Social Notes and Local Gatherings Highlight Season
A jumble of hostess duties and birthday events populates the page. Guests at Mrs W H P Fisher’s terrace party included Anna Welch Rob Marion and Virginia Rich. Mrs John T Jackman entertained friends in North Road and Cushing of Boston attended. Local families juggle visits, birthday parties, and New Year gatherings across streets like New Year’s pain and Montview Place, with mentions of William Edwards and others hosting family groups.
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Etreet
John T. Jackman
City Pursues Content Adaptability Amid Shifting Conditions
Unclear fragmentary text outlines a city effort toward adaptability in response to changing conditions and collective willingness to adjust. No clear dates or named entities are readable.
Child imagines tricycle as recovery hope after attack
A fragment notes Bernice recovering from an attack and planning to ask her father to buy a tricycle. Her brother, still playing nearby, urges action before rain arrives, highlighting a tense domestic moment.
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Papa
Bernice
Childbearing Rite Among African Tribes Reflected in Doll Custom
A historical note states that among certain native African tribes married women carried a doll until childbirth, after which the doll was discarded. The passage frames this as a prop in the rite of becoming a mother, reflecting traditional beliefs about infancy and womanhood.
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Africa
United States
Clock Repair Tip From A Fragmentary Note
A fragmented instruction suggests stopping a clock due to clogged heels and applying white cotton saturated with kerosene inside the case. After about a week the clock should run as well as ever.
Concrete durability note on gravel mix and heat risk
A fragment discusses how concrete made with gravel can crack and burst in extreme heat. Recommendation is to shield steel and cement coating with wire mesh and an inch of cement to protect the main constituent.
Death by Hanging and Immediate Medical Causes
The note discusses death by hanging, noting how quickly death can occur after the knot is tied. It cites spinal cord disruption as a possibility but states that in many cases suffocation is the cause, with victims sometimes retaining consciousness for seconds to a minute and a half, and a few surviving up to 20 minutes.
Stork Welcomed in Holland Repeats Nesting Happily
A stork in Holland is treated with great care as it selects a house for a meeting place considered fortunate. Efforts provide facilities to build a nest comfortably and the Haene area hosts many of these birds funded by public means.
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Holland
First National Bank of
Nutley
Tank for Flowers Invented to Water Pots Slowly
A circular inked device placed on flower pot rims has a tube extending to deliver water directly to plant roots. The invention aims to water flowers evenly and gradually.
Notice of Annual Meeting at Pany
Notice states annual meeting of a company on October 13 1920. The reading shows the hall will be open from 2 to 4 p m and Percival B Hill is cashier.
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Pany
Seika Pale
Percival
Hill
Promoted Health Diet Causes Rural Fear in City
A Detroit Free Press note argues city residents fear health reforms favoring dirt exposure and rural diets. It claims a seven-year-old child will join meals covered in dirt as a test of constitution, suggesting urban skepticism toward rural health practices.
Tape seaweed touted as cure for rheumatism and throat ailments
A renowned physician recommends Treland tape seaweed as a remedy for rheumatism and throat infections, while in England and Wales laver seaweed is long used as a vegetable. It is described as highly palatable when served with renet meats.
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Treland
England
Wales
Target Practice Report From Militia Drill
A fragmentary account describes militia training with a captain querying sergeants about progress. One sergeant replies that weapons performed well, though accuracy could improve with better targeting and practice.
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Tovaens Ave
Association of Conpeny
Taday
W. H. P. Fisher
Terrace
Chub
Anna Welch
Melrose
Louil Robertson
Rob Marion
Virginia Rich
Vincent
Cushing
Boston
Mr. and
Mrs. Ben
North Road
William Hammett
A. V. Seaman
Victor Fitzroy
Springfield
Mass
Fitzroy
William W. Edwards
Mrs
Frederick Phillipe, Mae Pea Ee Coe
Ide
Boies
Een G Avenue
Gibb and Os
Mins
Durant Place
Stockton
Elisabeth Prout
New York
Harry Matthews
Ardis
Mr. and Oakley
Chestnut
New
Turnier
A _ Mies F. Turnier
J. H. Kelly, Jr
Donald MacMillan
Montview Place
P. FP
Guthrie
Highfield Lane
Nuttey Station
Taffet’s
Franklin Avenue
Centre St
Garis
Celia A. Clark
Savings Department
Letters OF Credit
Federal Reserve System
Sothabenee
United States Government
the Berdan Furniture Co
Main Ave
Washington PL
Passaic, N. J
Trust Department
Fidelity | Trust Co
Prudential Building
Newark, N. J
Brookfield
Armee
Hunter's
Kellogg’s
Barr Bros
Walnut St
Franklin
Tel
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