Middletown News Highlights Local Social Variety
Bayshore area notes frequent visits and travel among residents. Ralph Morris, grandson of Gerardus Morris, gains attention as a University of Pennsylvania amateur actor while pursuing dentistry. Numerous households host guests, relatives travel by auto, and local tradesmen expand ventures and retirements are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Morris
Gerardus (. Morris
Middletown Township
University of Pennsylvania
A. B. van Nostrand
Brooklyn
Leonardsville Road
Florence Riddle
Lincroft
Joseph C. Arrowsmith
Campbell’s Junction
Archibald H. Sutphin
New Monmouth
Holmdel
Marion Church
Passaic
Agnes Walling
FitzRoy Walling
Ethel VanZee
Edith Herrington
Pequannock
Mid
Mary Casserley
Harmony
Gordon D. Woolley
Keyport
Casserley
Elizabeth Casler
Rutherford
William T. Casler
Middletown
Caroline MacGiehan
Plainfield
Christ Episcopal Church
Shamrock IV Sets Sights On America's Cup Clash
UK challenger Shamrock IV looms large as yachting experts weigh a dramatic shift in design and power for the 1901 America's Cup defense off Sandy Hook. The English boat, with a vast sail area and unconventional lines, competes against American rivals Resolute Vanitie and Defiance in a pivotal race era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
England
America
Sandy Hook
N. Y
New York Tribune
Alexander Smith Woohran
Yonkers, N
Vanitie
New York Yacht Club Syndicate
Henry Walters
Arthur Curtiss James
Frederick G. Bourne
Cornelius Vanderbilt
George F. Baker
J. P. Morgan
G. M. Procton
2 W. Chirk
George Owen
Ber Bull
Costs Of Yacht Cup Defense Revealed In Detail
A veteran designer notes America's Cup defense costs reach at least half a million dollars this year. He explains how weight reduction, lead keel molding, steel frame work, and long crew payroll drive expenses, with ships built and outfitted over months by a shipyard crew of about fifty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlante
Royal Yacht Squadron
William Gardner
Vanitie
Teaching the Boy to Plow Lesson in Kind Guidance
A farmer helps a boy learn plowing with patient instruction and praise. One father’s harsh verdict wounds the boy while another offers tips and encouragement, sparking better work and confidence. The Breeders' Gazette notes half the farm’s value lies in developing the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hfte
Hidden Calculation Behind a Shop Floor Mystery
The memory of D Armour recalls a cross roads store in New York state where a cashier instantly computed a six and three eighths yard purchase at six and eight tenths cents per yard. The owner asked how the answer was achieved, and the teller admitted he did not know the method then or now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Armour
Realizes Value of Friends in Kansas City Star
A neighbor praises a man who stays true to friends despite his flaws. He is modestly successful, valued for loyalty, and quick to aid others in trouble. The piece notes his failure to trade old friends for prospects and his steady support from allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Dickinson
Middletown
Thomas Fisher
Osbornville
William Steenkin
New Canaan
Belford
Middletown Township
Babe
O. W. Budlong
Howard B. Harrison
Albany
N. Y
Public Service Commission
New York State
Budlong
Matthew Doyle
Trenton
William Doyle
Richard Porter
Fielder
Cornell
New York
Joseph Braun
Watermelon Point
Bade Homestead
BH. H. Jones
Long Branch
Garrett A. Lee
William Gentsch
Brooklyn
George Scheffmeyer
Jersey City
William Pierce
Gottlieb F. Dietz
Harry White
George Matthews
Keyport
Harvey Johnson
Compton Street
Harvey Johntry, Jr
Bernardsville
E. Walt Havens
Church Street
Edna Cleland
Samuel Hopping
August Horne
J. Gentsch
Point Pleasant Beacon
Port Monmouth
Kansas City Star
Shakespearean Tobaccos Hidden Inference Questioned
A reader recalls an indirect Shakespeare reference to snuff in Henry IV where Hotspur jokes about a lord. The note muses that few tobacco mentions occur since most plays predate tobacco’s spread and American contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry the Fourth
Hotspur
America
New York World
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Red Bank Trust Company
Broad & Wallace Sts
Red Bank, N. J
Bayshore News
Robert R. Weeks
Lillian R. Maehl
Twinbrook
Martin D. Willett
Daniel C. Hendrickson
Fruitvale Farm
Charles O. Helwig
White Star Steamship Line
Harmony School
John D. Tibbitts
Manaaquan
Albert Dorsett
Hasbrouck Heights
J. Kridel
RED Bank
Britain
Shamrock
Charles Ek, Nichol
Vigilant
Shawrock TV
American Press Association
Resolute
Long Branch Daily Record
Jersey
BEC
Women's Suit Dept
Ues
A. Dangler
Prescription Specialist
Broadway
Long Branch Banking Co
Garden of Allah
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