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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1903
Page
4
A fragmentary verse passage imagines a nocturnal realm where dreams and Fancy’s realm offer freedom from daytime cares. The speaker longs for quiet hours when joy and serenity rule and crowds vanish, urging the perish of weary common sense.
Vanders leaves the vaudeville theater haunted by the closing notes of The Holy City and his own ragtime tune. He and Alice share a moment of love as he rejects triumph for personal connection, then returns to compose anew with focus on a new song and a girl with a changing face.
John Vanders finds a poem that inspires music but a girl from Miss Merton’s home claims ownership. He returns the piece, attends dinner, and receives a chance to develop the work with Miss Alice Merton. Vanders seizes the moment to pursue the composition while tensions with the family and his own ambitions unfold.
A humorous exchange unfolds in a barbershop as a patron, facing thinning hair, argues with the barber about his grooming. The German barber misinterprets the man’s remarks while the patron defends his familiar hairstyle and personal satisfaction with his look.
A brief note describes a mysterious ailment termed a disease of galvanised iron, observed as a white rest or residue on English and German galvanized iron, developing over several years and its cause remains unexplained.
The largest bee farm lies near Becton, Canada covering four acres and yielding at least 75,000 pounds of honey from 19 million bees in a favorable year. Global hive counts include Greece 30,000 Denmark 90,000 the Netherlands 240,000 France 930,000 Germany 1,450,000 Austria 558,000 and the United States 2,800,000 producing 61,900,000 pounds annually. The heaviest single hive yield on record is 1,000 pounds in Texas.
Little Huth spent her first night away from home and told her mother she did not sleep much. She explained she did not have bad dreams but two terrible thinks during the night.
A girl named Alice walks with violets and offers them to a barber saying they are for Whiskers coffin. The barber asks who Whiskers is and she replies she does not know, only the window reads Whiskers dyed here and she is sorry.
A child named Annie wonders where a newborn brother came from and is told he came from heaven. While playing outdoors she sees a hole in the clouds and exclaims to her mother that Braver dropped through the sky.
A whistling moth is described as an Australian rarity with glassy wing spaces crossed by ribes. When the moth whistles it strikes the be with its antennas leaving a marked effect.
A collage of ad snippets touts Allen's Foot-Ease for swollen tired feet and bunions, plus other touted cures like stove products and throat remedies. The garbled text lists brands, prices, and locations such as LeRoy New York and Vanbures Indiana, reflecting early 20th century patent medicine marketing.
Woman speaks of severe spinal pain and illness improving after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits multiple bottles with restoring health and blood, and urges others to seek the remedy. Claim includes testimonial and a note about a $5000 forgery warning and free advice from Mrs. Pinkham.
The text argues that pure idealism fails without virtue and warns against expediency in faith. It urges dependence on God in despair, condemns worldly church infighting, and emphasizes trials as lifeboats rather than swamping forces. It cautions against self serving ambition and self made paths.
The Times reprints an 1803 ad from Woden Croft near Barnard Castle for “young gentlemen” at a Snowhill coaching house, prompting speculation on Mr Wackford Squeers. Dickens used many inspirations, including James Abernethy, with real misery at Cotherstone and lessons on the injuries of child labor.
The Con gregationalist church illustrates a shift from formal notices to a more relaxed approach. The old pastor spoke with rigid cadence about meetings and scripture promises, while his successor opted for a casual invitation to attend one tonight and see about next month.
The Baltimore News argues that idle chatter by women during business hours disturbs busy men, wastes time and money, and hinders professional success. It asserts taciturnity and focused work are key traits for women aiming to join male-dominated offices.
W J Hill a Concord hardware dealer and justice of the peace praises Dean's Kidney Pills for kidney backache and irregular secretions. He reports relief after a course and offers a free trial by Foster Milling Co. Buffalo N Y. pills sold by druggists for 50 cents per box.
A Boston Traveler essay argues platonic friendship between men and women is feasible in modern society. It notes prior restrictions faded with female independence, describes a mixed circle without a chaperone, and asserts women can value masculine attention without love.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat item recounts John Daugherty, a Cincinnati gambler, using a phony backstory to win money in Meridian. After being captured, he settles there and orchestrates a long, odd struggle with local authorities over completing a drinking well, promising to finish the job and finally discovering water by midweek.
A shredded line from a cautious observer notes a man calling the blaze a burning shame as Bisbal and others survey a damaged area. The text hints at ongoing concern over the incident and its unclear details.
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