Fire Destroys Barn and Threatens Summer Home at Elkwood Park
Firefighters battled a barn blaze at Elkwood Park yesterday as flames engulfed a wooden structure storing farm implements, hay, and feed. Despite efforts by Moss and Hines men, the barn burned to ash while nearby stables and ponies faced danger. Winds and smoke threatened Lewisohn’s summer home across the drive, with investigation into the fire’s origin underway and local authorities uncertain if linked to recent labor disturbances.
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Aflam Moss
H. Hines
Hines
Lewisohn
Extontown
Oceanport
Walter Lewisohn
Europe
Philip
Daly
Elkwood Park
Sweeping Probe of Lobby Ordered
A chaotic scene is described with references to police, a $500 fine for Roguti, and a rough fight. The report mentions St Peters in Galilee, a sermon by Rt. Rev. Arthur Selden, and musical duties by Theodore Harrison. An accident in Freehold injures Frank Chaze, and a severe sentence of 100 days hard labor is noted for local youths.
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Harry Clayton
Roguti
St. Peters In
Galilee
Arthur Selden
Theodore Harrison
Philadelphia
Bandit cleanup in Persia tops annual losses of one hundred thousand
A quirky round up of figures notes bandit cleanup in Persia yearlong loss totaling $100,000. Germany’s parliament moves to tax incomes above $9 250. Pittsburgh teachers in domestic science resign to marry. Chicago zoo animals seen as better treated than jail prisoners by the county board president. Burleson seeks 2 071 480 000 postage stamps from the treasury secretary to last the year. A seagoing dog Phoffy on the steamship Indiani Ilely reaches 2000 miles and passes the Suez canal eleven times.
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Chicago Zoo
Iilely
New York
Phoffy
Suez Canal
Lobbying as a Profession Declared Dead by Wilson Time
President Wilson endorses a full inquiry into charges by Colonel Mulhall against the National Association of Manufacturers. He says the lobbying business is extinct and supports investigations by both Senate and House committees into alleged influence, payments, and manipulation in national legislation.
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Martin M. Mulhall
National Association of Manufacturers
Capitol
Wilson
Washington
Judge Lovett
Wall Street
Mulhall
Martin Mulhall
Senate
Senate Jobny Committee
Select Committee
House
Mathall
Camels Come to American Deserts A Bold Transport Plan
Texas stockman J. H. Trimble leads an association to import 200 camels to New Mexico Arizona and California and a Texas ranch near Cape Verde. The project cites camel endurance and mobility on Sand Hills but notes prior U S attempts halted by Civil War and Davis era plans.
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J. H. Trimble
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
California
Bion Grande
Cape Verde
American
Orient
United States
Jefferson Davis
President Mercer
Caravansary de Asia
Singing Fish Singers Draw Bellville Neighbors
In Bellville Ohio a bull pout fish living in subterranean streams surfaces at dusk to sing haunting melodies. A prominent local woman compares the calls to night winds and believes the noises help mates locate each other. Residents, restless for sleep, voice growing complaints.
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Bellville
Greenwich Cat Kennels Project Attracts Noted Builders
Mrs. Cliffort Bo Harmon advances a $15 000 cattery near Indian Harbor Greenwich Conn to house her prize winners. The two acre site features eight rooms nineteen cat runs hot and cold water electric light and steam heat. Commodore Benedict and architects Carrere Hastings witness ground breaking with a seven room cottage for Mrs F Y Mathis who has bred famous cats for years.
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Cliffort Bo Hirmon
Indian Parker
Greenwich
Conn
Harmon
Harmen
Commodore Benedict
Thomas Hastings
Carrere & Hastings
Indian Harbor
F. Y. Mathis
Fifty Cent Funerals and Pardons Spark Cost Talk
The piece notes Cairo Illinois offers seamen funerals for 50 cents under federal contracts and Bridgeport Connecticut provides medical care at 72 cents daily, with funeral costs ranging from 90 cents to 36 dollars in various locations. Massachusetts Governor Foss says he favors pardoning all convicts, reflecting a broad pardon stance after three years in office.
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Cairo
Ill
Tofted States Public Health Service
Bridgeport
Conn
Philadelphia
Ketchikan
Alaska
Fossa
Foss
Massachusetts
Seismic Reporting Aids Global Weather Network
Bt. Lowry University via its new wireless station will share earthquake and related phenomia updates with sister institutions and several government weather bureaus. The initiative aims to expand seismic data dissemination for research and public safety.
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Bt. Lowry University
Memory Hymn Service at First Methodist Church
The Red Bank church announces a Memory Hymn Service for Sunday night with lights low and hymn books unused as hymns are sung from memory. Rev Monroe Van Sant will speak on the vow of Praise and special music by the choir includes a Mendelssohn offertory and The Lord Is My Shepherd. Morning service to follow with varied preludes and anthems.
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Methodist Church
Ashford
Rogers
Mendelssohn
Metcalf
George M. Collins
Posilude
Merelan
Grobe
Miles
Jerome
Collins
Brown
James Lord
Grace Methodist Church
John
Johnson L. Miner
Holy Name Society
St. James’ Church
St. James’ Club
Monmouth Street
First Presbyterian
First Reformed
Trinity Episcopal
Slaters Leave Town for Adirondack Summer Home
Mr and Mrs Myron E Slater depart Red Bank for their summer residence in the Adirondack Mountains. Edward Connors residence on Bridge Street, owned by Edward Adack of Lakewood, undergoing repainting.
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Myron E. Slater
Adirondack Mountains
Edward Connors
Bridget Avenue
Edward Adack
Lakewood
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Frank Chaze
Trenton
Asbury Park
Lincoln Freehold
Yester
Annie Arrowsmith
Persia
Imperial Parliament of
Germany
Pittsburgh
Burleson
Secretary of the Treasury
Lobbying
Goldstein’s
Women's Dept
Main Moor
Singing Fish
Fifty Cent Funerals
The
Daily Record-It
RED Bank Church News
Hanson
Broadway
RED Bank News
the Daily Record
Mme
Irene Corset
Long Branch
Ana
Norfolk
DRY Goods Department
Panatentis
Bern
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W. H. Woolley & GO
Coyet
Long
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