Militia Maneuvers Return Amid Scrutiny in Abia
In Abia the season of militia maneuvers and encampments returns amid scrutiny and talks of war. The report notes decades of effort and ongoing results as the armed force readiness is reassessed and prepared for the year ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abia
Saturday Oval Game Sparks Support Debate
Discussion shows public backing fades at the Oval on Saturdays. Locals call for continued aid to the amateur team, noting they deliver winning play and have hosted strong opponents, yet attendance and contributions remain weak.
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Nutley
the Oval
Nutley Day Idea Revisited For Labor Day Celebration
Recalling Nutley Day proposed over eight years ago the plan centered on opening Yanticaw Park. Delays and promotion problems stalled the project but completion now seems possible. A revival could avoid prior control errors and bring Nutley back to the front page with a town celebration on Labor Day.
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Nutley
Social Notes Show Broad Summer Travel and Visits
Wallwin Masten, Howard Sargent, Walter Searle and others of the Sewanee Fraternity plan camps at Lake Hopatcong for the month. Dozens of residents, like Mina Debenadi and Mrs. John Howe, migrate to Asbury Park Belmar and other coast spots for the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallwin Masten
Howard Sargent
Walter Searle
Alexander Brewster
Edward Assmas
John Dolan
Wilbur Perkins
Sewanee Fraternity
Lake Hopatcong
Mina Dorothy Debenadi
Park Avenue
Asbury Park
John Howe
Prospect Street
Erie Railroad Timetable to New York and Paterson
Daily and Sunday schedules for the Erie Railroad noting departure times to New York and Paterson from Jersey City and Newark. The notice describes headways, trolley connections, and last cars from Newark and Nutley, with references to Broad Street vehicles and the McAdoo tubes in Newark.
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New York
West Nutley
Avondale
Commission
McAdoo
Newark
Erie Main
Passaic
Broad and
Market
Mulberry
Nutley
Broad Street
Central R. R
New Jersey
Asbury Park
West Nutley Station
Planned but Never Written Books A Look at Might Have Been
The London Chronicle lists famous authors who planned works that never reached the page. Robert Louis Stevenson toyed with a Life of Hazlitt, Sir Richard Steele plotted a History of the War in Flanders, Isaac Disraeli aimed for A History of Our Vernacular Literatures, William Makepeace Thackeray planned a Life of Talleyrand, and Emile Zola considered a Balzac book.
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London Chronicle
Robert Louis Stevenson
Hazlitt
Richard Steele
Flanders
Isaac Disraeli
William Makepeace Thakeray
Emile Zola
Honore de Balzac
Wakeful Babies and Growth During Sleep Mystery
A brief note questions why some babies grow slowly despite sleep and rest. It cites curiosity about growth patterns and the role of waking periods in development.
To Paint or Wait: Value of House After Fresh Coat
A reader weighs painting a house versus waiting, asking if fresh paint increases value and recoups the cost. They estimate Devoe lead paint at $2 per gallon plus labor, about $50-$60 for a 10 gallon job, and wonder sale price differences between freshly painted versus needing paint.
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DEVOE
Fairbrother & Yasinks
West Natey
Eagle Pencil Company
Newyork
Dickens Not a Fisherman in Tales of Walton and Wit
Willis B. Allen argues in Scribner's Magazine that Charles Dickens was rarely a piscatorial figure in his stories though a scene in the Pickwick era hints at a fishing moment. The piece reflects on how Dickens characters might toy with fishing trepidation but rarely engage in genuine angling episodes.
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Dickens
Alt. Snodgrass
Mr. Winkle
Tracy Tupmian
Keeper
Rm Eoe
Mr. Pickwick
Walton
Willis B. Allen
Scribner's Magazine
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Autley
Egal Paper
Nutley, N. J
W. J
Johnson Foy
Franklin and Vreeland Avenues
Natley
Nat- Tey
Europe
Wen — Os
Nutley ‘Sun
Brerpioids
Darby Brook
White House
Margaret Wilson
Francis B. Sayre
Helen Taft
Bryn Mawr
Theodore Roosevelt
Cleveland
Thomas F. Preston
Princeton
Miss Hibben
Toledo Blade
Penelope
Marcella
Percival
Granada
Spain
Boabdil
Bank OF Utley
N.J
Ln Amelie
Tocks Ks
Rand
Csssss
State of New Jersey
County of Essex
Thomas J.o'neil
Joseph Scudder
Tuomas J.O' Nu
Josefa Scupper
A. D
Annie L van Winx
James R- Hay
Henry T. Lefferts
Carman, L. E. Directors
Chestnut Street
Nutley, New Jersey
C &C
Hoffman's & Brandt’s
Tanita Row Aee & Haastdin
Maleg Yuall Dullies Doz
Armour
Welch
Kruger’s Beer
Sheepshead Bay
L. I
Abram Paxton
Frankiin
Port Arthur
Tex
San Francisco Exposition
Earl Arl Stetson Crawford
Rogue Bluffs, Me
Mrsa. Crawford
Miss Brennetta Crawford
Elmer Rewcliffe
Bradley Beach
Oscar Brankin
Busin
Balltsaree
Balti
Pierre P. Lahens
Mantoloking
Jack Reardon
Leonard Booth
Benjamin
Bruskin
Douglas Leigh
Hillside Avenue
Harrisburg
John E Evans
Bloomfield Avenue
St. Mary’s Hospital
Irving J. Mack
Theodore V. Miller
Ralph Zellara
Louis E. Carman
the Adirondacks
Northville
M. C. McEligot
Parker Joralemon
Boonton
James D. Foy
Franklin Avenue
John Struthers
Vreeland Avenue
New Egypt
J. Harry van Winkle
Monbvenue
Ocean Grove
East Orange
Mrs. van Winkle
The
Catakills
Marc Michael
Bradford, Vt
Gertude Williams
Greenwhich
Theona Brauer
Nutley ‘Avenue
Edward S. Blackwell
the Park
Flemington
Fredérick Clements
Lake Sunspee, N. H
Charles B. Royce
Connecticut
Benjamin Burd
Seal Beach
Mr. Hard
Isabelle Jackson
New Britain
Vivian Bell
the Terrace
Andrew McCorkindale
Centre Street
East Aurora
George Blake
Vivienne Metcalf
Chicago
Ida Cone
Brielle
Harry Turner
Pacific Coast
Alfred Seaman
Quogue
Francis I. Bennett
Audrey Speer
Guy
Carleton
Madison, Conn
Pearce - Williams
Easthampton
Mra
Harry Carland
Florence Shaper
Green Pond
Metcalf
B. Hatch Have
Berkshires
Harry B. Coughlan
Sylvan Place
Elizabeth Prout
Elizabeth Hay
Mrs. Joseph
Clinton, N. Y
C. J. van Winkle
George M. Blackwell
Hawthorne Avenue
Greenwood Lake
William Minsch
Walnut Street
Oneida, N. Y
William L. Jones
William A. LaForge
Misses LaForge
Staten Island
Arthur Carstens
Elm Place
Mrs. S. P. Cumming
Starlight, Pa
Guy Edwards
Rutgers Place
Sakonet
Hazid C. Conkling
Whitford Avenue
James C. Bolger
H.L. Fenton
Highfield Lane
Bermuda
Miss. Elizabeth Mutch
Jersey Coast
C. R. Bedell
Florence Bedell
Mildred van Riper
Delaware Water Gap
Anna Langdon
J. A. Cuthberty
Plainfield
Alvah By Davis
Beech Street
William Nichols
Thomas
Howard
Douglas Matthews
George Burnham
Elsie Burnham
Plainview
Minn
Harry D. Finn
Laura Hersloff
Easton
Donald MacMillan
Chautauqua
N. Y
Bertha Speer
Eva Speer
Rutherford
Clara Kirkeby
Mrs. Royal Langdon
Ralph Raymond
Rock Stream
Wright Sutcliffe
East Orange Sewing Circle
St . Mary's Place
Erie Railroad
Paterson
West Notley
Jersey City
James Drammond
Franklin Ave
High
Bre Rexall
Sore
Optometrist and
Optiaan
Cor. High ST
United
Broad Street Station
Greenwood Lake, N. Y
Grand
Grand Mountain
Clark’s
Ch. Ie Clark
Hampton Place
N. J
Nutley Realty Company
William A. Lambert
West Nutley Plaza
Broadway
Weelworth Building
Lee’s Park Pharmacy
Chestnut
Asaajaid
juvEvald
Furnitureg Main
Wistington Place
W. L. Douglas
Nutley Agency
Joe Ciccone
Cai Lio
Egie W
Amelica
Herbert Fist
the Bank OF
Chestnut and
ELM Streets
Eagle
Bedell
Vreeland
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