08 Apr 1910
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Newspaper
Perth Amboy Evening News
Location
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
1
A proposed causeway to connect Galveston with the Texas mainland envisions a concrete arch bridge 2,358 feet long with a central lift drawbridge and protected roadways at each end. Estimated cost is about 1.5 million dollars, providing permanent ingress and egress for residents and commerce, according to Popular Mechanics.
A 19th century anecdote recounts Samuel J. Tilden buying a large Great Dane at a dog show. When asked the dog's name, he replies it is Askim. The dog performs only when fed, and Tilden quips that he would make a good politician as he feeds him a bone.
A Buffalo Express quip questions how a man lost his home supremacy. The joke suggests his wife tried to phone him at the office and the office could not understand the name.
An examiner asks which path a lawyer should take when defending a man he knows is guilty. The examiner replies with a sharp line: charge him double, of course.
Princeton April 8. Princeton University opens a new vivarium adjoining Guyot Hall to study birds fish and reptiles across fourteen branches. A Palmer laboratory room provides a constant temperature facility capable of ten degrees below zero with minimal fluctuation, enabling advanced molecular physics research by Professors Trowbridge Loomis and others.
Bridgeton April 8 Two railroads have shipped 180 carloads of seed potatoes for early planting within about ten miles of Bridgeton. Planters expect a larger acreage and a bumper crop, with one carload yielding at least fifteen carloads. Last year’s shipments were about 900 carloads and this year may near 1 600 carloads for shipment. Buyers from leading markets pay cash.
The new automotive live map, described as alive, guides drivers with real time turns and warns of railway crossings steep hills and curves ahead. It displays miles traveled miles remaining and the car’s exact position for safer journeys.
A Washington Star quip highlights social friction over men giving up seats on street cars. Miss Cayenne notes women cannot always thank a man, as the act leaves them breathless and speechless in polite society.
Instructions describe inexpensive lace like darning patterns for linen, noting modern interest in darning classes. No. 1 design forms small gifts with a method using 18 to 20 threads, creating groups of eight threads, with step by step needle work and illustration hints for beginners.
Instructions describe weaving patterns for darned table linen with 20 or 24 threads, detailing steps to form center patterns over alternating groups, returning by darning, and completing bars. Suggestions mention using silk, ribbon threading, and variations for wider borders, plus notes on flax thread and AV shaped spaces.
A practical guide describes patterns for darned linen and glove repairs. It details a three group darning technique, back stitching, and whipping, plus using a marble to mend a glove finger and aligning thread to imitate stitching. It also covers oversewing tears on the wrong side and buttonhole filling for loose edges.
The New York American notes heraldry traces to prehistoric totemism and savage tattooing. It argues insignia arose from painting or carving totems on canoes, weapons, and house pillars as a superstition. The crane and bear are cited as ancestral symbols for early coats of arms of great families.
In a Spokane Spokesman-Review item a servant girl Tizin Aan vents bitterness at her mistress over a letter from Mrs. Jones' cook Marie who says she has been given a conservatory. The girl then proposes hiring an auto and a photographer to take a front seat photograph with her master to settle Marie.
A Delineator excerpt recounts a six year old boy, Billie, defending a twin brother sent from the table for misbehavior. The maid remarks on the shame of being sent away, but Billie retorts he would not if she knew the family as well as he did.
Advice on crafting effective classified ads. Focus on a single concrete offer people want. Promote clear benefits and call to action. Provide specific services and urgency to drive phone inquiries.
A collage of antiquated anecdotes recounts gender separation in early Church of England practice and a quip about a bold clerk in a Newark drug store. It also notes John Fiske’s claim that in 1519 Alyvar ez de Pineda sighted the Mississippi, trading with Indians near its banks.
A historical classified likely from a New York ad section lists suppliers for asbestos products, pipe cover, boilers, brass goods, regulators, electrical supplies, filters, and related engineering and industrial items. Includes company names and addresses such as G. New York Asbestos Co., 80 John Street. Ween & Supp Co., 18 West. 300 William Street. indestructible Ash Can Co., 226 Hudson Street. Hart & Peete, W. 21st Street. Bushhell John S. Co., Fulton Street. Peter J. Desbrosses. and others. Entails multiple trades and product categories with street-level neighborhood references.
A fragmented listing of engineering supplies and manufacturers in New York City including machines, oilless bearings, pipe fittings, valves, pumps, rope, and rubber goods. Firms named include National Tube Co Pittsburg. Jenkins Bros 71 John St. McNab & Harlin Paterson N J. Revere Rubber Co 59 61 Reade St. McGill Grafton L 16 William St. and many others across Broadway, Front St and John St.
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