Olympic athletes shine at Long Branch carnival meet
Long Branch hosts a major county athletic meet under the carnival committee led by G M L Sacks. More than 3,000 spectators saw top athletes including Olympic winners compete around a track built in the enclosure. Babe weighs 280 pounds and cleared 47 feet 8 inches in the shot put, while Alvah Meyer took second to Ralph Craig in a headline sprint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
Monmouth County
G. M. L. Sacks
Josephine Alexander
Park M. Woolley
H. Edgar Mason
Alex Alexander
W. Wimpfheimer
Richard Degves
Myron H. Oppenheim
Patrick McDonald
New York
Stockholm
Babe
Alvah T. Meyer
Ralph Craig
Meyer
Joe Slonin
Ocean Grove Man Killed by Live Wire at Garage
Ocean Grove proprietor at 84 86 South Main Street in Asbury Park died yesterday morning after contacting a live wire while closing a garage door. Wallace Sylvester pulled the wire away as Burdge collapsed. Coroner Bennett plans an inquest. Burial at Mt Prospect follows services at West Grove M B Church.
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Way
Ocean Grove
the Grove
South Main Street
Asbury Park
Wallace Sylvester
Burdge
George W. Potts
A. Disbrow
Matthews
Main Street
A. W. Bennett
Belmar
Viola
William Burdge
Oak Glen
Disbrow
West Grove M. B
Daniel Johnston
Mt. Prospect
J. Lewis Burdge
Mt. Carmel
Third Annual Doll Carnival Parade Wins Big Ocean Front Event
The third annual doll carnival after noon parade drew crowds at Ocean Front Park. Winners include Mary J. White first in carts, Eva Keir first in masquerades, Joseph Burner in carts second, with many Long Branch participants. Prizes ranged from silver cups to bicycles and chairs as judges announced multiple divisions. A strong police escort and a grateful crowd honored the little entrants as Queen Elizabeth IV and her court observed the fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary J. White
Long Branch
Arnold Woolley
Elizabeth West
Elvetta Eaton
Ella Kirby
Catherine Kirby
Muriel Hopper
Hazel Sawyer
Atlantic Hotel
Pavilion Avenue
Veniors
Ocean Avenue
Po Ncemen
John Britton
Harold Schenck
George Washington Holmes
Clarence Reid
Elizabeth IV
Queen Elizabeth
Doll Carnival
Samuel Wardell
Rynear Howsel
Orrin A. [Clark
Mary White
Leon Cubberly
Harvest Home Supper Committees Named at West Long Branch
The Ladies Aid Society of the First M B Church West Long Branch plans a harvest home supper next Thursday with 4000 meals expected. Mrs Joseph H White sold 300 tickets and a musical program is planned. A full list of tables and chairs directs volunteers for ice cream music tents gates and ticket sales. A Denver visitor Mrs EB Frost joins Parker family at their West Long Branch home.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
First M. B.church
West Long Branch
Joseph H. White
Selina Atcheson
William Tully
J. Atcheson
J. Woolley
Phoebe Sherman
L. Vanderhoef
William Norton
Fred W. van Note
Joseph White
Albert Woolley
W. E. Norton
Katie Blakely
Oliver W. Norton
Eugene Bowman
Louis Lane
William Poole
Cordelia Hulick
Lucy Chamberlain
Verne Lane
Frank Antonides
Rank Sherman
A. F. Golden
Willis Woolley
Charles Stillwagon
Waltter Sherman
A. Morris
George F. van Huel
William Sherman
Tabley
Harry Hopper
William Chamberlain
K. Worrells
Annie Sherman
Georgie Sherman
Irline Sherman
Harry Sherman
Charles A. Poole
Willard Lawyer
M. V. Poole
Arthur
D. van Note
Charles EB. Clayton
William E. Norton
Frank Sherman
Mary Poole
Chinery
Charles ,Stillwagon
J. M. Heyer
William Morris
G. A. Hulick
A. D. van Note
A. BR. Chinery
W. D. Brand
Lillian Palmer
John Herbert Oxley
Denver
Col
John Parker
EB. H. Frost
Frank Parshley
Parker
Francis Winner for First Time in Meadow Yacht Club Race
Samuel Rikers Francis won Saturday's Meadow Yacht Club race marking her first win of the year A Pott's Elf finished second Haskill's Margaret came in third Dp Houghton’s f eleader last The Francis had a recent overhaul by W H Jernimon and a new sail added Carnival Committee plans fireworks at Ocean Park Thursday evening Ocean Park Casino hosts cash door prize at Automobile Engineers Ball tonight Bere
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the Meadow
Samuel Rikers Francis
Pott
Elf
Haskill
Margaret
Houghton
Francis
W. H. Jeronimon
Ocean Park
Ocean Park Casino
Automobile Engineers
Bere
Severe Storms Ravage Long Branch Area At 7 P M
A local hurricane formed near Long Branch last night around seven striking suddenly. Heavy rain flooded streets and wind speeds peaked at 96 miles per hour briefly with 72 mph over five minutes. The storm damaged banners cables lights and carnival decorations along Broadway with repairs underway and shipments planned for Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
Broadway
Consolidated Gas Company
Philadelphia
Jacob
Senate overrides Taft veto on budget bill including Commerce Court
Washington agreement follows Taft veto remark stating disapproval of abolishing the Commerce Court. The Senate passes a revised budget bill that retains the plan to abolish the court despite the president’s objections.
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Senate
Taft
Washington, D. C
Commerce Court
Weather Bureau Forecast for New Jersey Unsettled Warm Period
The U S Weather Bureau predicts 36 hours of unsettled and warmer weather in New Jersey with possible showers tonight or Tuesday. Reports from Long Branch show a high of 88 and a low of 69, with 0.50 inches of precipitation in the last 24 hours and humidity around 82 percent at 8 am.
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U. 8
Weather Bureau
New Jersey
North Broadway
Long Branch
Fireworks Stopped After Seven Beach Fires
Explosives in all directions sparked seven fires along the beach prompting immediate stoppage of fireworks. Officials investigated the incidents and appealed for public caution.
Girl on Sandy Hook Falls Ill After Cliff Plunge
A Newark party of eight Saturday trip to Highlands ends after Miss Stafford slips near Sandy Hook cliffs. She falls to the lower ground, sustains a cut face and dislocated elbow but is kept awake by friends who carry water and bring a medical student to set the joint. The group returns home with the injured girl showing resolve to continue the day.
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Sandy Hook
Donnie
Newark
Highlands
Newark Gully
Gail
Mie
Hilton
Thes Bay
Steiner
Misa Ftafford
Wboat
Atlantic Ulster
Hierepeort
Reir
Hendrick Kudson
Tusting Piano Company Buys Asbury Park Property
The Tusting Piano Company buys the Smith property at the corner of Hanes Avenue and Bond Street Asbury Park to build a four thousand square foot showroom and two story wing on a 50 by 100 foot lot. Doll Carnival relations include credit to Storck Aids Doll with free piano use and praise by Washington Park directors. Long Branch Carnival auditors are asked to submit carnival bills by August 21 to Daniel Doran.
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The
Smith
F.C. Storck
Washington Park
Daniel Doran
J. H. Davis
Fireworks display ends as police halt Long Branch show
A Long Branch fireworks event spiraled into danger as bombs lighted the boardwalk and grandstand fires forced officers to stop the display. Spectators watched as four large pieces and many shells exploded, then the crowd cheered when a patriotic song followed the Star Spangled Banner before the halt.
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Tito
Tleport
Newt
Merry-Goround
Cranmer
Long Branch
Jersey City Man Narrowly Escapes Freight Car Accident at Red Bank
Jack Cannon of Jersey City was caught between a tender and a freight car while coupling at Red Bank early this morning. He suffered a crushed left side but, after treatment at Monmouth Memorial Hospital, he returned home. Engineer Christopher Teilly and conductor Harry Herron were involved in the incident.
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Jersey City
Red Bank
Jack Cannon
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Cannon
Christopher Teilly
Harry Herron
Minor Roof Fire at Chandler and Mapp Lumber Yard
Fire crews battled a small blaze on the roof of a Chandler and Mapp building in the lumber yard near North Broadway Saturday night. Damage deemed slight. Authorities suspect a bomb from a fireworks display on Ocean Avenue caused the incident.
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Chandler & Mapp
Chandler & Maps
North Broadway
Ocean Avenue
Fine horse parade closes August carnival feature
The saddle horse show closed the August carnival drawing strong crowds. Myron H. Oppenheim served as land marshal with Otis W. Coleman as assistant, and a lineup of judges. Three classes awarded prizes for ladies and gentlemen riders and a pony class for under 12s. The event formed near the Tukanussee hotel after five and the grandstand was cheered as horses from Myron J. Oppenheim and Charles A. Wimptheimer stables led the procession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myron H. Oppenheim
Otis W. Coleman
John AH. Parker
Alex Alexander
Park M. Woolley
T. A. Mason
J. Addison Woolley
J. M. van Note
Charles A. Wimptheimer
C.G. van Note
Thomas P. Pay
Richard Heeves
Willaim B. Anderson
Gustav Monzesheimer
A. Bijur
James E. Wingham
Louis Biankel
Tukanussee Hotel
Fred Wetteh
Norwood Riding Academy
Heviders
Long
Shaneh Wee
Myron J. Oppenheim
Lindes
Eliss
Miss Hunt
Casey
Long Branch
Morris
Petition for a PAL Meeting in Monmouth
A group of about six residents sign a call for a public meeting at the casino next Thursday at 8 PM to discuss candidates for mayor council and the assessor and collector in the November election. Terms expiring include Councilmen Ross Johnson Monahan and Collector McWood and Assessor Robbins. Mayor Monahan may seek re election. the sewer project dominates November races as plans to install a system are temporarily blocked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth
Bayard Mominick
Albert Symington
William J. Houlston
Seymour Houghton
O'Sullivan
William Kltzman
Ross and
Johnson
Abour Monahan
John McWood, Jr
Geo. K. Robbins
Hasvaria
Monahan
Auto Victim Improves After Asbury Park Crash
William Doran a 14 year old from Asbury Park with a fractured jaw and leg shows improvement after being struck by a New York warehouse car near North Asbury depot. He was treated at Ann May Memorial Hospital Spring Lake then moved to the hospital via Sexton ambulance. The incident involved driver J M Hetherington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asbury Park
Ann May Memorial Hospital
Spring Lake
William Doran
Prospect Avenue
Asbury Depot
J. M. Hetherington
New York
Joseph H. Bryat
Ann May Hospital
Sexton
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Babe McDonald
Majestic Theatre
Monmouth Street
Ocean
Eva Keir
Gwendolyn Nottage
Brooklyn
Jeanette Minturn
Dorothy R. Sutphin
Helen Wilson
Catherine Lane
Hadley King
Harry Setrin
Floats
Vera Yale
Barrett
Victoria Oxley
Michael Fornarotto
Ethel Wegeman
Marion and
Burrows Asay
James B. Niles
Anna Frances West
Marion Shulls
Shrewsbury
Annie George
Seph Rodgers
Old First Church
Weather Bureau Forecast
Tusting Piano Company
Storck
Carnival
Ocean Park Theatre
Huat
Daily Record
PAL
Monmouth Beach Casino
Baby Mazza
Joseph Mazza
Chelsea Avenue
Mount Carmel Cemetery
Co. F. Morris
Amine
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