Improvements Along Upper Bayshore Area Progressing
Numerous undertakings continue along the upper Bayshore with new homes and structures. In Middletown Colling B. Root adds a two story wing on King's Highway. Thomas Stephenson’s Holland district house nears occupancy. Fred F. Elston builders. J B Stillwagon to build wagon house for C A Tatum. Heyer and Sons handle masonry on several projects. a garage planned for Herbert L. Pease. Belford projects include two houses on Church Street by Henry Koenig. a Port Monmouth barn by Charles A. Poole replaces fire-destroyed farm buildings. Mrs. Eastmond plans summer improvements on Bray Avenue. Hampton to build a summer bungalow. Walling to mason the old Keegan and Pike store into dwelling. Janet Beecher to star in Belasco’s The Vanquishing Bride at Long Branch and Broadway Theatre venues with elaborate color themes and costumes.
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Upper Bay
Middletown
Colling B. Root
King's Highway
Thomas Stephenson
Holland District
Fred ° F. Elston
J. B. Stillwagon
Everett
C. A. Tatum
William J. Heyer and
Bedford
Herbert L. Pease
Mr. Pease
James Carroll
Belford
Thomas J. Eastmond
Brooklyn
Bray Avenue
David K. Hampton
New York
Harmony Avenue
Hampton
J. Henry Walling
Keegan and Pike
Port Monmouth
Charles O'Neil
Washington pilgrimage to Monmouth battlefield itinerary announced
Monmouth county residents are invited to join a Patriots pilgrimage following Washingtons route in 1775 from Philadelphia to Boston. The June 24 event starts at 1 45 p m from New Brunswick to the Monmouth Battlefield via Dayton Lower Jamesburg and Englishtown ending at New Brunswick around 5 30 p m with an open air service at Old Tennent Church and a Monmouth Battle Monument visit.
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Monmouth County
New Jersey
Sons of the American Revolution
General Washington
Philadelphia
Boston
Cambridge
New Brunswick
Monmouth
Dayton
Lower Jamesburg
Englishtown
Old Tennent Church
Monmouth Chapter
Daughters of the American Revolution
Battle of
Samuel Craig Cowart
Tennent
Freehold
Monmouth Battle Monument
Monument Park
Ocean Counties
Battle Field
The Royal Carriage Salute Gaffe in Barracks Drill
A German recruit trains in wartime manners at a barracks courtyard. NCOs pop out posing as high officials and demand salutes. A mischievous corporal declares I am a Royal Carriage, prompting the recruit to respond no salute since he thought the carriage was empty.
Wireless phone scores triumph in early radio science
Lancaster inventor Dr. D G McCan demonstrated wireless voice communication from the steamship Tyler to the New York Herald office via the radio station at the Battery. The test linked Tyler on the high seas to land, signaling a future where ships and shores stay in constant talk without wired links. McCan, 30, a Philadelphia medical graduate, traced wireless telephony to Marconi experiments in 1902 and described his development path from telegraphy to radiophony.
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D. G. McCan
Lancaster
Old Dominion
Tyler
New York Herald Office
Herald Radio
Battery
New York
Dr. McCan
Norfolk
New York Harbor
McCaa
Tello
Herald
Sandy Took
Sandy
Dr. MeCan
Signor Marconi
McCan
Medico Chirurgical College
Philadelphia
Fortunes of War and a Shy Maid’s Rise
A verse narrative from the New York Times chronicles a bold conquest by a fortune seekers tale. A modest girl in a worn cotton dress and a simple hair ornament emerges as the season ends, her beauty and charm leading to a sudden rise in fortune, a shift from humble beginnings to social spotlight.
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New York Times
Save African elephants and rhinos through international sanctuary plan
Delegates from major powers met at the London foreign office for a week long session on Africa wildlife. Aimed to create sanctuaries for elephants and rhinoceroses with licensing for limited shooting. Emphasis on protecting slow breeding species facing extinction due to modern hunting.
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Africa
London
Afrivet
Why Wilson Dropped the Name Tom from Thomas Wilson
A Wesleyan reunion tale reveals why Thomas Woodrow Wilson shed the nickname Tom. The professor's name theory linked success to syllable length and rhythm, praising Woodrow as preferable to a three spondee form.
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Wilson
Tom
Thomas
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Wesleyan College
Middletown
Conn
Wesleyan
Ufe
Mr. Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Start of Great Wheat Harvest Describes Arrival and Work Force
A detailed look at the 1917 harvest season describes how harvesters arrive and are deployed across Kansas and the wheat belt. It notes wages from 2.50 to 3 dollars daily for unskilled labor, the large scale mobilization by state bureaus and fraternal orders, transportation payments, and the shift of workers from lumber camps and factories to field labor as teams, cooks, and machinery support the harvest. It explains why Kansas needs tens of thousands of workers and how crews move from the southern border toward Nebraska, with a steady line of employment stretching over a month as wheat ripens northward.
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United States
Wilson
Kansas
Kansas Wheat Belt
Army of Harvesters
Wheat Belt
Labor Bureau
Kansas City
New York
Wheat
Pawnee
Indiana
Ohio
Nebraska Line
Umit
Polo clash hints at British and American polo flair
A lively commentary on the first monthly polo match between the United States and England. It praises Monte Waterbury as a “bloomin' marsterpiece” and notes grand scores, with playful jabs at reporting and London Times style while comparing Madrid and Meadowbrook scenes. The piece weaves politics and sport with nods to King Alfonso and Lord Wimborne.
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Monte Waterbury
Spain
Alfonso
Lord Wimborne
Madrid
Meadowbrook
Lunnen
Sey
Jack Joyner
Whitney
Newmarket
London Times
The Fungous Plant and Its Vast Spore Production
The article explains the fungous plant directs all energy to germ production. Puffballs release vast spores, with counts exceeding sixteen million in a single fruiting body. Spores disperse widely through the air, making containment virtually impossible. The piece notes their remarkable fertility and rapid growth.
First Native American student club forms in Oklahoma
A new permanent organization called OkMelia Degoteya has been formed by college students of Indian blood in Oklahoma. Its aim is to improve tribal welfare and preserve Indian history and traditions while promoting college education among young people.
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Oklahoma
Profitable 1914 Port Monmouth Strawberry Crop
The 1914 strawberry crop at Port Monmouth remained profitable despite dry periods due to high fruit prices. Recent rains aided Tate berries and promise fine fruit. A meadow land tract near Middletown on Joseph B. Taylor farm has been rented to J. P. Clare of Newark, who will lay tile drains and plan large scale growing of early and late vegetables including lettuce onions celery and cauliflower.
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Port Monmouth
Theoseph B. Taylor
Middletown
J. P. Clare
Newark
Bayshore Church News Rev. Cobb Appointed Chair
Rev William A Cobb pastor of Helford Methodist Church was named chairman of the Sabbath observance committee for the Ocean Grove district preacher s association. An illustrated lecture by Rev Dr O M Banfield Ethiopian theologian in Clinton chapel Middletown drew strong attendance. The Christchurch Middletown women s club sale at Mrs K E A Sloate s residence on the King s Highway netted social and financial gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Cobb
Helford
Women's Club
Christchurch
Middletown
KE. A. Sloate
King's Highway
On Patriotism Byron Quote
A concise remark attributed to Byron proclaims that love for country is essential to love anything, framing patriotism as a foundational virtue. The note presents a devotional view of national loyalty in a literary epigraph form.
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Byron
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Sayer
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N.Y
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Miss Beether
Belasco
Helen Arany
Pittsburgh Post
Washington
Battle Fields
The
Daily Record
Kridel
RED Bank
Inventor McCan
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A. Dangler
Broadway
Long Branch Banking Co
UGB Drugs
Long Branch Daily Record
Kair
Bayshore Church News
Aberdeen Stables
Matawan, N. J
Vitagraph Co
Mt Sp
Cutey
Seville
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