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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1900
Page
2
A collage of social observations and satirical notices on current events. Anecdotes include Aguinaldo writings, elopements, widow’s third, Li Hung Chang, a stage actress and diamonds, a divorcing couple, a circus trust, a peanut trust, a red lemonade venture, a bank rescue tale, and Spain’s postwar treaty stance.
The text discusses the century definition debate triggered by European declarations and calendar reforms, noting Dec 31 endings for centuries and the 1900 opening. It also mentions public reaction to calendar changes and a British study claiming diet can shape character, warning vegetables alone may hinder modern vigor.
A scattered collection notes Muir Glacier in Alaska and its discovery by John Muir in 1878. It also describes advances like axile-light trains on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, sea sighting distances, a Roman Forum pavement finding, and a New York sprinter’s tale of magnetic track cleaning. It closes with Duke Eaton Hall rail plots and grand private train uses.
The early wig appears in Saul’s daughter’s history as goat skin headwear. South Italian Gapiniens crafted artistic wigs dyed in Apulia and famed for facial painting with strawberry juice. Persians wore wigs, Xenophon note tells of Cyrus admiring Astyages with blue eye paint and a grand wig. Phoenician women are mentioned in the fragment.
Ernest Howard Crosby, serving as a judge of international tribunals in Egypt, described Lord Kitchener as a “woman-hater” with no sense of humor and a relentless work ethic. Crosby compares Kitchener to von Moltke rather than Napoleon, noting his fearlessness and ability to work 24 hours. He recalls Kitchener’s accidental stay in Egypt, his Arabic learning in Palestine, and a delayed telegram that kept him in Cyprus before war broke out.
An ad-style note touts a new beverage Guarn-O as a coffee substitute for children, claiming nutrition and cost savings. It compares Gearin-O to health benefits and notes all grocers carry it. The piece ends with a remark about bees seeing far distances and returning to their hive.
An advertisement promises a one day cold cure with LAXaTivVe BROMO QUININE TanLera and lists a money back guarantee by W. Guove on each box. The note adds Dublin’s death rate for 1899 ending above 40 per 1 000.
A historical advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for curing catarrh with Hall's Catarrh Cure. The notice includes endorsements from Wee & Truax and Vanpine Kinnas Marvix, Toledo wholesalers, asserting F J Cheney’s firm honesty and capability.
A wartime veteran’s quip reveals that Civil War soldiers avoid the bean in meals at soldiers’ homes. After campaigns from Shiloh to Nashville and Antietam to the Wilderness, cooks and veterans acknowledge the bean’s stubborn unpopularity and foresee a new generation redefining its place in American kitchens.
A fragment advertising Shgri pcare panels and Red Cross branded starch. It touts Hubinger’s laundry starch with twenty five years of experience and urges buyers to ensure they get the genuine Red Cross Wash Tub brands, noting no interest in other starches.
Detroit News reports that Wat. Holmes of Bronson bot cleared nearly $700 on 25 to 30 acres of cucumbers last season and now offers farmers in the area a market for 1000 acres. He will also plant 150 acres himself.
Pry Jell-O a delicious and healthful dessert prepared in two minutes with no boiling or baking. Simply add hot water and set to cool. Flavors lemon orange raspberry and strawberry available at grocers. The London story weighs eleven and three quarters pounds.
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