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Newspaper
Mays Landing Record
Location
Mays Landing, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1902
Page
4
The poem recalls a boy praised by his family for future greatness and the pride of the folks at home. His father recounts inherited lineage from veterans who served and marched to defend the nation. The piece honors ancestral sacrifice, with the flag of homefront support guiding the young man's path.
A narrator recalls a nocturnal encounter with a quirky inventor who claims a time lock and electric window bars trap a visitor in a locked room. The inventor lectures on crime and fate, while the guest contemplates escape methods and near capture by a household, ending with doubts about the inventor’s true identity.
A Baltimore News quip reflects on Diogenes the philosopher living in a tub and the necessity that shaped his lifestyle, noting external attacks from critics while underscoring his deep philosophical stance.
The text notes an increasing number of amateur painters urged to abandon art for work as many reach their limit, with some men forced to quit after two or three failed attempts.
Step by step guide to building a swing using two strong boards twelve inches wide and one inch thick. Align supports along the grain and fix chairs at proper distance with screws and fasteners.
Instructions detail building a garden swing frame using bolts or ropes, stay block, and drilling holes with a poker. Includes tips to prevent rope chafing, plus Betty and Dishes lessons and a Venues pearl of youth debt relief. Mentions Crown Prince of Portugal and Queen Victoria jubilee in brief historical notes.
A 1909 report from Dr. Babcock, superintendent of the South Carolina asylum, notes a sharp rise in mental disease among Black residents, attributing it to drug and alcohol use and urban migration. The piece cites other medical voices confirming the trend and mentions treatment ads amid varied health claims.
Mrs. Eom Stevenson of Bast Lake City Utah says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her womb trouble after doctors and drugs failed. She notes four weeks to relief and three months to full improvement avoiding surgery and invites others to write for guidance.
Charming remedy promises to soothe a distressing cough and hoarseness. Suitable for singers and public speakers, it claims to cure coughs bronchitis and hoarseness while ensuring a good night's rest. Sold for 10 cents.
A three and a half foot cast iron figure of a Chinaman stands at a Washington liv ery stable on Sixth Street NW between Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues. Since 1802 it has hosted General Grant McClellan Hooker and other figures during presidencies, Civil War era, and meetings at the horse market near Lee and Scott farewell site.
J Pierpont Morgan’s rise to fame drew attention to G W Perkins whose finance power and influence impressed financiers. Perkins 40, began as a Chicago office boy and rose to director and third vice president. He helped secure a 310 million loan for Russia and became Morgan’s trusted consultant with an annual income around 800000.
The Kikuyu country on the equator hosts Mount Kenya and varied highland elevations. Early travelers praised fertility, streams, and crops while noting warnings about native hostility. Major Crawshay, a British Army officer, calls the Kikuyu finest African people he has met. Joseph Thomson described droughtless fertility with abundant crops and large caravan supplies in this zone between 6000 and 9000 feet.
The Brooklyn Eagle reports a city editor grows exasperated by a letter from his wife who has learned the trick of questioning social and historical matters. He reacts with anger, fears being blamed for mistakes, and ultimately resigns from his post.
Comic exchanges show Sandy Pikes asking for four cents to mail a letter and to send a check to his mother. a Chicago News quip on nostalgia for a revenive stamp. A medical irony note ends with a student doomed by late timing.
A devotional condemnation of worldly desire and sin, urging repentance and trust in divine grace. The passage contrasts true faith with hollow rhetoric, warns against pride and faction within church leadership, and emphasizes humility, duty, and the dangers of eloquence without penance.
A woman verifies her identity with her father then goes to a bank to cash funds without her husband. The teller, Mr. Miller, misreads a key document causing frustration as the wife complains the bank process cost her time and money. The incident highlights the teller’s confusion and the couple’s tension over payment and identification.
A girl who now uses the nickname Mae resents references to her former name May. Friends report frustration as adults persist in using the old form.
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