Ghost aboard ship roars to life in old whaling tale
Cap tin John D Whidden's Ocean Life in the Old Bailing Days tells how a thirteen year old boy aboard a ship in a storm slips away and hides, feared dead by the crew. A ghostly scare ends with the captain's stern warning and a week of work below decks.
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Jack
John D. Whidden
Whidden
Old Tom
Tom
Mr. Whidden
Mr. Fabens
Nour
King
Fabeus
John Bright Defines Crimea Word as a Crime in Peace Stance
The London Nation reports John Bright's unwavering defense of peace. While walking by a Crimea monument with his son, Bright called the word itself a crime, illustrating his strong anti war stance and remarking that no one is without fault.
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John Bright
London
Crimean
Crimea
Afaziitt
Christmas Music Shines at Red Bank Churches
Unusually fine Christmas programs were presented in Red Bank and surrounding towns. The First Baptist Church offered a double quartet with solos and Kantata The Adoration in the evening. Grace Methodist and Matawan Grace combined choirs performed The Song of Bethlehem. Other churches held cantatas and special Christmas music with soloists and instrumental interludes.
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First Baptist Church
Red Bank
Frank Howland
Long Branch
Samuel Sabeth
Grace Crook
Florence Chandler
George Breaker
East Orange
Herbert. . Williams
Fred Conklin
Cecil Lediard
Haro] LaRos
Herbert Cullington
Nevin
Grace Methodist
Methodist Episcopal Church
Matawan
Grace M. B. Church
West
Edi
B. C. Lippincott, Jr
Grace Church
Miss Avery
Katherine Throckmorton
Harold K. Alstrom
Herald Angels
Alstrom
First Methodist
Goodwill Methodist Church
Ocanic
Christine Hook
Eugene Magee
Cecil Weaver
Miss Weaver
Bennie Gallo
W. Earlwedden
Asbury M. E
North Long Branch
A. H. Eberhardt
Ended Their Coaxing Miss Greer Sing Not Again
A Detroit Free piece recalls a comic exchange about coaxing Miss Greer to sing. After a night of begging and pleading, she finally relented, ending the teasing for good.
Monte de Piedad humor in Madrid and love quips
In Madrid a writer recalls the Monte de Piedad described as a palace of plenty where a camera earned no loan while a revolver fetched 6 pesetas and 4 centimos to redeem. A miscellany of jokes on love follows with a quip about poems and heroines as Franklin P. Adams forwards a note to the Metropolitan.
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Madrid
Bart Kennedy
Spain
Monte de Piedad
Franklin P. Adama
Rough Diamonds Bejewel Under Breath Test
An expert examines a rough diamond by breathing on the tissue where it rests. The moisture briefly dulls its brilliance, revealing any faint color or tint. The method helps distinguish flaws in rough stones, notes New York Press.
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New York
Preas
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Domingo Diaz
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Copenhagen
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