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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1911
Page
4
Nutley’s Town Council starts 1911 with a conservative leadership slate and broad support for continuity. The fire chief appointment of E T Humphrey draws some rumor but is defended as proper and based on merit. officials urge giving the new chief time to prove his ability and raise departmental efficiency.
Representative Longworth of Ohio returns to Washington with a draft bill creating a five member tariff commission. The plan limits party control to three members, sets salaries at 7500 dollars, and grants broad powers to collect data on costs of production wages at home and abroad and raw material prices.
The article details a bitter feud between Hon James Smith Jr and Governor Woodrow Wilson over United States Senator selection. It notes a re enacted tariff clause, a President appointed commission, and a fiery legislative session starting January 10 with a split in the Democratic ranks. The governor reportedly dictates legislative actions and factional distrust sours party unity.
A 1911 notice invites local men and youths aged fifteen and over to join a boxing and wrestling class led by Alpheus Geer. Sessions run Sundays at 5:30 PM in Nutley school gym, Chestnut Street. A small weekly fee covers building and equipment costs. prospective members may visit Sundays or call to observe.
An editorial condemns private executive sessions by public boards as unethical and harmful. It argues secrecy breeds scandal, calls for statutory prohibitions with penalties, and cites school district abuses revealed by investigations to support openness and public scrutiny.
The Sunday School election at St Pauls Congregational named Superintendent Donald McMillan and Assistant Superintendent James Epworth Jr. Also elected were W. E. Erler for Junior, Mrs. A. R. Carr for Primary, Thomas Bates as Treasurer, Edgar Osborne as Librarian, and Miss Lillian Clements as Superintendent Cradle Roll.
A playful dialogue shows a grocer asking if apples are for cooking or eating with customers replying yes they cook or eat them. The exchange highlights everyday grocery shopping banter between a boy and shopkeeper.
Mr and Mrs Maurice Lobsitz entertained numerous friends at a New Year’s Eve gathering. Guests included Mr and Mrs Bleyer, Miss May Bleyer, Mr and Mrs Harry Stearn, Mrs C B D Kearn, Miss May Frank, Miss Grace Berwin, Miss Lawson of New York, Mr and Mrs Benjamin Sel, Norman Danowitz, Leonard Bleyer, Mr Boyle, Miss Edith McGrath of Nutley, and Mr and Mrs Frank Shields of Newark.
Sunday services at St Pauls Congregational Church begin 11 oclock with a children focus. The Rev Henry J Condit will lecture on Sunshine. Sunday School 945 a m Young Peoples Meeting 7 p m topic temocation Evening service 745 p m topic An Excuse 3000 Year Old Annual meeting Thursday 12 inst with illustrated lecture Thursday 10th by Edgar Allan Forbes on An American Loose in Africa.
Mrs Sophie Jenkins McKee widow of William Fairlee McKee coffee merchant of Baltimore died of pneumonia at her daughter's Ridgewood home. Funeral held yesterday with interment today in the family plot in Baltimore. Survived by daughters Mrs Dabney Nutley Mrs Gillingham Nutley Miss Elizabeth H. McKee Tonsan Md and Mrs Henry J. Waltjen Ridgewood.
A 1512 geography described California as a wild land with year round fogs and undeathful damp, inhabited by anthropophuzi on the north coast and interior volcanoes and shifting snow. A Baltimore father jokes with a visitor about a recent birth, saying the stork arrived in the form of a boy or girl.
A Chicago Record-Herald note discusses how vowels and dialects vary by city. It cites Pittsburg Boston and Raneas, analyzing how long and short a sounds differ and rhymes with words like again.
A brief dialog depicts a jobless man asking for work and agreeing to take washing home to his wife. The exchange implies limited employment prospects and the urgency of income during hard times.
The magistrate cites a formal charge of stealing a wheelbarrow from John Smith the carpenter on September 18. The defendant pleads not guilty, insisting he merely took a barrow. The scene unfolds in a courtroom with a stern magistrate and a nervous accused.
A humorous anecdote from Harper's Weekly shows Mrs Higgleby voting split tickets by placing half an X on each candidate's ballot. The story contrasts her method with her husband Hierleby’s reaction and notes other comic misprints such as a nun asking to mail a paper to “Mary Strong's Husband” at Strane's Corners.
A collage of humorous quotes on questions and stubborn players from Chicago News Washington Star and Baltimore American plus a child's remark about a school spelling paper. The snippets reflect slang, wordplay and sports banter of the era.
A fragmentary exchange reveals a heated appraisal of poetic passion. One speaker calls another a "poot of passion" while the other recalls seeing him transformed as verses were returned, suggesting tension between reception and creation in a literary moment.
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