New Jersey Mayor Objects to Rail Bridge Plan
New Brunswick officials led by Mayor VanCieef and Attorney Weigel traveled to Washington with maps to stop the Pennsylvania Railroad from building an immovable bridge over the Delaware and Raritan Canal. They contend it would impede navigation.
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Courier News
New EW Brunswick
VanCieef
Ony
Weigel
Washington
Pennsylvania Railroad
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Quake Shocks Rattle Tacoma With Fire Utterance
Several light earthquake shocks were felt in Tacoma Washington as windows rattled and a sheet of flame appeared in the eastern sky. Observers reported smoke issuing from Mount Tacoma yesterday morning amid seismic activity.
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Courier News
Tacoma
Wash
Mount Tacoma
Princeton Students Fight Fire at Hodge Hall
Three hundred Princeton students armed with water pails and ewers fought a blaze in Hodge Hall at the Theological Seminary after an oil stove exploded in a student room. The incident occurred in Princetons, N J on November 22.
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Courier-News
Princetros
N. J
Princeton
Hodge Hall
The
Theological Seminary
Congregational Juniors Host Social and Peanut Hunt
The first Junior Endeavorers gathering of the Congregational Church occurred yesterday afternoon. About forty attendees enjoyed a peanut hunt, other games, and a potato race led by committee chair May Parmele. A tie sparked by Lulu Fuller and Herbert Rockfellow ended with Rockfellow gifting the prize to the girl.
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May Parmele
Lulu Fuller
Herbert Rockfellow
Local News Briefs From Jackson and East Front Street
Miss Sadie Line of Jackson Avenue is ill at home. Dr. and Mrs. Pred G. Sutphen and family join Mrs. Smalley and family at Mrs. John C. Van Dyke’s on East Front Street. Schwed Brothers push men’s and boys’ top coats. Harrison Street electric lights have been out. H Klinsman reports remonstrances to headquarters with no response. North Plainfield Township Committee meeting postponed to early next week due to Borough Council meeting use of the Chew iceer.
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Sadie Line
Jackson Avenue
Pred G. Sutphen
Smalley
Liberty Corner
John C. van Dyke
East Front Street
Schwed Brothers
Harrison Street
H. Klinsman
North Plaingeld
Life and gossip spark a kiss in Brooklyn scene
In a back and forth exchange a man and Clara discuss a kiss as Maud learns of Clara’s engagement and a fervent girl accompanies them, revealing social entanglements in Brooklyn Life.
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Clara
Maud
Brooklyn
Beecham's Pills Ad Promises Relief From Constipation
A short classified note touts Beecham's pills for constipation with a free book offer. Pills priced 25 cents. Avail at a listed address or write to B F Allen Co at 365 Canal Street New York.
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Beecham
F Allen Co
Canal St
New York
Notable Figures in a Fragmented 19th Century Arc
A garbled collage mentions Senator Perkins and a Brussels attaché 1859, St Petersburg 1861, a Hans Holbein descendant in a Austrian poorhouse accused of vagrat, Mme Tolstoi with a Moscow diploma, Mme Patti on mothers offering babies for adoption, and a farewell line from Chcatrix Wobbleton. It also notes Dr Holmes' recollection of Elsie Venner and Lady Sophia Cecil, survivor of a Brussels ball before Waterloo.
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Brussels
St. Petersburg
Hans Holbein
Aussig
Austria
Mme. Tolstoi
University of Moscow
Mme
Patti
Goodby
Chcatrix Wobbleton
Chicago
Philadelphia
Marsquis
Exeter
Waterloo
Duchess of Richmond
Duke of Brunswick
Quetre Bras
Turf topics and racing notes from the era
Thirty nine two year old pacers entered the 2:30 list this year. Domino is not bound for England under any circumstances. Kentucky Derby Oaks and Clark stakes entries show strong thoroughbred bloodlines. A P Waugh in Japan edits The Weekly Box of Curios. Oldest jockey in Canada is W H Church at 74.
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Domino
England
A. P. Waugh
California
Japan
W. H. Church
Kentville
Nova Scotia
Canada
Grains of Gold Reflections on Virtue and Freedom
The fragment offers aphorisms on character speed and happiness, contrasting hurry with dispatch and true freedom with false liberty. It extols a contented mind, the value of a good example, and praises a good woman as a central beauty. It urges not only work but orderly conduct within work.
Nurse and midwife testimony from Pavillox NY
A nurse and midwife testifies from Pavillox New York on May 21 1875 recounting five to six years of experience in nursing and midwifery. The fragment notes practical experiences but ends abruptly.
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Pavillox, N. Y
Diamond Dyes Prove Lightfast in Fabrics
A Weaver's Herald report credits diamond dyes with superior lightfastness in dyed carpets and fabrics. The practical dyer cites three year color persistence, noting diamonds resist washing out by soap and fading from sunlight. Diamond dyes offer nearly fifty colors for silk, wool, and cotton.
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Weaver's Herald
False Impressions on Women and Humor in Postgrad Talk
Fragmented dialogue among four girls and a few male observers about postgrad plans humorist stereotypes and dating, noting how funny papers shape ideas about women. A rich bachelor and ice cream episode reveal pretenses and social expectations.
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Laura
Mary
Thaden
The Phantom Toe and a Night of Haunted Strife
A traveler in a Dutch inn awakes to a moonlit line on the floor and a naked toe. He fights a knife wielding intruder, aided by fellow travelers, before discovering the assailant is an insane man escaped from Delft.
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Bintan
the Hague
Delft
Humorous Parisian Car Ride Sparks Baby Burdens
A Chicago Tribune passage captures a tense car ride where a mother of seven obsessively questions a stranger about the baby she sees. The scene shifts to a Society note about a clever, impoverished girl teaching a Chinaman in a Sunday class, highlighting class and cultural contrasts.
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Sid
George
Milly
Milwaukee
Chicago Tribune
Iimitations Engl
Bea
Goa
Ching
Ned Call
Kansas City Star
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