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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1906
Page
6
In a Bohemian tale by Garnet Noel Wilen, a youth dies as Desire, Love, Remorse, and Wisdom contest roles in his death and burial. Desire claims the act, Love witnesses the death, Years vow the shroud, Remorse bears the coffin, and Wisdom rings the bell. The verses read as a dark allegory on culpability and memory.
Cattleman Gould and foreman Scott discuss snipe shooting on a barrier bar near Long Island. J Renforth Sawyer joins, chasing birds and ends up trapped by mud. A cow rescues him as buzzards circle, he escapes by shedding clothes to form a makeshift path and crawls to safety, forgiving the red cow.
Eben Rexford in The Outing Magazine notes bare school and church lots can be improved by the Neighborhood Improvement Society. Properly arranged trees shrubs and flowers would create grace and attract interest, inspiring further local betterment through active community efforts.
Kentuckians say about 600000 residents live outside Kentucky, reflecting migration patterns and potential impacts on state demographics and labor markets.
A Marion Ohio figure proposes a rail benefit scheme where a former hobo would compensate railroads for every ride stolen in his youth. The Washington Post notes the idea would let politicians fund such payouts. Baltimore property losses from 1904 fire were about 100 million dollars. Sun figures show 200 million in future business undertakings with 120 million from merchants, 50 million from the public and 30 million from corporations.
The German government eyes revived ship trade to train deckhands and support shipyards amid a growing navy. Swedish engineer H Hislmar Cassel surveys American business organization as key to success. A hobby improves life, and census figures claim the British Empire spans about 400 million people and vast global territory larger than Europe, Germany, France, and Russia combined.
The piece cites President Ei rot on a new wealth class tied to stocks and bonds, not land or slaves, and notes Dr. Paul Cohn’s praise for American schools. It highlights vast 1905 farm, mine, and factory production figures, imagining a colossal freight train of 33 million cars and 325,606 locomotives spanning the world.
New York reports on the Haddock divorce ruling with far reaching effects on remarriage legitimacy and property rights. Observers note disputes over domicile and publication service, citing cases of Shaw Astor Dodge and others as context for impending legal shifts.
In a reflective slice from New York Press, a speaker muses on engagement, spinsterhood, and social pressure. She contrasts engaged couples with unengaged friends, noting how future expectations alter behavior and dampen frivolity.
San Francisco witness John Fuller reports William J. Bryan in Manila amid a shopping street scene when a smoldering flame appeared on his coat. Fuller and Bryan both patted the fabric, causing only minor coat damage to a brand new duck suit and large panama hat.
Two more deaths were reported by the navy department from the Kearsarge disaster. Frederick Thomas Fisher chief gunner's mate of San Francisco and James McArdle electrician first class of New York died after a fire in powder on the turret floor caused by shorted electric connections for ammunition hoists. White dispatches say there was no explosion.
Physicians in Newark report a rare birth where the infant's heart lay completely outside the chest, opposite its normal position. The newborn lived two days before death, marking an unprecedented medical sighting.
The cruiser Tacoma, praised by Commander James T. Smith, has been convoying the dry dock Dewey since Malta on the 4th inst. She reached Port Said at the north end of the Suez Canal and reports the dock’s good progress, due at Port Said tomorrow.
Dublin April 18 Michael Davitt the Irish patriot undergoing blood poisoning treatment was successfully operated on by Sir William Thornley Stoker president of the Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland. He is progressing satisfactorily and recovering.
Former Erie County official John E. Stock was arraigned in Buffalo on April 18 and pleaded not guilty to an indictment accusing him of taking a $5,000 bribe tied to the graveyard scandal. The case centers on illicit payments connected to cemetery contracts and approvals.
A blaze in Annville Lebanon County Pennsylvania destroyed five business houses and several dwellings along with stables and outbuildings. The total loss is reported at forty thousand dollars as relief units from nearby Lebanon arrived to aid in firefighting and recovery efforts.
The article notes M. Bertillon's spoken portrait as a detailed face analysis from photographs to aid crime detection. It cites compulsory use by Paris police, thumb print enrollment by bankers, witness photographs in U S trials, and the broader push to use photographs and phonographs as evidence while highlighting related banking and ledger phrasing.
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