Old Man in Essex Weds Daughter-in-Law in Roseland
In Roseland New Jersey eighty year old Preston Williams married his daughter in law Mrs Aileen Williams after a May 17 ceremony. The town learned of the marriage when lights and noise erupted at night as residents celebrated. The license was issued by registrar E A Williams, a local official and son of the groom.
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Roseland
Essex County
N. J
Preston Williams
Aileen Williams
Frank
E. A. Williams
Roseland celebration greets couple with noisy parade
Crowds gathered outside the home of Mr. and Mrs. Williams to celebrate a wedding with shotguns drums tin cans and police whistles. The couple welcomed the delegation inside and accepted congrats during a half hour of lively festivities. Mr Williams had a previous wife who died years earlier.
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Roseland
Skimmerton
William
Johnson’s Lively Life and Final Works in Aging Years
Samuel Johnson, famed English lexicographer, completed his dictionary in his seventies and wrote the Lives of the Poets starting at age sixty-eight. He supported others generously, gave to beggars, and hosted misfits, with critics praising the Lives for its clear style and keen insight into poets.
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Samuel Johnson
Boswell
Sacheveril
Duck
Samuel
Johnson
Rasselas
Blackmore
Watts
Pomfret
Walden
Lord Brougham
Longevity and the mindless lure of endless life
The essay argues extending human life to 1900 years would not guarantee happiness. It notes fictional visions of immortality fail, and even if one lived since 100 A D they would be a bore, recalling ancient sites and figures as time wears on.
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Eugene L. Fisk
Polo Grounds
Vespasian
Alexandria
Ptolemy Philadelphus
Genghis Khlan
Century Habits and Whims in a Prolonged Future
A reflective piece imagines far reaching longevity and endless anniversaries. It contrasts prohibition era gossip with a dream of perpetual possessions and century spanning life stages. The imagined scenarios include centennial homes, millennial clubs, and enduring vows set against urban nostalgia.
Subways Even After Years Hold Crowded Ride Load
A reminiscence notes subway congestion remains as heavy as in youth when the narrator was around ninety, illustrating lasting travel strain in urban transit.
Lazy Volcano Town Heats Homes Without Fuel
In Chaudes Aigues France a 2000 strong town built in an inactive volcanic crater heats homes without stoves coal or wood. Boiling water wells supply a mains system heating houses through floor pipes and metal pots lowered into the flow. A large pond of hot water outside the town serves laundry.
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Chaudes-Asigies
France
Auvergne
Berkeley man builds pine apartment house for pets
F D Stringham of Berkeley constructs a four unit pine apartment for his pets in Oakland California. Ground floor tenants include A Beagle and Mr Irish Letter. a upstairs unit houses Miss Persian Cat with a vacancy next to her. Meals are served from the implied kitchen.
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Oakland
Cal
F. D. Stringham
Berkeley
A. Beagle
Irish Letter
Stringham Kitchen Tackles Tenant Service Hassle
A local report notes Stringham Kitchen addressing the enduring servant problem for tenants by offering practical solutions and improvements to household staffing and management.
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Stringham Kitchen
Turning the Joke in a Town Window Tale
A would be wit misreads a shop window notice and enters the store seeking a desired item. The storekeeper invites him to request it and the man complains of lacking goods. The proprietor asks a clerk to wrap up the man as a parcel for a humorous punchline in London Tit-Bits.
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James
London
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