Fire law proves valuable in New Jersey forests
State Forester Alfred Gasgill reports 1911 fire law enforcement yielded 2177.52 in penalties, 866.93 of which went to townships. 264 cases punished violators, mostly railroads, while a state fire warden system keeps costs under 15,000 this year, with towns sharing the burden to sustain fire protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Alfred Gas
Gaskill
B. Kummel
Forest Park Reservation
Forest Commission
Man fined five dollars for shooting dog cruelty
Judge Henry Schoenlein presided as Willam R. Chamberlain sued Otto Dangler for cruelty after his dog was shot and maimed on premises. Dangler admitted guilt and received a five dollar fine plus costs, with Frank P. Thompson of the Monmouth County Society in court to prosecute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Schoenlein
Oakhurst
Willam R. Chamberlain
Mr. Chamberlain
Otto Dangler
Costa
Frank P. Thompson
Monmouth County Society
GOOD HOLIDAY TRADE SHINES IN LONG BRANCH
Long Branch merchants enjoyed their largest holiday patronage last Saturday and into the evening, with Broadways packed and out of town shoppers visiting large shore resorts. Motion picture houses drew crowds, theatres ran late, and even smaller stores posted strong sales with liberal advertising and new displays. Santa Claus helped deliver many packages as the holiday spirit boosted the whole street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadwey
Santa Claus
Washington Street
Tred Campbell
Child Stricken at Empire Theatre with Appendicitis
Robert Bowelick Tew ele five years old son of Mr and Mrs William W W Tew ele of Branch avenue Red Bank suffered an acute appendicitis attack while at the Empire theatre on Monmouth street yesterday afternoon He was rushed home by auto and Dr J B Sayre attended He improved this morning and it is believed no operation will be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Bowelick
William W.W. Tewele
Branch Avenue
Red Bank
Empire Theatre
Monmouth Street
J. B Sayre
Russian Count Arrested in Deportation Probe
Count Andrei de Guerrowski, a Russian landowner, was taken to Ellis Island on a federal warrant after an arrest at Lynchburg Virginia. He had previously been held by New York immigration authorities for three days in October and released for lack of evidence. He is said to be connected with Red Bank and Newman Springs Road residence known as Odegsa Lodge and linked to a guardian figure for a mentally troubled young man named Albert Lavino amid mysterious life details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrei de Guerrowski
New York
Ellis Island
Lynchburg
Aturei de Guerrowell
Red Bank
Newman Springs Road
Odegsa Lodge
Albert Lavino
Making Her Trunk Safe
A rich man's wife boasts she stores jewels in a shabby trunk without a lock. She recounts forcing it open when misplaced keys occurred and praises a sailor relative who taught knot security. The group notes burglars would face a tangle of knots and a hidden combination.
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Tie
Wash Day Gone Wrong in a Humorous Black Comedy
A Chicago Post clipping tells of Sam a lazy man who lets his wife manage washings. He plans a gambling scheme, borrows money, and predicts Mandy will know when he returns. The combine fails, he drinks gin, is dragged home by others, and as the hack turns a corner his last plea is to spare the wash tubs.
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Mandy
Sam
Chicago Post
Mirage Effects and Early Pittsburgh Nomenclature
The article discusses looming mirages exaggerating distant objects, notes Indian beliefs, and explains horse hair patterns as pedometers. It then recounts General Forbes’s 1758 capture of Fort Duquesne, the spelling changes to Pittsburgh, and Arthur Lee’s 1784 description of a Scots Irish town with few clergy and no settlement of a church.
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Pittsburgh
Forbes
Fort Duquesne
Pittsburg
Arthur Lee
Cheaping and the Origin of Cheaping Norton
The piece explains how the term cheaping described bakers’ wives and grocers bargaining for price in Switzerland and England. It notes that cheaping evolved into chipping in many places and cites Cheaping Norton as an example of the corruption of the name and practice.
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Switzerland
England
Norton
Coast Gas Company Is Defendant In Belmar Pollution Suit
Trenton Dec 24 The Coast Gas Company faces a Chancery Court suit brought by Belmar residents seeking an injunction to stop air and water pollution from gas works. Complainants cite foul odors and contaminated spring and brook near homes and allege plans to enlarge Belmar plant and build a tank near the brook. They name residents Schnen Michelson James HH Pearce Abner Shipla Edward Reuben and others against the company and related firms seeking relief.
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Trenton
The
Coast Gas Company
Psuit
Court of Chancery
Borough of
Belmar
Companians
Glunadis
Schnen Michelson
James HH
Pearce Abner Shipla
Edward Reuben
Willian Kinyon
Eidward Kleinkaut
Samuel Aberetiek
Emily O. Ludlow
James N. Thomas
Thomas Hulitt
Ava Ioodgood
Samuel Michelsohn
Clara 'T Warner
Willis Bloodgood
Sioward W. Parker
Martin Maroney
Maroney Land and Improvement Company
Lakewood Gas Company
Lakewood
Delmon
Ttis
Ita
Sailors Mutiny at St. Petersburg Naval Yard
Russian sailors mutinied at the naval ordnance yard in St. Petersburg and fought troops in a battle that left several soldiers seriously wounded. The sailors were reported strongly entrenched as fighting continued.
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Berlin
Naval Ordnance Yard
St. Petersburg
Exalted Ruler Bryant B Neweotuh Sends Lodge Holiday Greeting
Bryant B Neweotuh Exalted Ruler of Long Branch Lode No 1 Be V O B mails a holiday greeting to every lodge member. The card features holly a festive scent and the Exalted Ruler name with the lodge designation.
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Bryant B. Neweotuh
Long Branch Lode
No Delay in Richeson Trial Sets Jan 15 Date
Boston reports counsel for Rev Richeson opted not to seek postponement of the January 15 trial date. Church members begin a campaign to bar local papers from printing trial facts. In Washington, Peter C Heins Jr denied remarrying Claudia Kibbey Hains, the ex wife linked to the earlier shooting.
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Boston
Richeson
Hains
Washington
Peter C. Heins, Jr
United States Army
Claudia Kibbey Hains
William E. Annis
World’s Longest Rivers List
A readable list of major rivers with lengths, noting the Missouri Mississippi at 4,475 miles, the Yukon or Assassin river lengths vary, and other rivers such as the Ac anon and Yangtae with thousands of miles, plus Nile and Murray and Darling figures.
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World
Missouri
Mississippi
Acanon
Volga
Yangtae
Nile
Eatles
Murray and
Derring
Trio of Christmas Weddings In Red Bank and Eatontown
Alicea Ludlow and James T Clayton wed at the Presbyterian manse on Wallace street Red Bank. The couple, both from prominent local families, left for a short trip to New York and now reside at 106 Wallace Street. Clayton is a salesman at Ford & Miller's in Red Bank.
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Cleyton
Misa Alicea Ludlow
Henry Supp
Broad Street
Red Bank
James T. Clayton
Mary E. Clayton
Newman Springs Road
Wvere
Wallace Street
Co Ye
New York
Spring Street
Clayton
Sted Bank
Mr. Clayton
Ford & Miller's Shoe Store
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Daily Record
Ares
St. Louis Republic
GELWA
Eatontown
the Daily Record
Sol. Frey
Broadway Long Branch
Chapman’s Market
Broadway
Issano
George
Geo. G, Herbert
Merchant Tailor
Broadway Cor
4Th Ave
Colton
Rockwell Ave
Waldorf Lingerie
Cookman Ave
Asbury Park
Mie
H.& P. Store
Ener
R. di. Harris Shoe Store
Persncenn
Aene
Penny
C. B. Deaver
the Gash Grocer
Telephone
A. F. Golden
COLES
Long Branch Market
Broadway Coles, Act Tei
W. G. Eisele
Cedar Ave
West End
M. Altberg
Third Ave
Ana
Hick
Hisks M’f’g CO
Toeeene
At and Retail
Long Branch
N. J
WM. Bryan the
Elberon Florist
Urmre
Butler
Ehrenhalt’s
Malaga
Ste Up
Tele
Ted
L. H. Stryker
Edwards
Kaufman
van Note Coal CO
A.C. Bannett Co
Branchport Ave
the Enterprise Market
Koops & Adels
Sun Rise Brand
Disbrow
Sweets
Broadway Tel
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