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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1911
Page
8
Readable lines list junior and senior events in a school athletic meet. Names of competitors appear for sprinting, jumping, and throwing events across standard and prize categories, with results like times and distances noted. The fragment lists many students from Campbell to Hansen, plus event details such as 50 yard dash and 75 yard dash and various jumps.
A New York press report notes children in India reared by mahouts and their elephants. Mothers entrust babies to elephants for long treks, with youngsters riding the animals to water and play, the elephant guarding the child as the boy grows toward mahout status.
A fragment recounts Victorian mirth and royal initials jokes from Victoria to Albert Edward, including Caroline Fox notes on May 24 1837, and a Windsor palace anecdote by Sir Walter Parratt, with a final quip about AE as Albert Edward christened in 1842.
A collage of quips and dialogue from a bygone paper features Old Gent advising on marriage gifts, a solicitor’s sharp exchange with Mr Walsingham, and a golfer’s humorous miscount. The snippets showcase quick wit, social mores, and everyday humor captured in a single page item.
A fragmentary courtroom exchange shows a solicitor cross examining a prisoner. Witness No 1 denies calling the prisoner a bloomin’ liar as he asserts he did not utter the phrase, leaving the exact insult unclear.
The term slave derives from Slav and once signified noble status. Early usage tied to the Slavonic race, with meaning evolving over time.
Nutley Town Council invites sealed proposals for six inch water main extensions on Kingsland street from Kinzer avenue to East Passaic avenue about 750 feet and on Stager street from Franklin avenue to John street about 980 feet. Bids due by 9 p.m. June 4 at Town Hall. Plans available Tuesdays 1 3 to 9 p.m. or at Abijah Fox NY. Bid bonds $50. Dated Nutley May 24. 4ST. FRANK L. RUSBY Town Clerk.
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