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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1914
Page
4
The Nutley local notices section announces Abe Hutley Sun Legal Paper as a weekly publication issued every Saturday in Nutley New Jersey. Readers are invited to send signed communications and contact details are listed for submissions and mail schedules.
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission added thirty certified heroes at its annual meeting, bringing the total awards to 871. The article notes that most recipients are quiet individuals whose heroism often goes unrecognized, and explains how the fund highlights worthy deeds to inspire public admiration and future courage.
The head of a dry goods chain testifies once a millionaire earning four thousand dollars a month, now penniless. The piece reflects on American attitudes toward bankruptcy, viewing failures as learning experiences rather than tragic ends, with editors sometimes in good humor about losses.
The text argues debtors pursue safe conservation while creditors value liquid assets. It notes failures trigger cascading losses as creditors demand repayment and businesses must sell assets cheaply. It emphasizes the need for quick, liquid assets to meet urgent debts and avoid collapse.
Nutley officials reject external population forecasting for school planning. The Sun notes a local businessman's insight into future housing and school placement, praising a map based approach over hiring an extension expert. The piece argues against over adminis tration and favors self directed growth planning using town demographics.
The town and neighboring communities consider state acquisition of East Jersey Water Company and subsidiaries. Preparatory work has cost time and money as cities prepare to combine and own the plant under state regulations. The move reflects a broader push toward public municipal ownership of utilities.
Officials laud the local water supply as superior to many Manhattan areas and warn against harming its standard. The Board of Education plans asking the Board of Commissioners to reimburse about $1,000 paid on Town Hall bonds since construction. The money has already been collected in general taxes, and repayment should not raise the high tax rate.
Prof H R Lewis, chief at the New Brunswick experimental station, will lecture on Modern Methods of Poultry Keeping at the M A in Passaic. Lantern slides illustrate life on the farm. admission is free. The Passaic Poultry Association sponsors this monthly series with questions after each talk.
A.D. Charles notes Taylorville, Christian County seat with 7000 people, sits in fertile farming country and a mining hub. Merchants there lose trade to Decatur Springfield and St. Louis and act as a dumping ground for big order houses. He observes freight stations show more consumer goods than merchant shipments and laments local merchants do not advertise in their own papers.
Passaic pianist William P. Boggs headlined the Authors and Composers matinee at the Waldorf Astoria to benefit the Mary Fisher Home in Tenafly. He played two of his own works and received praise for expression and technique. Other performers included Prof Irving Bacheller William C deMille Richard LaGallienne and Homer N Bartlett.
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