Highlands news Briefs show appoints and housing changes
William Gerbrach joins Blanchite Paint Company of Newark as New Jersey representative. Dean Fields and family move from Matawan to Blanchite. Fields works as dockmaster for Patten Line. John Scott and family to occupy a Summit cottage on Barberi Avenue. Michael Fix becomes assistant at twin lighthouses. Water Witch Development Company opens Bay Avenue office. Depiel Bills finishes painting Johnson's Bridge Pharmacy. James Martin of Orange builds a cottage on Sea Drift Avenue for occupancy. Frank Garrie of New York opens cottages on Barberi Avenue to lease holders. Highlands Building and Loan Association to hold its second annual meeting next Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gerbrach
Blanchite Paint Company
Newark
New Jersey
Dean Fields
Matawan
Mr. Fields
Patten Line
John Scott
Summit
Barberi Avenue
Michael Fix
Water Witch Development Company
Bay Avenue
Depiel Bills
Johnson's Bridge Pharmacy
James Martin
Orange
Sea Drift Avenue
Frank Garrie
New York
Highlands Building and Loan Association
Irvington Visitor Cruser and Local Woodmen Meeting
Cornelius A Cruser of Irvington visits his son J Schenck Cruser, longtime resident of the area. The Woodmen of America lodge hosts a public meeting and banquet tonight with National Lecturer Edward Burns to speak. Western Union opens a summer station at Antonides pharmacy, First Ave. Conover secures contracts to paint several local residences. Presbyterian Ladies Aid held a lawn fete at Mrs S P Harris with a musical program and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius A. Cruser
Irvington
J. Schenck Cruser
Cruser
the Woodmen of America
Edward Burns
Western Union Telegraph Company
Antonides’ Pharmacy
First Avenue
William F. Conover
George
Advertise in the Daily Record Pays You
New Jersey Central train and steamer schedules listed for Long Branch to New York Newark Elizabeth Sandy Hook and Atlantic City with times for weekdays Sundays and special routes. Advertising notice credit to W G Besler and W Hove with official GM marks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
New York
Newark
Elizabeth
Sandy Hook
Baltimore
Washington
Atlantic City
Red Bant Mle
Freehold
Tia Matawan
York
W. G. Besler
W. ©. Hove
F. GM
Patten Line schedule for weekdays and Sundays
The Patten Line lists weekday departures from Rockwell Avenue to Long Branch Pleasure Bay Sea Bright Highlands and return trips from New York via West 5th Street Battery and South Ferry with various times. No freight received at Battery. Sunday and Saturday variations noted. WM. C. Hayden, Sec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Branch
New York
Rockwell Ave
Pleasure Bay
Sea Bright
Highlands
West
Battery
Mear
South Ferry
5Th St
WM. C. Hayden
Bec'y
From Vails to Tips A Brief History of Gratuities
A concise history traces tipping from early uses of vails in Shakespearean and 18th century texts to Dr. Johnson and Swift. It notes Jonas Hanway’s reform efforts against indiscriminate gratuities and how the practice persisted under the name tips, despite attempts to curb it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Dean Swift
Shakespeare
Pericles
Jonas Hanway
Indianapolis News
Five Noses in Ant Antennae Sense of Smell Revealed
The article explains that ants have five noses in their antennae each with a distinct role. One nose identifies nest belonging, another different colony odor, a third traces the scent of their own feet, a fourth senses larvae and pupae, and the fifth detects enemies.
Placid Hindu Servants and Vigilant Shipyard Boss
Readable fragments describe Hindu servitude as philosophical and unflinching, then profile Sir Edward Harland as a founder with a legendary watchful eye at his Belfast shipyard. A riveter’s alleged act and Harland’s stern response illustrate strict supervision and a glass eye’s cold glare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Harland
Belfast
Ormiston
Harland
Miss Pry and her finger in affairs quip
A witty Baltimore quip notes Miss Pry as the most inquisitive girl always involved, joking she has her finger in every matter except an engagement ring yet. The remark playfully contrasts curiosity with romance in a local newspaper humor item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pry
Baltimore
Quote dialogue on stock exchange temperance and manners
An exchange between Bones and Tambo discusses the Stock Exchange as an intemperate place where money tightens and certificates fall. It adds a satirical note about social graces and being taught things one already knows, quoting Talleyrand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tambo
Stock Exchange
Bones
Titanic tragedy recalls doomed liner fate and memorial
The article recounts a ship sinking in the Atlantic with heavy engines and boilers tearing free as the vessel sinks, burying itself in the seabed. It contrasts shipwrecks with fading memory and notes a 1600 fatalities as a somber memorial to disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Dr Cook’s Modified Claim and Polar Expedition Talk
An Orst newspaper recounts Dr. Cook’s remarks in Berlin noting lectures are not for profit and his work to be shared. It cites a revised claim that he did not reach the pole but reached a point on an ice floe on April 21, 1908. He also mentions a future Zeppelin balloon expedition to a far north point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cook
Orst
Dr. Cook
Berlin
Germany
North Pole
The Coolest Act of Self Possession
A palm beach waiter spills a finger bowl on a young woman at a palatial hotel. Her dowager mother and fiancé react, but the beauty calmly laughs and says she is thankful it was not coffee or soup, a moment recalled as the coolest act of self possession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zurich
Switzerland
Mademoiiselle
Geneva
London Standard
Palm Beach
New York Press
The Elephant Trunk a Miracle of Nature Explained
The elephant trunk is a remarkable organ serving as respiration and feeding tool. Nearly eight feet long and highly sensitive, it can uproot trees or lift artillery, gather grass, drink vast water, and direct it to the mouth or over the body. It replaces a long neck and aids support of the head and tusks through strong facial bones and a muscular neck.
An Unruffied Statesman and The Roots of Geometry
A Douglas Massachusetts legislator joke shows the man’s wit about attire and local pride. Then a note on geometry origins tracing its Egyptian surveying roots, Thales in 600 B C, and Pythagoras’ role spreading the science from Greece. Also a humor brief about Henry Irving’s touring woes and a town’s demand for a parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
Douglas
Legislative Hall
Boston
Boston Herald
Nile
Greece
Thales
Pythagorais
New York American
Irving
Henry Irving
Michigan
Donkey Driver Pontificator Opens School Amid Warning
A Scottish schoolmaster faced a warning on the blackboard that called him a donkey. He added the word driver and proceeded to open the school as usual, choosing composure over alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple of Learning
Fragmentary court exchange cited by Green Bag
An incomplete courtroom moment shows a lawyer pressing a witness and asserting a point in the record. The witness replies briefly, while a quote from Carlyle on money is noted in the fragment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tle
Children Day Exercises Parade Many Names Across Programs
A lengthy roll call lists numerous participants and organizers for Children Day events. The piece details church and school programs with processions, recitations, songs, and offerings totaling 3230.26, including department and banner class payments and baptisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lausch
Marion Edwards
Mabel Giere
Aimee
EB. Woolley
Milton P. Wilson
Ida Fielder
Doris Newing
Catherine Sherman
Beatrice Coleman
Florence Michael
Sadie Hurley
Ortrude Crum
Myrtle Paget
Annie B. Brown
Hazel Sutphin
Gertrude Beakes
John C. Flinn
Mary E. Smith
Clarkson F. Lane
Ogear J. Zilly
W. S
Bessie Reynolds
A. Edwards
Aaron van Hise
F. Bryant Smith
John Carhart
Staney Slocum
Afreda Edwards
Daniel Edwards
James Cloughly
Anna Nicholl
A. Nelson
Lewis Edwards
Arthur H. Asay
J. Wesley Seaman
W. H. Riddle
A. S. Lokerson
Timbrook Morris
Anna Decker
Slara W. Bennett
E. B. Blaisdell
John H. Parker
J. H. Parker
John A. White
C. T. Blaissell
Sarah EB. Sandoz
Daniel Oran
Charles L. Edwards
Harry Lausch
John Lawley
J. H. White
H. B. Sherman
John
M. EB. Prentias
A. A. Badger
Prof. C. Gregory
Alicia Newing
Hannah Lane
Florence Sherman
H. L. Dangler
Annie Nicholl
Wokerson
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Boynton Furnace Co
37Th St
Broadway
Atlantic Highlands
The
Daily Record
NEW Jersey Central
Talleyrand
Seattle
National Bank
San Francisco
Lake Champlain
Montrose
London
George W. Coleman
Columbia
Mr. Coleman
Kansas City Star
William Muldoon
Pierpoot Morgan
Preas
Mone
Carlyle
William Henry Codner
William Codner
Carlotte Jean Lorima Cobb
L. Henry Cobb
Frances Virginia Casler
William H. Casler
Leroy Cranmer
Thomas Cranmer
Burttine Cranmer
Clarence Cranmer
Dorothy Elizabeth Cloughly
Samuel D. Layer
Bertha Lavinia Layer
George Bowman Lane
Benjamin Lane
Harry Francis McCaffrey
David McCaffrey
Edwardo Pannaci
Alfredo Pannaci
Frank Dunlap Roswell
Edwin L. Roswell
Mervin Henry Caesar Smith
Edmund H. Smith
Dorothy Adeline Tallman
Harry W. Tallman
Geraldine Pitcher Taber
Edwin L. Taber
Grace van Dorn Wartman
Anna Aileen Wartman
Charles Byron Wartman
Charlies C. Wartman
Arnold Clifford Waitt
Charles Waitt
M. E. Church
Norman Poole
Fla. Poole
Wee Boy
Wee Girl
Raymond Poole
Maureta Bowman
Inez Antouldes
Gladys March
Dorothy Hendrickson
Father
Asbury M. E
Ashbury M. E
Willie Chas
Florence Barber
Sarah Barber
Anna Jones
Helena Clayton
Maud Davis
Susie Dunn
Alma West
Elizabeth Weat
Clase
Butler
Clarence Reed
Ellaworth Woodson
Myrtle Zimmermann
Ray Kyte
Hlale Hennessey
Marion Reed
Ray Whiting
Anna Hennessey
Irma Morris
Blanche van Brunt
Bol
Florence Attison
Helen Ferguson
Elsie Potter
Eunice Gulick
Bolo
Grace Joline
Theodore Attison
Helen Dennis
Dorothy Joline
Mildred Kyte
June Carries Bunshine
First Baptist Church
Pirot Baptist Church
Baptist Publication Society
Mabel Ball
John Ff. Davison
First Presbyterian Church
Dy. J. G. Lovell
Jacob Steinbach
New Plaza Airdrome
West End, N. J
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