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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1914
Page
7
An Adamant, thirty ounce Joker nugget turns up in early Australian gold fields. The finder hides the treasure to protect work, then barely reveals the lump, avoiding theft and keeping the claim secret until it surfaces via a laundry office and whispers. The tale blends rough frontier life with surprise wealth in a saga of luck and caution.
A playful dialogue from Precept and Practice shows Mrs Newedd debating crust texture while Beston Tran notes kitchen lore from his mother. The piece, echoed in Baltimore American humor, contrasts domestic chatter with literary quips about fatigue and a club headache.
A fragment from a Philadelphia Ledger column describes Willesden women increasingly working while husbands stay home. The piece notes gender role shifts, wages from two days’ work per week, and the social dynamics as wives support families and children move to schools or industries. It also briefly quotes jokes about judges and other curiosities.
A discussion notes flywheels as dangerous projectiles if released from bearings, capable of mowing down obstacles with vast speed. It compares a forty foot circumference wheel at 1800 rpm to a cannon ball, travels 500 miles per hour, and could cover wide area along its path. Defense against such projectiles is deemed difficult and their use would depend on ground resistance.
A Buffalo Express quip jokes that dropping the first letter of music makes you sick, and dropping the first letter in griddled would yield riddled, illustrating the playful warning about careless words.
A compact reflection on doing the duty that lies nearest, urging timely action. The quote frames duties as immediate obligations, with the idea that each fulfilled duty spawns new ones.
In Berlin Ned Thornton and I face a would be pigsticker, a lieutenant Von Gatterstein, at a fencing contest set to end in Paris. Ned feigns expertise and uses the bluff to defuse the threat, offering a choice between losing an eye or a nose, and the rival ends the confrontation as unequal. The case wraps with a handshake and an invitation to visit the Chicago academy.
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