Injured man at home after horse accident in Passaic
William Connolly 20 Chestnut place returned home from St Marys Hospital after a fall from a horse Monday. He was unconscious most of the time and doctors feared a skull fracture. Connolly, a coachman for William J Berg, was thrown when the horse knee failed and stumbled. His young son was riding nearby moments earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary's Hospital
Passaic
William Connolly
Chestnut Place
Connolly
Wiliam J. Berg
Nutley Avenue
Edward P. Whalen
William
Theft Alleged as Teen Fleeing Watson Adams Sought
Nutley and Belleville police pursue Watson Adams of Hancox Avenue after he fled his uncle Joseph Adams’s home with 14 dollars from a bureau. Investigators state the suspect fled to Hillside Park and disappeared. relatives say 24 dollars was in the drawer, with 14 dollars taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nutley
Belleville
Watson Adams
Hancox Avenue
Joseph Adams
Adams
Hillside Park
Poole and Fleming to Wed at St Marys Church
Chester C Poole of Centre street and Miss Ellen Fleming of 17 Oak street Belleville will be married Tuesday night at St Marys Church East Nutley.
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Chester C. Poole
Centre Street
St. Mary's Place
Ellen &£. Fleming
Oak Street
Belleville
St. Mary's Church
East Nutley
Gilbertian Wit and Other Oddities
A quirky collection of short, misspelled exchanges and humorous vignettes. It features a front row scene with a cub and a pompous member, a flustered retort about being called a cub, and a witty exchange about calling a man handsome. Also includes a school and college joke about Hartford and Yale and a cobbler’s dogs anecdote.
Belleville Day Parade Judge Lineup Set
Mayor John P. F. Lux of Prospect Street will judge the Belleville Day parade with Mayor William Hauser of Bloomfield and Dr. William H. Warren of Forrest Hill. Cups awarded for best parade showing and best decorated house along the march route. Celebration begins at two and continues late at Hillside Park after starting at Elks Home on Main Street.
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John PF. Lux
Prospect Street
William Hauser
Bloomfield
William H. Warren
Forrest Hill
Elks Home
Main Street
Hillside Park
Child’s Eye Damaged by Lime Accident on Myrtle Avenue
Ehud Priestly, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Louis Priestly, was hurt while playing with slack lime at a new Myrtle avenue house. Lime splashed into his eyes. neighbor David Naylor carried him home on Melrose street until Dr. Albert F. Jackson arrived. The boy is now thought to be out of danger.
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Myrtle Avenue
Ehud Priestly
John Louis Priestly
David Naylor
Melrose Street
Albert F. Jackson
Former Nutley Boy Makes Good in the Philippines
G Roscoe Symonds son of Mr and Mrs George W Symonds of Passaic and Grant avenues Nutley has risen from government engineer trainee in the Philippines to assistant engineer of irrigation a prized Islands post Symonds a Nutley lifelong resident and graduate of Nutley High School and Cornell University was chosen for the posting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Roscoe B.symonds
George W. Symonds
Passaic
Grant Avenues
Philippines
Symonds
Nutley
Nutley High School
Cornell University
Rossini Declares Pillet Will His Equal In Music
After finishing a great work Rossini lived in retirement and did little composing. A friend found him autographing photos with the line To M. Pillet Will, my friend and my equal in music. The visitor doubted Pillet Will’s equal status, but Rossini quipped that he was equal since he was doing nothing.
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Roessini
Rossini
M. Pillet
Parrot and the Nut Francis Muller Observation
A quirky anecdote describes a parrot distinguishing hollow nuts by weight. The bird tests good versus bad nuts and concludes a hollow nut has no kernel using a syllogism likened to philosophical dignity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maux Muller
History Cheers and Rivalry Echoes in Quoted Lines
The record compiles quips from historians and poets. Gibbon boasts of lying as the greatest historian. Victor Onego writes to Bismarck about rival and foe esteem. Wordsworth praises Shakespeare while noting swan of Avon like the source.
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Gibbon
Victor Onego
Bismarck
France
Wordsworth
Avon
Shakespeare
Napoleon Attends Paris Play as Julius Caesar Thrives
Napoleon Bonaparte sits in a Paris theater during a performance of Julius Caesar. Bonaparte reacts violently to agitation while Tala delivers the role of Caesar and the audience erupts in cheers demanding liberty. The next day the controversy prompts closure rumors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon
Julius Caesar
Boniparte
Paris
Tala
Cintus
Caesar
Bonaparte
Mr Calvert
Persian Gulf region noted in earth science discussion
A fragment discusses the Persian Gulf as a key test region in global geology with emphasis on its location and significance to scientific understanding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Persian Gulf
Spinning Wins Men's Handicap Singles Title at Nutley Club
Frederick Spinning of Hillside Avenue captured the Men's Handicap Singles cup after beating Albert C. Rutan Jr 72 to 57 in the final. Spinning also won class titles with 72 44 against Heywood, 72 51 against Chandler, and 72 57 against Rutan, with various handicaps. The Men's Doubles and Club Championship Singles begin next week, with entries and draws completed.
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Nutley
Frederick Spinning
Hillside Avenue
Albert C. Rutan, Jr
Rutan
H. H. Heywood
H. A. Chandler
G. W. Blake
Heywood
Blake
Chandler
Andi
Host of Many Friends at Camp Nutley
Mr. Harry Doremms of Centre street entertained over the week end at Camp Nutley on the Raritan river a group of guests including Bertram Verran ce E B H Canfield John Roth Howard Reynolds Alvin Reynolds Arthur Jenkins Nutley Eugene Rohm D. Derning Newark George Allen Harrison Mabel Johnson Paterson Minnie Lewis Walker May Brogan G Snyder and Mrs Meyer New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Doremms
Centre Street
Camp Nutley
Raritan River
Bertram’ Verance
EB. H. Canfield
John Roth
Howard Reynolds
Alvin Reynolds
Arthur Jenkins
Nutley
Eugene Rohm
D. Derning
Newark
George Allen
Harrison
Mabel Johnson
Paterson
Minnie Lewis
Walker
May Brogan
G. Snyder
H. Meyer
New Brimswick
Tree limb injures man during apple picking on Myrtle
Hugh Gillingham climbed a tree at his home on Myrtle avenue to pick apples when a limb gave way causing a fall. He sustained a gash under his right eye, was treated, and is recovering at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Avenue
Hugh Gillingham
Uninstructed Delegate Recalled at Chicago Convention
A Chicago Record-Herald quote recalls a congressman who never attended school, noting he was a successful business figure long before election and was sent as a delegate to the Chicago convention. It describes him as one of those uninstructed delegates referenced in political chatter.
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Lews
Sage
Chicago
Chicago Record-Herald
No Sale Flight Plan Leaves Plane Behind
A letter to a firm reports a decision not to keep the plane left at a house by an agent amid a triad. The note mentions a tornado that destroyed a home and scattered furniture except a piano, described as badly damaged but potentially salvageable. Tornado insurance covered the rest.
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Triad
Totonda
Jett
N. Bb
Chicago Tribune
Not So Warm. Bes. Muageins-aAly Husband Crank
A fragmented Philadelphia Record item discusses a husband described as a perfect crank and mentions wives and complaining about bastards vs maidens. The text is garbled yet preserves a quarrel over behavior and social norms.
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Bes
Muageins
Alts
Bugsins
Turden
Alusgeins
Strane
Philadelphia
Sheep Spend More Time Grazing Than Cattle Horses and Wheat
A report notes sheep spent more of a 24 hour period grazing than cattle and horses or wheat fields, with twelve hours of grazing observed for sheep compared to others.
Singer Draws Large Crowd at Vincent Church in Nutley
A large crowd attended the first evening of songs by Mr. Leon Rice at Vincent Methodist Church Nutley as his wife accompanied on the organ. He delivered a tender rendition of Somewhere and Ninety Nine and Found and I Have Found My Sheep That Was Lost. Dr Hoagland preached on God Seeking Man and a large choir led congregational singing. Rice will sing every Sunday in August at 7 45 p m with selections including If With All Your Hearts Mendelssohn Elijah Abide With Me Mother of Mine When the Roses Bloom and other pieces. Sunday School at 945 a m.
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Leon Rice
Vincent’Methodist Episcopal Church
Nutley
Dr. Hoagland
Pepe Mendelssohn
Elijah
Ceees Shelley
Reichardt
Judge Post Officiates At Wedding Ceremony
George C. Simpson son of Mr and Mrs William T Simpson of Passaic avenue and Elizabeth Lee daughter of Mr and Mrs Benjamin Lee of Erie street were united in marriage by Justice of the Peace James M Post on Wednesday night The bride wore silk and carried bridal roses A diamond ring was presented to the bride by her husband Attending witnesses were Mrs James M Post and Miss Catherine Dykstra After a brief wedding trip the couple will reside in Nutley.
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George C. Simpson
William T. Simpson
Passaic Avenue
Elizabeth Lee
Benjamin Lee
Erie Street
James M. Post
Catherine Dykstra
Nutley
Walking to Washington by youths from Melrose and Brookfield
Angus Sargeant and Floyd Stager set out Thursday to walk to Washington, D.C. from Melrose Street and Brookfield Avenue respectively. They plan a monthlong hike via Easton Harrisburg and Gettysburg, returning by the Philadelphia route with knapsacks, hammocks and cooking gear.
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Angus Sargeant
J. Halsey Sargeant
Melrose Street
Floyd Stager
Arthur Stager
Brookfield Avenue
Washington
P.C
Easton
Harrisburg
Gettysburg
Philadelphia
Scotia's Firebrand Signal Crantara Message in 1745
Crantara served as a military signal used by Scottish Highland chiefs a firebrand or wooden cross dipped in blood of a geat and sent by swift heralds to relay summons through villages. The last circulation occurred in 1745 with the fleetest runner delivering to rendezvous sites.
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Scotia
Two Reporters Weigh Napoleon Sleep Theories
In brisk chatter a First Reporter heads to a 47th assignment while a Second Reporter arrives. they joke Napoleon slept two hours and imply the casework required intense wakefulness as they mention a Judge's Library.
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Napoleon
Judge
Nutley user letter touts local “mountain” sights on Hillside Avenue
A Nutley reader argues that Hillside avenue between Kingsland street and the Erie Railroad offers mountain like scenery with ashes and debris. He urges readers to stay local for recreation rather than travel to Europe or distant resorts, and suggests a photo could showcase the spot to the Nutley Sun.
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Nutley Sun
Sin
Hillside Avenue
Kingsland Street
Erie Railroad
Simplon
St. Gothard Pass
Europe
Catskis
Adirondacks
Pocono
Asbury’ Park
Atlantic City
Powers That Be
Nutley Terrace
Nutley
City Trees and Authority Question After Miller Street Removals
Letter from A Notley questions State Shade Tree Commission jurisdiction in town after seven trees on Miller Street were cut. The author reports initial promises to save a horse chestnut, but a straight curb required its removal. The local Notley Shade Tree Committee confirms no state body power. town council acted with property owner input to carry out removals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tre Nutey
State Shade Tree Commission
Miller Street
Avondale Road
Milter Street
Ian
Notley
Notley Shade Tree Committee
Hello Johnny Enthralls Village Blacksmith Nonsense
A short, dialogue style notice with fragmented lines shows a village blacksmith asking about a missing father figure and a silk hat. Readers are left with humor and incomplete phrases, resembling a letter to the editor or a local anecdote.
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Tae Norcey
Sun
Plesse
Johnny
Began Poor Ended Well In Nutley Baseball
Nutley defeated Wallington 6 to 4 after a rough first inning with errors and wild plays. Gorman pitched well after the early hits as Nutley’s bats produced eight." Parkviews game last week left Nutley 8-3. today they host East Orange B B C Club, a strong visiting aggregation.
Passaic Man Fined Five Dollars For Call to Officer
Solomon Leon of Passaic was fined $5 by Recorder Page after a confrontation with Patrolman Murren who attempted to arrest him for driving without a license. The incident occurred Thursday night as Murren confronted Leon in the officer’s quarters.
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James Muren
Solomon Leon
Passaic
Murren
Leon
Trolley Excursionists Rams A Cheese Wagon Incident
One of twenty five trolleys in an excursion line collided causing slight damage to two wagons. The headlight was damaged but driver Richard Scharfe was unhurt.
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Richard. Scharfe
Big Junior Outing Ends With Trolley Walk
A vivid scene at Hillside Park features Paterson and Junior leading a group of Orderites and their wives along a night outing. Trolleys pass as the crowd moves in a communal outing that ends peacefully.
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Paterson
Hillside Park
Services In St.Paul's Church School At 10 A.M
In St Pauls Church a service is listed with a church and school event at ten in the morning. The notice indicates no evening service. It reads as a brief church schedule fragment from a historic page.
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St.Paul's
Reformed Church Schedules Public Worship and Sunday School
The Nutley Reformed Church announces public worship Sunday services at 9 45 a m and a morning sermon. Sunday school begins at 9 45 a m with likely catechism. Church events and attendance info are noted for parishioners.
Beau Bevangs in Second Ward Linked to Prinée Albert Coat
Fragmentary text places the Beau Bevangs in the Second Ward alongside mentions of Prinée Albert and a coat. Exact context unclear but suggests a local social or political note involving these names.
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Prinée
Albert
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Philippine
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Crescent
Wallaton
Ming
Aloma
Nailey
Ellison
S. Box
Carney Blum
Young
Ray Blum
Wallington
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the Reformed Church
Bria
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