Chautauqua Opens Favorably With Noted Speakers
The Red Bank Chautauqua begins with Jionora and Carl Webster performing cello, Maddie O Hamilton as platform superintendent, Ted Bank aiding, and Frank Dixon delivering "An Outgrown Constitution" at 7 0'clock p m. The venture is backed by 70 local citizens and Swarthmore backers, with all surplus funds reinvested for future seasons.
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Carl Webster
Maddie O. Hamilton
Chautauqua
Ond
Tagmenines Qua
New York
Enterprise
Chautauqua Fy
Seab Ted Bank
Red Bank Chauitau
Swathmore
Frank Dixon
Widows Pension Measure Discussed in Red Bank Meeting
The Widows Pension bill set to take effect July 4 was discussed in Red Bank by the Overseer of the Poor. Chairman Robert Hartshorne led the Monmouth County Charities Aid Society meeting with Mrs. Lewis Thompson and others in attendance. Miss Frances Day outlined state guardians board plans while Mrs. Caroline Alexander was unable to attend due to illness. Dinner followed at the Globe Hotel.
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S& the
Red Bank
Robert Hartshorne
Monmouth County
Charities Aid Society
Lewis 5. Thompson
Hartshorne
Frances Day
State Board of Children’s Guardians
Thompson
Globe Hotel
Caroline B. Alexander
Miss Day
Fine Commencement Program Rendered at Shrewsbury Academy
The 161st graduation at Shrewsbury Academy in Red Dank featured graduates Mies Bim A. Ouse Shrewsbury Misa Dorothy Posten Atlantic Highlands Mies Rachel Detemus Red Hawk Charles R. Allen Middletown Twp and prize for First Year Latin to Misa Truth Lamarche. The program included numerous solos poems and songs performed by pupils and ends with diploma presentations and the song Our Own Dear Land by the girls.
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Shrewsbury Academy
Red Dank
Mies Bim A. Ouse
Shrewsbury
Misa Dorothy Posten
Atlantic Highlands
Mies Rachel Detemus
Red Hawk
Charles R. Allen
Middle- Town Township
Misa Truth Lamarche
Plano Solo
Helen L. Hughes
Robert van Schoick
Abou Ben Adhem
Neilson D. Dale
Haby
Julette Caldwell
Godfrey
Copeland Kell
Robert Lincoln
Richard B. Limburg
Song
Boston
Cheston Simmons, Jr
Katherine
France
Robert L. Stevenson
Gordon E. Adams
Elizabeth N. Dale
Janet H. Cooper
Edwin G. Adams, Jr
Elizabeth Strong
Mary J. van Schoick
Louise C. Simpson
Long
Katherine M. van Brunt
Carrie Stephenson
Charles Hilert
Poor Little Lamb
Emilie F. C. Lamarche
Overland Mail
Uza H. McCar
Avice M. Colby
Paul V. Jandt
Virginia Grattan
Robinson Crusoe
Antone W. Bjornstadt
Burgoyne
Charles Day Halsey, Jr
Allan B. Colby
Rachel C. Field
Dorothy W. Posten
Rachel A. Doremus
Thomas 8. Field, Jr
Alexander and
Bucephalus
Ella ‘Hale Talmage
A. Marguerite Wyckoff
Eulalia Partree
Panama Canal
Charles Raymond Allen
Philippines
Dorothy Whiting Posten
Molieres
Eleanor R Burr
Ruth Lamarche
Eta Hale Tamage
R. Vereker Farquahar
Ella A. Case
Rachel Ann Doremus
Motorcycle Crash Sprains Man's Neck at Monmouth Beach
James White of Russell Avenue New Jersey was riding on Ocean Avenue when he lost control and crashed into a curb. He sustained a sprained neck and a head cut but remained conscious and was transported by hay wagon to Dr. Walter S. Reed's office then to a relative's home in North Long Branch. Motorcycle undamaged.
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James White
Russell Avenue
Ocean Avenue
Monmouth Beach
Consolidated Gas Co
Walter S. Reed
North Long Branch
William G. Presley
Philadelphia Scientist Studies Tree Snails in Hawaii
A Philadelphia scientist traveled to the Hawaiian islands and spent three months examining the habits, evolution, and variations of tree snails. The Boston Transcript notes skepticism about completing the full study in that time but concedes potential valuable insights on speed.
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Philadelphia
Hawaiian Islands
Boston Transcript
Overworked man tires after chasing a band wagon
A proverb warns that constant chasing can exhaust a person before enjoying any benefit. It likens relentless pursuit to a man running after a band wagon until he is too tired to enjoy the ride.
School paper closes year with class officers listed
Davie 14 notes With the Poets Our Guide by Hagel B Pierson and a May 1914 calendar. The piece highlights the Class of 1918 senior page, Baccalaureate and Commencement details, and lists the year’s officers including Editor in Chief Leland Dudley and Business Manager F Leroy Barry along with other staff and subscription heads.
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Clase
Victor R. LeValley
Brown
M. Potter
Leland Dudley
Byron Blaisdell
Myrtle Sickles
Rowland Hughes
Misa Hilda Bt
George
F. Leroy Barry
Harte Breece
Meredith Parker
Blacksmith Wins Insurance Suits Over Hotel Fire Loss
Benjamin 4b. Pearce Jr a blacksmith of Point Pleasant won a second judgment this week in Freehold before Judge Nelson Y. Dungan and a jury for 500 in insurance on household furniture destroyed by the Old Homestead Hotel fire at Bay Head on November 26 1911. A prior judgment was 548.91 against Girard Fire and Marine and a second 546.25 against Continental Insurance company. A third suit for the same amount with Pearce and wife was settled out of court after the second trial. The insurers contended multiple fires and carting of goods. Pearce claimed the goods taken were not covered by the policies.
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Benjamin
Smallpox Gages On Bayshore Local Leader Quarantined
Stephen A. MacMahon, a Port Monmouth farmer and Middletown Democratic leader, has a light form of smallpox. He served as a petit juror last term and likely contracted it in Freehold where the disease was widespread. Five cases in light form are reported at Keyport. His residence is quarantined by Middletown Board of Health. Dr. O W Budiong of Belford is the attending physician.
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Stephen A. MacMahon
Port Monmouth
Middletown Township
Freehold
Keyport
MacMahon
Board of Health
O. W. Budiong
Belford
Idaho senator Borah tells of Idaho wealth from ripoff stock
On a train Borah hears a eastern woman's tale of a Boise City mining stock swindle. He points to stock quotes showing the mine was worth $140,000 that day, illustrating Western promoters as burglars. Idaho's appeal, the senator notes, yields profit even from cheating within its smiling domain.
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United States
Borah
Idaho
Washington
Boise City
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