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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1906
Page
2
Scientist M Seurat discusses pearl formation in oysters and other molluscs. He reports that pearls in Gambian lagoons and the South Pacific arise from a tiny tapeworm within oyster cysts, with the worm's adult form found in the ray in the fish second host. The new species Tylocephalum margaritiferae is named.
London Times reports Prof. W. B. Hodgkinson's plan to protect England's eastern coast with 6 foot long by 4 foot 5 inch high sheet iron structures, 2 mm thick, hot pitched. moored in low water to form an arc that traps sand and currents, with successive rows replacing clogged sections.
The piece describes various squirrel disguises and escape tricks as observed in nature. It lists tactics such as flattening against tree trunks showing only a shoulder or ear, crouching in forks to display a fluffy tail, or knotting into a branch to blend with its surroundings, then escaping with swift leaps.
The Earl of Wemyss marked his eighty eighth birthday last Saturday. Born before Queen Victoria, he remained active and even remarried before the queen's death. His long service as a volunteer has shaped the corps, with a famous drill mishap under his command when he shouted a vivid command to save the situation.
A Roumanian lodged under a dining car pipe shelf on the Orient Express at Costanza, rode fifty three hours from Paris, ending dusty hungry and with 5 cents. An Indianapolis paper notes a society woman burial with an amateur brass hand.
The New Orleans Times-Democrat notes travelers describe fuels made from mummies in Egypt with thefts of tombs selling mummy pieces for fuel. It compares ghastly mummy fuel to discarded shoemaker lasts in Lynn and leather chips from tannery towns. It also mentions dried fish fuel in British Columbia with its strong smell from oil.
A Newburyport News reader recalls a horse frightened by cars until a passing woman calmly spoke to him and offered candy. The horse relaxed after the encounter and later seeks more contact with vehicles, perhaps hoping for candy again.
The Hartford Courant mocks a Weather Bureau claim that two great storms move toward the East from opposite directions. It questions how both can move east while one must go west and calls for a diagram to resolve the confusion.
The New York Press describes an old Marawa practice where an insolvent man was summoned before creditors in a room with a veiled Thakur. He lay on the floor in mourning while creditors struck him with shoes until exhaustion of wrath, after which honor was said to be satisfied.
A short humorous item from the Council Grove Guard notes two dollars in a till converse about money and ownership. The coins joke on a stingy man who squeezes money and may break bones, while contrasting how he treats his wife.
Temperatures in fuel furnaces for technical use range from 1740 to 1880 degrees Celsius, limited by fire clay and porcelain melting points. Pushing beyond uses flames fed with oxygen hydrogen or oxygen coal gas. Stereopticon demonstrations show 2000 degrees Celsius achievable, marking the high water mark of regular industrial practice.
The Saxon railway from Limbach to Waolklenburg will be among the first German routes converted from steam to electricity. The project signals a major shift in regional transport, aiming to modernize service and reduce emissions.
Southern growers argue on two classes of sweet potatoes for North and South markets. Northern buyers favor yellow dry mealy small to medium tubers while Southern consumers prefer moist sugary large roots with rich flavor. Olef pumpkin yellow yam and Red Providence top Southern trade and batings show how education may boost Southern tuber demand.
The article notes major unions funding aged members, with forty unions paying £267,396 in 1904 and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers contributing over £260,000 annually. It highlights related unemployment relief and the Northumberland and Durham Miners Permanent Relief Fund with 4,591 members and £60,094 paid in 1905.
Several small towns near Birmingham England join to build a refuse destructor that will also produce steam and power. The old disposal method cost 2638 dollars annually, while the new system could yield 7000 to 9000 dollars per year. An electrical syndicate will pay at least 2000 dollars yearly for steam and plans to generate electricity for power and light.
A Swedish woman named Lind inverted a device that prevented people from being born alive and applied it to about 2,200 supposed corpses. A clothier bee uses a woody fiber cloth to cover its nest and shield its young from temperature shifts. The Boston Herald notes Americans largely eat labels and calls Spy Professor Wiley.
Sweden mandates a separate car on suburban Stockholm night trains to accommodate intoxicated persons. In New York City the police force staffing ratio is one captain or sergeant for every twenty officers.
The sermon at Irving Square Presbyterian by Rev. I. W. Henderson expounds that Christian character is the inner measure of man aligned to God. It encompasses holiness and righteousness, outward conduct and inward grace, shaping leadership, virtue, justice, and peace through imitation of Christ.
The piece argues temptations grow with spiritual depth. It uses a lawyer as an example to show that greater renown brings tougher trials. As Jesus was tested, believers face trials that refine character and yield eternal weight of glory.
Fragmented religious reflections urge living with purpose and kindness. The text weighs God’s visits, fate, and progress, praising gratitude and yielding to Providence while questioning divine placement and patience.
In a royal scene a tense moment unfolds as Prince Eddie refuses the Queen and his mother’s request to share bonbons. The elder prince stands firm between his mother’s wishes and his grandmother’s expectations, while his siblings watch with deference.
A garbled fragment describes a political scene with an earnest speaker and a porter as observers, followed by a rambling shift to forest imagery. It includes references to a controversial speech, a house, constable, and a claim of a future run for office, then abruptly shifts to descriptions of Pacific coast timber and mountain forests and their yields.
Fragmentary text notes talk of spelling errors and misprints in advertisements and letters from a Roosevelt era context. The passage mentions phrases like pure soap and childhood and questions about past and present uses.
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