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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1905
Page
2
Fragmentary poem lines reflect a lone speaker urging swift action and steadfast resolve. The text suggests inner doubts and a trudging path toward a distant, fair destination as winds blow and time presses. The fragmented quotation marks a personal reflection from an Indiana source.
Mrs. Clark contends with a crushed heiress Miss Mitford visiting Captain Bascom. Bascom wooing culminates in a hidden is he or isn’t he engaged plot. In London the captain pursues a past romance while Miss Mitford mourns a lost fiancé.
Mrs. Clark notes a healing breeze and reunion with Mollie Mitford as a bedridden man inherits wealth from his uncle and plans marriage. The scene closes with Mollie praised as kind and unselfish while the party considers moving him to Pugsford for renewed health.
A man obsessed with cherries from cocktails vanishes for two days after a series of self indulgent beverages. His wife finally delivers a stark comeback as he stumbles home to find dinner ready.
The photograph album, once neglected for ten years and stored in garrets, regains popularity as cameras revive its use. Modern albums are more artistic and user friendly, crafted in leather or soft kid, and less likely to clash with refined parlor décor than the velvet and plush versions of the past.
A Washington Star excerpt reflects a family scene as Jabez’s joke stirs mixed reactions. The narrator notes awkward pauses and the pressure to laugh politely in front of wealthier relatives, with Paw moderating the gathering to avoid embarrassment and ensure harmony.
A Philadelphia anecdote shows a German butcher lowering sausage prices because he has no stock. When asked the price, he quotes sixteen cents a pound but explains without goods he reduces the price to avoid losing money and to attract customers. This amusing business acumen contrasts demand with inventory.
A Park Slope child shares his treats with his younger sister, preferring the smaller apple while noting a worm in the larger fruit. The amused mother comments on his growing generosity as the boy explains his choice.
A bizarre beauty device using two metal arms with cheek pieces is shown to plump cheeks by distending the mouth and cheeks and locking the device in place. Inventor claims it preserves a firm round look like a 16 year old. Also reported is a pair who wed twice in one day in Winchester and Hagerstown.
A New York World photograph features three exceptionally large ears of corn from Potawattomie County Iowa. The smallest ear measures13 inches long and 2 inches in diameter with 600 grains in fourteen rows. The largest ear holds 1000 grains in sixteen rows. all three weigh five pounds together.
A census of natives in the Transvaal used colored beads and twine to mark each person. Big black signified an adult married native, big yellow a grown man, big blue a married woman, white a single woman over 15, small yellow a boy, and small white a girl.
A Jersey barber, Rosho Dorso of Harrison, was fatally wounded when a mosquito landed on his nose during a shave. Attempting to swat it with a razor under his chin, he cut a deep throat gash. A physician arrived too late to save him.
A court tale recounts a witty war lawyer who advises an irascible old man to settle a wage dispute. The client resists, insisting on a costly fight, but the lawyer’s strategy yields savings and reveals how clever handling can avert protracted litigation.
Otis Skinner recounts a near-fatal accident during a 1889 Macbeth performance with Edwin Booth and Helena Modjeska. Booth, playing Macduff, was struck on the head by Skinner’s sword, breaking his guard and narrowly missing death, leaving Skinner haunted by the event and keeping the heavy stage swords as mementos.
Poetic meditation on enduring faith and consolation through winter, urging resignation and trust in heavenly wisdom. The speaker invokes seasonal imagery to frame mourning and loss, urging the Bereaved to keep singing and find strength in Christ.
A man with a hopeful gleam enters a West Baltimore phonograph shop and offers to swap any of his records for one from a stranger. The puzzled salesman and proprietor observe the man’s odd plea about trading an unwelcome record, and the sign over the shop changes to Records Exchanged.
Sladen catalogues stiff social masks in Japan noting smiles conceal true feelings and that laughter marks death news. He contrasts duty and politeness with personal hygiene, discipline, and endurance in daily life, including servants, daughters-in-law, and workers in crowded Tokyo.
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