Red Bank Fire Parade Called Off for August
A Friday night meeting of Red Bank five fire companies and parade committees decided not to hold a parade in August. Opposition arose after an earlier vote to stage one, citing the Freehold County parade on Labor Day. Committees will survey their companies about a county parade in October and report next Thursday at Navesink Hook and Ladder Company.
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Red Bank
Relief Fire Engine Company
Pearl Street
Freehold
Navesink Hook and Ladder Company
Mechanic Street
Assessment of Personal Property Notice
To whom it may concern you are required to return the total value of your personal property as of May 20 to the Assessor of West Long Branch by June 30. Returns must be under oath or the assessor will estimate your property with no appeal. Return blanks are available from the Assessor Frev A Beale by order of the Monmouth County Board of Taxation.
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Borough of
West Long Branch
A. Beale
Boro Wes
Long Branch
Monmouth County Board of Taxation
Peacock and Gobbler Moral Lessons Pelt Old Tales
A 1911 humor piece recounts fables featuring a peasant and counterfeit dollars, a boastful Peacock and Gobbler, a fox and a squirrel, a judge and a thief, a peasant and a blackbird, plus a quirky public-safety lesson. Each tale delivers a moral about honesty, vanity, cunning, and legal hair-splitting.
Considerable Counting in One Dollar Bills In Circulation
A treasury department report states 150 008 028 one dollar bills are in circulation. The figure is attributed to nightly counting by the wives of the men who hold the cash, per the Chicago Record-Herald.
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Treasury Department
Chicago Record-Herald
Alfalfa Upbeat In Holmdel Farms Amid Drought
Holmdel township farmers favor alfalfa over hay for fodder as dry weather spares growth. William H. Ely reports about two and a half tons per acre. Potatoes near Holmdel show best field, while peaches will be light due to rains. Tomatoes suffer from worms. Elmer J. Willett loses over 3,000 plants. Marlboro’s R V Cline needs 100,000 plants to replant.
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Holmdel Township
William H. Ely
William A. Magee
Holmdel
Peter Casler
Elmer J. Willett
Port Monmouth
R. V. Cline
Marlboro Township
Middletown Grammar School Holds Commencement
Middletown grammar school closed with six graduates Mazie Hawkins Catherine Simpson Ethel Hillyer Freda Nigelstedt Robert Field and Chester Field. Miss Nienstedt was valedictorian and Rev Horace R Goodchild gave the address as diplomas were presented by Melvin A Rice president of the Middletown township Board of Education.
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Middletown Grammar School
Mazie Hawkins
Catherine Simpson
Ethel Hillyer
Freda Nigelstedt
Robert Field
Chester Field
Miss Nienstedt
Horacé R. Goodchild
Middletown Baptist Church
Melvin A. Rice
Board of Education
Middletown Township
Long Branch Council Meets with Reports and Visitors
At the Long Branch Council No. 429 Royal Arcanum meeting in Odd Fellows Hall Past Regent W L Conrow presented a report on the Lakewood Grand Council session held May 11 and 12. Visitor Sacks of Hoboken No 99 was introduced and welcomed. he has served the Grand Council of New Jersey and been a member for thirteen years. Refreshments followed the reception.
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Long Branch Council
Royal Arcanum
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Grand Council
Lakewood
W. L. Conrow
Sacks
Hoboken
G. M. L. Sacks
Long Branch
Helders’ Association
Sternberger Avenue
Orator Sexton
Rohbeck
Grand Council of
New Jersey
Wilder Says This Is Good and the Monkey Talks
Marshall Wilder recalls sharing a London bill with Consul the monkey. British patrons found the simian nearly human in intelligence and one night two intoxicated men laughed then dozed off while Wilder spoke. A spectator whispered that the monkey was now talking.
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Wilder
Marshall P. Wilder
Consul
Monk
London
James
Bill
York Telegraph
A Generous Deed In Comic Exchange
Baltimore American notes a humorous exchange about buying two machines one for a man and his wife. The wife’s sewing machine powers the husband’s machine, highlighting a joking mechanism of generosity.
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Bubbles
Baltimore
Red Bank church program draws crowd in frigid weather
A Friday night musical and literary event at the First Methodist Church Red Bank drew a good audience under threatening skies. Miss Neva F Waller mezzo soprano reader and Miss Adele Giordany contralto pianist led the principal numbers to hearty applause.
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First Methodist
Red Bank
Ladies’ Aid Society
Neva F. Waller
Adele Giordany
Observation of a Wild Young Man Sparks Tense Exchange
A Philadelphia Inquirer snippet notes a strict parent accusing a son’s wildness after an encounter last night. Mildred retorts that the observation caused the behavior and hints at upstairs privacy.
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Mildred
Philadelphia Inquirer
Chattle Chips Sings and Speeches Highlight High School News
In a Tuesday session the Chattle Chips group heard George Little recite Horatius at the Bridge and deliver a clever address on College Life for Seniors planning a fall departure. The senior chorus had no practice due to one session days.
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George Little
Horatius
George
Clara Jeffrey
Sixth Avenue
C. T. Store
W. J. Tetter
Red Bank
Chattlé
Sol” Heiles
Speec
J. R. Errickson
Lydia Zengel
Sage
Shrewsbury Public School Graduation Nears
Shrewsbury graduates Mary Kelly Viola Jay Cox John Lang and Harold McCormick will take part in exercises at the Broad Street schoolhouse Friday night. John Lang as valedictorian and Miss Kelly delivering the sanitatory address. Elmer C. Uarkle will present diplomas and Rev. Frederick P. Swezey will give the invocation. Program includes school choruses drills concert numbers recitations piano and vocal solos by several students.
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Shrewsbury Public School
Broad ‘Street
Mary Kelly
Viola Jay Cox
John Lang
Harold McCormick
Mary Colvert
Marion Callahan
Elizabeth Costello
Bessie Morford
Pride of Monmouth Daughters of Liberty Meet In Bank Hall
Regular meeting of Pride of Monmouth Council No 27 Daughters of Liberty held Monday night in American Mechanics Hall on Broad Street. Many members attended along with visiting Pride of Belford Council. Miss Ametta Bray was initiated. Refreshments of cake orangeade and ice cream served.
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Pride of Monmouth ‘Council
Daughters of Liberty
American Mechanics’ “Hall
National’ Bank
Broad Street
Pride of
Belford
Council
D. of L
Iin
Verine
Bray Pe Fx Nat Bank
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Heisley Building
John A. McGuire Co
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N. J
Rockwell Restaurant
Ini
Nia
Bo Nm
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Little Silver
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S. Stern
7Th Ave
Anna B. Gulick
Bath
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Monmouth Beach
Clinton
Record Office
Kennedy St
Second Avenue
Oakhurst
C. H
Chattle Fountain
A. Brunkhorst
Third and
Chelsea
H. H. Pemberton
Goldstein's Dept
F. Erty ‘ St
Joseph Cetno
Jeffrey
Hooper
Sea Bright
Church St
Plymouth Rock Chicks
J. H. Noble
Monmouth Road
Home Lauery
Hayes
H. Ritzau
Simpon M. E. Church
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Seventh Ave
Branchport Station
Columbus Place
2D Ave
Third Ave
Charlies Abbott
Norwood
Park Aves
Elberon
McGuire’s
Glens Falls
Berdan Place
Branchport Ave
Branchport
S. C
Shann Real Estate
Washington Steel
James B. Hulse
Fifth Ave
Farndale Cottage
Seaview Ave
East Long Branch
Tel
Ethel
Rothenberg Hotel
M. Anderson
St & Son
Peacock
Gobbler
Farmer
Squirrel
Fox
M. Quad
Associated Literary Press
Emai
Stirrel
Tam
Robbes
Clarence White
Middletown
Red Bank Entertainment
Kate
Stevens
St. Louis Times
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the Daily Record
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