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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1910
Page
4
The Nutley Sun outlines its legal and editorial policy including placement details, subscription rate, office addresses, and the requirement for writers to provide their name with communications for identification and good faith. It emphasizes strict adherence to these rules and the paper’s role as a local record.
Editor comments on school board secrecy and misrepresentation while three Nutley fires raise suspicion of incendiary acts. He suggests spontaneous combustion as possible but stresses lack of police capability to prevent repeated blazes and advises property vigilance and insurance review.
A string of light, opinion style questions reflects on local life. The writer muses on commuting habits, timing trains, fashion, political reformers, peach crops, Nutley’s sports notes, and local board priorities with a hint of satire.
A bill before the Senate Agriculture Committee proposes extending agricultural and mechanical college work to public schools nationwide. It would fund federal state and local bodies for agricultural instruction and trades, aiming for interdepartmental cooperation among Education Commerce and Labor and Agriculture. The plan envisions federal support for state universities and colleges to make schools more practical and serviceable.
A proposed measure would allocate two million dollars yearly to state colleges and normal schools to educate teachers for agriculture trades and home making. Within three years states would receive shares of additional funds to boost rural, farm and home education. Supporters claim the program would keep educated people on farms and curb urban brain drain.
The Commissioners of Assessment met at Town Hall on Thursday night but could not proceed due to the vacancy from the resignation of Mr Quackenbush. Samuel E Blair is designated to fill the vacancy but not yet confirmed by the Court. A May 19 meeting is planned in Council Chambers.
St. Paul's Congregational Church holds a 9 45 a m Sunday School and a Mother’s Day service at 11 a m with Rev Henry J Condit preaching Her Children Shall Call Her Blessed. A soprano solo by Master Milton Ayres. An evening service at 7 45 p m features To Mothers A Mother's Faith. Attendance includes a white carnation gift.
On Sunday May various services occur at The Reformed Church led by Rev. Willian Stuart with morning sermon Mother the Holiest Thing Alive. Sunday School at 9:45 a m. Evening service at 7 45 with The Two Crowns. Sons and Daughters of the King at 7 15. Prayer Meeting Wednesday evening. Junior Christian Endeavor Wednesday at 3 36 p m.
Franklin Hose Co. No. 2 held a temporary organization meeting on Thursday night at the home of Mr. R. W. McClintock. Two officers were elected with Councilman DeVries as foreman and Mr. McClintock as assistant foreman. Committees were appointed to draft by-laws and arrange details.
Nutley High baseball lost to St Benedict 10 to 2 on the Park Grounds yesterday afternoon. Nutley batters were Sidan and P Fitting. For St Benedict, Brown J Fitting and Woodruff played in the game.
The April roll shows numerous students across grades from Kindergarten to 8th listed as neither absent nor tardy. Names span multiple sections including Kindergarten Buckley and Seymour, Grade 1 to Grade 8 pupils, with many surnames recurring such as Buckley Hart and Hart, Parke, Ulrich, Dittig, and Weisbrod among others. The compiled list reads like a school attendance roster across many classes.
A blaze in the rear stable of Abram Blum’s store on Passaic avenue was discovered just after 1 AM Tuesday, preventing a potentially serious fire. Incendiary suspicion cited as Yantataw and Avondale Fire Companies responded. damage deemed small.
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