoner must eat its fruit to prove innocence, while a death sentence looms if the fruit kills. Despite modern justice, the practice lingered as a feared ordeal and even deterred French naturalists from collecting samples.
The New York Sun outlines winter lumber camps as democratic, vigorous life. Campers praise pure air, isolation, rough but wholesome living, and shared labor while learning wildlife and forest lore.
An American woman describes life in Manila households where 20 to 30 dependents live on site. Servants sleep in corners, are clothed and fed by the mistress, and sometimes marry and raise children within the house. They earn three to five pesos monthly, perform chores on the floor, and maintain a family-like bond with masters.
Fragmentary report notes brokers on the stock exchange discussing merchandise tied to jewelry displays. It mentions manufacturing jewelers and a surge of interest in buying items shown by the jewelry houses, but the text is incomplete.
A garbled exchange critiques two figures named Jones and Brown, noting one as a cautious business type and the other as overly deliberate. The text mentions a lunch encounter and minutes spent discussing a matter, but the content is unclear and partial.
A fragmentary account notes Niagara Falls engineers turning water power into electricity via turbine systems. It mentions yet unsettled ideas about harnessing river sand forces and references efforts to use the river's current for energy.
Two rats became trapped by half opened clams in the New York aquarium feed room once home to Fort Clinton era facilities. The clams closed as the rats tried to feed, locking one by tail and the other by a foot, prompting laughter before the rodents were killed.
A Chicago Tribune piece argues stenographers and office workers have better matrimonial chances than teachers or other professionals. It notes stenographers interact with many men in business, boosting chances of forming a home, while teachers labor with children and less time for personal life.
The Jesuit Peter Zottoli aged 78 died in Shanghai. He was a leading authority on the Chinese language and literature and had worked on a dictionary that would comprise ten or twelve volumes upon completion.
Unceasing demand for women stenographers reflects Cupid's competition. The gate to matrimony draws workers away as hundreds of graduates from Chicago colleges enter offices, corporations, and firms, with predecessors having left to marry.
The Nile cuts through the Shab Juka pass where it buries itself in a mountain barrier and then escapes toward open desert. For ten miles the river twists with rapid current making passage difficult. summer flood hides rocky barriers except for occasional eddies.
A fragment advises that a man who keeps change in a pocket book may grow rich someday if his wits demand it. The line suggests thrift and cleverness as routes to future wealth.
A housekeeper shares tips to preserve cut glass, stressing tepid water and mild soap, a stiff brush to clean dust, and boxwood sawdust to absorb moisture. Use a napless cloth for final polishing and potato peelings to clean bottle bottoms. Warns against sudden temperature changes and drafts, recommending gradual cooling and careful handling to prevent chips and cracks. Chicago Inter Ocean.
A Philadelphia Record piece recounts Captain Passow of St Louis as a long headed, humorous, stubborn seaman. A young sailor feigned rheumatism to avoid work, but Passow tested him with a fire drill and quizzed him on the lie, exposing the ruse and leaving the crew amused at the pretend illness.
A Washington Star exchange contrasts a generous man urging empathy with a vigorous reply. The energetic speaker scoffs at mere imagination and claims to place himself in the rival’s shoes to access a top government position.
A courtroom exchange shows Mr Cassidy questioning the examining counsel with disguised contempt. He taunts the lawyer for not aiding the defendant, claiming the jurors could not know which of them would be the defendant.
A fragment quotes urging thoughts on marriage as a final life decision and suggests solemn reflection about deathbed commitments. It reflects a philosophical tone on partnership, fate, and the gravity of lifelong vows.
The item discusses Carborundum coatings for high heat protection, a paste with sodium silicate, and a fragile 1/12 inch layer’s protective testing. It notes Signor Pino’s diving apparatus with globular arms capable of reaching 100 yards depth near Genoa and returning with ease. It also analyzes alloy behavior, highlighting an aluminum antimony alloy with unusual melting point and density changes.
Judge Johnson presided as the assistant district attorney delivered a heated cross examination. A volley of accusations caused plaster to fall from the ceiling, and the janitor was asked to move the debris to the jail hospital. The moment closed with a calm judge addressing the court.
A quoted Viennese analysis contrasts English law with social class bias. It argues the lack of a unified criminal code and procedure perpetuates distinctions between poor and wealthy parties, likening legal mysteries to medieval theological dogma.
A small farm near Scarborough plants trees and shrubs on half an acre to rear moths and butterflies. The stock of caterpillars reaches twenty thousand with thirty to forty thousand preserved as reserves to supply insects year round.
A fragmented account describes traditional Chinese funeral customs with corpses dressed in best clothes, a coffin display, roasted pigs and offerings laid out to feed the dead spirits, and mourners hired to chant. The excerpt ends mid sentence.
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