Gold Diggers and Crime in Early 1900s Society
A scattered review touches on murder trials, bank forgery, and a wax works show, noting public curiosity about shopgirls marrying Harvard graduates and the era’s fascination with crime and social ascent. It also cites rising fiction output, a solar eclipse in Spain, and a New York crime bill linking parental neglect to youth crime along with a bride’s Paris-bound social itinerary.
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New York
London
Dutomo
France
Italy
Paris
Dredvinekers
Commencement Day Reflections on Reward and Duty
A speech on toil and reward describes graduation as the start of a broader life. It emphasizes effort over mere repetition and urges preparation for a future judgment day, where deeds are revealed before the Father and His Angels.
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Father
One Woman Heardled Philadelphia Christmas Tree Legend
The article honors Cathrine Tag an elderly German woman buried in Philadelphia who introduced the first Christmas tree in the city area around Christmas Eve 1640. Her Germantown bakery popularized German pastries and the Christmas tree tradition with Nut decorations, leibuchen, and old world treats. A baker dressed as Santa hosted public inquiries about the tree tradition and children remember her gift long after.
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Philadelphia
Cathrine Tag
Quaker City
United States
Germantown
Germany
Arcanum Day Tour Set by Local Councils
The Royal Arcanum marks its twenty eighth anniversary with an excursion from multiple councils to Asbury on June 24. About 2600 members and friends will join the sea side trip as the anniversary date falls June 23 but is observed the next day in the county.
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Royal Arcanum
Asbury
Order
Patents Granted to New Jersey Inventors
A partial list notes patents granted to New Jersey inventors led by OC A Snow and others from Washington DC. Names include Robert R. Ablakken and others with titles referring to seals, computer components, and related devices.
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New Jersey
OC. A. Snow & Oer PM
Reys
Washington, D. C
Reanne
Union
Robert R. Ablacken Iboken
Diplomatic Replies and Navy Yard Controversy Stir Washington
The piece notes Japan publicly replying to the President while Russia withholds its text, sparking debate on diplomatic candor. It also covers a Charlestown navy yard controversy with Lt. Walker removed after clashes with contractor demands, amid political pressure from Senator Lodge’s secretary and Morton.
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Arcee
Japan
Kogoro Takahira
Russia
St. Petersburg
China
Pekin
Celestial Kingdom
Navy Yard
Charlestown
D.C
Thentinental Jewell Filtration Company
John Dougherty
James A. G. Walker
Navy
Dougherty
Lieut. Walker
Senator Lodge
Washington
Morton
Portsmouth
Walker
Navy Department
Norfolk
Devia
Sara
Coal Found in Panama Debated by Canal Officials
Panamanian coal discovery reported by Yardmaster A. Chubb of the Panama Canal Commission. Washington samples show a vast deposit ten miles long and twenty seven miles wide with unknown depth. Officials claim it could surpass Pennsylvania anthracite and greatly enhance canal refueling value.
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A. Chubb
Panama Canal Commission
Washington
Penara
Pennsylvania
Canal Sone Bea
First Presbyterian Church bell recast as Morristown begins repairs
Mornings in Morristown report the historic bell of the First Presbyterian Church is to be recast to preserve its tone after a crack. Ogden Memorial Church at Chatham is dedicated, honoring Rev. Dr. Joseph Meeker Ogden with major donor Mrs. Sarah Wallace of Newark.
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Lndebtare
Josephine Veeco
Vesco
Ken
Ogden Memorial Presbyterian Church
Chatham
Joseph Meeker Odgen
Firat Presbyterian Church
Sarah Wallace
Newark
Whippany River Club
Bear Morristown
Charles F. Cutler
Arthur Whitney
Robert A. Grannies
Isaac Newman
Seventeenth Avenue
Selmar
Isaac
Belmar
State Board of Agriculture
New Jersey
Franklin Dye
Springfield
Oto Hieea Washington
Morristown
State Commission
Pee Tievescaea
Presbyterian Church
Gal Offield
Fish Stored Along Jersey Coast for Next Winter Supply
Thousands of pounds of fish are stored daily in freezers along the Jersey coast for winter sale in large cities. Catches are prodigious with multiple facilities holding about a million pounds each, including Point Pleasant and Sea Bright. Manasquan freezer, rebuilt after a fire, stores two million pounds, with similar capacity at another site. Main stored species include sea bass and red hake, with later storage of rockfish and bluefish. The freezer network prevents market collapse during possible famine periods.
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Jersey
Point Pleasant
Sea Bright
Manasquan
Varied 19th Century News Notes From States and Abroad
A mix of short items reports polygamy trial in Arizona, DAR funded Santa Fe trail marker work, a California miners church, and a British navy addition. Also notes a German fishing invention, a Syracuse factory strike over elevator access, Boston’s June 17 holiday, Charlestown battles and John Paul Jones body voyage, Vanderbilt plans for a huge lake near Gap Mountain, and Vanderbilt’s Transylvania county holdings and Biltmore base.
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Apache County
Ark
Kaneess
Daughters of the American Revolution
Redwood Forest
California
San Jose
Hibernia
Achilles
London
Iunshmes
Ensige
Ireland
Duke of Edinburgh
Coneal Liefeld
Freiburg
Sauk Rapids (Mine
Nettleton
Syracuse
N. Y
Gigebee
John Paul Jones
France
Brooklyn
Chattanooga
Tacoma
Galveston
Tompkinnville
Cherbourg
Sandy Hook
George W. Vanderbilt
Biltmore
Asheville
N. C
Gap Mountain
Pink Beds
Pisgap
Mille River
Vanderbilt
Transylvania County
Mills
Davidsoniver
Tame Sea Gull Adopts Phoenix Man as Pet
A resident of Phoenix Avenue owns a tame sea gull that arrived during a January storm and has since lived indoors. The bird, named Dickey, performs tricks on command and roams the house from attic to cellar while his owner, a former Navy man, notes the creature’s unusual domestication.
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United States
Joseph H. Smith
Phoenix Avenue
Orrhs
Mr. Smith
Smith
Navy
Dickey
Fashionable footwear and accessories dominate the season
The era's latest trends feature cat low-almost like ump shoes with concealed elastic, silken stocking protectors, and two-bar collar sets in jewelry. Lace stockholds, embroidered gloves and buttons large as cocardes decorate coats while suede and kid shoes finish with Cuban heels. High girdles, Dresden ribbons, and blue velvet trims shape gowns and headgear remains bold with polo hats and Wedgwood blue accents.
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Carroe
Cénson
Cocarde
Oxford
Dresden
Endangered Sea Birds and the Buffalo’s Fate Highlight Public Duty
An editorial warns that overhunting has driven buffalo and sea birds toward extinction and urges urgent public action. It argues for protecting breeding colonies, supporting Audubon societies, and funding defense of wildlife to preserve beauty and heritage for future generations.
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National Association of Audubon Cities
Uring
Caldwell Malls Post Office Mail Arrivals and Departures
The Caldwell post office schedules show mail arrivals at 10:15 a m 5 19 p m and 6 10 p m with departures at 7: a m 1:00 p m 4 90 and 6:45 p m Pine Rock arrivals listed at 1:25 p m and 3:45 p m with leaves at a t and Ouloe closes at 7:30 p m sharp.
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Caldwell
Pine Rock
A. T
Ouloe
Dy Mysterious Health Remedies Mentioned in Old Column
fragmented OCR notes describe various remedies and names like Dynes Poley and Baron Nathaniel Dy M4 connected to kidney disorders and health restoration. references appear incomplete with garbled phrases and place names such as Mt Sterling. The text hints at treatments or cures and mentions a fund or amount but details are unclear.
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Poley
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