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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1909
Page
6
A collage of aphorisms and observations from various papers notes social likes and dislikes on manners wealth home and politics. It references Boston Transcript New York Press Philadelphia Record Chicago News Louisville Courier Journal Chicago Inter Ocean and American Cultivator while recounting a girl observing tar bands on fruit trees and a city scene.
The Rev Dr Francis Bourne Upham preached on Children Day at Sands Street Memorial Church. He spoke of God calling children to Him, the place of children in the church, and the belief that all children belong to God from birth. He urged simplicity and faith, noting conversion often begins in childhood and shapes Christian life.
A collage of wry quips and social bits from various papers, including remarks on Greece, a Washington Herald line about sympathy, a murder mystery gag from Philadelphia, and light exchanges about fashion, haircuts, poetry, and farming humor. The fragment echoes press humor columns and gag lines.
Fragment from Yonkers Statesman presents a dialogue exchange between a Mistress and Maid about listening and propriety. The text is garbled with misread words and punctuation, showing a domestic interaction amid obscured speech and stray letters.
A preliminary report from the Internal Revenue Bureau shows the year ending June 1909 saw internal revenue losses of about 7.5 million dollars in spirits and fermented liquors across prohibition and dry counties. Liquor declines were 5.29 million. beer and ale drops were 2.35 million, offset by tobacco gains of about 2.0 million. Chewing and smoking tobacco rose by nearly 1.5 million, with Kentucky the sole large whisky producer showing an increase. Illinois New York Pennsylvania Indiana and Ohio all posted liquor revenue declines. Oleomarzarine adulterated and renovated butter revenues fell by over 90 thousand.
Orville Wright flies 10 miles in 14 minutes 42 seconds reaching 500 feet, beating speed records for a government contract and proving the airplane’s practicability in peace and war with passenger Lieut. Benjamin D. Fowlois aboard. The aircraft built with Wilbur Wright secured $30,000 in prize money.
The Alabama House unanimously approved a proposed constitutional amendment endorsed by Congress to help prevent deficits. Governor Comer indicated strong support, stressing the amendment as a prudent way to avert larger deficits and noting no objections from the state.
In Groton Connecticut Captain Christopher G. Newbury, 80, famed as a Connecticut whaling captain, died after a lobster meal. Nine guests, including three children, fell gravely ill from ptomaine poisoning. One guest, John Blifford, was near death as he received care.
State Comptroller Gaus received $105,000 as payment for the collateral inheritance tax on the Eva B Cochran estate which ended life in Westchester County on February 8.
George R Conklin of Monroe NY a noted business man and partner in Conklin Knight died suddenly of heart disease at his summer home Cot tage Mombassia Lake aged sixty eight He was a father and longtime figure in New York business circles.
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