Read Club Finishing Session Highlights Hatontown Event
May 31 meeting at A. B. Nafen's Hatontown featured Memorial Day questions by Mrs. William Hubbard and musical numbers by Mrs. A. H. Borden Mrs. Sickles and others. Joseph Green and family moved to Red Bank. Memorial Day services held at Presley churchyard. several locals noted for visits travel and property incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Read Club
A. B. Nafen
Hatontown
William Hubbard
A. H. Borden
Bones Park
Sickles
A. E. White
A Parsons
J. Green
Bell
Astoria
L. L
Eva Valentine
Old McCormick
Fred Hayes
Broad Street
McCormick
Hayes
Grand Army
Shrewsbury
Presley
George Pd, Tallman
Maplewood
N. J
Abbie Sleeper
Emma Holmes
Wersey City
van Viiet Windsor
van Viiet
Paul Parker
West Point
Army W. Allen
Nova
Real Estate Transfers In Long Branch Area
Wastena Company transfers two tracts to Christine Weller in Long Branch for one dollar. R Henry Lindley and others sell four lots to Grace H Pomeroy for one dollar. Morris sells land at Long John WY to Helen V Wheat. LeRoy Van Brunt buys two Long Branch lots for two hundred dollars from New Jersey Mortgage Company. Alexander Gross acquires one Long Branch lot for five dollars from Charles Sculthorp. Lewis C Brown buys land in Long Branch from Charles H Fish for one dollar. Minnie Riddle sells land at West Long Branch to Cora Haagen for one dollar. Wilhelmina B Toovey transfers two Long Branch tracts to Tracy E Toovey for one dollar. Tracy Toovey sells two Long Branch tracts to Henry E Toovey and others for one dollar. Tracey E Toovey transfers two Long Branch lots to Henry E Toovey and others for one dollar. Maud E Roswell and others sell two Long Branch lots to Flora Thompson.
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Wastena Company
Christine Weller
Long Branch
Henry Lindley
Grace H. Pomeroy
Pietro Tomaini
Santo Temaini
John WY. Morris
Helen V. Wheaton
Washington Street
New Jersey Mortgage Company
LeRoy van Brunt
Charles Sculthorp
Alexander Gross
Charles H. Fish
Lewis C. Brown
Minnie Riddle
Cora Haagen
West Long Branch
Wilhelmina B. Toovey
Tracy E. Toovey
Tracy Toovey
Henry E. Toovey
Tracey E. Toovey
Maud E. Roswell
Flora Thompson
Begun as Tugs Hang On Line and Home Disarray
A deranged scene unfolds with curtains sent away ammonia filling the house and furniture stacked. The narrator notes chaotic activity with strange women rushing through and a weary farewell to peace as a week of tension and struggle begins.
The Hungry Boy Poem Exults a Child’s Feasting
A St Louis Post Dispatch verse extols a hungry boy's appetite and constant eating, praising his sturdy tum and insatiable hunger. The narrator reflects on boyhood eagerness, warns to enjoy meals now, and cherishes the child’s daily feasting as a carefree joy.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Quest of the Magic Mirror
Prince Rupert of Navaria finds a magical ring and travels with a sky nymph to a cloud palace in search of a mirror that shows his wishes. He witnesses Venus bedroom, rides a rainbow, meets a mermaid, and uses the mirror to see his mother, then reforms and never loses his temper again.
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Prince Rupert
Navaria
Rupert
Mentrocius
Venus
Prince Ru
John Paul Jones Body Lays Beneath Annapolis Stair
Five years after his return to the United States the body of John Paul Jones rests under a stair at the Annapolis Naval Academy awaiting interment as funds were approved for a memorial. Navy officials debate memorial style while Sons of the American Revolution push Congress to act.
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John Paul Jones
Naval Service
Bancroft Hall
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Sons of the American Revolution
Congress
Little
Annapolis Naval Academy
America
Naval Academy
Society of the Sons of the American Revolution
Navy Department
Turtle deemed more bird than fish in cruelty case
Harvard expert says turtle closer to birds than fish and has a developed memory and intelligence. Judge Stevens instructs jury to find John H. Weiner not guilty for keeping a 160 pound green sea turtle on its back in a window after a $25 municipal fine and appeal. Professor Yerkes testifies turtles may require water or back-lying to stay alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Stevens
Boston Superior Court
John H. Weiner
Weiner
Robert Yerkes
Harvard
Yerkes
The First Wuxtries Detail a Babylonian Journal Delivery
In a brief fragment a brick laden scene contrasts a generic load for workers with a special delivery described as the Babylonian Journal, hinting at a surreal or coded exchange rather than a literal event.
Wasted on Him Bulging Braw-Wis Tone in Chicago Tribune
A fragmentary item in the Chicago Tribune riffs on vanity and longevity with satirical whimsy. It mocks a man described by Solomon as wasting time and suggests cultivating wisdom despite a long day.
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Solomon
Chicago Tribune
Pa weighs money on a social scale
Freddy asks what a social scale is and Pa explains it as a place where money is weighed in a humorous Bohemian Magazine line.
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Freddy
Bohemian Magazine
Secret engagement chatter at courtroom exchange
In a terse exchange the judge notes the possibility of keeping an engagement secret. Forearmed replies by asking for discreet handling while she affirms confidants will stay quiet. The dialogue suggests a private agreement and mutual assurances within a legal setting.
Waiter Plans European Tip Etiquette Tour
John Henry William Rehm a Chicago waiter will spend the summer in Europe using tips as spending money. He outlines tipping rules for dining alone with a woman entertaining a party and in doubt. He and his wife and two daughters will sail the Lusitania in first class for three months of travel.
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Chicago
Europe
John Henry William Rehm
Rehm
Lusitania
Happy Consolation Club Brings Bright Cheer to Blunt ND
Businessmen in Blunt North Dakota form the Happy Consolation club to radiate sunshine and dispel sorrow. Members must greet others with a smile on the street or face an icy stare and possible transfer to the worrying committee.
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Blunt
N. D
Notice to creditors for Addison Morris estate
George W. Van Gelder administrator of Addison Morris deceased, by order of the Surrogate of Monmouth County, gives creditors nine months from April 25, 1911 to present debts and claims against the estate under oath or affirmation, or be forever barred from action.
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George W. van Gelder
Addison Morris
County of Monmouth
Isabel C. Hand
Peter Hand
County of
Monmouth
Executor's Notice for Sarah Dearman Estate Monmouth County
Benjamin P. Morris executor of Sarah Dearman deceased calls creditors to file debts and claims within nine months from March 29 1911 under oath or affirmation or be barred. Also notice of settlement of account for Mary E. Throckmorton estate by Aaron E. Johnston to be audited and reported for settlement June 15 1911.
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James R. Minagh
Orphans Court
County of Monmouth
A. D
Elwood Minugh
Anna E. Norton
Jeannie Minugh
Mary E. Throckmorton
Aaron E. Johnston
Administratrix and Executors Notices Bar Creditors in Monmouth
Legal notices announce that Isabel C. Hand as administratrix of Peter Hand deceased and executors William P Cantwell and Thomas P Fay warn creditors to file debts and demands within nine months from May 3 1911 or be forever barred. Includes divorce suit against Moses Goldsmith in New Jersey Chancery Court dated May 13 1911 and solicitors’ contact details.
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Moses Goldsmith
Court of Chancery of
New Jersey
Carrie Goldsmith
Benj. P. Morris
P. O
Broadway
Long Branch
N. J
Receiver's Sale of Edwards Mill in Long Branch NJ
The receiver in Edwards Lumber and Coal Co. announces a public sale on June 14 1911 from noon to five at the premises on Broadway Long Branch Monmouth County New Jersey. The sale includes the Edwards Mill property and extensive milling machinery described in detail with real estate and mill offered as one parcel and machinery in one parcel then separately, with eventual combined sale for the highest bid.
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Court of Chancery
A. D
Thelbert Edwards
Edwards Lumber and Coal Company
Broadway
Long Branch
County of Monmouth
State of New Jersey
New York and Long Branch Railroad Company
Main Street
New York and
Long Branca Railroad Company
Atlantic Highlands
Red Bank and
Long Branch Trolley Company
Corliss
Edwards Mill
Theodore F. Bailey
Parker & van Gelder
Long Branch properties to be sold under fi fa writ
A writ of fi fa directs a June 5 1911 resale at Freehold Court House Monmouth County NJ. Lots 58 and 59 on the Long Branch map tied to Nellie Tappin and Paul Weidmann are seized from The Ideal Realty Corp of New Jersey and proceed to sale by Sheriff Clarence E Hettrick.
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Court of Chancery
State of
New Jersey
Court House
Freehold
County of Monmouth
Franklin Avenue
Franklin and
East Third Avenues
Franklin Avene
Nellie Tappin
Paul Weidmann
Monmouth County Clerk’s Office
Ideal Realty Corporation of
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Randolph
Ashbel W. Borden
B. J. Parker
Dewiling
Friends Burying Ground
Ambrose Matthews Bros
Misses Shiff
Baltimore
Cherburg
Glenn L. Saxton
Minneapolis, Minn
Coxpe
Puck
Quest OF
Turtle
The
Daily Record-It
Newark
N.J
U.S A
Fesler & CO
Smythe
Bennettie & Sacco
Wert's
PHAR
Fesler
Seiler’s
Judson Conover
Matawan Township
New York City
Mr. Conover
Benjamin P. Morris
Sarah Dearman
William P. Cantwell
Thomas P. Fay
Ann Brazo
Walliam P
Cantwell
Thomas P
Fayne
John W. Slocum
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