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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1907
Page
3
A Reno mail carrier, newly arrived from France, cannot read or write yet performs duties by matching house numbers to addresses. The Post Office struggles to attract applicants due to high living costs and limited promotion prospects in the civil service. John Dusrey has begun work in the role and reads numbers to guide deliveries.
B Frank Doremus of Roosevelt Ave Indianapolis recounts severe kidney pain dropsy and leg swelling in 1897. After using Doan's Kidney Pills his symptoms eased the leg swelling diminished and he remained well for nine years. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A Springfield Republican summary notes 243500 worldwide motor vehicles with America claiming about 90600, roughly 20000 fewer than a recently arrived exhibitor. Britain has 73000, France 36000, Germany 20000, Austria-Hungary 000, China Japan and eastern Asia 500, India 2000, and Canada Australia and other British colonies 2000. America leads global counts, about three times France.
A persistent pigeon hawk over Walter Wade's premises in Thor field has taken more than a hundred chickens. Despite efforts to scare it away, the swift bird outflies all neighbors' small birds and secures its prey.
John Starp Williams, Democratic leader of the House, recalls grand father's advice after his first election to Congress. The elder warned him not to prophesy as prophets are often ignorant fools, a lesson learned when future events reveal the truth.
An advice note endorses an affordable diet heavy on meat and vegetables with a grape nuts dessert. It urges readers to read The Road to Wellville for health guidance and hints at changes to strength and wellbeing through dietary choices.
Br. B C Sweet argues preventive medicine will dominate science, with tuberculosis and cancer conquered. He envisions public sanitation as a new medical specialty and calls for government support and widespread hygiene education to enlist mass public cooperation.
Prof Johnson argues an industrial crisis is unlikely before 1913 and cites price and money growth, bank loan expansion, and falling reserves. He urges higher wages to sustain demand and contemplates a United States bank modeled on the Bank of France, warning against private capture of public finance. He notes Wall Street panic eroding confidence and criticizes unlicensed freedoms that favor private gain over public welfare.
Gov. Hughes of New York defends railroad extension as vital to commerce and prosperity. He argues unrest stems from dishonest finance, not expansion, urging fair treatment and greater facilities to move produce and support communities.
Carl and Schmidt argue that America touts rapid results in arts and industry, criticizing the rise of mechanical piano players and other tech aids. They warn such devices may dull true musical understanding, urging citizens to devote years to study and cultivate music and art.
A fragmentary report cites Sin Juan Hill in New York City as a densely populated block with 6174 inhabitants claimed as the world’s most populous. It mentions new Put Man cars with ventilated pillows and mattresses, a Swiss burial practice, a Geneva advertisement exagerrating business, Transvaal golf output, and diverse oddities from 19th century press.
A destitute speaker confronts a homeowner about asking for aid and the reality of work. He recalls lost money, bad luck, and missed opportunities while defending his lack of employment and responsibility. The householder counters with views on effort and resilience, while both reflect on fate and personal responsibility.
A fragment from Chicago Daily News describes a challenge scene where one man claims a counter move of sixes first flop then five aves, with the householder replying that to beat it requires livery or worse luck.
Lieutenant von Lemsberg of the Aus sian guards endured thirty one years of penal exile and penal service in Siberia. He cut his throat after a money dispute and later learned a paid note would have made him the heir. Remorse led to surrender, seven years in Siberia, marriage, exile, and a wartime pardon.
The Dride Wina at Yarmouth features a whale jawbone known as the Devil's Chair at the west end of St Nicholas Church. Local custom links a newly married couple racing from the chancel to the chair with future household fortune in the roost.
A judge struggles to stay silent in public but finds relief when a dignified old lady in a railway coach begins a conversation after he asks a humorous question about rain before the Flood. Meanwhile a brief note mentions Romania ordering railroad cars from Russia and an ailing marriage of public notices.
Beltz of Tippecanoe Indiana chronicled two years of suffering from eczema. He tried doctors patent medicines and quack cures with no relief until using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent which provided immediate relief and restored health. Separately a note states whalebone prices have surged from 150 to 1500 per ton over 200 years.
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