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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1903
Page
3
The piece laments frequent spring and fall forest fires in Atlantic County and criticizes lax prevention efforts. It foresees a spark catcher idea and urges legislators to focus on fire prevention while noting upcoming Three Day Tour to Washington and Pennsylvania railroad reforms.
May's Landing faces a bid opening event to award a one year electric lighting contract after the Wellebach Street Lighting Co. of America contract expired. Citizens are urged to attend at Library Hall next Saturday the 10th to share views on the best system, Wellsbach and other proposals in consideration.
May's Landing Athletic Association traveled to Pleasantville and won an eleven inning game 9 to 7. Luderitz and Stewart starred for May's Landing, driving the decisive victory amid a tense, high quality affair before a large crowd.
Tom Stewart cracks four singles while Charley Stewart shines and Bob Abbot covers well. Adams of Pleasantville records fourteen strike outs. Luderitz pitches well with strong support. Hammonton announces a team of local talent. Smashwood stars at third as Pat Soudjera buys a nine home run bat. Athletic Association faces Pleasantville at Pastime Park, 2.15 PM.
Breezy local notes promise a great game at Pastime Park this afternoon. Road Supervisor Applegate works on township highways and Water Power Co offers 80¢ bushel potatoes. Fishermen say Lake Lenape is a top fishing ground and Estellville speedway work advances toward a premier half mile track. Communion observed at Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning. Atlantic Brick Mfg Co busy with orders.
Daniel B. Frazier purchases eighteen properties from Walter Zimmerman in North May's Landing and plans extensive improvements. A carpentry crew will upgrade dwellings on Bainbridge Street and adjacent blocks, costing several thousand dollars. Frazier now owns thirty four houses in the area, aiming to lift values and make the neighborhood more attractive. Also noted is the last Pennsylvanian Railroad tour to Old Point Comfort with six day itineraries from New York and Philadelphia priced from 17.0 to 36.0 dollars, including meals and hotel accommodations.
William Wanamaker Jerome Cross of Wanamaker Brown will attend and give addresses. Rev Sisadman Applegate of Lakewood, former pastor of the Church, to deliver an address.
Emily C. Hopper of Atlantic City applied Monday for a receiver for Purity Ice Company. A show cause order returns next Monday against Camden. Ethel May Fisher was revived after gas inhalation at home on South Congress Street. Atlantic City and Suburban Trolley tracks progress on Florida Avenue with service planned by July 1. Detective search in Bridgeton for clues in Robert Peterson Jr. death. Board of Education to require contracts from teaching applicants due to resignations. City Council considers bathing costume parade ban. Post office design competition announced for Southeast Pacific and Pennsylvania Avenues. Local readers praise Chamberlain's Pain Balm with anecdotal cure. New Jersey Editorial Association meeting set at Hotel Strand.
The Pennsylvan ia Railroad Company promotes a six day tour from New York Philadelphia Trenton and Newark visiting Gettysburg and the National Capitol with an escort and chaperone. Round trip rates 2 from New York 3 1/2 from Trenton 19 from Philadelphia plus hotel and carriage included. Departures May 23 with travel agents listed for itineraries.
An article explains that due to Earth's oblateness and internal density variations, the Mississippi River does not flow uphill toward the poles. It notes plumb lines tilt toward dense masses and away from water basins, with minor deflections affecting navigation and mapmaking, tied to high-precision earth science.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat tale recounts an education tour anecdote where an Indian man tests a white rival by sizing up his courage. After a staged confrontation, the Indian identifies cowardice when the man’s jaw drops after a second glove strike, confirming his assessment.
A mixed excerpt gathers quotes from various works. It includes line about nobody in a set, a Sindy in Temptations, Plain Tales From the Hills, A Double Thread, A Romance of Two Worlds, The Days of Auld Lang Syne, and Richard Hume. The text blends aphorisms with literary snippets and notes on life and morality.
The article explains a novel potato planter that can seed, cut eyes, and arrange seed portions precisely. It automates lifting, planting, fertilizing, and covering potatoes with adjustable spacing, aiming for efficient field use according to the Tribune.
Excavations reveal early libraries from Babylonian ruins with inscribed tablets and cuneiform texts. Aristotle noted Strots as the first known collector of books around 330 B C, marking a pivotal point in catalogued knowledge.
A humorous exchange aboard a transit car ends with a polite request to step off at the next corner. A neighbor clings to strap No 1 and questions the other passenger while the mild man explains his intention to exit at that stop. The scene captures a light social moment in urban life.
Palette De Auber is depicted as an egotistical painter whose landscapes seem tailored to flatter nature, a jab from a Chicago News cartoon caption. Brnuscher comments on his self-importance as he critiques the artist.
A Kansas City Journal excerpt notes a young clerk who never speaks ill of his employers, despite claims of ownership, illustrating deceptive bearing and loyalty in a small business setting.
The article outlines cellulose absorbing water and swelling to create soft obstructions, its low density lighter than cork aiding life belts, and its use to seal ships. It notes cellulose in cofferdams forms leak belts without odor or decay for years, is nonflammable under impact, and only emits white smoke when dry and ignited.
Sandy and his sweetheart stroll through Selkirk during the fair and enter a pie shop. Sandy orders a pie and sits to eat while Jennie looks on with a surly mood. The exchange ends with Sandy answering in broad Scots.
The article recalls old beliefs that ham sliced during certain moon phases shrivels while fat drips away leaving cracklings. It notes apples and fruit dried in the same phases mold or worm and cider vinegar fails to sour properly, reflecting grandmotherly and veteran aunt wisdom.
An illustration presents a playful exchange where a polite fiction emerges as one character asks if Mr Jones plans to leave soon. The Judge adds a restrained jest about lingering.
D. H. Purner of Cempseytown Pa reports taking Dr King’s New Life Pils for two weeks and says it put him in his teens again. He describes the product as the best for Liver Stomach and Bowels, purely vegetable and never gripe, sold at Scat Water Power Co.’s store.
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