Social Notes Highlight a Nutley Household Gathering
Social notes list numerous Nutley residents hosting gatherings and visiting friends during holidays and winter. Names include Edwin C. Sharps, Kathryn Welch, Pauline Zimmerer, Edna Ellison, Edna Carley, Elizabeth Elder, and many Zimmerer family members. Entries mention visits to Pittsburgh and Wenonah Military Academy, moves to Philadelphia, illnesses, entertainment plans at the Field Club, and a Red Cross benefit event.
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Nutley
The
Red Cross
Helen Keyes
Clothes Cleaning Device Patent Claimed with Absorbent Pad
A recently patented clothesbrush features an absorbent pad on one end to enable cleaning with any desired liquid. The design suggests flexible cleaning applications and potential for easier stain removal across fabrics.
Inducing Birds to Bathe in Canary Care Tips
A vintage note suggests sprinkling seeds on water to entice a canary to bathe. The seeds act as an added attraction, turning bathing into a habitual activity.
First American Woman to Use Sewing Machine Dies
Elizabeth Kilbourn, the first woman in America to use a sewing machine, died in Winsted Connecticut at eighty six. In the 1850s she taught at a private school in New Hartford and assisted Elias Howe during his early experiments, earning the honor of being the first to use the pew machine.
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America
Winsted
Connecticut
Elizabeth Kilbourn
New Hartford
Elias Howe
Starting the Clock May Be Fixed by Oil Wipe
The clock may fail to run after winding due to a need for cleaning. Roll a cloth dampened with coal oil through the mechanism to saturate it, pinching the bottom of the clock away from the pendulum. After ten to twelve hours the fumes may loosen debris. wind and start the clock if nothing is broken.
Shakespeare and the Bible endure beyond current literature
Dr George W Carey praises Shakespeare as probing human possibilities and illuminating the soul, arguing his genius will outlast present works. He notes Shakespeare and the Bible will survive when much of today’s literature is forgotten, per the Los Angeles Times.
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George W. Carey
Los Angeles
Times
How to Walk Gracefully Without Heels Bearing Weight
The guide insists that weight must never rest on the heels. It describes walking with the hip driven forward, knee coordination, and the heel striking first but weight instantly shifting to the ball of the foot so the heel avoids bearing weight. A person who walks with oily or slick footing is deemed incorrect and not graceful.
Seams Proven Stronger by Double Lock Stitch in Tests
Tests by the Bureau of Standards in Washington show seams sewn with the double lock stitch are stronger than those using the shuttle stitch and less weakened by thread breaks.
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Bureau of Standards
Washington
Welsh Inventor Unveils Valve-Free Pump Design
A Welsh inventor introduces a combined piston and rotary pump that operates without valves to move heavy liquids. The design claims simplicity and reduced clogging potential, with potential applications in industrial pumping.
Cake Annoyed Eugene Hears Cake Ready to Eat
A garbled aged fragment describes a person named Eugene reacting to a cake. The scene mentions he must eat his meal first and then notices the cake, remarking about delaying his dessert. It preserves the odd transcription and quirky wording of the source.
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Eugene
French scientist vents heatless flame claim
A French scientist asserts a vented flame derived from ity produces no heat. Details remain secret, and the precise method is undisclosed.
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Edwin C. Sharps
Satter Avenue
Aes
Donald Stern
Cesc Sloan
Seamer Iia Hall
Kenneth David Sloan
Douglas Mat- Alfred Eville
Carl Royce
Welch
Crosbie
Pauline Zimmerer
Anna Bill
Gail Helen Gallagher
Sadie Kane
Alice McKenny
Margaret Oswald
Ynch
Foy
Jake Zimmerer
Williams Car! Zimmerer
Herbert Gill
Fitzsimmons
Edward Brown
Blair, Jr
Joe Zimmerer
Kathryn Welch
Grant Aveher
Carola
Geer
Canada
Edna Ellison
Dorothy Carley
George
Richard Elligon
Roland Hall
Wil- del
the Pharess
Mise R Libby
Lord Avenue
William Fisher, Jr
Hillside Avenue
Wenonah Military Academy
Elizabeth Elder
Beckie
Speryl Wieh
Rutgers Place
Mr. and
Eeene A. Prior
Pittsburgh
Howard Smith
Harrison Street
Philadelphia
James Carroll
Prospect Street
Charlies Stout
Newark
Daniel R. McGinnity
Kingsland Road
New York
W.T.C. U
A. R. Taylor
Fred Lonason
Glen Gardner
Frank Cueman
Beech Street
O'Neil
Valley N
Thomas J. O'Neil
Brookfield Avenue
John M. Sattler
Walnut Street
E. James Crammond
Hamilton
Toronto
Can
F. Th Sanford
Grant Avenue
Cuba
Harold Dayton
Brooklyn
A. G. Doyle
Highfield Lane
Murday
At &T. Rg. Fra
R. M. Scott Wid
New York State
Louis Beatty and Son
Ackettstown
Cnarlew Lichenstern
Henry S. Dale
Elm Place
Bessie O'Neil
Chester A. Willetts
Flushing
Long Island
Irene Eastman
Thomas Greenwood
Bd Avenue
Emil Tauchert
North Road
New
James Libby
Jeasie Libby
Whitford Avenue
Greenwich
Popular Mechanics
Franklin Ave. Cor. High St
Ronchl
E. J. Drammond
Optometrist
Optician
Franklin AV
Cor
High ST
P. F. Guthrie
Natley Station
Thone Nutley
Charles Montgomery
Park Avenue
Metuchen
Slobe“Wernicke
Step Im
Setus
the. Berdan
Passaic’s Shop
Ceres
Pettijohn’s
Pettijohn
Quaker Oats Company
Railway Exchange
Chicago
C. R. Bedell
R. G. Schaaf
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