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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1907
Page
2
The piece rails against fad driven youth swayed by every wind, urging fidelity to paternal ideals and serious study. It warns that adventurers and reformers easily capture hearts, risking wealth and belief over lasting character while praising Puritan heritage and Victorian scholarly seriousness.
Helen Oldfield argues that female influence on men is overrated though real in history. She notes most women cannot hypnotically mold their husbands and that men who are easily dominated are too unstable to preserve such influence once separated. She cites long standing tradition designating men as the family head.
The piece argues imitators rarely beat original financiers. It warns imitation muddies judgment, citing farming and urban finance examples. The author notes imitators follow briefly after a success and then miss core principles, shifting to new targets.
A portrait of Henry Watterson, long influential editor of the Louisville Courier Journal, tracing his rise from a frail youth to a militant political writer. It recalls his Civil War era role, his Kentucky influence, battles with factions, and enduring public speaking prominence despite aging.
The Cleveland Plain Dealer quotes say his symptoms showed he weakened his heart while playing football as he carried the girl who attended every game he appeared in.
The piece argues that thousands of Americans migrate to Canada around 1900 seeking cheaper land and better opportunities. It notes figures of 20,000 crossing into Canada, then 50,000 in two years, and over 75,000 to 100,000 in recent years, comparing to European migration and noting government concerns. The author cites a Polish or Russian immigrant thrill at America and concludes Anglo-Saxon land hunger drives Northward migration
The passage lists varied statistics including turtle farming by a government fish commission, a shellfish with 11 000 eyes, Bulgaria’s area and population compared to Oklahoma and Missouri, a joke about golden weddings, and a six million dollar German war fund. It also mentions Liege’s 150 000 population and 10 000 drink sellers, French mothers giving alcohol to children, wind powered transport in Africa, doctor shortages in Russia, Britain’s doctor ratio, civil service exam pass rates, a Serb toddler rate, US soldier ratio, a railroad planned from Canton to Henkow, and the Cats Well waters near Knécielath in Ireland.
Lope de Vega, renowned Spanish dramatist and poet, lived 1502 to 1523, began writing at age 13, and spent sixty years producing a vast body of plays and poems. He is credited with over 1,800 plays and about 300 published poems in twenty eight volumes.
The Franks, a warlike Germanic tribe in northwestern Prussia, appear in records around 240 A D. They joined other Germanic groups to invade the Roman Empire in the fifth century and settled in what became France as Frankenric. The name Frank means freeman and after their conquest the land was called Frank's kingdom. The text adds a reflective note about age and hope.
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