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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1911
Page
7
A Travel Magazine piece describes the dramatic tide at Mont St Michel where a rising sea forms a crested wall. The phenomenon draws crowds on the causeway as boats risk being overwhelmed by the swift flooding waters, with deadly quicksand feared in the bay.
A collage of translated clippings describes Adargoma of Grand Canary famed for two hour bouts and draining a wine bowl with one hand. The text also notes glacier recession in Swiss Alpine curves and British local nicknames, with assorted light anecdotes and humor from 19th century periodicals.
A New York Times account describes specialized watches for the sightless with embossed numerals and no crystals. Blind readers feel the face to read time, using modified hands and a thumb resting at 12 to verify hours, often alongside electric clocks.
A collection of brief notes on music titles and origins, quips about Haydn’s Ox Minuet from a butcher story, Franklin’s manners habit, Chinese gate customs with boots for successors, Shakespeare’s Othello praise, a humorous chat about nutmeg in custard, plus a definition of aristocrat from Greek roots.
An 1849 Bergen stage anecdote recounts Ibsen and Bjornson shaping national drama. A lady cast as the second old woman lost a front tooth, and the theater funded her dental work. After two seasons she left, retaining the prosthetic tooth as a theater curiosity, since the management could not part with it.
A discussion of historic brick sizing in England. A tax on bricks led to larger sizes to evade duties. An act in George III's era fixed standard bricks at 9 by 4 by 3 inches, later removed tax but standard practice remained, shaping London building acts.
The article ponders the vast sea of space and its unimaginable scale, noting Earth-sized globes could fill the solar system. It also recounts early Buenos Aires colonization struggles with famine and cannibalism under Francisco Ruiz Galan, where dead bodies were eaten to survive.
Hawaii remains the world’s leading pineapple producer with vast farms surrounding Honolulu. The state hosts the largest pineapple cannery nearby, underscoring its central role in global canning and fruit trade.
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