Fire destroys Rennaissance mansion at Deal Beach
A January blaze at the two story Deal Beach mansion leased by Mrs. Marion Lissberger gutted the upper floors and destroyed interior furnishings. Firefighters and New York and Newark volunteers aided, with several injuries. Defective wiring blamed for the blaze.
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Horgan
Horgan and Slattery
New York
Deal Beach
Linssberger
Hollywood Show Grounds
Marion
Dorothy
Benjamin Lissberger
Ackerman
Asbury Park
Joseph M. Byrne, Jr
George D. Smith
Midson Alling
William Krueger
Hugh C. Barrett
Gayle Young
Charles Ashman
Theodore Grey
Newark
Sherwood Sutton
Harry Doughty
Herbert W. Hill
Red Bank
Passing of an old Washington hotel Arlington’s last days recalled
The Arlington hotel in Washington, a half‑century landmark hosting celebrities, is being razed for a new grand hotel. Reminiscences recount its furniture imports, a jeweled chandelier bought for around 200 dollars, and the dining staff’s 85 cent day wages. Notable guests include J Mercont Morgan and President McKinley. Mark Hanna died in the annex near Lafayette Park as Metropolitan Club quarters once shared the site.
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Arlington Hotel
Washington
Arlington
J. Mercont Morgan
Ariington
Mark Hanna
Fittl
Lafayette Park
Metropolitan Club
McKintey
Making It Safe in Railway Car Cork
Nervous passenger hopes the gun is not loaded in the railway car. Sporeman fears it is, but will insert a cork to ease the relief. London Answers reports the tense moment and the improvised safety measure.
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Cork
Sporeman
London
What the Producer Got in the Cost of Living
A fiscal comparison shows producer prices for 1911 and 1912 across crops and livestock, with corn wheat oats barley rye buckwheat flaxseed potatoes hay cotton butter chickens eggs hogs beef veal sheep lambs milk cows horses milk apples beans sweet potatoes onions clover seed timothy seed hops honey wool peanuts cabbage broom corn cottonseed bran and more, highlighting shifts in the price received by farmers. A humorous closing quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer references a political satire about a senator’s assistant.
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United States
Agricultural Department
Bureau of Statistics
Too Much Paint and The Man and the Bes
A fragmented excerpt presents dialogue about a painting session where the artist refuses to finish a half completed job. It includes quips about a get rich quick man who stays busy yet causes trouble and quotes from Cincinnati and Washing Journal sources.
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Dauber
Cincinnati Egquirer
Mr. Cumrox
Washing- Joy Star
Typo Spawns New Name in Pittsburgh Press
In a proofreading hiccup the typesetters changed Gottfried to Gotfried, altering the intended spelling. The result, though unintended, was deemed justified by the proof reader.
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Gottfried
Gotfried
Mttsburgh Press
Hot fight ahead for Senate control
Trenton June 24. Across New Jersey a bitter struggle for control of the Legislature looms as a United States Senate seat opens the campaign. Six Senate seats in November will influence the choice of the next U S senator, with counties Burlington Cape May Passaic Hunterdon Middlesex Sussex involved. The battle features Republican and Democratic factions, progressives, and internal party battles, especially in Passaic Middlesex and Hunterdon.
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Trenton
United States
Frank O. Briggs
State Senate
Burlington
Cape May
Passaic
Hunterdon
Middlesex
Wilson
Burlington County
Griffith W. Lewis
Cape May County
Robert EB. Hand
Sussex
Senate
Hunterdon County
Gebhardt
Pidcock
Atrife
Thomas F. McCran
Assembly
John Hinchliffe
Passaic County
James C. Blauvelt
Henry Marcelli
Thomas R. Layden
Hinchliffe
Democratc
Baltimore
Bergen
Middlesex County
Silver
Scully
Congress
Theodore Strong
New Democracy
Millard F. Rose
James Smith, Jr
Smith
Two Middletown Crash Kills One and Injures Nine
A severe crash in Middletown left one dead and nine injured including a family member of Mr. O Connell who sprained a wrist. A car was badly damaged and moved to a Red Bank garage for repairs as onlookers gathered. James Hendrickson assisted occupants to Red Bank station for a train to New York.
Terrible Moment as Lion Tamer Faints in Romania Cage
Miss Tacanesco a lady lion tamer from Jassy Romania fainted in a cage with a calm lion. She was removed before further danger and, on recovery, stated no return until a beetle on a bar was removed.
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Tacanesco
Jassy
Romania
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W. H. Woolley & CO
Broadway
Long
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Hanson
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