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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1907
Page
6
A lyrical reminiscence describes Youth as a white sail galley with crimson pennants and a figurehead named Hope. Launched in spring, it sails with promise of riches from unseen lands but returns wrecked and lifeless, its masts broken and the figurehead gone. The speaker mourns the lost dreams that once stirred life.
In Poolsville once a thriving town fades as river changes leave mud and ruin. Judge Westwood runs the bank in a dream of old greatness while Allen Gordon, his loyal attendant, guards him. The river’s return plan promises immortality for the bank, but the judge dies drowning in a self made flood of his ambition.
John A. Cameron deputy collector of internal revenue for the Nome district, Alaska, traverses rugged, icy terrain to enforce tax collection under Collector Crocker. A seasoned dog musher, he endures blizzards, frost, and long sledge journeys across Arctic wastes to ensure government revenue and curb illicit distilling among harsh frontier communities.
Visitors at the Cincinnati Zoo provoked the sea cow keeper by poking the mammal with canes and pencils. A tramp was hired to tally the crowd, bragging he used a lead pencil on the animal’s back as his accounting board. The keeper noted the 6000 plus visitors and described the curious tally method.
Polly claims she kissed him in self defense after an incident with Bemmerville Journal reports on the confrontation and Polly’s explanation. Dolly questions the claim as the exchange is clarified in local coverage.
Article recounts attempt in 1905 to salvage the Bavarian by pumping air into its watertight compartments to float her off Wye Rock near Quebec. Insufficient prior methods, Captain Leslie advocated compressed air for lifting, with tanks and air locks to expel water and seal compartments.
Dr Grenfell describes Labrador mail carriers who traverse 100 mile routes with no roads or bridges and survive brutal weather. A carrier named Pete Wright sleeps upright by a stove and continues on despite 20 below zero, receiving only ten dollars per trip and relying on aid rather than hotel costs.
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