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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1914
Page
6
An engineer with Napoleon demonstrates a method to measure a river’s width without instruments. While the ruler stands on the bank, he sightlines to a point on the opposite shore, places a stake at ground contact, and declares the line-to-stake angle yields the width, a technique Napoleon approves.
In Bavarian regions villagers estimate travel by the time a pedestrian takes rather than exact miles. Examples show responses like a good half hour or a big half hour, with common confusion over what constitutes thirty minutes. The passage notes this reflects local custom rather than precise distance.
A compact quip attributed to Charles Lamb contrasts idleness with overwork and self-deception. It laments the self-preying nature of unwholesome food and the harms of excessive labor, framed as a moral observation on human habits.
A British Weekly anecdote recalls Parker prefacing Sunday sermons with the morning talk on the text, then explaining why the evening sermon must follow the same truth. The tale notes his method and the crowd returning for the night service.
A fragment from the Enquirer quotes a quip about electricity marking men fat and a counter remark that electricity lightens things, attributed to a French scientist. The exchange showcases ironic wordplay on science and weight.
In New York City and environs winter aids like Tack Frost sleds and toboscans are popular with youths. Liev Winfield and Neddy Lee pose on the ice at Puxede Park in Orttine county NO about thirty miles from the big site. The area offers quiet country scenery away from Wheing town and nearby river lake and forest.
A Virginia colonel’s boy recalls meeting General Washington in youth. His mother hoped for a notable day, the boy delivered a shy speech, admired Washington’s portrait and Mrs. Washington, and tea brought a gift box containing Washington’s first letter. He asks for a Bible verse and friendship notes from George Washington.
A letter exchange at New York during the Revolution shows General Howe misaddressing a message to Mr Washington. He notices the inked WH for mie on a Virginia planter address, keeps the ciphered note, and orders its return at war’s end, while a redcoat later delivers a second letter to Wis Excellency General Washington. The scene highlights Howe’s perceived hint and cautious fate of correspondence.
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