St James Institution Day marks rectorate start
At St James Episcopal Church yesterday Bishop Scarborough presided as Rev Morton A Barnes rector was instituted in a service split across three sessions amid severe cold. The event drew clergy and parishioners who braved the weather to witness the formal union of rector and congregation.
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Morton’ A. Barnes
Episcopal Church
St. Jamies
Ecopa
Gen le
John Scarboroughe
Trenton
Oceanic Minstrels a Big Attraction at the Broad way Theatre
Oceanic Fire Engine Co. No. 1 staged a minstrel show directed by Chester A. Arthur at the Broad way Theatre on a Wednesday night. Firemen in uniforms served as ushers and performers impressed the crowd with a two part program and an enthusiastic reception. The cast featured James Pupki Hayes and many others with a lively musical program and orchestral numbers.
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Chester A. Arthur
Oceanic Fire Engine Co
4Ara
Guy Brothers
Hi Henry
Hull Antil Floral
Arthur
Pioneer Fire Company
Bi James
Geoup Pupki
Hayes Ge Ben. Smith
Uasell Wa
West
A. Edwards
A. Q. Morris
J. Vanbrakle
Adele
Jean Briquet
A. v
Witmark
Moon
Dredge Stockton Lake Project Meeting Formed
A February meeting at Dr R W Herbert’s home in Tugaday discusses dredging Stockton Lake and reclaiming adjacent lands and marshes. Dr R W Herbert named chair and Monroe Wyckoff secretary as the new Lake Improvement Association forms.
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Manasquan
R .W. Herbert
Tugaday
Stockton Lake
RW. Herbert
Monroe Wyckoff
Rmomy Apis Lom Improvement Assetssnance
Sven Hick
Eleanor Hambleton
W. J
John D. Miner
Robert bin
New York
Brockton Lake
Ellet Main Street
Fire destroys Powers ketchup factory at Shrewsbury
A morning blaze razed Harry L. Powers’s ketchup and canning factory in Shrewsbury, destroying three brick buildings and about 1000 kegs of ketchup. Estimated loss $125,000 with partial insurance. fire units from Shrewsbury arrived late after Eatontown crews hurried to the scene.
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Harry L. Powers
Shrewsbury
Deal Firemen Royal Entertainers at Aid Dance
The Deal Fire Company held its annual entertainment aid dance drawing a large crowd despite near freezing temperatures. Four to five hundred attendees enjoyed games, dancing, and a buffet lunch in the Deaf Fire House, with over a hundred grand prizes awarded to locals and visitors from Asbury Park. Extra trolley service ran to North Long Branch and Broadway to accommodate revelers.
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Deal Fire Company
Mercury
Broadway
Second Avenue
Asbury Park
North Long Branch
Deaf Fire House
British Minister Pushes Huerta Recognition in Mexico City
Sir Lionel Carden, the British minister to Mexico, plans to urge President Wilson to recognize Huerta as the quickest solution to the Mexican crisis. He will argue the European diplomatic corps in Mexico City favors recognition. Reports say Japanese banks may lend Huerta up to 75 million dollars to stabilize finances after a recent visit by Francisca de la Barra.
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Mexico City
Lionel Carden
Mexico
Wilson
Huerta
Ashington
Lionel
Washington
Euro
United States
Francisca de la
Mrs Curtis Dies in St Louis at 94 in 95th Year
Mrs Thomas Curtis of Eatontown died Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs Charles L Dean in St Louis Missouri. Born March 28 1819 she lived in Kansas City Missouri formerly and will be interred there. Her son Henry Tripp survives.
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Thomas Curtis
Eatontown
Charles L. Dean
St. Louis
Katieas City
Henry Tripp
Lincoln Day Banquet of Ushers' Union Held at Simpson Church
The Lincoln day banquet of the Ushers' Union of the Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church drew a near full house with about 100 placed. Alfonso Dare asked blessing, Rev. Dr. John G. Lovell and Mayor B. B. He spoke during the reception. The menu featured bouillon, cold ham, chicken salad, gelatine, olives, ice cream, cake and coffee. The event was toastmastered by Rev. Dare with remarks by Rev. C. B. Fisher and others.
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Ushers’ Union
Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Cavers
Alfonso Dare
John G. Lovell
Jnne P. Soffell
Tme
Y. H. Davia, Jr. Wee
State Brotherhood Convention Draws 175 Delegates
Men from across New Jersey attended the eighth annual Presbyterian Brotherhood convention in Red Bank hosted by the First Presbyterian Church. Paterson and Jersey City sent the largest delegations, with 175 attendees overall. The event featured devotional songs, discussions led by Rev. Dr. H. B. MacCauley and Rev. Dr. Drew T. Taylor, and a display of attendee name cards on lapels.
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Red Bank
Thebyterian Brotherhood
Paterson
Jersey City
Brotherhood of the
First Presbyterian Church
Goa
Jana
Cnrd
H. B. MacCauley
Paterwan
Drew T. Taylor
Pastere
Trenton
Sea Bright bulkhead survey bill advances in House
Favorable report on Representative Scully's Sea Bright bulkhead bill moves toward inclusion in the rivers and harbors measure. If approved, a survey by Army engineers will assess feasibility of a bulkhead to shield Sea Bright from storms and tides, linking the mainland with the Sandy Hook reservation.
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Scully
South Amboy
Army Engineers
Sea Bright Beach
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
Ihs
Sea Bright
Sandy Hook
Elliott
Trina
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