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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
2
A satirical column mocks medical quackery and public vanity. It urges a false remedy Cascarets as a cure for constipation while noting the era’s sensational medicine ads and a joke about an insurance payout. The piece also comments on reformers and fashion in a humorous tone.
A commercial traveler reports finding a woman in a berth assigned to Major White on a Wise steamship. After checking the passenger list, the purser learns the roommate is Major White's wife, Mrs White, confirmed by the couple present at the doorway in a scene described as startling and humorous.
Sacramento correspondence reports $1,650.56 worth of gold trinkets found with human remains in a burial ground near Monterey. Entomologists uncovered the bones while personal property including gold ornaments and emide coils was recovered, with no heirs to claim the escheats as the matter moves to state ownership.
An elderly Richmond woman describes ending coffee and starting Postum and Grape-Nuts, reporting dramatic health gains. She says headaches, heart palpitations, fatigue, and memory improved, and she regained energy and weight after quitting coffee and adopting the noted products.
A discussion on gender roles and etiquette condemns nagging women as maladaptive. It contrasts nagging with sympathetic help and explores how mothers and wives often act from caring but misdirected impulses, urging patience and understanding over constant interference. It also notes fashion advice urging women to avoid cheap, showy dresses and to favor refined, seasonally appropriate attire.
A Philadelphia Bulletin note describes a new slim Swiss stick carried by stylish young women. The cane, shorter than a normal walking stick by about a foot, features a semi precious stone on the end and serves as a fashion accessory and attention getter on seashore and city streets.
Calye spends months on her estate in a French province and regales simple locals with witty stories. She attends a peasant girl’s birthday, joins dances, sings a ballad, and receives mixed remarks from villagers about her singing and a beer garden offer.
Fragmentary text describes new goods for a bride’s trousseau and hints at careful budgeting within a tidy household. It notes emphasis on neatness, freshness, and organized purchases as part of domestic preparation.
Mrs Annie Barska of 52d Street and Greenway Avenue, Philadelphia, sat knitting over an uncovered sidewalk excavation while workers from MPND and Philadelphia Electric Co. waited. Her husband, once in the Russian army, stood guard as police moved her and held the couple in $300 bail before Magistrate Harris for conduct.
The piece chronicles Felix G. Ewing’s rise in Kentucky and Tennessee to form a cooperative tobacco association in 1904 that aimed to control prices and markets. It notes internal structure, leadership, and the shift to a private warehouse after the cooperative era, ending with violent insistence to force independents into joining.
Cherokee Nation reports Willie Bryant, 19, trails robbers for fifty miles through rugged Ozark foothills, guiding a posse from Braggs to Proctor. Bloodhounds refused the initial chase. Bryant pressed on, locating a robber’s cap and aiding capture near Muskogee. All three suspects jailed in Muskogee after a railroad hold up.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention water with two stains of geld and other unclear phrases. The readable content lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to summarize into a full news item.
The Columbia Park Boys Club San Francisco runs a "State of Columbia" summer camp where city boys learn citizenship through a self governing system. The routine resembles a military camp with reveille at 5 15 AM, flag ceremonies, classes until 10 45, meals, games, rehearsals, and a minstrel show sometimes. The president notes no courts and urges boys to police themselves, citing Law 27 forbidding cooks from helpers unless allowed, hope the boys will obey the constitution and laws when grown.
Fragmentary report suggests Montague Matthews, a British MP, praised as a powerful, imposing figure in Parliament. The speaker mentions a notable distinction between opposing factions and Ireland, with references swirling around leadership and influence in parliamentary sessions.
Fragmentary clippings describe a medical ad offering cure claims from "eminent doctors" at Munyon's in Philadelphia and Beloit. It mentions urging a prompt examination and references a widow's letter and a deceased relative, reflecting period advertising tone and dubious medical assurance.
Fragmented reminiscences describe a faulty cure for eczenia. The text mentions remedies from Potter Drug & Chem and references to Boston and Philadelphia newspapers. It alludes to healing progress and a distant home project. The passage lacks coherent narrative.
A book ad touts Maria Ward Brown's Memoirs of Dan Rice as a laugh inducing volume of jokes, harangues, anecdotes, songs, and sayings from the sawdust arena. The 590 page illustrated work is promoted as postpaid for $1 and offered by Book Publishing House, 134 Seodal Street, New York City.
The text cites rubber usage exceeding 2509 thousand pounds yearly and high prices around 150 dollars per pound. It notes cultivation neglect and broad U S poultry counts with 1867 total 1,060,060 rising to about 8,841,060 in 1900.
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