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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1907
Page
3
Story surveys bizarre banquet displays from history with dwarfs and performers presented at royal and noble tables. It notes examples from English, French, Italian, and Viennese dinners across centuries with lavish centerpieces and surprising revelry.
An Abilene correspondent notes a spring flood of farm stock and implement auctions across central Kansas. Seven auctioneers are kept busy as farmers relocate or liquidate surplus goods, with auctions advertised by post or fence. Women join men at sales where household items and canned fruit draw crowds and free noon lunches attract hundreds, a ritual the city resident may find odd but farmers understand.
A discussion on color perception notes that each primary color may use its own cone set, while some theories argue only red green and violet exist as cones. It explains how cone numbers would affect color blindness and luminosity perception, plus parallel ideas about color in photography and music.
A Washington Star notice urges using dietary oils to improve health. It highlights olives, nuts, and olive oil as beneficial and recommends moderate cod liver oil for consumption. Doctors should guide patients to use these oils as part of a balanced diet to boost digestion, immunity, and overall well being.
A late 19th century report notes the rise of electric and foot powered milking machines in America. Machines milk two cows at once, cut labor in half, and may yield higher butter output while reducing bacteria when properly cleaned. Cattle adapt after initial fuss, easing dairy operations and profits.
A Philadelphia Inquirer item notes a congressman receives higher pay while resuming ordinary civic life, reflecting a contrast between public compensation and private citizen duties.
A London Daily Chronicle correspondent surveys execution methods by country. The guillotine leads in public use in France Belgium Denmark Hanover and two Swiss cantons, with private use in Bavaria Saxony and two Swiss cantons. Public strangulation appears in Austria Portugal and Russia. private in Great Britain and the United States. Public sword in Switzerland China and Russia. private in Prussia. Musket in Ecuador Oldenburg and Russia. cord strangulation in China. garrote in Spain. axe in Brunswick. electric chair in New York. Italy reportedly has no capital punishment.
Mrs. A L Cordon of New York, fishing from a dock after a shark incident, felt a sudden tug on her line tied to her chair. The chair toppled into the sea as she grabbed a railing and held on while Capt. William Tiesch landed a twenty six pound green turtle, first of its port ever caught at St Augustine.
Dr John M Secanland of Butte tells the Washington Herald that heavy sulfur fumes from copper plants have diminished. He notes all smelters but one are moved to Anaconda and a new tall smokestack carries vapors away, allowing green lawns and leaves to return.
The Olympia builders show appeals to housewives with practical window fittings including revolving sash frames and especially folding casement fittings. Demonstrations highlight ease of cleaning with inward or outward swinging panes and practical design.
Vice-President Thayer says 18 000 women hold stock in the Pennsylvania railroad, nearly 47 percent of all shareholders, a surprising figure in the era. The claim positions women as a major investor group in the world’s greatest railroad.
A payment offers a gold piece with a suspicious ring. The merchant accuses it of being counterfeit after a recent arrest. Plaisantin replies that the coin is dated 1563 and would have been detected if fake. The exchange appears in Gaulois.
White dines with friends in Cambridge as Philips Brooks praises a college service. He recalls students singing with heart and a sense of inspiration, noting even Dr. X. the college president joined in. An exchange follows about Dr. X’s belief and inquiry.
A fragment mentions a baby with severe eczema cured after using remedies marketed by a Cathdra and a Mr. Risley of Piermont. It includes promotional claims for Garfield Tea and a garbled note about a music college and a Rockyville horse event. The text is heavily garbled with inconsistent dates and names.
Swainsboro Georgia merchant John C. Coleman reports kidney trouble and back ache improving after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He notes lasting relief and renewed energy, with the product sold by all dealers for 60 cents a box from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Oscar Maanifeld of Stewartstown York County cut down a large white oak that stood before his house. He sawed 1 644 feet of lumber thirty seven railroad ties and end cut five cords of wood 128 feet to the cord. The total lumber including the ties reached 2 976 feet according to the Philadelphia Record.
A garbled ad lists Dr Kines Great Nerve Restorer with claims of curing fits and nervous disorders. It promotes Garfeld Tea as health purifying and mentions heavy plague deaths in India. It advertises special trains to conventions and a Pacific Coast tour from Chicago with itineraries and low round-trip rates.
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