Million a Day for Bonds in America
Atlantic City hosts the first annual American Road Congress from September 30 to October 5 with Taft as honorary president. Logan Waller Page directs sessions on roads, with huge exhibits by the U S Office of Public Roads and the National Association of Road Machinery and Material Manufacturers. Road users from Quebec to Miami will converge, while debates cover legislation, finance, and engineering for road construction and maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
France
Atlantic City
American Road Congress
Logan Waller Page
United States Office of Public Roads
Congress
American Association For Highway Improvement
American Automobile Association
Taft
Page
Lee McClung
National Association of Road Machinery and Material Manufacturers
Manufacturers Association
U. S. Office of Public Roads
Old Cumberland Road
Interstate Commerce
James 8. Harlan
Iw. W. Finley
Ern Railway Company
Thomas ‘Nelson Page
W. C. Brown
New York Central Lines
Quebec
Miami
Fla
American Seaboard
Amerilama Automobile Association
American Association For Highways Improvement
Riverside Gun Club Holds First Shoot in Shrewsbury
The Riverside Gun Club at Red Bank will stage its inaugural regular shoot this Saturday afternoon on the club grounds in Shrewsbury avenue opposite the Monmouth County Fair grounds. The event includes ten 10 one-third events and a separate Frank Hall cup shoot on July 6. Albert L. Ivins serves as club president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riverside Gun Club
Red Bank
Shrewsbury Avenue
Monmouth County Fair
Albert L. Ivins
Next Congress Faces Tariff, Banking, and Canal Issues
As the 1913 session nears adjournment the tariff dispute remains largely unresolved with talks of makeshift bills and a repeat contest next year. Banking and currency reform, parcels post, and canal zone governance loom large for the Sixty third Congress and the next administration, along with anti injunction laws and pensions. Conservation, labor department proposals, cold storage, and constitutional amendments on presidential terms also await consideration after March 4 1913.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gress
Senate
Congress
Mr. Taft
Trust and Corporation
National Reserve Association
Aldrich
Parcels Post
House
Canal
Panama Canal
Nas
Department of Labor
Price of Tuberculosis Losses Cited by Yale Professor
Yale economist Irving Fisher told the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis that total society losses from tuberculosis in the United States reach 570 million dollars annually. He cited Connecticut's Gayford Farm sanitarian results showing 200,000 spent yields 300,000 in restored earnings and urged increased investments to isolate or educate the nation’s million current consumptives. He warned broader funding could hasten the end of the white plague.
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National Prevention Society
United States
Irving Fisher
Yale University
National Association For the Study and Prevention of
Fisher
Gayford Farm
Connecticut
New Wireless Stations Proposal for Arctic Telegraph Links
The duma is urged to authorize 515000 to build radiotelegraph stations along the Kara and White seas. The aim is to ensure telegraphic communication between northern and western Siberia with western Europe through the Arctic route.
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Duma
Karu
White Seas
Miberia
Europe
Arctic Ocean
End of an Old Firm Flynn Co Sold Soda in Wall Street
The article recalls Vigna & Co a long standing Wall Street soda and candy shop at Wall and Broad. After the owner’s death the tiny stand is wound up as J P Morgan & Co denies a new tenant. The shop once served as a curbside investment era fixture near Morgan’s entrance.
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Flynn & Co
Wall Street
Vigna & Co
J. P. Morgan & Co
Wall and
Broad
J. P. Morgan
Flynn
Geology Professor Lindgren Appointed MIT Department Head
Professor Waldemar Lindgren of the United States Geological Survey Washington has been named head of MIT geology, replacing Dr T A Jagent Jr who becomes director of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory for five years.
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Waldemar Lindgren
United States Geological Survey
Washington
Geological Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lindgren
T. A. Jagent, Jr
Hawaiian Volcano Observatory
Frec
Local notes from Red Bank and New Jersey politics
Red Bank items report Jay Leonard Jr returning to Bordentown Military Academy after visiting his father on Broad Street. Other notes mention students Rachel Osborn and Alberta Bennett, summer returns from Syracuse University, and local visits. Atlantic Highlands High School graduation music will be provided by the First Baptist Sunday School orchestra. Also noted are neighborhood renovations and re-painting projects around town, a newsboy buying a bicycle, and state credentials for New Jersey delegates to the national conventions ensuring they cannot be involved in party contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Leonard, Jr
Bordentown Military Academy
J. J. Leonard
Broadstreet
Rachel Osborn
Ezra Osborn
Bridge Avenue
Brand
Alberta Bennett
Trevonian Bennett
Shrewsbury Avenue
Syracuse University
Madeline Norcross
Point Pleasant
American
Monmouth Street
Wise & Chasey
Lester E. McQueen
Chestnut Street
Willam A. Sweeney
Dey & Shields
Eugene Burns
Little Silver
Dennis Murray
Locust Avenue
Harold Giblin
New Jersey
Trenton
Chicago
Baltimore
Secretary of State
Granges to Aid Jersey Exhibit Preparations
Granges of Monmouth county act to cooperate with the late commission for a New Jersey exhibit at the Second Land and Irrigation Exposition in New York next fall. A Freehold meeting adopted a plan to gather all county farm and orchard products for expert judging and selection for the New York exhibit, hoping other county farm groups may follow.
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Granges
Jersey
Trenton
Monmouth County
New Jersey
New York
Freehold
Tate
Chattle Chips School Rehearsal Schedule and Notes
Bulletin lists weekly rehearsals for Boys and Girls choruses at grammar and high schools with General chorus and senior class sessions. Orchestra practice set for Thursday evening. Examinations begin next week. Track champs from East Jersey League pictured for World. Library limits and remaining class invitations noted. Miscellaneous anecdotes about Errickson and class gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. L. Bruske
Yong Nationals Win Against Young Romana 17 to 12
The Young Nationals defeated the Romans A. C. by a score of 17 to 12 on Tuesday afternoon. Enthusiasm ran high as players coached from the sidelines, with loyal boyfriends supporting both sides. Lineup highlights include Rosenberg, Fornicello, and Lustbaum in key roles for the Nationals while Thomas Marks and Patsy Rimo keyed the Romans offense.
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Romana
Nationale
Romans A. C
Ump
Nationals
Rosenberg
Fornicello
Cohens
Frank Golf
Lewis Lustbaum
Eugene Lustbaum
Bonfella
Romans
Thomas Marks
Patsy Rimo
Bowie
Connors
James Rimo
Winklestein
Pampered Poet Humbles Thief With Quick Return
The writer of Hudibras, Samuel Butler, known for pride over poverty, was invited to supper by a Trend who slipped a 100 money purse into his pocket. Butler detected the act, discovered the giver, and returned the purse, expressing displeasure at the perceived insult despite good intentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butler
Mo Ler
Tim
Port Monmouth Pointers Visit and Local Happenings
Madame M Bonnett of New York visits her son Francois Bonnett and plans an early July departure for an European tour. Dr and Mrs William Whitehead of Bayonne are guests of Horace G Smith. Captain William M Seeley has his residence and hardware store painted by Harry B Proxey. Numerous local visits and farm notes follow including strawberries shipped to New York and corn planting after low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame M. Bonnett
New York
Francois Bonnett
Madame Bonnett
William Whitehead and Sons
Bayonne
Elmer J. Willett
Thomas J. Eastmond
Brooklyn
George H. Willett
George A. Sweesy
Freehold
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Michelin
NEW Columbia Garage Co, Inc
Brighton Avenue
West End, N. J
America
Riverside
Bridge-Water Inn
Avenel
Pleasure Bay
Long Branch
J. F. Murphy
Long
Fin
Long Branch Daily Record
Hull
Ane
Errickson
Thia
Yong Nationals
Roors Perr Company
Broadway
Warren
Manhattan
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