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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1902
Page
1
A collage of verbal exchanges shows a team riffing on witty retorts about business, publishing clubs, wills, and romance. Snaps of satire touch on a banker debating deductions for expenses, a would be suitor facing a father's refusal, and a hotel proprietor pondering cooking versus provision.
Joseph E Schwab, younger brother of Charles Schwab, emerges as a prominent steel industry figure. A St Francis College alum and civil engineer by training, he rose from Carnegie Works superintendent to director and later aided in the creation of the American Steel Foundries, now its president amid a major merger.
A Chicago Post quotation recounts a joke about a Buffalo business named English & Irish on Washington Street. An Irishman and an Englishman run the firm, leading to a tale where one proposes investing Aunt Mary’s $500 for big gains in stock or wheat, then shifts fault if losses occur.
A writer notes an artist draws a sunset with extreme seriousness though the sketch resembles neither a gunset nor a flock of cy phones, highlighting the gap between intention and likeness.
Edward Leslie and his wife Nellie face poverty and rising debt after their first year of marriage. Uncle Mac arrives from Australia, brings false hope of wealth, and tests Nellie’s character. A dream of Highgate mansion turns real when Uncle Mac funds a home and Ted’s future as manager, proving riches cannot break true love.
A lighthearted piece on the oyster season offers a whimsical natural history overview. It covers classification quirky observations about anatomy and habits, notes the oyster’s sedentary lifestyle, and ends with brief, humorous guidance on humane preparation and serving.
On Bermuda’s Great Sound three thousand Boer prisoners staged a prank by sending a dummy burgher on a raft toward a British battleship. The sight of a man-shaped raft prompted a full alarm, searchlight, and pursuit before the ruse was revealed as a burgher costume dummy.
A planned cotton mill investment near Kansas City Missouri aims to become the world’s largest. The project carries an estimated cost of about 10 million dollars. Local residents focus on which transit lines will reach their neighborhoods.
Australia hosts the world’s largest duck farm and incubator with capacity for 11,440 ducks eggs or 14,080 hens eggs. The feature notes the scale of poultry operations and industrial capacity in the country.
A brief item from the Bomer sville Journal shows a stenographer asking if the baby slept last night and a cashier answering I guess. The quirky exchange suggests a local, humorous item in the press.
The Cardiff Giant, a claimed petrified man found near Syracuse in Onondaga County, drew national attention in the 1860s. Holt and Newell staged the figure with sculptor Lala, selling shares, sparking fierce debates among scientists and families, before the fraud was exposed.
Louis Hill, son of James J. Hill, ages as high official in the Great Northern system and president of twenty corporations. He ascended from tutor and Yale graduate to vice president of a Northwestern railroad, then into major rail positions, known for accessibility from section hands to executives. The article highlights his democratic approach, varied roles from clerk to freight agent, and rapid ascents in railway service.
It is claimed London rests on a vast foundation of skeletons stretching across the metropolis. Millions of ancient sponge-like organisms once formed the framework of living beings and, though crushed into a compact mass by clay and sand, their vanished canals and cells remain as the underlying structure.
The article extols apples as a remedy for sleep difficulties citing their brain food value from phosphoric acid, their stimulation of liver activity, and their role in promoting sound sleep and mouth disinfection. It claims apples prevent indigestion and throat diseases and encourages eating ripe apples before bed.
Japan’s coal output rivaling all other minerals in value. Mines range from hard anthracite to peat with generally poorer quality than American coal. Modern machinery and methods have been adopted in many operations.
The aging editor asks if the applicant can handle all questions. The man boasts he can, adding he is father of eleven children, signaling practical experience for the job in Chicago News.
The Washington Star quotes a timid pedestrian praising an automobile parade. It notes many automobile proprietors traveling in harmony, pledging not to run over pedestrians in front of them, reflecting orderly conduct.
About three days after two men return from a trip his friends shift topic to avoid the awkward mood as they notice him stumble. The scene hints at distress or discomfort following the journey and the social effort to change the subject.
Mr Perry Rogers of Kentucky claims possession of a valuable Revolutionary War bugle named the Continental. The instrument, 25 inches long and 17 inches wide, is copper with circular openings covered by metal shells on copper strips. A marker in Bloomfield Cemetery notes John Lawson, the original owner, with dates and battles, confirming the relic’s authenticity.
Paris sculptor Mrs Bertie Cortland Longworth proposes a plaster model of the Sphinx to be reproduced in cement for durability at the St Louis world fair. Mayor Rolla Wells received the idea and notes weathering in Egypt accelerates crumbling due to irrigation.
Mrs Temperton praises her husband as a dear old darling despite his awful temper. He vents monthly by tearing up her best hat but repents next day and buys a better one. Miss Singleton questions the lyric self praise with disbelief.
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