Record Crowds at Ocean Park Fourth of July Celebration
crowds estimated around ten thousand filled Ocean Avenue and the park front for the opening of Ocean Park on the Fourth. The event featured the Young Men’s Band conducted by Edwards, with a white-uniformed corps and a large audience enjoying fireworks and performances from the band and its quartet with soloists Alison Wootley and Meredith Parker. Superintendent Kiernan oversaw order as crowds crowded the Casino Annex and surrounding areas.
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Ocean Guy
Twelve Acre
Rts
Ié1 Edwards
Gondtctor
Ocean Avenue
Casino
Joseph J. Kiernan
Ductor Edwards
Whit
Geer
Mr. Edwards
Alison Wootley
Meredith Parker
Little Silver
Rumgon
Asbury Park
Atlantic Highlands
May Grand Jury Takes Over Two Months Recess
The May grand jury halted for a two month recess then reconvened in the courtroom on Thursday before Judge Foster. The body handed up 44 counts and adjourned. The judge noted a later date for reassembly.
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Womlon Ie
Vhewee
Jonny Foster
Zach
Poster
Torbin
Mrs J H Whitmore of Red Bank Dies from Kitchen Fire
Deborah Whitmore wife of John H Whitmore of South Street Red Bank and stepmother of the late Dr Walter S Whitmore Oceanic died from burns received Friday afternoon when her gown caught fire from a gas stove in the kitchen. She was in her 84th year and died after suffering severe burns.
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Deborah Whitmore
John H. Whitmore
South Street
Red Bank
Walter S. Whitmore
Oceanic
Burns
Patriotism festival at Julia Home Miss Liberty parade
The girls at the Julia Home on Morris Avenue held their annual patriotic festival last Saturday. Mrs Allie Ettinger led the event with her daughters Cecile and Dorothy assisting the drill. Guests included Dr V Lewis Griffith, William Newmeyer, Mrs Samuel Seligman, and many others. Harriett Jacobson and Anette Sibel tisha participated in the Liberty tableau with France Germany and Ireland represented.
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Julia
Morris Avenue
Allie B. Ettinger
Cecile
Dorothy
Lyoungsters
Jefferson Seligman
Loma
Wla Pressnt
V Lewis Grith
Wiliam Newmeyer
Samuel Seligman
Angie Jacobson
Max Jacobson
Samuel Force
Albert Force
Rufiolph Katin
Samuel Shear
Maurice Vermeer
Milton Cohen
Maurice Schmidt
Harriett Jacobson
Ranger
Hannah Helfort
Miss Liberty
France
Germany
Treland
Laberty
Bend
Anette
Sibel Tisha
Caught Pound Base Charles Wertman Ten Pound Tas Off Beach
Charles Wertman caught a ten pound tas off the beach in an unusual fishing event. Details are unclear due to garbled text but the core fact is a notable ten pound catch by Wertman at the coast.
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Charles Wertman
Abandoned Automobile Found At Moria And Ocean
Cycle Officer McGarvey found an abandoned five passenger Chal mers auto with license 33396 at the corner of Moria and Ocean avenues Saturday night. The car’s lights burned while it stood in the road until towed to Andy's garage for claimant. Other items include a brakeman’s death after a freight car crash and a city wedding at St. Ambrose Church.
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McGarvey
Moria and
Ocean Avenues
Omcer McGarvey
Andy
Rockefeller and Wanamaker Birthday Milestones
Two renowned figures John D. Rockefeller and John Wanamaker celebrate major birthdays this week. Rockefeller reaches seventy five, Wanamaker turns seventy seven, each lauded as industry pioneers and self made leaders in their fields.
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John D. Rockefeller
John Wanamaker
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Wanamaker
Withal
Steiner & Sons to Resume Five Monmouth Plants Tomorrow
Five Monmouth county factories of Steiner & Sons will restart operations tomorrow after a weeklong layoff for stock taking. The Asbury Park firm, maker of Universal pajamas and underwear, runs plants in Asbury Park Long Branch Watertown Freehold and Manasquan with offices in Asbury Park. Charles S Steiner predicts brisk fall trade and notes new employee restaurant and upgraded sanitary kitchen equipment.
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Monmouth County
Steiner & Sons
Universal
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Watontown
Freehold
Manasquan
Charles S. Steiner
Steiner Concern
West End Ball at Ocean Park Draws Holiday Crowd
A holiday crowd attended the eighth annual West End Sage No. 3 ball at Ocean Park Friday night. The event featured a staged floor presentation and a social atmosphere that showcased the enjoyment of participants and guests, noted as one of the nicest public functions by the company.
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Ocean Park
Mystery in Bailey Shooting Deepens Inquiry
New York July 6 The Bailey case widens as District Attorney Smith extends the inquest into the death of Mrs Louisa D Bailey at Dr Edwin Carmans Freeport Long Island The movements of the murdered woman from last Tuesday to the shooting are to be traced while Dr Carman cites a gunfire incident on a dark road and witnesses describe entering and exit events at the Carman home.
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New York
Louisa D. Bailey
Edwin Carman
Freeport
Long Island
Smith
Sherif Pettit
Carman
Lynabeeike
Clara Colema@h
George Golder
Funeral for Elias Davis Recalls Oakhurst Family Ties
A large crowd gathered at Elias Davis’s Red Bank home for his funeral yesterday. He was son of Thomas Leonard Davis and brother of Township Collector Harry F. Davis of Oakhurst. Services at Chestnut Street home, burial at Fair View cemetery, with Dr. Johnson L. Miner officiating and local groups attending in a body. Elias had long been a member of First Baptist Church Red Bank. Floral tributes were prominent. The reception followed for newlyweds Thomas Peterson and Bartha Johnson after a Friday wedding at the Norwegian Seaman's Church.
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Elias Davis
Thomas Leonard Davis
Harry F. Davis
Oakhurst
Chestnut Street
Red Bank
Council
Samuel
Sleeper
Sons of Veterans
Johnson L. Miner
Elias
First Baptist Church
Thomas Peterson
John
Columbia Place
Bartha Johnson
Brooklyn
Mr. Peterson
Eight Are Sent 70 From Here Charged With Disorderly Conduct
Kaeph known as Chichen and Rebecca Washington Mary Johnson ar rested on capias by Detective Captain Wi Saturday for orderly houses and illegal sale of liquor. They and others indicted by grand jury were taken to Setsenene to remove an element from the city. Jozeph Royster also jailed on capias for assault and battery on Joseph McGarvey. Farley, released from Freehold jail, faces thirty days for soliciting door to door. Robert McDougal fined for drunk and disorderly at Botts restaurant. John Beerman and William Norton cited for speeding and traffic violations on Third avenue.
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Kaeph
Capias
Joseph McGarvey
Aeddle
McCarthy
Third Avenue
Farley
Robert McDougal
Harvey
Botts
John Beerman
William
John Smith
William Norton
Enoch
West End
Broadway
Williams Bail Forfeit Over Assault Case In Matawan
A $200 bail for Fred Williams on an assault and battery charge at Long Branch last May was forfeited Thursday by attorney Jacob R. Lefferts of Matawan. Prosecutor Silif V. Lawrence moved to issue a rule to show cause why the bail should not be forfeited, but Williams fled after an earlier altercation in which several revolver shots were fired at Celia Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Williams
Celia Brown
Long Branch
Jacob R. Lefferts
Matawan
Silif V. Lawrence
Dow
Williams
Brown
Known
Huerta Declared Provisional President Yet Election Cloud
Conflicting reports say Huerta could be named provisional president by Congress as elections loom. Relatives travel from Vera Cruz for conferences with Huerta allies while outside parties weigh alliances and the capital in Washington holds its breath awaiting outcomes.
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Congress
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Taly Puisiman
Huerta
Rijet
Visitor From Detver Mere Mra 3
A fragmentary field note notes Mrs A M Clark of 47 Rath hosting a visitor from Detver Mere Mra 3 C pum. The readable portion hints at a domestic scene with a child’s item and a local contact.
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A. M. Clark
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