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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1915
Page
2
Park Oval hosts a ball game this afternoon between the Arrows and Bellleville Holy Name Club. The Bellleville club has been winning steadily all summer and is expected to provide a strong challenge.
Washington fans see improved pennant chances as Joe Roebling rounds into form after a strong outing against the Athletics. Boehling limited opponents to two baserunners through three bases, boosting Clark Griffith's lineup.
Freddie Seidel and his three brothers run daily pre-dawn training along Bloomfield Avenue from Centre Street to Kingsland and beyond. Seidel, who lost to George Mass in New York, seeks a rematch with Clark of Felt River at Hilton, New York, tonight after four stitches from the previous bout.
Eddie Dillon pitched for Bloomfield against the Eries of Kearny and lost 4-2. Dillon had one of the team’s three hits. Willie Zitzman scored twice as the Speedways defeated Irvington Parks in Motordrome Oval, Irvington. Billy Estes returned from the East and will play first for the Newark Stars after a hit for Madison A. A. in a 4-1 win over Plainfield. Estes had a timely hit. Ray Blum's fielding at first helped the Lafayettes beat Passaic 2-0. Walt Gorman limited the All-Paterson Club to two doubles and nine strikeouts in a 4-0 Lafayettes win at Paterson.
George M. LaMonte, Commissioner of Banking and Insurance of New Jersey, certifies that Cleveland National Fire Insurance Company of Ohio conducts fire insurance business in New Jersey lawfully through March 1, 1916. The report shows assets 1 068 012 02, liabilities 58 330 07, paid-up capital 700 000, surplus 309 180 95, income 105 581 97, disbursements 105 793 79.
Legal notice by Sheriff Ralph Schmidt describes a detailed land boundary from a deed N-10-7 and the Newark and Paterson branch of the Erie Railroad, with courses and distances along easterly Washington avenue and Centre street. It includes exceptions and references to former owners J W Hancox Samuel Hanna Abraham King and Anna Conover, finishing with a statement of costs.
Central M E Church in Asbury Park offers an excursion to Newark on Wednesday August 25. Round trip by Central Railroad departs Asbury Park at 6 30 and 8 40 p m returning from Newark at 8 25 and 8 50 p m Adults priced at 1.00 and children 50 cents.
The Department of Banking and Insurance in Trenton certifies Union Central Life Insurance Company of Cincinnati Ohio is authorized to transact life health and accident insurance in New Jersey until March 1 1916 based on its December 31 1914 sworn statement. Key figures show admitted assets 104 286 360 05 liabilities 98 747 304 07 paid up capital 500 000 00 and surplus 9 039 055 98 with income for 1914 at 19 913 073 32 and disbursements 15 160 420 20.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders of Essex County New Jersey invites sealed proposals for improvements on Central Avenue East Orange and Washington Avenue Newark. Bids due Sept 7 1915 with certified check ten percent of bid, bond required, forms supplied at the County Engineer office, bid must comply with Chapter 253 laws, Committee may reject any bid. Frederic A. Reimer County Engineer.
A local church bulletin lists Sunday morning schedules at 9 45 for Sunday School with Joseph D Little as Superintendent and 11 o'clock worship, plus Epworth League, evening services, and midweek Bible study. It also notes Christian Science Society, St Pauls Congregational, Grace Episcopal, Immanuels German Lutheran, St Clare’s, Roman Catholic, and Holy Family church timings and activities.
The text warns that hydrocyanic acid and prussic acid are violently poisonous, capable of causing instant death by mere breath. It explains that when released from a bomb, vapors would rapidly form dense fogs of sulfuric acid or impregnate the air with ammonia, making the area immediately unfit for inhalation.
A fragment from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch explores how words ending in ough vary in pronunciation. It lists examples such as rough cough through dough slough lough clough and others, noting how regional speech affects sound.
Masses at St Marys R C Church scheduled at 7 8 9 and 10 30 with Rev William L Cunningham serving as rector at the church.
Daily and Sunday train times listed for Erie Railroad to New York and Faterson with departures from West Nutley Avondale and Jersey City adjustments. Weekday and Saturday notes indicate five minute earlier or later shifts and special Saturday service.
The Boston Journal notes that the serpent argued Eve would gain clothes after eating the apple, sparking talk of fashion as weather and intellect wane. It frames Eve’s choice as shaping humanity’s enduring attire debate and moral tone across generations.
A dejected man enters a grocery store and asks for clothesline. The shopkeeper scoffs at the request noting the customer’s unkempt look and jokes that rope can only be sold on prescription, citing the old lady doing laundry at home.
Trolleys operate on five to twenty minute headways during commission hours and extend to thirty five minutes to the McAdoo tubes in Newark. Tube trains run on twenty minute headways with seventeen minutes to the Erie Main line in Passaic. The last Newark-bound trolley is a Broad car from Broad and Market at 1.55, not Mulberry and Market, and Nutley to Newark last car departs at 3:00.
The itinerary offers a thirty day all inclusive trip for 295 dollars. Includes meals rail and boat Pullman first class transport round trip auto rides carriage drives hotels side trips and more. Route covers California and the Golden West including San Diego and San Francisco expositions. Send for full details from the Trans-Continental Tourist Co.
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