Horrors of War on the Battlefront
Reporter William G. Shepherd documents 200 miles of fighting between Austrian and Russian forces near Przemysl, detailing battery actions, brutal shelling, grave cholera cases, a cholera hospice, a dying soldier priest scene, and the immense toll on troops as artillery roars and lifes fade under sunlit trees.
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William G. Shepherd
United Press
Przemysl
Austria
New York
Count von Hertzendorf
von Hertgendorf
Frederich
von Hertzendorf
Red Cross
Dia
Ulin
Gallett
Confens
Adams
Soliers
Shekowi
Col. Join
Miomeh
Battle day at Przemysl described by a soldier
A wartime diary recounts an Austro Russian artillery duel near Przemysl. Shell bursts rattle a hill, farms, and a wagon camp as units deploy and return fire. The narrator notes the morale of Austrian troops remains high despite heavy shelling and the Archduke Leopold Salvator watches from the front.
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Praemysl
Przemysl
New York
Leopold Salvator
Parsons Return To Princeton and Local Meeting
Regents Reginald and Theodore Parsons return to Princeton College after Thanksgiving with Rey and Mrs Dwight L Parsons. The young people's missionary society meets Friday night. Rey C McKay of Long Branch will speak. Mrs Graham of New York visits Eva Valentine. Hurley sisters stay with Mrs John B Hugg in Long Branch. Westminster circle held a sociable Friday night with tableaus charades and songs of 1812 Mexican wars. social time and refreshments followed.
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Reginald
Theodore Parsons
Princeton College
Rey
Dwight L. Parsons
Young People's Missionary Society
Rey, C
FP. McKay
Long Branch
Graham
New York
Eva Valentine
Esther
Marie Hurley
John 8
Hugg
Westminster Circle
Oakhurst social notes mix visits and church events
Miss Libbie King from Bradley Beach visits brother Charles King in Poplar. Miss Mary Lesher, a local teacher, takes two rooms with Mrs. Tallman. The J ames Johnson family moves to Wells Avenue. George Herbert and George Van Note enjoy days at Allenwood visiting Mr. and Mrs. Frank Goodwin. Rossteen Hibbetts ill with indigestion. Harry Van Note has a nervous attack. Ladies Aid plans a chicken pot pie supper in the church basement on December 9. Carolyn Woolley to lead Epworth League at Oakhurst M F S Church on December 6 with topic What Motive Shall Govern My Christmas Giving. Mrs Tallman Sr to lead December 18. Cottage prayer meetings continue Tuesday evenings through January revival.
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Libbie King
Bradley Beach
Charles King
Poplar
Mary Lesher
Oakhurst
William R. Tallman
Lewis Street
James Johnson
Wells House
Monmouth Road
Wells Avenue
George Herbert
George van Note
Allenwood
Frank Goodwin
Rossteen Hibbetts
Lake Street
Harry G. van Note
West Park Avenue
Ladies’ Aid Society
Lakestreet
An Odd Crime Report About Lady Bowyer Smith
An Englishwoman Lady Bowyer Smith is guilty of vulpicide for killing a fox not by traditional hound pursuit. The Cincinnati Times-Star notes this act as nearly as serious as killing a man. An advertisement references the Daily Record.
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Lady Bowyer-Smith
Cincinnati
Life in the Garden of Eden as described by Atlantic Monthly
The excerpt contrasts the Edenly life of leisure with the toil of man after expulsion. It notes Eve, the serpent, and Adam were not guarded by sentries but simply driven from a paradise of trees to work for bread. The piece highlights trees, palm wine, and natural clothing as part of the garden’s abundance.
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Garden of Eden
Den
Jehovah
Adam
Eve
Atlantic Monthly
Remarkable snake bite cure from Bhavagar report
Bhavagar correspondent notes two villagers bitten by a cobra were poured with hot water from sixteen feet high while seated. They survived and felt renewed, likely because no poison was injected. The cure hinges on fear and pain rather than antidote.
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Bhavagar
Clvil
Military Gazette
Colors and the mind how hues affect mood and nerves
A New York Sun item explains colors influence brain activity and emotions. It notes red and purple tones are stimulating while blue curtains facing south may lift spirits, and that colorful flowers like crimson pink and amethyst rhododendrons can boost mood, reflecting early color psychology ideas.
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Ted
New York Sun
Eighteenth Century Tips in Households and Service
A London Standard note recounts eighteenth century manners with rail etiquette and social tricks. La Blanc observes servants lined in passageways after dining, each offering a deliberate hand. Lord Harley notes George II’s queen gifting villages while the king calls it folly.
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Nus
la Blanc
Darning Stockings Technique Featured In Advice Note
The piece discusses how to mend stockings using boiling water to shrink wool at the spout of a kettle, then washing to prevent further shrinkage and tearing. It cites A C Benson in Century Magazine and warns about the perils and allure of literary expression for keen, expressive natures who cannot convey their feelings through art.
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Tantalus
A. C. Benson
Century Magazine
Constant Cost of Marriage Compared to Car Ownership
A witty exchange notes that maintaining a wife is like owning a car. The jest centers on ongoing upkeep rather than the initial purchase, reflecting early 20th century views on marriage and expense.
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Munner
Dunner
New York Sun
A Useful Burglar Cheerful Householder
A London newspaper excerpt notes a witty exchange with a burglar and a householder urging quiet sleep. The exchange is framed as domestic humor reflecting wartime daily life and social discomfort in London.
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London
Fitting a Name to the Baby in Town Topics
Brief exchange mocks baby naming asking for a name with jokes about coffee keeping awake at night. Includes lines from Mrs Honck and Honck and a ditto Papa, illustrating light social quips in Philadelphia Ledger style.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Emigration from Palermo to the United States
Between thirty and forty thousand Siciliana leave Palermo for the United States annually and most eventually return home or visit. The quotation reflects on self esteem and home, echoing Wordsworth.
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Palermo
United States
Thanksgiving Day clay bird shoot tops Oceanport event
Oceanport held a Thanksgiving Day clay bird shoot at the Park Hotel run by Benjamin Lane. Olympic Champion C W Billings won with the day’s best score. Other items note Alvin Langwith visiting, a Monmouth County Poultry Show, a birth, and local scholastic attendance and teachers for November term 1914.
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Benjamin Lane
Oceanport Avenue
C. W. Billings
Alvin Langwith
E. M. Berry
Douglass
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Berry
Douglass Riddle
William H. Tabor
Oceanport
Monmouth County
Asbury Park
Mr. Tabor
Michael Conway
Wolf Hill Avenue
Mr. Stork
Mary Williams
Main Street
Ellis Willams
Helen
Philadelphia
Geo. A. Lippincott
Wlisha Lippincott
Commelin
H. Allen
New York
Oceanport Schol
J. L. Meyer
Howard Blakeslee
Byron Briggs
Arthur Chase
William Conover
Chester Conron
Russell Gant
Lester Jones
Willis Lund
Cecil McCloud
Harold Rhoades
Charles van Brackle
Stanley VanKirk
Milton Cook
Mildred Anderson
Edith Cook
Mary Gudie Francis Moore
Alma Crawford
Ethia A. Thompson
Frank Briggs
Wallace Chasey
David Eckert
Layle BE. Hennessey
Milton Johnson
Harry Moore
Henry Osthoff
William F. Reeder
Sherwood W. Scarsi
Howard Worthley
Wiliam Dametz
Lillian Layton
Alice VanSchoick
Ellen Beet
Agnes Busch
Alma Buach
Dorothy Conrow
Esther Conover
Ethel Cammus
Lida Chasey
Esther Davis
Viola Gant
Constance Higham
Grace le Maire
Julia Moore
Nellia M. Houlihan
Bryelyn Busch
Emily Damels
Lopisa Dards
Ella Hennessey
Frances Reeder
Emma Sears
Mary Vandereedt
Amy Voorhees
Elizabeth West
Anna Briggs
Elsie Linquist
Clifford Cammus
Edward Chasey
Frank Conrow
Jack Moran
Stanley Breage
Garfield school's honor roll marks many pupils
Garfield School reports 317 pupils on its honor roll for November across classes 4A to Kindergarten. Names list 100 plus students and teachers including Shanger Wilder and Sutphin. The roll reflects both boys and girls in multiple grades with extensive student rosters.
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Garfield School
B. A. Shanger
Tony Arzente
Cosmo Belmont
Jacob Cohen
Milton Cranmer
Paul DeNuccl
Frank Farbell
Morris Fasino
Ernest Niero
Akiba
Plager
Harold Robinson
Joseph Stamen
Geo. van Pelt
John Aschetino
Charles Zigenfuss
Caroline Bell
May Boone
Helen Cohen
Annie Cole
Catherine Coles
Dorothy Blinsiy
Charlotte Howland
Kathryn Lane
Frances, Smith
Gertrude Marriner
H. G. Wilder
Anthony Acerra
Eugene Bouvier
Edward Ivins
Louis Katz
Chas Kirby
Carroll Morris
Alfred Slocum
Milton Stein
Solomon Tepper
Wesley VanCleaf
Elsie Embley
Helen Ferguson
Jas. Wolkom
Albert Hall
Niels Simoni
Elsie DeCamp
Ethel Heiman
Beatrice Lane
Angelina Molina
Janet Suozzo
Elizabeth Woolley
L. W. Gano
Patsy Bruno
Paul Coles
Anthony DeNucci
Carman Doranti
Michael Janowitz
Oliver Jeffrey
Umberto Mazzacco
Joseph Morelli
Harvey Oxley
Francis Ringleben
Madison Rehm
Milton Segel
Joseph Farbell
Ruth Antelman
Virginia Aschettino
Florence Boniella
Vera Brower
Mary de Carlo
Alice Frame
Tessie Fiori
Sadie Gittleman
Minerva Moulit
Hdna Reilly
Annie Sacco
Jennie Schwartz
Minnie Strolla
Francis Suoz‘zo
Ray Goodinsky
Genevieve Fisler
Frank Anastasia
Dominic Addeo
Joseph Bassone
Philip Cohen
Anthony BeNucci
Harry Frank
Francis Hance
John Huge
Leon Kaufman
George Lippincott
James Pupp
Chas. Rogers
John Witle
Pauline Bolton
Leila Hall
Dora Joffe
Ethel Katz
Eva Lehman
Jennie Luparelli
Wilma Maney
Priscilla Piggage
Bertha Schwartz
Alice Wentz
F. Novius
Tessie Siegel
Dora Bramen
Adelaide Stevens
Rose Kaplan
Ada EH. Marshall
Jacob Fisher
Samuel Gruber
Isidor Hyman
Louis Sach
Hyman Schwartz
Gerald Watts
David Waldman
John Manzi
Eva Bruno
Edna Clayton
Lucia Cioffi
Margaret Haley
Helen Jackson
Alice Kemper
Jennie List
Violet Lackey
Louisa Trenzella
Ruth Togers
Ortrude Slocum
Laura Truax
Angelina Vasgalli
Maxine Young
Angelina Farbell
M. A. Fountain
John Boniello
Max Cohen
Max Glazer
James Peterson
Joseph Scal
Charlesg” Williams
sirla—Aussunita Aschettino
Eva Binder
Annie Formeole
Sarah Glazer
Dorothy Johns
Bessie Ledwitz
Bertha Solts
Sarah Weinkowski
Olivera
Wright
Harold Boger
Thomas Bolton
William Christi
Milton Himmelstein
Morris
Karp
Robert Penn
John Scheri
Samuel Swersky
Elvin van- Dyke
Kenneth Woolley
William Grubnau
Katherine Acerra
Hannah DeCamp
Mary Kasanoff
Antoinette Rensella
Cousilia Seribanis
Sarah Taylor
Loviee Tomaine
Maybetis van Pelt
Olga Zachingo
Susan Bonaforte
Philomena Farbell
Elizabeth Green
H. &. Sutphin
Boye
Abraham Altberg
Karl Anselman
Warren Babson
Generaso Ty’averso
Refael DeCarlo
John Fiore
Alvin Kanter
Joseph Mein
Paul Man’ Tell
Juley Miller
Harry Music
Rosario
Birthday Surprise for Reginald Breitenbach
Master Reginald Breitenbach returned from Thanksgiving with grandparents Mr and Mrs Crawford to a birthday surprise party attended by many friends. Games and music highlighted the evening. Winners included Florence Gifford Mrs Jordan Hilbert Finn Leroy Ball George Gifford and Coral Throckmorton.
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Reginald Breitenbach
Charles B. Crawford
Pauline Harvey
Cora Slocum
Gertrude Hugo
Alila Harvey
Marion Fowler
Margaret Leddy
Wilhelmina Ball
Hilda Crawford
Bessie Fowler
Frances Gifford
Hazel Sawyer
Helen Fowler
Gladys Crawford
Helen Lawyer
Cora Throckmorton
Leroy Ball
Hilbert Finn
Paul Mitchell
Charles van Hise
George Gifford
Carlton Crawford
Hubert Breitenbach
William Lawyer
Luther Jordan
Charles E. Crawford
Dionus Breitenbach
Florence Gifford
Leroy Ball George Gifford
Coral Throckmorton
Arts of Peace Founded on War Ruskin Quote
Ruskin argued that pure arts of peace arise from war for nations with soldiers. He spoke to the Royal Military academy in Woolwich in 1865, claiming no great art exists among peaceful or agrarian peoples and that commerce and manufacture hinder art.
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Ruskin
Royal Military Academy
Woolwich
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