Keyport Library Celebration Honors Civil War Veterans
In 1879 Keyport troops from Company G aided by the Raritan Guard planned to fund a new free library with an $18 pay surplus. The cornerstone ceremony featured Masonic grand master Frederick E. Tilden and district lodges, Caesarea Lodge hosts, and a parade to the library site. Henry A. Young oversaw design with his son joining the Spanish War effort.
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Fifth New Jersey
Keyport
Phillipsburg
Soldberg
Raritan
Carnegie
Raritan Guard
Frederick E. Tilden
Jersey City
Hatontown
Red Bank
Atlantic Highlands
Matawan
Caesarea Lodge
Edward D. du Bois
Masonic
Charles Miller
William de Graf
George W. Walling
Rufus C. Walling
William B. Wooley
Caesara Lodge
Caesaret Hall
Main Street
Elizabeth Street
Broad Street
Library
Henry A. Young
Guard
Lincoln
Masons Lay Cornerstone at Caesara Lodge Ceremony
Jersey City Deputy Grand Master Tilden and Grand Lodge officers from Trenton Newark Hoboken and other towns attended a banquet and a formal session at Caesara Lodge. The 18th Masonic District participated as a stone was laid with ancient rites and a silver trowel presented to Grand Master Tilden.
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Mansion House
Fred
We. Tilden
Jersey City
A J. Huge
Wilewbeth
Theodore GB. Townley
Trenton
William F. Burke
Richard C. Woodward
Burlington
Barry le Mansina
Newark
Percy Valgadia
Hoboken
Alfred Grover
R. W
Ke, Leighshire
Orange
Asher Wilson
Grand Tyler
William M. Thompson
Red Bank
J. Otto Rhome
Asbury Park
William F. Brown
W. F. Love
Paterson
James McCabe
Crozier Reeves
John Caskey
Plainfield
M. W. Grand Lodge
Caesara Lodge
Masonic District
Tilden
Half Century II Prisoner Freed by Italian King
Giuseppe Verran, once a feared bandit, released after fifty years in prison. Now seventy, he travels to Palermo to join his elder brother, a former brigand. He has lived in isolation from modern Italy’s inventions and is to publish his views as a royal pardon precedes new penal laws.
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King of
Italy
Ferrara
Milan
Giuseppe Verran
Palermo
Victor Emmanuel
Guthrie Heads to Tokyo for Japan Mission Briefing
Former Mayor George W Guthrie of Pittsburgh arrives in Washington for instructions from President Wilson and Secretary Bryan before sailing to Tokyo to oversee negotiations over the California land dispute. He will confer with Japanese Ambassador Clin dy at a dinner hosted by Bryan.
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Washington
George W Guthrie
Pittsburgh
Japan
Wilson
Staite Bryan
Guthrie
San Francikea
Tokyo
California
Clindy
Bryan
Fear Massacre Rumors in Morocco Prompted By Disguised Moors
Madrid reports Moors dressed as women arrested at Tetlan with plans to massacre Spaniards. Spanish troops guard consulates in Tetuan to shield foreigners seeking refuge. Attacks feared as European residents grow terrorized and no mail leaves the city.
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Madrid
Tetlan
Tetuan
Respite Granted to Insane Murderer in Albany
Antonio Africano, condemned to die in Auburn, has been granted a ninety day respite after a commission found him insane. Authorities will monitor him and arrange another examination at the end of the period.
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Antonio Africano
Albany
N. Y
Auburn
Sulzer
Weather observations across major cities and conditions
The United States Weather Bureau report lists yesterday’s readings for multiple locations. New York shows cloudy skies, Albany clear, Atlantic City cloudy, Boston cloudy, Buffalo clear, Chicago cloudy, Mt Jaonis clear, New Orleans rain, Washington cloudy with temperatures ranging around the 70s to 80s.
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United States Weather Bureau
New York
Albany
Atlantic City
Boston
Buffalo
Chicago
Mt. Jaonis
New Orleans
Borough Council Advances Public Works and Fire Equipment
Borough actions include authorizing a dog catcher, approving bids for sprinkling wagons, and accepting bonds from Luther & Stapleton and others. Ordinances for sidewalks and curbing on Shrewsbury avenue and Beach street, and Bridge avenue resurfacing, along with sewer extension, pass second and third readings. A water pressure gauge for the fire department is authorized and a $2250 note is drawn. A special session to review the building code is scheduled.
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Metagar
A.C. Hurley, Sr
Adyver‘tse
Martin Griffen
Luther & Stapleton
Shrewsbury Avenue
Beach Street
Bridge Avenue
West Front
Oakland Streets
West Front Street
Cooper's Bridge
Beach Street School
Wood
Ford L. White
First National Bank
Jacob Degenring
Pennington Debt Cleared by Gifts
The Pennington Seminary trustees reviewed Forward Movement subscriptions reaching over the $100000 unit with May and June campaigns across southern New Jersey. Notable supporters included Bishop Berry, ex-Governor Fort, and Princeton Alumni Club members as funds exceeded the goal and plans for a remaining $150000 were outlined.
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Pennington Seminary
Trenton
New Jersey
Bishop Berry
Penington
Berry
Princeton Alumni Club
Pennington Institution
Jersey University
Princetonians
J. F. Fort
Civil Service
Willis Fletcher Johnson
T. J. Scully
Willard P. Voorhees
E.S. Murry
W. F. Sadler
Frank S. Katzenbach
Frank Appleby
O. H. Brown
Frank MacDaniel
Pennington
The Tramps' Beverage Joke In Toledo Blade
A short Toledo Blade quip notes all tramps must drink coffee and none ask for tea, reflecting a humorous local aside about beverage preferences.
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Toledo Blade
Humorous quip on engagement and referendum
In a light column a Washington Star quip jokes about proposing to a suffragette via a referendum decided by her sisters and parents. A Topeka Journal gag notes canes failing in sales because of carrying a cane and a hammer. A Galveston News quip jokes a woman's watch monogram shows style over timekeeping.
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Washington Star
Topeka Journal
Galveston News
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Fred E. Tilden
W. M. Thompson
WM. Slocum
Broadway
Long Branch
Morocco
Emory Street
Wesley Lake Bridge
H, Willard Wiseman
Willard C. Wiseman
Chinchilla
Steinbach Company
Asbury Park, New Jersey
the Grand Theatre
C. and
G. Kelley
Uack Shehan
Buckleys
the Grey Sentinel
Gaumont
Adratentone Agalves Sis A Videliy
Cooper Avenue
Ocean Avenue
L. Pollack
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