Counter Charges Aired In Court
In Belmont avenue incident Frank Williams and Fred Williams, both colored but unrelated, testified in recorder's court. Frank accused Fred of assault with a knife and a throwing missile that damaged a building. Fred admitted throwing the brick but denied weapons. he claimed Frank was the aggressor. Adjourned to today with Fred under $200 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Williams
Fred Williams
Recorder’s Court
Belmont Avenue
Frank
Fred
W. L. Edwards
West Side Hose Company to Open House July 4
The West Side Hose Company of Shrewsbury Township near Red Bank will hold an open house on July 4 for friends and visitors to inspect its new automobile combined engine and hose truck. A test run will occur in days, after the machine was taken from the paint shop and driven through Red Bank streets to much favorable comment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Side Hose Company
Shrewsbury Township
Red Bank
Stores spread across the city offer men and boys wear
The message outlines locations for stores on Warren Street downtown 34th Street uptown near Pennsylvania Station and the Hudson tubes and a midtown 13th Street store with a two story express station nearby. Each shop claims to stock all men and boys wear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Street
34Th St
Pennsylvania Station
Hudson Tubes
13Th St
Court upholds $17 307 verdict against railroad in widows claim
In Trenton the Court of Errors and Appeals affirms a $17,307 damages award to Jane Danskin widow of James F Danskin killed when her husband’s bakery wagon was struck by a train from the New York and Long Island Railroad. The decision rejects contributory negligence and rules the trial court overestimated annual damages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
James F. Danskin
Court of Errors and Appeals
Jane Danskin
Pennsylvania Railroad
Court of Errors
Justice Parker
Danskin
New York Grill Room Prices Stun Kentucky Visitor
A Kentucky man visits his brother in New York and is shocked by the cost of a hotel grill room meal at Broadway’s famed Blawak hotel. After a large bill and a tipped waiter, he learns his brother eats there regularly, reflecting high prices in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Blue Grass
Taskab
Broadway
Tie
Blaul Hotel
Blawak Hotel
Louisville Times
From Jail to the Bench Francis Pewberton’s Rise
Francis Pewberton, born 1625, served time in the Fleet for debts but studied law while imprisoned. He earned release with creditor help, became a valued court adviser nicknamed counselor, was called to the bar in 164, and rose to chief justice after a noted career in Westminster and the Lords. He was knighted in 175 and became lord chief justice in 1081.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Pewberton
Fleet
Palace
Westminster
House of Lords
Scroggs
London Standard
Spanish speech trims words to fit sounds
The London Mail notes Spanish speech reduces words to a guttural, minimal sound. It cites how son becomes nearly "Ceeokho" and explains the Latin eux forms from French and Italian origins. The piece highlights Spaniards omit initial consonants and blend vowels with a guttural middle sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spain
London Mail
The Weight of the World and Earth Mass
A science note explains that a cubic foot of earth weighs about 5.5 times a cubic foot of water. It estimates Earth’s volume at 250,880,000,000 cubic miles and gives the weight of the world without atmosphere as 6.404257e21 tons, rising to a grand total of 6.066255819e21 tons with air included.
Locals Fall to Giants in 7-2 Defeat at Yankees Tilt
Long Branch baseball team, after two losses to the Giants, lost to the Yankees 7-2. McConnell pitched for New York with ten strikeouts. Mendieta and Martin sparked early scoring. Chase hit a three-base hit for the Yankees as Coakley labored on the mound for Long Branch.
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Giants
Long Branch
Yankees
Gotham
Wolverton
McConnell
Rachlin
Athletics
Andy Coakley
Cubs
Maloney
Cree
Cronin
Zinn
Gardner
Lugue
Gonzales
Stump
Williams
Ramus
Johnston
Lugne
Martin
Chase
Coakley
Mendieta
Henriquez
Henriques
Gongales
Iuns
Righ
Maloned
4Inn
Hartzell
Cf Ramos
Ie Martin
I Chase
Re Zinn
Rt Johnston
If Williams
C Coakley
P McConnell
MecConnell
Excess Loans Order Issued by Comptroller
The Comptroller of the Currency, Murray, issues a peremptory order banning excess loans in national banks effective Sept. 1 1912. 989 banks reported excess loans as of April 14. Losses from excess loans to be borne by directors who authorized them, not stockholders, with two and a half months to adjust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray
Cocoanut Trees Yield and Growth Patterns
Cocoanut trees planted 25 to 30 feet apart yield 50 to 65 trees per acre. Young trees bear nuts in year four with cultivation. wild growth may delay to year ten. Maximum yield arrives in eight to ten years and continues to age fifty to sixty, with some trees over a century producing. Blossoms appear monthly and nuts ripen year round, producing 75 to 100 merchantable nuts per tree annually.
Sailor Jibe on Right and Left Steering Terms
A light exchange ponders why sailors use staniard and lar board instead of right and left. The reply suggests land lovers would dislike simplifying terms for sailors.
Middletown social notes and local moves
Miss Rachel Taylor entertains Miss Trophagen of New York City. George L. Fauntleroy, a retired Virginia businessman, leaves the Village Inn for Red Bank. Supervisor James Maloney directs road work with crews at county roads. Miss Blanche Morris recovers from appendicitis at Long Branch hospital. G Henry Willett recovers from nasal obstruction surgery there. Jacob Willsey of Jersey City visits his farm near the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Taylor
Trophagen
New York City
George L. Fauntleroy
Virginia
Village Inn
Red Bank
James Maloney
Blanche Morris
Long Branch Hospital
G. Henry Willett
Jacob Willsey
Jersey City
Arkansas Bass Is Moved To Tuberculosis Hospital
Arkansas Bass, a colored boy who had several hospital operations to halt tubercular spread, was sent to Trenton Municipal and County Hospital for Tuberculosis Saturday. The transfer followed efforts by Mrs. Lewis B. Thompson of Lincroft, a Board of State Charities member, and Mrs. Leon Cubberley of the Long Branch Society for the Improvement of the Poor. The county Board of Freeholders will cover costs. Mrs. John Heldt Jr. accompanied him to Trenton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas Bass
Trenton
Lewis 8. Thompson
Lincroft
Board of State Charities
Leon Cubberley
Long Branch Society For the Improvement
Board of Freeholders
John Heldt, Jr
Geran Heads to Baltimore to Rally for Wilson Nomination
Assemblyman Elmer H. Geran of Matawan who helped craft the famous election law started for Baltimore on Friday. He campaigned Maine in Wilson interests and travels to Baltimore to keep New Jersey delegates in line for Woodrow Wilson’s presidential nomination.
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Elmer H. Geran
Matawan
Wilson
State Water Commission
Baltimore
Geran
Maine
Woodrow Wilson
Middletown Man Stung by Bees at Pratt Vale Farm
William Gajewski, employed twelve years at Daniel C. Hendrickson's Pratt Vale Farm near Middletown, was badly stung Friday while moving a swarm into a hive. He received over fifty stings to the face neck throat and hands and nearly fainted, taking hours to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gajewski
Daniel C. Hendrickson
Pratt Vale
Middletown
William
Red Bank Post Office List and Local Property Notes
Thirty five letters remain uncalled at the Red Bank office for the week ending June 22. The notices include many names plus street addresses. Local changes report W A Hopping renting the Joseph Hess cottage to Mrs Louise Pettee and sales of a Peters Place lot to Mrs George W Manson.
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Red Bank
Mary A. Alpens
George L. Brown
Nancy Carroll
Savatio Cerapincia
Cere Cincenzo
James Cliford
Henry Deckhouse
K. Duane
Edward Dusenberry
Alice V. Emory
F. Garash
Sezepan Groncki
O. G. Gray
John M. Haines
Henry Galiano Ingarro
J. B. Lake
Mer
Lyric Theatre
Raffalo Napolemio
Lottie Nelson
Edward MacDougall
Rebecca Michalis
Delia O'Neillalo Peskur
Giovanni Laredo
Luciano Raimoree
Dienyz Rudak
M. W. Robson
Piri Russo
Maria Saunders
James A. Smith
Mae Steffin
Stillwagon
H. F. Talcott
F. W. Walcott
W. A. Hopping
Joseph Hess
West Front Street
Louise Pettee
Brooklyn
Shrewsbury River
Hopping
Peters Place
Bessie Valentine
George W. Manson
Oakland Street
Drummond Place
Maple Avenue
John Holian
River Street
Peter P. Rafferty
John Allen
West Side Avenue
Fair Haven Village Notes Reach Asbury Park Visit
Miss Bessie Dennis and Mrs. Alice Pierce spent Tuesday at Asbury Park. Harry Dennis of Bennett's grocery is laid up with an abscess on his neck. Mr. Fennimore, Fair Haven school principal, has left for Park for the summer. Harry Lewis returned to Brookton after ten days with his son. Frank Myers rented his river front cottage to Mr. Bonic for the summer. There are several professional people in the village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessie Dennis
Alice Pierce
Asbury Park
Harry Dennis
Bennett
Fennimore
Fair Haven
Park
Harry Lewis
Brookton
Frank Myers
Bonic
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Dawvidsons
Jersey
Red Bank, N
Fred Riecher, Jr
Sporting Goods
Racers Peer Company
Warren
Manhattan
Great White Way
FCC
The
Daily Record
Fair Haven News
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