Clean shaven city officials tip their hats to change
Fourteen city officials and several department heads appeared clean shaven as commissioners removed their mustaches. The Washington Park Association urged park upkeep costing 60 dollars, with action referred to Parks. Reports note Britton's Pharmacy owner visiting New York after twenty eight years. Captain Cook plans fish buys with phonographs as prizes. Strawberries and harvest festivals are promoted ahead of the harvest home dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flack
Winfield R Warwick
William A. Stevens
H. P. Bennett
Charles J. Gremer
Edwin KE. Taber
R. Hawace Curtis
William D. Wailing
Tidore Crammer
George H. Northam
Long Branch
Washington Park Association
Department of Parks
Washington Park
Cty
Harry
Britton
New York
Eatontown Woman Phoebe A Johnston Dead After Illness
Mrs Phoebe A Johnston of Eatontown died yesterday afternoon before six of heart trouble after months of illness. She was active in the Advent Church and prayed with family during her sickness. Funeral Sunday at her late home under Elder I H Giles with interment at West Long Branch cemetery. Survived by husband Joseph W Johnston a daughter Mrs James Hathaway a sister Mrs S W Overheter and a brother Eseck A Wolcott.
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Phoebe A. Johnston
Joseph W. Johnston
Eatontown
Advent Lehurch
South Street
Hatontown
HW. Giles
West Long Branch Cemetery
Charles Sreese
Johnston
James Hathaway
Broad Street
S. W. Overheter
South River
Eseck A. Wolcoil
South Hatontown
Red Bank Suffragists Plan Parade and Year Ahead
The Red Bank Woman's Suffrage Association met at Borough Hall to decide sending many delegates to the Asbury Park suffrage parade this summer and to focus on Trenton legislation. They will also attend the Women s Political Union event June 26 at Miss Adams home in Eaton town led by Miss Reynolds. Ten new members increased total to about fifty.
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Women’s Suffrage Association
Red Bank
Asbury Park
Trenton
Women’s Political Union
Miss Adams
Eatontown
Miss Reynolds
Colorado
Red Bank Association
Salt in Cocoa Improves Flavor and Texture
A tip from home cooking notes adding a pinch of salt to cocoa during mixing enhances flavor and reduces a watery taste. The suggestion emphasizes simple pantry adjustments to improve hot beverage quality.
Simple Plan to Outsmart Art Forgers in Antiques Trade
A Chicago Journal article warns of con artists selling fake antiques. It describes a scheme where swindlers pay insiders to identify valuables and pass off bogus items. The piece urges readers to study pictures and furniture to spot forgeries and improve living standards through prudent choices.
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Digerliy
Ieee
Bie
Llomer
Cortist
Athens Summer Outings Point to Fashion Over War Worries
Visitor notes Athenians avoid summer trips to Phalerum and Kephisia, staying in the city as the season ends. The piece contrasts weather in Athens with vacation habits, touches on wartime anxiety, and cites local behavior and fashion as guiding factors. It includes miscellaneous notes on cleaning antique glass with eggshell paste and a lion learning gymnastics in southern Africa.
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Kephisia
Phiaderun
Corinth
Athena
Constitution Square
Athens
Pants or Trousers Fashion Item Promoted at $3.50
The piece debates whether trousers or pants signals culture and cites pants as a strong Americanism. It previews a new style of white serge trousers with a black stripe, tailored cut, trimmed belt loop, and side buckles in all sizes, offered at $3.50.
Series of misfortunes in country towns
A Black man calling himself Big Ike caused a fight as he struggled with laborers John Hillyer and William Durgenson. Ike fired three shots at Durgenson, was restrained by Hillyer, and then vanished. Detective Minagh leads the investigation as residents fear the gunman’s return. Also, Mrs. Prank Overton was robbed near Thompson's Crossing. the suspect remains at large. Otto Van Riper, a Port Monmouth brakeman, fell from a moving train but saved himself, though he suffered arm injuries. German farmhand Henry Mueller was assaulted on a Jersey Central car, fracturing a rib and sustaining other injuries. two Black assailants are implicated, one possibly indicted in North Carolina.
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Big Ike
John N. Hillyer
Middletown
William Durgenson
Durgenson
Ike
Hillyer
Elwood Minagh
Prank Overton
Thompson's Crossing
Keansburg
Port Monmouth
Perth Amboy
Otto van Riper
The
Central Railroad Company
Winslow Junction
Henry Mueller
Daniel C. Kendrickson
Red Bank
Jersey Central
Mueller
Elmer J. Willett
George H. Hoberts
North Carolina
One Distinction in a New York Address
Mrs. J. G. Phelps Stokes said in New York that dishon est financial methods create a tale of a man who, after a thief snatched a silk handkerchief from his overcoat, grabbed the thief and called for a police officer. The thief urged release, noting the difference is the line between his earnings and the man’s millions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Phelps Stokes
Rose Pastor
New York
Measured Sacrifice of Rats in Tokyo Plague Prevention
Tokyo authorities say 16 million rats were purchased from residents and killed to halt plague spread since December 1902. Police officials held a religious service to console the rats and noted that the year is menotoshi or the year of the rat, marking a symbolic respect for the creatures.
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Po- Nce
Tokio
Chattle Spirit Pin Honors February 1914 Senior B Graduates
Senior B graduates receive oval pins engraved C H B and motto Sine Labor Nibil with February 1914 at bottom, purchased through L Miller jeweler. Rings with same inscription lure orders, while crowds seek Commencement tickets at local drug stores. Editorial dedicates final Chattle Spirit to the 1913 graduating class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. Miller
Charile
Picture of Modern Life Mr Jones at the Telephone
Mrs Jones warns Edward Jones to come home moderately sober after a club dinner and a night of bridge. He plans to stay late for a game and hopes to bring home money for a hat. She recalls a prior drunken episode and asks him not to wake her.
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Mr. Jones
Mrs. Jones
Edward
Modern Drama Lays Bare Small Plays We Prefer
A wry critique notes that much hyped contemporary drama fails to engage, while the plays audiences are dragged to theater feel weakest. The author finds the most talked about works dull and the best selections hard to access, prompting a skeptical view of current stage choices.
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Consolidated Gas Company
Crammer's Pool
Hot Springs
Mount Clemens
Paul Kahn
Ene
Stewart Cook
Captain Cook
Bogus “Antiques
Pall Mall Gazette
Africa
Wouter
Samuel C. Cohen
Wall St
New York City
Cooper Ave
L. Pollack
Medici
Steinbach Company
Ashbury Park
Steinbach’s
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van Riper
Britton's
Smythe’s
Mr. Cate
Mr. Clark
Cattle Spirit
Leah
Widmer
Edgar
Hank
Lista
Chattle
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