Notable Holiday Social Notes From Edmeston and Nearby
Edmeston residents Wilbur Clements and Edward Jordan suffer wrist injury from a wagon accident. Guests visiting include Mr and Mrs Charles Pease and Dr Joseph Findon of Hartford. Multiple local families host relatives over Christmas and New Year with dances and gatherings at Masonic Hall and various homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Sykes
Yweecland Avenue
Charles. Pease
Joseph Findon
Hartford
John M. Sattler
Edward Knobloch
Brooklyn
Joseph Wildgoose
New Brunswick
George Hawksworth
Employee Stock Plan At Bell System Proposed
The Bell System announces an employee stock purchase offered to workers with two or more years in service. Shares priced at 110 each with monthly payments of 2, limited to one to ten shares per employee, dividends first applied to payments after 4 percent interest. Company notes 60,000 stockholders and 160,000 employees, with a 118 market price and 350 million issued capital. Also reports births, visits, parties, and church notices from local residents.
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Telephone and ‘Telegraph Company
Bell ‘System
AIS
Mixed In France and local politics tale unfolds
A collage of clipped items shows political rhetoric from a French election parody, a local public figure declining a deputy role due to business demands, and brief notes on health regulations, a missing person return, a drugstore sale, nurses visits, Elks minstrel plans, and a water bill policy.
Reading the Morning Paper at Breakfast
A fragmented item argues wives should not complain about husbands reading the newspaper at breakfast as it makes a man more informed and literate, referencing the habit as productive for daily life.
East Orange council weighs sewage tank plan report
The East Orange sewer committee favors immediate action toward an inoff sewage disposal tank per a report by Councilman H P Lawless. The Board of Education lifts the two year ban on new dances allowing future school events to permit dancing as participants choose. Reverend Robert G Hull resigns as pastor to pursue business linked to aviation ventures in Mars and the manufacture of flying machines.
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East_Orange Council
H. P. Lawless
Ander Con
Board of Education
Robert G -Hull
Busines
Bud
Mars
Victor Hugo’s Modesty and a Letter Mix Up
A tale recounts Victor Hugo receiving a letter meant for Alfred de Musset, sent by Alexander Dumas. Hugo and Lamartine discuss the mix up with praise, reading the envelope’s contents, and Hugo’s quiet reaction while Clovis Hugues asks Hugo about the premier poet.
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Victor Hugo
Hugo
Lamartine
Alfred
Alfred de Musset
Alexander Dumas
Clovis Hugues
Hernant
Sir
M. Lamartine
Myde Musset
Fragmentary OCR Note on Ginas and Market Terms
The readable lines discuss broken glass like ground particles and a treatment process, mentioning gins, a market context, and a claim that no man is more cheated than the seish or and other garbled phrases. The text is fragmented with unclear nouns and missing context.
Early American Leaders as Models of Duty
Canon Farrar's speeches praise Abraham Lincoln James Garfield and Ulysses Grant for steadfast duty under daily tasks. The passage portrays them mastering tasks, timing actions, and leading by example as qualities to become leaders of men.
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Abraham Lincoln
James
Garfield
Hiram Institute
Ulysses Grant
Canon Farrar
Penny Nails and Tenpenny Terms From Historical Trade
The passage discusses old nail sizes and measures such as tenpenny and fourpenny nails. It explains informal names like four pon sails and ten tan nails, showing how weight and length were tied to nail counts. The text also notes historical usage and pricing phrases for different nails.
Mourning Customs in Arabia Highlighted by London Standard
The London Standard notes that Arabian women in mourning stain their hands and feet with adigo for eight days and abstain from milk during this period because the white hue would clash with their melancholy.
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Arabia
London Standard
The Way of Life and Domestic Discord
A short reflection on home life stressing that stubborn insistence on one’s own way harms relationships. It urges yielding in small matters as a sign of a healthy union and contrasts it with the selfish path that erodes harmony. The piece emphasizes gentleness and compromise in daily life.
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Ufe
Portugal’s Exports Reliant on Wines Sardines and Cork
Portugal relies on three main revenue streams for exports: wine, sardines, and corkwood. The article notes these as the country’s key foreign income sources.
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Portugal
Marquis de Vauven Talks On Idleness And Action
A quoted remark from Marquis de Vauven notes that idleness spurs the mind toward activity. The fragment hints at a philosophy linking inactivity with subsequent effort.
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Marquis de Vauven
Josephine’s Many Names and Resting Tribute
The piece details Josephine’s varied names among friends and family, noting titles given by colleagues and her posthumous recognition during the Restoration. It mentions Marianne Elise Paulette Caroline and the moniker the Debats used on Elba, ending with a tomb inscription for Josephine, Eugene, and Hortense.
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Josephine
Marie Josephe
Marianne
Elise
Caroline
Paulette
Pauline
Yeyette
Barras
Elba
Eugene
Ruell
Eugene Et Hortense
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Wilbur Clements
Edmeston
Thomas Clements
Hillside Avenue
Edward Jordan
Centre Street
Stager. Brothers
Andrew L. Peeple
Carbondale, Pa
Fesple
Katherine Riley
Park Avenue
Andra Frank McGrath
Philadelphia
Abd
Thomas McGrath
Grant _avenue-and
Courtlandt
Fra Franklis-avenue
Frenton
Charles M. Hillyer
New City
Wes
Charles’. E. Johns
High Street
Jennie Lecter
West Brighton
Waller Fairbrother
John-2-—-Beachier
Mountainview Avenue
Atlantic City
Assembly Club
Masonic Hall
J . Qacar
Langford
Charles H. ‘Hudson
Sam Hershel
Salisbury
I. Mie
Hudsom
Hudson
Bessie Reardon
Notley
Betty Barnes
Orothy Reardon
Madeline
Scorso
Speer
Lloyd van Winkle
Harry Yarg
Richard Booth
Jack * Reardon
Charles “Donaldson
Jackson Heyden
Richard Reardon
Courtney Datville
Franklin Avenue
Irene Robbins
Kew Gardens
L. L
Almon
Calkins
Union Avenue
Edward Zoerner
Kingsland Street
Roland Jordan
Mra
John Jorden
Centretreet
Edward Kraemer
Melrose Street
Cre
William ‘Livermore
Colonial Terrace
Winit
Norwich
Addie_Doremus
William Doremus
Pumptor Pisin
Clifford ‘Doremus
Newark
H. Meyer
New Year's Day
Natley
Hoboken
New York
Jersey City
Wilson G. Kierstead
Chestnuts Street
Young People’s Society
Franklin Reformed Church
Ethel Barrymore
Nightingale
Theodore Hazel
Baltimore
George Fredericks
Hawthorne Avenue
William J. Kinsley
Monroe
Henry W. Goodrich
Belle Worden
Prospect Street
Lillian Dodd
Brookfield Avenue
Henry J. Condit
St. Paul’s Church
eThe New Road
St. Paul
Politics and Business
France
wee _Pantheras
United States
Butttis Dau
Chamber of Deputies
Steenth
Rue de Mar
Getiles
Chicago ‘Herald
Board of Health
FASSA
Otto
Lave
Bloomfield Avente
Passaic
Waa
Passsic
Michigan
Visiting Horses Association
Orange Lodge of Elks
Water Department
East Orange
Franklin. Ave
Cor
E. J.drammond
Franklin Ave
Miss C. Allen
Washington
Berdan
Passaic, N. J
Poona
Nutley Realty Company
Edgewood— Avenue
Rutgers Place
Nutley. Park
County Court House
N.J
Ingredien
Chestnut IT
M. S. She
MgLgel
Lawrence “Sliker
Henry Hoch
Bank of
Joseph Scudder
Samuel Silverburg
Park St
Weet Nutley
Samuel Silverburn
Bloomfield
Thealmer
Bloomfield Avenue
Bloomfield, N. J
Miss Henrietta Coups
Mason
Rutgers
Bedell
Franklin
Avenue Nedr
Vreeland
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