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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1914
Page
6
Readable listing highlights Royal Blue corn three cans, fresh baked bread three loaves, eggs a dozen, Campbell's beans ten cent cans, premium coffee stamps, white cod fish one pound, Leggett's fruit jams fall assortment jar. Prices appear as fractions and fragmented text.
The Wide World Magazine notes flying foxes in India depart from sleeping trees at dawn to raid fruit gardens. These four foot wingspan creatures have reddish brown fur and colored wings. They drape head downward on branches during the day and contend fiercely for perches, with hundreds sometimes hanging from a large tree. Some are shot when possible and locals prize them as a delicacy.
An old report notes a delicate atmosphere test for hydrochloric acid using metinil yellow dye as a indicator. A neighborhood incident linked accidental chlorine exposure to dye discoloration, suggesting the dye’s usefulness as a test in pollution analysis. The item cites the Lomlen Globe and various quips on language and social terms.
Short humorous note from Woman's Home Companion where Little Willie asks why the minister interrupts his sermon with the word lastly. The piece captures a child’s playful misunderstanding of sermon pacing and a mother’s gentle reply.
An anecdote recounts a chaotic scene in a London china shop where a prank caused a crash of priceless ware. The proprietor’s private area was breached, leaving patrons and staff in shock as debris lay among the shattered chinaware.
The piece notes New York City emerging from a heavy snow period with children enjoying the drift. It highlights Mary Thatcher posing for a photo and then describes improvised winter games using paper bags and homemade toys. A brief travel detail compares wheelbarrows in Shang Tung, China with American designs.
An English clergyman offers humorous advice on parish life and the parson’s temper. Anecdotes include a vicarage tour, tea-time wit, a shabby suit rescue, and a Wellington anecdote about efficiency. A Spitalfields weaver’s gravestone inscription is noted.
A brief note explains the aurora borealis as green or rosy light seen in northern latitudes in winter and linked to electric discharges and Earth's magnetic forces. It also notes Texas was briefly an independent state with a single star, giving rise to the nickname Lone Star State.
An elderly case presents a word riddle about a river and wordplay. It involves clues about removing heads and tails to form singular and plural, a middle that is empty, and references to sound and sweetness. The text blends puzzle lines with court language and denials.
A Washington Star excerpt presents a dialogue on politics and influence with Senator Sorghum noting influence often surfaces after securing a job. It then shifts to education, arguing college schooling should enable active work rather than remove labor, and ends with a quip about taking a rest while another does the work.
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