Home Supper a Success By Subscription
Nearly 200 people attended the anniversary supper for the Methodist Home for the Aged at 63 Clark Avenue Ocean Grove on a day evening. Nearly $250 was raised by subscription just before the supper. Addresses were given by Dr A E president of Campmeet Association Dr Henry Wheeler trustee Dr James William Mar Superintendent of New Wick M B district and Rev B D Bills pastor of St Pauls. Mrs J H Par West Long Branch president board of managers and N Cole general treasurer spoke. Musical selections included a cornet piece and Ivy solo. the event supported the home with donations and subscriptions.
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Methodist Home For
Clark Avenue
Ocean Grove
A. E
Campmeet Association
Henry Wheeler
Board of Trustees of
Home
James William Mar
Newwick M. B
Bills
Bt. Paul
England's Envoy to Mexico Named by Lord
Sir Lionel Edward, current British minister to the Central American states, was appointed minister to Mexico in place of Francis W Strange. His wife is Miss Lefferts of New York. He will leave his Central American post and assume the Mexico duty in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liena Carden
Lionel Edward
Mexico
Francis W Strange
Lionel
Miss Lefferts
New York
Dead in Engine Tender Near Ravena
George Wood Jr a New Jersey railroad dreamer was found dead in an engine tender at Ravena as it prepared for a trip. He had been living in Union Hill New Jersey and was employed as a railroad man. The body apparently fell from a chute into the tender while the engine was loaded with coal.
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Case
N. Y
George Wood, Jr
Railroad Dreman
Hine Avenue
Union Hill
N. J
New York Central
Wood
Ravena
Bordentown
N. C
William Kuteisen Sergent
Cranbery
Beatvard Lake
Che Lake
Church Notices Show Vacation for Pastor Blekkink
Sunday services at First Reformed Church note Rev. Blekkink’s vacation for four Sundays. Morning and evening sermons resume August 24 while midweek prayer continues. Other churches report pastors and service times including St James Episcopal and St Luke's with guest preachers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Reformed Church
V. J. Blekkink
Blekkink
Presbyterian C Church
Presbyterian Church
St. James’ Church
New St. James’ Episcopal Church
Broadway
Slocum Place
E. Briggs Nash
St. James
Festival on church lawn hosted by local societies
A Thursday festival on the New Monmouth Baptist Church lawn hosted by the Christian Endeavor and Women's Foreign Missionary societies drew a large crowd despite threatening weather. Attendees enjoyed supper and refreshments including ice cream cake and candy, with proceeds reported satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Monmouth Baptist Church
Christian Endeavor and Women's Foreign Missionary Societies
Church
Defects in U S parcel post shown by foreign systems
A New York dry goods house experiences foreign parcel post contrasts highlighting cheaper routing via Germany and wider rates abroad. Comparisons show Germany Britain and others offer lower export rates while U S rates remain higher with limited indemnity and weak international postal alignment.
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U.S
United States Parcel Post
New York City
Germany
New York
San Francisco
Parcel Post
New York House
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Mexico
Mars
Nicaragua
Panama
Uruguay
Britain
West Indies
Chile
Venezuela
Hongkong
Japan
Italy
Peru
Great Britain
United States
Increase in Food Animals Slaughtered Nationwide
Government records show 57 428 491 animals slaughtered under federal inspection in the US during the fiscal year ending June 30. Chicago leads with 12 910 506 animals. total condemnations reach 727 015 and nearly 18 006 000 pounds of prepared meats condemned on reinspection.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Chicago
Kansas
South Ontario
New York
East St. Louis
South St. Joseph
Boston
Indianapolis
Sioux City
Buffalo
Weather Bulletins From Radio Stations Warn Of Atlantic Storms
The naval radio stations at Radio Virginia and Key West Florida will broadcast nightly weather bulletins after 10 p.m. detailing wind conditions and barometric pressure and issuing special warnings of severe storms along the Atlantic coast to all ships and wireless stations within range.
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Naval Radio
Radio
Key West
Fla
Atlantic
Counties to Teach Farmer Intensive Training in Minnesota
The Southern Minnesota Development League plans intensive practical education for farmers across thirty-one counties. It will organize county farm bureaus overseeing publicity highways beef cattle dairy silos alfalfa poultry and other departments in co operation with state and federal agricultural bodies. County agents will work through these bureaus to boost rural appeal and farm productivity. Also noted is a surge in peanut demand with last year’s crop valued around 14 million dollars and Oklahoma planting 200 000 acres this year.
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Minnesota
Southern Minnesota Development League
League
Illinois
Iowa
Oklahoma
Romance of a dramatist Jean Richepin’s rise to fame
The Westminster Gazette recounts Jean Richepin’s path from rough work and trunks to literary achievement. A chance meeting with a college friend at a railway station reveals hidden talent, leading to publication of his poetry and eventual fame.
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Jean Alchepin
Jean Richepin
Marseilles
Jean
Richeptin
Jego
Richepin
Westminster Gazette
Mary and the toothbrush dispute ends in severed ties
An odd domestic quarrel over toothbrush etiquette ends with Mary leaving the six room flat after a heated confrontation with the mistress. The tall girl confronts Mary about her behavior, and the housekeeper confirms Mary packed her trunk and departed.
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Mary
Bhick
New York Times
Celestial Origin Legend for China from Toronto Globe
A Toronto Globe legend suggests Tibet broke from a purple light fragment and drifted to earth. Survivors, cold and hungry, entered China, giving Chinese people the name Celestials and the emperor the title Son of Heaven.
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China
Tibet
Celestus
Son of Heaven
Toronto Globe
Grandma's Old Friend and Quick Laughs Amid Dinner
A Chicago dinner scene features an elderly woman laughing at a tale, exclaiming it is a great favorite. The moment shows a story teller met with an amused, inquisitive glance as the crowd recalls light humor from the past.
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Grandma
Chicago
Saturday Evening Post
Bears Attack Stock After Forest Fires On Cascade Slope
A Portland report says forest fires drove grizzlies from Blue Mountain and Cascade ranges, pushing them toward the east slope where they menace livestock. Berry Hickson recalls bears killing a pack mule during a Cascades expedition prompting hunter action to protect stocks.
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Cascade Mountains
Portland
Chicago
Blue Mountains
Cascades
Berry Hickson
McKenzie River
Thackeray’s First Poem and its Devonshire Moment
The piece recalls William Makepeace Thackeray’s debut in print through a satirical poem in the Western Luminary while he studied at Charterhouse. It notes Mr Lalor Sheil’s planned Penendon Heath speech, its crowd’s silence, and how Thackeray’s Irish Melody sprang from the incident reflecting on a speech safely printed in The Times and Morning Chronicle.
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Thackeray
Devonshire
Charterhouse
Lalor Sheil
Penendon Heath
Shell
Kent
Morning Chronicle
Realistic critique sparks studio excitement
That Wae Art quotes a critic praising the artist as realistic. The piece notes the artist's lively studio mood after drawing corks in a dinner scene he was painting, illustrating his dramatic approach to everyday objects.
Assault charge leads to jail in Freehold record
In the Recorder's Court this morning James Riley, a hack driver, was fined two dollars for violating the license ordinance after being found without a badge. Fred Williams, colored, held in 600 bail for grand jury action on an assault and battery charge by Celia Brown. she says he beat, choked, and threatened her with a hammer during a drunken visit to her house. Williams jailed in default of bail.
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Fred Williams
Recorder's Court
James Riley
Edwards
Celia Brown
Brown
Williams
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