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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1917
Page
2
A Motor magazine report urges drivers to understand headlight focus and lamp types. It notes dust on reflectors reduces illumination, warns against relying on voltage alone, and advises carrying spare bulbs and testing focus by projecting onto a flat surface to ensure proper alignment and safe road lighting.
Men and women with stenography or typing skills sought by the U S government. Emergency frequent examinations will be held, with large numbers hired as eligible lists open. Examinations held every Tuesday in 400 principal U S cities. salary ranges from 0 to 1200 a year with rapid advancement. Applicants must be at least eighteen, exams arranged by Lewis A Edwards, United Civil Service Board.
A brief, hopeful message urges kindness today. It notes living eyes may seem calm yet hunger for warmth. a smile or kind word can ease pain, perhaps keeping a heart from breaking or a soul from falling.
A newly described upper Amazon tribe shows a guild like division of labor with roles for clothing, farming, and weapon making. Their pottery stands out, with extremely large yet thin jars and smaller vessels nearly as thin as paper, yet strong.
The fragment quotes an Ingalls essay on grass carved on a tomb or memorial bowl. It portrays healing after fever and market chat, noting scar tissue from mankind’s digging into Earth, and a carpeted infant resting as the dead are covered.
Hose Company 1 hosts Carnival Week on Kearny Avenue near Belleville Turnpike with Travers Exposition and Amusement Company providing rides and contests each afternoon and evening The event includes Municipal Night inviting town officials The Carnival Committee lists Vincent Dara John Softley and Matthew Barr as ex officio members
A profile notes Lloyd George's aversion to letter writing, described by Isaac FL Marcosson as the “great unanswered.” It mentions the habit of using two stamped cards to elicit a response, with readers sometimes receiving both cards back in the same envelope.
A single-night event in Agen France showed artificial snow formed when water was dumped on a sawmill blaze at 10 degrees below freezing. The cold dry air carried the vapor upward where it condensed into snow and a vivid night display occurred under starlight with a northwest wind.
A reflective note extols firmness as virtue, praising steadiness of resolve and exertion while condemning complaint and cowardice. The passage emphasizes self discipline and the value of unwavering purpose over sentiment.
The Baku oil wells expelled oil with great force and sand, tearing through twelve inch steel blocks used to detect flow. Casing lining was shredded and collapsed, while hundreds of thousands of tons of sand accumulated nearby, requiring a large labor force for cleanup.
A therapeutics journal advises saving beyond repair clocks to set in the sickroom as reminders for medicine. Each dose prompts turning the hands to the next hour, reducing risk of dosing errors and ensuring timely administration.
The notice urges readers to plan ahead for spring by inspecting the home and placing orders now. It highlights garden tools seeds lawnmowers paints glass and even chicken items as ready stock for early needs and avoids shortages.
The Louisville Courier-Journal notes a chat about maintaining old friendships while enjoying new ones. It suggests casual, friendly bluffs can ease social gatherings before valued longtime contacts.
A.C. Fain pitched on the mound for the Cubs allowing only four hits. Lanrae scored on a two bagger for the first Cubs run as Henry and pen contributed outs. Beaty and Gorman joined the line and a late ninth inning rally fell short in a 2 to 0 defeat by Speedways.
Next Sunday the home club travels to Jersey City to meet Egbert B C a strong semi pro team. Kane Gorman and Henry will anchor the lineup with Freeman Paxton and Gorman contributing at the plate and in the field. Nutley Players plan a trip to Jersey City meeting at Franklin Avenue and Centre Street.
Nutley High School baseball beat Glen Ridge 13 to 8 after a one week layoff. Gorman pitched well for Nutley while Ciardi contributed a double and two singles and scored twice. Hicks led Glen Ridge with solid contact as the Nutley lineup included Ciardi, Gorman, Marshall, Dolan, Paxton, McVeigh, Bruskin, Bauchmeyer, Grube and others. Caldwell is set to face Glen Ridge next Friday in the schedule.
Schedule for Iiceton track meet changed due to weather. Local runners enter, with Masten absent in Washington, Carter replacing him in the half mile. Kirk and Messer are sick or away, leaving McGinnity Dacey and strong as the remaining local entrants.
A World’s Work excerpt argues insomnia is not a disease but a bad cell habit. It links sleeplessness to living faults, brain discipline breaches, or body disturbances that send persistent messages to the brain during sleep. It advises not trying to sleep as a better approach.
The Morria house debates the Aug 12 treaty with Britain as opposition grows. A serious impeachment talk arises, with calls to empower the executive while the House seeks correspondence on the treaty. A newspaper notes Washington faced sharp indignation and a claimed theft of 4750 dollars.
A total lunar eclipse shows a sliver of the moon at totality as sunlight refracted by Earth's atmosphere bends to the moon. This curious effect arises because Earth's shadow is larger than the moon while atmospheric bending directs light to the lunar edge.
A quip from the New York Sun on how troubles seem large to common folk, comparing them to a minor eye irritation that feels massive but proves almost invisible once removed. The reflective line suggests perspective on everyday hardships.
The piece notes turquoise as a health emblem in early Mexican and eastern beliefs, its color change signaling misfortune, and its use as a remedy for head and heart ailments. It also recounts a six year old girl’s first day at school ending with a black eye from a teeter totter, then befriending other children as they crowded to her.
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