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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1914
Page
2
A Free Public Library message presents conundrums about reading habits and library purpose. It urges readers to form a reading habit, explains how libraries differ from moving pictures, and compares books to shoes, stressing personal fit and continued use.
A reply asks when virtue ends and lists fantastical reversals from grass eating lions to birds braying like an aga. The fragmented verse mocks expectant social shifts and Texan pride through absurd, impossible scenarios.
The piece describes two easy tests to judge water purity when unsure of a supply. One test uses sugar in a glass overnight. a clear result signals purity, while cloudiness indicates contamination. The second test adds permanganate of potash to water and waits then judges by the color, with brownish tint signaling impurity though boiling may mitigate harm.
A lecturer voices strong belief that no one in the audience has acted to stop forest destruction. A quiet man at the back interrupts, admitting he has shot woodpeckers, eliciting surprise among the listeners.
The stick insect, studied by Professor Schmidt of St. Petersburg, enters a daytime trance or canopsy to avoid predators. While in this rigid state it may stand on its head or hold limbs aloft for hours, yet it shows no fatigue when roused and feeds at night on its host plants.
A New York Sun excerpt recalls a moving picture audience reaction when lovers kiss as a man in the crowd smiles, triggering a wave of sneezes and laughter before the film continues. Other anecdotes cover humor about Edward VII's portrait and a judge’s quip about a convict’s last claim.
You are the effect of a cause and the cause of what you become. Your past and present effort shape your future self. The obligation to choose your best each day rests on you, despite any sophistry.
Fred Kelly negotiates with a street dealer for an Airedale puppy. The dealer asks three dollars and predicts the price will rise to five if Kelly delays. The seller jokes that the dog may become attached to Kelly by afternoon.
A quip on marriage timing shifts from a joke about early unions to a broader reflection. The speaker concedes that “better late than never” can apply to marriage as well as other life choices, noting a change in stance.
A Yonkers Statesman item notes a man stating his ancestors were cremated. The exchange mentions Egbert questioning cremation as a modern method, while noting the subject’s picture gallery had only recently been disturbed or “bummed up.”
A playful exchange frames a discussion on color symbolism with a curious analogy to a gold mine. The dialogue touches on how a streak of yellow can be appropriate in certain contexts and invites further contemplation of visual language.
Fragmentary quotation from Baltimore American about a captured bandit. The line contrasts being covered with tin revolvers by the crew with the idea of confusion and fear. The note weaves in an 18th century Byron line about reason and folly as a moral reflection.
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