Old Lumber Firm to Change Hands Tomorrow
The Cloughly Nichols & Co lumber coal and hardware firm on Branchport avenue will become Van Hise Whitty with James Paulson and W H Van Hise joining the new firm The Chandler Maps mill in Mill street will be run by Van Hise Whitty while James Cloughly opens a paint and hardware store in the Petz building Similar changes end a three decade old family business and may involve William B Cloughly becoming a wholesale lumber salesman.
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Cloughly, Nicholl
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Cloughly, Nichol
Navesink Lodge Elects Officers In Red Bank
Navesink Lodge No. 39 of Red Bank held its officer election. Japhia Clayton served as judge, Amos Borden as teller, and Frank Grande as secretary. A tight vice grand contest between Geo Lippincott and Peter Klippel ended with Klippel winning by three votes. Joseph Hendrickson became Past Noble Grand and William Traut was chosen Noble Grand. Installation is set for Monday night July 11.
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Navesink Lodge
Red Bank
Japhia Clayton
Amos Borden
Teller
Frank Grande
Geo. (. Lippincott
Peter Klippel
A Lucky Escape From Political Involvement
A Chicago Herald piece recalls a near political rise that could have earned $1,500 a year and describes how fear of losing lodging led the speaker to abandon politics for a fortune making business. The narrator notes voting power and personal misgivings about public office.
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Chicago Herald
Reckless remark triggers concern in brisk exchange
In the Hoxton Transcript a character named Sapleigh expresses illness and hesitation while Miss Keen urges caution after a reckless remark. The dialogue hints at concern and a need for restraint in the conversation.
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Mr. Sapleigh
Miss Keen
Hoxton Transcript
The Retort Courteous In Old Baltimore Wit
A playful exchange shows Nell meddling in many matters and Belle remarking on engagement rings in a Baltimore American style quip. The humorous exchange highlights social quick wit and local color from a past era.
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Nell
Belle
Baltimore
Pioneer Captain Green remembered as longtime fireman and veteran
Captain George H Green of Ocean Township remembered for charter membership in Oceanic Fire Engine Co No 1 and Long Branch Council No 429 Royal Arcanum He served in the 3rd New Jersey Militia and 29th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and stopped the 1862 draft He died aged 83 leaving six children and a widow who died the prior March
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Suc
Oceanic Fire Engine Company
Long Branch Council
Royal Areanum
Arcanum
First Baptist Church
James
George H. Green
Cloughly
Captain Green
Order
Grace
Rufus Caster
Eatontown
Estella
J. C. Robbins
Isabel Bennett
Forrest
Charles JC. Green
New Jersey Militia
Trenton
New Jersey
New Jersey Volunteer Infantry
Ocean Township
Monmouth County
George H.green
James B. Morris
Department of New Jersey
Grand Army of the Republic
His Curious Fall in a Steep Cliff Ravine
In Across Unknown South America A I Sauvage Saunders recounts a near fatal fall while descending a narrow ravine near a Secondary river. He describes being jammed between rocks after the Hana gave way, saved by companions Benedicto and a new man, leaving him shaken and bruised but alive.
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A. IT. Sauvage Saunder
South America
Providence
Benedicto
Ione
Lee at Vera Cruz First Impressions of War
The Chicago News recalls Robert E. Lee then captain of engineers arranging American batteries at Vera Cruz in 1847. His brother, a naval lieutenant, served a gun as Lee describes feeling awfully while watching and hoping his brother was not harmed amid smoke and din.
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Lee
Vera Cruz
Robert FE. Lee
United States
Chicago News
Waists Cleared Out at 79 Cents Each
About 75 odd waists remain and have sold as high as $1.49. They are being cleared at 79 cents each.
Manager Uses Superstitions To Win Games In Baseball
John J. McGraw discusses how a manager can exploit players beliefs about omens. He recounts Bowerman seeing white horses near Polo Grounds and how the team followed the tale, boosting confidence and hitting well. The tale illustrates managerial manipulation of superstition.
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New York Tribune
John J. McGraw
Bowerman
Polo Grounds
Dahlen
Daltons Experiment Shows Heat Conduction In Water
A Youth's Companion excerpt recounts how English chemist Dalton, using crude apparatus and a simple ale glass, showed water conducts heat. He heated water briefly and tracked temperatures from 47 to 62 degrees over time, challenging Rumford's denial.
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Dalton
Rumford
The Conscientious Chinese Child
A missionary recounts Wah Noo deciding to be “a whole Christian.” They discuss daily faults Wah Noo lists on her fingers such as missing a toothbrush, improper bed making, anger at a peer, skipped soap, and failing a multiplication example.
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Cor, Christian ‘Ald
Narcissus Poem Highlights Bridges Punctuation
Chicago News discusses Robert Bridges use of punctuation in the poem Narcissus. It notes banished commas allowing adjectives to stand separately or modify each other, and highlights his exclamation marks dashes colons and occasional questions.
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Narcissus
Robert Bridges
Bridges
Chicago News
An Even Break in a Boston Transcript Note
A fragmented Boston Transcript excerpt shows a debate over recommendations and opinions regarding a maid, with phrases like Mrs Hira Offen and remarks on ratio poor and vex not recommending strongly. The text is garbled and lacks clear context or outcomes.
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Hira
Boston
Marriage of Sophie Dodson Mitchell and Bruce Worl Made Public
Formal announcement records the marriage in Chicago on June 4 between Sophie Dodson Mitchell of Long Branch and Bruce Lynwood Worl of New York. The couple met in rehearsal during The Queen of the Movies tour. Mitchell was 17 at the time.
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Sophie Dodson Mitchell
Joseph Mitchell
Long Branch
Bruce Lynwood Worl
Chicago
Daily Record
Miss Mitchell
Mr. Worl
A. Bruce Worl
West 140Th Street
New York
Julian Mighell
Maggie Mitchell
Mrs Wilson Plans Summer Departure for New Hampshire
Washington June 30 preparations were under way for Mrs. Wilson to depart for Cornish New Hampshire for the summer. It is believed she will leave by week’s end and the President may join her for the weekend, returning Monday. The move signals confidence Congress will not adjourn before end of session.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson signs Naval Appropriation Bill for three dreadnoughts
President Wilson today signed the Naval Appropriation Bill providing for three new dreadnoughts and authorizing Greece to purchase the battleships Mississippi and Idaho. Also news of Miss Mae Kurrus recovering her missing gold watch with help from a detective, and Nurse Helen Forbes reporting 220 June calls.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
U. S. Navy
Mississippi
Idaho
Greece
Miss Kurrus
Mae Kurrus
Shrewsbury
Pleasure Bay Park
Charles
William D. Walling
Pleasure Bay
Helen E. Forbes
Junior League Banquet Marks Graduation and Dinner
In Sampson Church the Intermediate Department graduation of the Junior Epworth League was held with forty attendees. Graduates were George Sutphin Nettie Britton and Consuelo Jeffrey. A banquet followed at 6 45 served by church women with red and white roses. Speakers included Anna Davis Clarance Stout and Rev William J Raed praising the league and graduates. The event closes the Junior League work until September.
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Sampson Church
Epworth League
George Sutphin
Nettie Britton
Consuelo Jeffrey
Junior League
Anna D. Davis
Clarance Stout
William J. Raed
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Morris
Dally Record
Popular Store
Way Theatre
J. Kahn
Broadway
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Yig H
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The
Baptist Church
W. M. Slocum
Hanson
M. McCall
Mrs. Wilson
New Hampshire
Hart Schaffner & Mara
Hart Schaffner
Marx
W. H. Woolley & Co
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Strauss
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