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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1918
Page
7
A fond parent recalls his youngest child engaged in a lively discussion with several boys and a young woman. That evening the boy says the speaker was his teacher and they were trying to explain a ball game. He admits the teacher couldn’t understand.
A Seattle barber writes to the Post Intelligencer protesting misrepresentation by a talkative customer. He notes customers reveal confidential matters, from petter scandals to stock-market spills, risking the barber’s financial ruin and urging restraint.
Fragmentary passage notes Sunries in town and country settings describing the mountelna or Sea scene and rural district life. It contrasts early morning beauty with untidy streets, sweepers, and workers shaping the day, ending with a blunt, unattractive portrayal.
A curious fishing practice in the West Indies uses a remora attached by a ring and line to a suckerfish. The line is tossed overboard, then the remora quickly grips a passing turtle and the fisher pulls in both catch.
A fragmentary ancient record claims a will granting a wife freedom by enslaved eastern people and a house right. Scholars deem it the earliest known will, dating back many centuries, though details remain debated and the language is cryptic.
Observation notes goats as the cleanest feeder among five stock types. It nibbles fresh foliage, rejects dirt, and provides meat suitable for human consumption like sheep. Current goat prices align with the prevailing sheep market levels.
The Y M C A clarifies it remains undenominational, focusing on the well being and moral guidance of young men, without tying to any single church affiliation or religious belief.
Fragmentary lines describe influence and danger as a blossom and a man drift apart. The text hints at peril and moral warning, with oblique imagery of odor, rot, and remaining near the source of influence.
Town records show August 6 1918 meeting covering finances busi ness including fines licenses and weekly receipts. Projects noted include park avenue storm sewer Humbert street pavement concrete work and Park avenue improvements with bids and readings. Objections to Harrison street sidewalk and several ordinances re read or advanced and notices from public utilities and sewer commissioners referenced.
Regular meeting held August 3rd 1918 notes include week ending August 10th placed on file with collector of revenue showing 4374.88 collected. Bills totaling 4346.70 were approved for payment. Dora Steinlauf and Mary Moulcahy relief from water main assessment on River Street denied. J Co awarded contract for unspecified works.
Minutes detail weekly revenue of 1 360 93 collected, contracts awarded to Thatcher Motor Corporation for Scopeville, and bills totaling 3 871 20. Ordinances authorize park funds and water system work on Park Avenue, June 25 1918 repeal, concrete paving on Humbert Street, curb and sidewalk permits on Harrison Street, water main and sidewalk assessments for Myrtle Avenue and Block 219 Lot 5, and sidewalk continuation on Humbert Street in front of Gaetano care.
Town meetings discuss apportioned taxes for blocks and lots as well as an ordinance authorizing funds to pave Essex Street. Deliberations reference 1910s assessments and upcoming third reading set for October 1 1918 with Town Clerk IMON BLUM presiding.
The Nutley Board of Registry and Election will hold the third registration day on Tuesday October 29 1918 from 3 to 9 PM at polling places in each election district Essex County.
General election for United States Senators Representatives in Congress and state and local offices will be held Tuesday November 5 at polling places designated. Offices include two U S Senators full term and unexpired seat, U S House eighth district, twelve General Assembly members, county supervisor, three Freeholders full term plus one vacancy, Justices of the Peace and two Constables in the Second Ward. Voting hours start at 6 a m.
Nutley New Jersey records list polling locations by ward and district. Fire houses and public buildings are named for voter access including First Ward Firat District Fire House and Town Hall, Second District Angelo Pignatore Building and Bar i Building, Hose Co. No. 2, High Street, and Second Fire House, Third Ward Fife House, Park Avenue, with district clerk notice by SIMON at 338 Parsnic Avenue on September 7 1918.
Boundaries of the First Ward election area are described by streets and lines: starting at Belleville town line and Rutan Place, along Centre Street, John Street, Franklin Avenue, Chestnut Street, Prospect Street, Mountainview Avenue, Bloomfield Avenue, and Watchung Place, ending at the Bloomfield line near Belleville.
The excerpt outlines ward and district boundaries in Nutley and Belleville, detailing the First Second and Third Ward election district limits. It references streets Passaic Avenue Grant Avenue Washington Avenue Park Avenue and the Passaic River as boundary markers and mentions Acquackanock Township in relation to the lines.
The Sheriff of New Jersey will expose for sale by public vendue at Newark Court House on the twenty second day of October at 2 PM the mortgaged premises in Belleville township and Nutley town Essex County described as the property of Chestnut Heights Company and others under a writ of fieri facias in a chancery case against Edward P. Hassinger. The sale follows default on the mortgage and is conducted under Fi fa ordering lien foreclosure. The parcel begins at the division line with Abram S lands and East Jersey Water Company easterly line and proceeds along defined bearing to the westerly line of the old property.
A 1918 Newark notice details multiple tract descriptions along streets including Chestnut, Gleas, Meachim, Entwistle, and Glass avenues. It itemizes beginning points, bearing angles, distances, and parallel lines, outlining exemptions and boundary lines as recorded by Sheriff John R. Flavell and solicitors Lam Tamblyn & Coyler.
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