Cave dwelling park cat wins Seligman’s heart
A striped cat and her eight kittens were left in the care of Sergeant Mason by banker Jefferson Seligman as he prepared to sail to Europe. The family was sheltered in a Central Park sheepfold and later moved to the banker's home at 1 Sixty-ninth Street. Mason and Patrolman Shelley were authorized to provide for their food. Thousands watched the cat family’s spectacle near Sixty-fourth Street.
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Banker
Sergeant
Wil
Central Park
New York
Sergt. Mason
Arsenal Police
Jefferson Seligman
Europe
Frederick Wetteck
Sixty-fourth Street
Red Bank Baptist Ushers Form Men's League
The Ushers Union of the First Baptist Church Red Bank met at Edwin H. Burrs home to abandon the old group and form the Men’s League of the First Baptist Church. Officers elected President Edwin H. Burr Vice President Henry C. McLean Secretary George Ackerman Treasurer Edwin Conover and an advisory board named Walter J L. Davis. Meetings set for the first Thursday each month with a New York monologist entertaining after the session. Read Cent-a-Words on Third Page for bargains.
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Red Bank Society of Young Men
Men’s League
Ushers’ Union of the
First Baptist Church
Red Bank
Edwinh. Burr
Broadstrecht
Ushers’ Union
Men's ‘League of the
Men's League
Edwin H. Burr
Henry C. McLean
George Ackerman
Edwin Conover
Walter J L. Davis
New York
Burr
Police Draw Net Around Scheib in Wife Death Case
New York detectives present new evidence that Henry A. Scheib was in his wife Mrs. Scheib’s West Seventy eighth street flat a day before her body was found. Authorities say the known presence could show guilty knowledge of her death. Scheib seeks habeas corpus. magistrate Corrigan delays further action pending quick hearing.
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New York
Henry A. Scheib
Corrigan
Tombs
Dougherty
Scheib
West Seventy Eighth Street
Bischoff
Russell
Lehane
Johnson
Justice Bischoff
Spaniards Did Not Blow Up the Maine Revealed
Rear Admiral Melville wrote to Former Speaker Reed stating the battleship Maine was destroyed by an internal explosion. The claim, kept secret for state reasons, appears in the American Review and identifies Melville as engineer in chief of the American Navy at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Melville
Reed
Maine
American Review
State Board to Hear Appeals in Monmouth County
The State Board of Equalization of Taxes will sit in Council Chambers at Asbury Park at eleven a.m. on June 29 to hear tax appeals in Monmouth county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Board
Trenton
State Board of Equalization of Taxes
Asbury Park
Monmouth County
From Motorman to Chauffeur
George Baldwin of White street Red Bank has given up his motorman post with the M C E B Co running between this city and Red Bank and now works as chauffeur for the Red Bank Steam Laundry delivery runabout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Baldwin
White Street
Red Bank
M. C. EB. Co
Red Bank Steam Laundry
Sir Walter Scott and the Royal Glass Incident
In 1820 George IV awarded Sir Walter Scott a baronetcy. In 1822 the king visited Scotland and was greeted with enthusiasm. Scott toasted the monarch and received a glass the king had used, pocketed it, and later sat on it, breaking the relic.
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Walter
George IV
Walter Scott
England
Scott
Aifety
de Monvel
Romans Dressed For Dinner Says sartorial expert
A sartorial authority states that dressing for dinner began with the Romans. The practice was simpler then with a loose robe of fire material worn for the Vennig Meal. It was usually worn at home, though guests traveling from afar could borrow dinner clothes kept by the host.
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Springfield Republican
The Bell Tone and the Virtues of Bell Casting
The peculiar magic in the tones of bell bells stems from the striking of a chord rather than a single note. Achieving perfect octave requires immense calculation and skill, making the bell caster a highly trained craftsman.
Katzenbach praises party loyalty in Monmouth gathering
Democratic leaders including Frank S. Katzenbach Jr urge economy in government and defend constitutional rights amid a Monmouth County assembly. Speakers address election law, income tax opposition, and property protections as party supporters pledge continued backing.
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Katzenbach
Assembly
Monmouth County
New Jersey
New York
Pennsylvania
Oklahoma
Young Men’s Christian Association Tennis Courts Improve in Red Bank
The YMCA tennis committee reports Pearl Street courts near Chestnut Street in Red Bank are in first class condition after rain. Two new nets and posts with the latest rackets have arrived and will be installed soon. They hope for a large entry list in the men’s singles and doubles tournaments and aim to complete season arrangements by June 18.
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Young Men’s Christian Association
Pearl Street
Chestnut Street
Red Bank
Assessment of Personal Property Assessment Notice
Public notice from Monmouth County Board of Taxation requiring residents to return the total value of their personal property as of May 20 and to file by June 30. It warns that noncompliance allows the assessor to estimate values without appeal and lists ward officials William Beatty John W. Flook and H P Bennett.
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Long Branch
William Beatty
John W. Flook
Monmouth County Board of Taxation
Death-Defying Femme Fatale Thrills At Long Branch Circus
Forepaugh and Sells Brothers bring a French woman daredevil to Long Branch on Saturday June 10. She darts down a steep incline in a auto mobile, with machine and rider leaping high, executing two complete somersaults in air and landing on a spring platform fifty feet away. The act promises the first double midair somersault in circus history and follows a costly, three mile long parade and rebuilt menagerie designed as a zoological exhibit.
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Sells
Long Branch
France
Liverpool
England
Eee
Florida Strollers headline vaudeville at West Long Branch
A pasting of praise for the Florida Strollers, an all colored comedy singing and dancing troupe, led by Worles Gaines and Jones, with Sam Gaines as Ru fus Moseby. The act features numerous performers, musical numbers, and humorous routines. Two performances today and one tomorrow. tickets range from ten to thirty cents with some fifty cent seats. A separate notice announces a petition to vacate a Beechwood Avenue section in Norwood Park, Long Branch, NJ, dated July 1911.
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Florida Strollers
Worles
Gaines
Jones
Sam Gaines
Lew Jones
James Worles
Rufus Moseby
Annie Smith Worles
Billy Moore
DeLyons
Jeffreys
DeLyons Gang
Grace Hoyt
Nettie Sparks
Alio
Levine
West Long Bran
A. D
Beechwood Avenue
Norwood Park
Long Branch
N. J
W. H. DeNyde
N. I
Locust Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Beechwood Avennue &S
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Hanson
Broadway
New Witness
Death Flat
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Elmer H. Geran
Leon R. Taylor
James A. Hendrickson
Nugent
Pintar
Mr. Katzenbach
Mr. Rice
Drynoch
William Pintard
Frank S. Katzenbach, Jr
Benjamin B. Bobbitt
John H. Cook
David 8. Grater
William K. Devereaux
William J. Leonard
Millard J. Ross
Joseph P. Tumulty
Reginald
Bennett
M. D
Joseph Patterson
A. F. _Cattrell
Atlantic Highlands
George E. Jenkinson
George W. Bristol
John Tansey
John H. van Mater
M.D
Craig Quackenbush
J. Edward Davis
Ira Antonides, Jr
Arthur Mickens
Walter Mickens
Charles Grover
Willim M. Roberts
Grover C. Williams
B. Tucker
George Fore Lewis Sehage Smith
Franklin Gee
Patrick Posten
Thomas
Bernard J. Creighton
Stephen G. Scalia
C. Mell Johnson
Terry Marfin
Harry Phipps
E. C.parmalee
William Heatherton
Howell
James H. Butcher
Keansburg
Stephen A. McMahon
Keyport
Richard R. Brown
George C. Smith
G. B. Aumack
R. 8. White
Capt
Vadin Curtis
John Carr
Charles Carr
A. M. Brown
G. W. Brown
James McCann
Joseph Matthews
John G. Schanck
George Langan
Fred Frick
Patrick E. Kelley
Jr. Lakewood
Wilbert A. Beecroft
Leonardo
John McLaughlin, Sr
James Rogers
Michael McVey
Otto S. Holm
Lex A. Hollob
John J. O’brien
Patrick Ryan
William McLaughlin
Charles D. Thorne
M. A. Rice
Lincroft
Joseph W. Thompson
Little Silver
Richard Borden
Thomas P. Fay
Albert Hirschfeld
Eewin Packer
Thomas W. Arrowsmith
John W. Slocum
Frank C. Quinn
Martin McCue
John Daly
Thomas Beatty
Oscar Zilley
Charles Rayner
Frank L. Howland
Charles Rosencrans
William EE. Vaughan
Princeton
D. M. Flynn
A. S. Leigh
Joseph S. Hoff
State Civil Service Commission
Mercer County
Ambs Tilton
A. D. Cooper
Alston Beekman
George C Hance
Edward von Kattengell
Asa E. Creeger
Harry C. Badeau
W. G. Rutherford
Edward Cole
Harry Pitcher
P. H. Tyson
Joseph Heidi
Charles H. Gallagher
William Daniels
Walter Madden
Eewin E. Marshall
E. Furman Hooper
George B. LaBarre
John D'Arcy
Thomas F. Riley
John P. Dullard
West Long Branch
William R. Slscum
William Heyer
A. Téerinie Seaton
Death
Frevth Wémah
Ocean Park Casino
Reverd
China
Fidelity Trust Co
Newark, N. J
Fidelity Trust Company
Steiner & Son
G. E. Conover CO
Morford Place
Red Bank, N. J
Richard R. Hughes
Telephone
West End
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