Local social notes recall Memorial Day visits and travels
Mrs H Williams of Morford avenue attends Allen Ten Broeck Williams wedding in Rochester New York. Mr and Mrs C Frederick Burt of Irvington New Jersey and son Leland visit Memorial Day hosts Mr and Mrs Gilbert White. Florence Sexton of Trenton visits John G Sexton in Morrell Street. Alfred A Hackman of Red Bank visits relatives for Memorial Day. Fred P Wilcox of Syracuse University returns for summer with US Express Company. Mrs John H Duncan of Germantown Pennsylvania visits friends. Miss Helen Streeter of New York spends Memorial Day here. Mrs John C Cloughly of Campbell avenue visits relatives in Freehold. Dorothy W Doran Syracuse University student returns for summer. Dr Zebulon S Taylor of New York visits mother Letitia Taylor in West Long Branch. Harry G Woolley appointed New Jersey deputy by Grand Counselor McKeever Loyal Association. Druggist John T Britton leaves Monmouth Memorial Hospital recuperating at John H Parker homestead West Long Branch. Irving Frank Gano son of Mrs Fr K Gano returns for summer vacation. takes position with Elberon Pharmacy. Mr and Mrs Matthew Smith of Newark guests of Joseph Finn at Broadway home. Louis Runkel of Westwood avenue returns to summer home after health improvement. George O Stedman Philadelphia architect visits cousin Dr Orrin A Clark. Mrs William T Thecker of Providence and daughter Constance visit former Councilman James Campbell at Campbell avenue home. Orville F Bennett mentioned in Memorial Day context.
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H. ©. Williams
Morford Avenue
Rochester
N. Y
Allen Ten Broeck Williams
Buffalo
C. Frederick Burt
Irvington
N. J
Leland
Gilbert White
Norwood Avenue
Florence Sexton
Trenton
John G. Sexton
Broadway
Morrell’ Street
Alfred A. Hackman
Red Bank
Fred P. Wilcox
Syracuse University
United States Express Company
John H. Duncan
Germantown
Penn
Helen Streeter
New York
John C. Cloughly
Campbell Avenue
Freehold
Dorothy W. Doran
Syracuse
Zebulon
Taylor
Matthew Smith
Newark
Joseph Finn
Louis Runkel
Westwood Avenue
George O. Stedman
Philadelphia
Orrin A. Clark
William T. Thecker
Providence
R. 1
Constance
Dr. Conwell to Lecture at First Baptist on The Jolly Earthquake
Russell A. Conwell, famed orator and Temple University founder, will lecture at the First Baptist Church tomorrow night on The Jolly Earthquake. He built a large Philadelphia congregation from a small start and this marks his final year on the lecture platform. tickets available at Britton's and Van Brackle's.
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DR. Conwell
Jolly
Russell
First Baptist Church
Russell A. Conwell
New England
Philadelphia
America
Academy of Music
Britton
van Brackle
Memorial Day Visitors Attend Local Events
Louis Reynolds of Newark spent Memorial Day in the city. Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Golling of Brooklyn were weekend guests of Mrs. George L. Crum on Bath Avenue. Mrs. Otto Vaugoin and children Lucy Ferdinand of Brooklyn visited Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Stein at the Rockwell Hotel. Lester Maps, Harry Ford, Forrest Quinn, and Byron Wardell returned from Detroit Saturday night and will vacation with local parents.
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Louis Reynolds
Newark
W. G. Golling
Brooklyn
George L. Crum
Bath Avenue
Otto Vaugoin
Lucy
Ferdinand
Isaac Stein
Rockwell Hotel
Lester Maps
Harry Ford
Forrest Quinn
Byron Wardell
Detroit
Mich
Lost eyeglasses prompt a shell inquiry in old house
A mistress misreads her glasses and asks the old Negro servant for help. Aunt Missouri replies she hasn’t seen them but offers to search, inquiring aloud where they might be hidden.
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Aunt Missouri
Treaty With Colombia Paused After First Reading
Washington June 1 Thaddeus A Thompson United States minister at Roxell reports the treaty between the United States and Colombia on the separation of Panama has passed the first reading in the house and was referred to a seven member committee. The committee will report back in three days. The treaty has passed the third reading in the Colombian senate and will go to the U S senate after priority bills are disposed of.
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Washington
Thaddeus A Thompson
United States
Roxell
State Department
Columbia
Panama
Colombia
Senate
United States Senate
Veterans Honor Fallen With Grave Decoration Observances
Veterans decorate graves in multiple ceremonies recalling War of 1861 65. Memorial events feature readings Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and arias by soloists with G A R and Junior O U A M members in Long Branch Asbury Church and Old First Church.
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Old First Church
Norwood Council
No. 217
Jr. O
Norwood Hall
J. B. Whitton
PF. A. Poole
F. W. VanNote
Dark Ages and the measure of our own era
The piece argues that calling the past the Dark Ages is misleading as records show happiness amid hardship, while modern life is wealthy but unhappy. It counters the claim that intolerance is unique to earlier times and notes how great minds and art arose despite ignorance, urging balance in judging eras.
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Istinel
Socrates
Greece
Yore
Chaucer
Dante
Petrach
Boccacelo
Thomas Aquinas
Spinoza
Cat of Ancient Mexico Endangered Between Nine Lives Theory
The Aztec cat described as almost extinct remains a curious, repulsive figure. It is noted for being nearly naked except for sparse hairs along its tail and back at winter’s start. The piece frames its existence within mythic nine stages of heaven and hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Heaven
Hell
Exico
Natural Law to Be Obeyed Feudal Tenure Reminder
A quotable remark by Durke argues that the realm must submit to prudence and virtue or else lose the right to govern. It frames obedience as a feudal tenure that cannot be altered.
City Conquered by Ants in Cautionary Tale from Brooklyn Eagle
Julius Chambers recalls a Brooklyn Eagle piece describing how red ants released from a box by Mrs. Morse overrun a city in Jamaica and threaten New York, while black ants in Liberia form large anthills and protect farms by preying on roaches.
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Liberia
West Africa
Greenwood
Lake
Julius Chambers
Brooklyn Eagle
Famine Strikes Northern Japan Amid Crop and Fishing Shortfalls
Starvation grips Tohoku and Hokkaido as rice crop failure and cold seas ravage food supplies. An estimated 200000 people face urgent hunger due to failed harvests and distant fish yields, signaling one of the worst famines in decades.
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Japan
Tohoku
Hokkaido
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Fr. K. Gano
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Daily Record
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James B. Morris
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John P. Hamilton, Jr
Thomas D. Miller
Kearney
Engine and Truck Company, No. 1
Long Branch
John B. Whitten
Army of the Potomac
James B. Morrie Post
Asbury Me BE
R. B. Stevenson
Old First
Atlantic Magazine
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