Carpenter of Fair Haven Taken to State Hospital
Carpenter 52 of Fair Haven was declared of unsound mind after erratic behavior including wandering, mud covered clothes, and threats. Guardians sought commitment, doctors from Fair Haven and Red Bank deemed him unfit, and he was taken by automobile to the State Hospital in Trenton after a staged “joy ride.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Fair Haven
Haven
Trenton
J, Schneider
C. Pitt Forthiey
Mra
Eliza Carpenter
Samuel Carpenter
John Carpenter
Pairven
Neptune
Thomas N. McCarter
Chief Worthley
Indignant Compliment at Savoy Dining and Hilarious Child
A Savoy hotel dinner scene recalls Sir Arthur Sullivan slipping to the Savoy theater to hear new artists. He hums a favored refrain, provoking a neighbor who complains the audience paid to hear Sullivan not his humming. The anecdote showcases timing and wit from the famed composer. In a separate tale a merchant’s wife overhears her six year old son using slang. The boy learns the word was not yet mastered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savoy Theater
Arthur Sullivan
Savoy Hotel
Sir Arthur Sullivan
Arthur
Gamin
Kansas City Journal
An Arab In the Rain
A writer recalls an Arab frightened by rain, who begged passage back to Sicily after being brought from the Sahara by a European servant. The man, terrified by wet surroundings, abandons good wages and shakes raindrops from his slippers before fleeing home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sicily
Sahara
The Bow and Arrow in Ancient Texts and Art
The passage notes Genesis references to Ishmael dwelling in the wilderness as an archer and a bow shot measuring distance. It cites sculptured slates from Khorsabad and Nineveh showing archers, indicating archery as a weapon in Assyrian and Persian militaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ishmael
Abraham
Khorsabad
Nineveh
Sympathy and Flower Orders For Daughter's Outing
A brief exchange shows a customer requesting a large quantity of flowers for her daughter's coming out. A flower seller promises the best quality. The dialogue mentions London Punch as a source or context hint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
One View of It Satire Questioning Public Spiritedness
A satirical remark contrasts public spiritedness with meddling in others affairs. Mr Grampman notes it is not about policing others lives but minding one’s own business. The line suggests virtue as restraint rather than interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grampman
Sale Feature Corset in Solid Service Special
The advertisement promotes a solid service special corset priced at two dollars. It emphasizes not a self reducing model but suitable for stout and medium figures. It notes a fine cool Victorian skirt with tension bust, available in sizes 19 to 80, urging quick purchase as stock is limited and unlikely to restock.
Oinging Society Program Announced At Red Bank Church
Belford Glee Club joins Red Bank Philharmonic Society for a July 9 concert at First Methodist Church Red Bank under Professor Alfred Robyn. Bedford Y M C A Glee Club with about one hundred singers travels to join the event. Attire features dark coats and white trousers for men and white or pastel gowns for women. The program includes works by Robyn Verdi Rossini Schumann Puccini and others with solos duets and choruses led by Mrs Samuel Sabath Miss Redmond and Mr. Bache among performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glee Club
Belford
Philharmonic Society
Red Bank
First Methodist Church
Bedford Y. M. C. A
Alfred G. Robyn
The
Robyn
Bedford Y, M, C
Gee Club
Verdi Miss Redmond
Smith
Bache
Rossini
Samuel Sabath
Schumann
Wilbur Bache
Harpsolo
Corinthian Courtship
Koschat
Ding
Dong Bell
Kratz
Bedford Y. M. GC
A. Glee Club
Arla
Mini's
Puccini
Misa Marie Redmond
Lucia
Tdonigietti
Mrrs
Sabath
Helen F. Gibson
Messie
Smith, Willams
Ritgins and
Triton
Molloy—Philharmonic Society
Mr. Bache
Miss Griffin
Soldiers’ Parewell—Kinkel
Bedford Y. M.C. A
Miss Redmond
Mr. Ritzins
Israel
the Philharmonic Society
Double Service House Dresses With Two Snaps
The ad describes Double Service House Dresses with two large snaps on the belt to hold the garment, two reversible fronts for double wear and soil protection, and easy laundering as the dress opens flat with no buttons. Made on a quality basis from calico, gingham, and fine workmanship, these dresses cost no more than ordinary ones but save money through double service.
Trolley Cars in Collision on Second Avenue Route
Two trolley cars on the Second Avenue route collided head on during a curve while single track work was under way. Fenders were demolished, motorman Benjamin Stout was shaken but not seriously hurt, and both cars continued running after the incident as an inspector supervised the turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast
Second Avenue
Benjamin Stout
Second
Cedar Avenues
Man seeks one known in crowded city
A country man asks a New York City ticket seller in the forty second street station if he knows a man named OConnell. The seller retorts that with five million people in the city he cannot know everyone. The visitor insists he should know at least one, prompting a humorous exchange about memory and sense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forty-Second Street
New York Telegraph
O'Connell
New York
He Got His
A brief quip from the Yorkers Statesman features a young woman asking how her father reacts to her marriage plans and the reply that the speaker bore the burden of the reaction himself.
Three Auto Crashes In Afternoon on Turnpike and Rumson Road
Three accidents marred a post meridiem period. A car owned by Helen T. Orvis of New York with driver Vincent Cassidy left the Middletown turnpike, rolled on its side near the Jersey Central tracks. Cassidy survived with injuries. A second collision occurred on Rumson road at Tennis Court lane between a West fish market delivery car driven by Abner West and a Hoagland vehicle from Rumson. West’s car was a total loss, Hoagland’s slightly damaged. A distant note describes a Chinese temple relic near Lienkiang where two statues anecdotally “live” in folk belief, the civil official a benevolent figure and the stern military official tied to revenge or duplicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown Turnpike
New York
Helen T. Orvis
Vincent Cassidy
Jersey Central Traction Company
Middletown
Jacob B. Rue
Red Bank
Rumson Road
Calvin West
Oxford Fish Market
Broad Street
Abner West
Raymond Hoagland
Rumson
Tennis Court Lane
Mr. West
Mr. Hoagland
Lienkiang
Fuchan
Red Bank Bowlers Shine in Asbury Park Tournament
Four Red Bank Y M C A bowlers fought in a two man event on Coleman House alleys in Asbury Park. Elwood Ivins John Valentine George Gray and George Dennis formed teams with Dennis posting the high 215 score and a 1033 trio total for Valentine and Dennis. Prolific hotel owner J Hubbard Wardell hospitalized. Edward Wardell manages Port au Peck Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dennis
Valentine
Dennis
Gray
Ivins
TRE Visa Sen Sens Rt
Pdigtl BP Seve
Runaway Wagon Wrecks Storefront Damages Vehicle
A horse left without a bridle at Cohen Brothers grocers on Third Avenue bolted down Westwood and into the Van Dyke premises. The wagon collided with a hedge and porch woodwork, the wagon was destroyed, and the horse sped off into outbuildings before being stalled.
A Problem In Fractions In Market Ask Dates
A young wife shopping for dinner in her new home faced a butcher's offer of a quarter of lamb. She wrinkled her brow and proposed an eighth instead, since there were only two people to feed.
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Hart Schaffner
Marx
W.H. Woolley & Co
Broadway
Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothes
Nemo
Oinging Society
Seciety
Dally Record
Bacowin
Long Branch
Stout
Hanson
Hub" Wardell
J. Hubbard Wardell
Port-au-Peck Hotel
Edward Wardell
Daily Record
Scoop Xuronter
Barimen
Scoop
Hop
Baltimore
SHE Mint
ANCY
J. Goldstein
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