Hearing on Franchise for Jersey Central Traction
The Jersey Central Traction Company franchise for Spring Street Branch Avenue Markham Road Prospect Street Willow Drive and Silverside Avenue was accepted by Shrewsbury township officials and will face a Thursday hearing. The fifty year franchise covers road use for the Red Bank to city extension with property owners agreeing to widen Branch Avenue by six inches each side at trolley expense. The company also bought land on Prospect Street at Little Silver to widen 20 feet where the trolley runs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jersey Central Traction Company
Spring Street
Branch Avenue
Markham Road
Prospect Street
Willow Drive
Silverside Avenue
Shrewsbury Township
Red Bank
Sunday School Association Formed in Red Bank
Officers and teachers of the First Presbyterian Sunday School in Red Bank organized the Sunday School Association of the church. Newton Doremus and Miss Ethel White serve as president and treasurer, respectively. Regular meetings will be held the fourth Tuesday each month at the previous meeting place.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Sunday School
Red Bank
Wallace Street
First Presbyterian Church
Newton Doremus
Ethel White
Fair Haven Boat Club Plans July Actors Benefit Night
A meeting of Fair Haven Boat Club members authorized extensive alterations to the floating club house. A committee of Bill Mason Frank W Martineau and Frank North will confer with Red Bank Lyceum owner to arrange a July night for the annual Actors' benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fair Haven Boat Club
Bill Mason
Frank W. Martineau
Frank North
Red Bank Lyceum
Lyceum
Actors
Youth Has Pocket Picked in Port mouth
William Casey Jr. of Port Monmouth was relieved of his watch and job on a trolley ride to the Highlands Belford game Sunday afternoon. A fellow passenger is believed to be the pickpocket, with authorities and trolley staff alerted but the culprit remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highlands Belford
William Casey, Jr
Port Monmouth
Presence of Mind That Saved a Child From a Bull
A German regiment on a country road witnessed a bull pursue a child in a nearby field. With no immediate rescue possible, the drum major ordered the band to play a high pitched blast. The bull halted, distracted by the sound, and the child reached safety as soldiers rushed in to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Tribune
Silk Stockings Worn by Queen Elizabeth I Fashion History
A historical note on stockings from silk replacing cloth in royal wear. Describes early silk availability, gifts to Elizabeth I, and the shift noted by Stow and cited from the New York Herald. Includes details of Ed ward VI and Monfie positions and Queen Elizabeth I's preference for silk stockings from then on.
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Bess
Henry VIII
Spain
Edward VI
Thomas Gresham
Stow
Monfigie
Montique
New York Herald
Ant Colony Life and Worker Roles
A fragment describes ant colonies with queens laying eggs and workers tending the young. Magers feed larvae from nurseries, while temperature and conditions affect development. Pupae become wingless workers or winged founders, initiating new colonies.
Bedouin humor meets the racing car age in verse
A collage of quips and sketches satirizes modern speed and travel. Verses parody Bedouin romance joined with auto imagery, a banker’s anecdote, and light social jests. It blends 19th century wit with early automotive culture, including a milkweed graft joke and travel fare humor.
Youngster Knew Visiting Country Gentleman Speech
A quirky scene unfolds as a visiting country gentleman at the village school prompts a pupil to explain what nothing is. The exchange features a tense pause and playful mispronunciations as the speaker tries to elicit a thoughtful answer from the students.
Silk Fabrics Special Wednesday Offer Text
Pure Silk and Silk and Linen fabrics with soft bosom and French cuffs in black helio and blue stripes. Available in single or stripe effects, priced at $2.50 and $3.00. Special for Wednesday.
Four Women Delegates to Sit at Republican Convention
Four women will occupy seats as delegates at the Republican national convention in Chicago on June 18 with two from California and two from other western states. Sergeant-at-Arms William F. Stone has fielded many applications for assistant sergeant-at-arms, doorkeepers and ushers, but only men will be named for those roles this year. Credentials from delegates elected from U S insular possessions arrived from Hawaii and the Philippines. No word yet from Porto Rico or Alaska. Maine pennant from the battleship Maine now has a permanent home in Memorial Hall Chicago, presented to the Grand Army Hall Memorial Association by United Spanish War Veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
California
William F. Stone
Subcommittee
United States
Hayward
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Rico
Alaska
Maine
Memorial Hall
Grand Army Hall Memorial
United Spanes War Veterana
Poison plots and a boa constrictor tale
A historical note discusses arsenic as a crime poison and a Rome society of women linked to executions and fines. It then recounts a New York Preag anecdote about a host warning a guest about a boa constrictor named Susie passing through a hall en route to the top floor.
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la Spara
Rome
Susie
New York
Het
Red Bank Presbyterian Ladies Buy 1300 Ch inaware Pieces
A committee from the Improvement Society of Red Bank First Presbyterian Church visited Trenton in a touring car to purchase 1300 to 1400 chinaware pieces to supply church work. The dishes will be made to order in Trenton potteries and ready in two to three months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of Improvement Society of
Red Bank Presbyterian Church
Trenton
Newton
Doremus
Clinton Doremus
James W. Rogan
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Long Branch
T. CO
Sunday School Association
First Presbyterian Sunday
C.aw
Bayard-Taylor
Spavin
Denver
Cook County Sunday School Association
Lingh Cork
Association
Darky
Chicago Tribune
Bill
Kansas
Bill Beasley
Till
John Ghobby
Kansas City Star
Luther Burbank
Tie
San Francisco
Burbank
Post
Dorothy
Browning’s
Etty
Yonkers Stitewnaan
Blauvelt
Manhattan
Norfolk
Ager
Strinhard
New Jersey
Asbury Park
Improvement Society of the
the Outlet
Pines Werth & Insee KK
Bock A
Dustin Pricy
Piker’s
Eohs
Sullivan
Mr Polen
Panhandle
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