Noted tragedians who lived here is dead in Montana
Louis James, prominent American tragedian and Long Branch summer resident, died of heart failure in Melena Montana after a blizzard ordeal that stalled his company. Born 1842 Tremont Illinois, he served as a Civil War sergeant before a 47 year stage career with Booth Barrett and Warde. He married Marie Wainwright and had a long performing history across major theaters. His body was sent to Kansas City and his wife Margie James survived him.
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Louis James
Melena
Montana
Helena
James
Kansas City
Long Branch
Tremont
Il Lnois
Sixteenth New York Artillery
Edwin Booth
Mary Anderson
Lawrence Barrett
Maude Granger
Mr. James
Kathryn Kidder
Frederick Ward
Ward
Shine Keteau
McAvey
Louisville
Arch Street Theatre
Philadelphia
John Drew
Augustin Daly
Tim
Armiong
Doricourt
Joseph Surtace
Young Marlow
Bill Sikes
McVicker
Oppvie
Virginius
Palstaff
Richelieu
Ingomar
Shylock
Peter Gynt
Marie Wainwright
Wilt Jarrett
Madame Lank-Gene
Muir’ Modjeska
Joseph Jefferson
Frederick Warde
Th Nee
Millie James
Conuney
Ernest V. Hughes Weds in New York
Announcement of the marriage of Ernest V. Hughes son of former Councilman Richard H. Hughes of Long Branch and Miss Helen Frances Fitzgerald of Tonawanda New York. The ceremony occurred recently with a planned reception at their Long Branch home.
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Helen Frances Fitzgerald
Tonawanda
Long Branch
Ernest V. Hughes
Richard H. Hughes
M. E. Fitzgerald
New York
Chattle High School
Ve. Hughes
Cornwell
Buffalo
N.Y
Hughes
Miss Fitzgerald
Mervin
Oliver Hughes
Ernest
Far West
Seattle
Washington
Oliver
Sand Point
Idaho
Presbyterian Church
Mrs Johnson 99 Dies at Home Behind Press Building
Mrs Mary Johnson aged 99 died yesterday afternoon at her home behind the Press Building on Third Avenue. Funeral services will be at 1 40 tomorrow at the house, with Myer and Fleck in charge. Burial at White Ridge cemetery. She is survived by a husband and several children.
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Mary Johnson
Thid Avenue
Myer & Fleck
White Ridge Cemetery
To Buy New York Company and Purchase Talks
Dr. George W. VanBrunt, the Oceanic druggist, negotiates for the purchase of the B. M. Company business, a large New York steel workers concern. The report notes active negotiations and potential transfer of ownership pending terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Company
George W. VanBrunt
B. M. Company
New York Steel
New Spring and Summer Suits in Jacob Steinbach Tailoring
Jacob Steinbach announces new spring and summer suits in the men s tailoring department. The store offers goods in the piece with a wide array of the latest styles for easy selection.
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Jacob Steinbach
Erat Breinbach
Belmont Avenue
Dentists Meet Here for Monthly Monmouth County Meeting
Members of the Monmouth County Dental Society held their monthly meeting and banquet at the Imperial Hotel in this city on Friday evening. Dr. A. B. Burton of Asbury Park read a paper on Root Canal Filling with open discussion afterward. A demonstration was planned but postponed. Mine Host Sussnau hosted the banquet, with chef J. B. Thomas preparing a special menu noted for its excellence.
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Monmouth County Dental Society
Imperial Hotel
A. 8. Burton
Asbury Park
Sussnau
J. BE. Thomas
Tourbyn
Independent Fire Company Formed In City
The Independent Fire Engine and Truck Company No 2 is incorporated to aid city authorities in safeguarding property from fire and to act as volunteer firefighters under city rules. Initial trustees named C Henry Irwin Carnie P Soffel Reginald B Storm. Charter members listed include R B Storm Thomas J Slocum Joseph A Burns C Henry Irwin J William Jones and many others. Also three police court cases heard by Recorder Van Doren with sentences including suspended and warned outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent Fire Engine and Truck Company, No. 2
C. Henry Irwin
Carnie P. Solfel
Reginald B. Storm
R. B. Storm
Thomas J., Slocum
Joseph A. Burns
J. Wiliam Jones
James P. Ennis, Jr
Charles L. White
W. R. Fesler
Carnie P. Soffel
Vincent W. van Dyke
Jacob B. Emmons
L. 8
van Dyke
Louis A. Ennis
Spencer A. Hull
W. B. Caulkins
Joseph V. West
van Doren
Mary Matthews
Vetter
Sle
William Applegie
Elizabeth
Kirbey
Michael Tobin
Edwards
Explosion Destroys Man’s Hand at Port Monmouth Site
A laborer digging near John Swerer’s fish factory in Port Monmouth struck dynamite with a shovel. His right hand was shattered and four fingers were amputated at Long Branch hospital. doctors fear the entire hand may need removal.
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Polock
John Swerer
Port Monmouth
Long Branch
Firemen find smoke but no blaze at Armour beef house
Smoke filled the Armour beef house at Mobfle and Westwood avenues after an alarm. Firemen found the source to be a lit paper in a drain crossing Morris avenue near the tracks. no damage reported. Also notes on events at Neptune Hall and Red Men's Hall with admission details.
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Armour Beef
Mobfle
Westwood Avenues
Bow
Met
Morris Avenue
Whder
Deal House
Boss Platt Dies Sudden at 76 in New York
Former United States Senator Thomas Collier Platt, veteran Republican power in New York, died suddenly of palsy and Bright's disease in his city apartment at age 76. He leaves family including Frank H. Platt and Larry Platt. funeral plans and burial near his first wife are noted. Born July 15, 1833, in Owego, he rose from druggist to senator, with early fame from singing campaign songs and local politics, later serving terms as senator and executive in business and quarantine boards.
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New York
Mareh
United States
Thomas Collier Platt
Bright
Mr. Platto
Marvard
Rank
Matt
Mre
Edward 'Platt
Tlarry Platt
Wissona
Owego
N. Y
Owego Academy
Yale College
Ele
Tiogs Nations Bank
Michigan
Tioga County
United States Express Company
Board of Quarantine Commissioners of
Platt
Fremont
Warly
Republican County Committee
Roscoe Cooking
Taft
Rochester
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Chawneey
Weather forecast for New Jersey and Boston area
The Weather Bureau forecast for the thirtyenn hours ending Tuesday at 8 PM calls for a cold night in New Jersey with a brisk westerly wind. Scattered precipitation is not mentioned.
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U.S
New Jersey
Fall Proves Fatal For Asbury Park Painter
John H. Brower of Asbury Park died five days after a knee fracture from a fall on Bangs avenue and Bond street. He underwent surgery at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in Long Branch but could not withstand the operation’s strain. Brower, 56, is survived by his wife and son George. funeral services are at his residence Tuesday evening conducted by Rev M L Ferris.
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Asbury Park
John H. Brower
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Long Branch
Brower
Estimates Asked For Phone Building
Local contractors plan a three story brick exchange for the New York Telephone Company on their lot beside Augustus Chandler’s home on Third Avenue. The modern structure will serve as the company’s future exchange and should be ready by fall. The firm now operates from three nearby buildings including the Hicks and Heisley structures and the library building.
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New York Telephone Company
Exchange
Third Avenue
Augustus Chandler
Telephone Company
Record Office
Hicks
Heisley
Library
Thompsons Move to Pleasure Bay
Former Sheriff J. L. Thompson moves from Lee Bright to the Old Pleasure Bay House, now used for a term. He takes up management and plans to sail for Europe. Mrs. Welrsie Uhe, daughter of Sigfried Aus pach, was recently married.
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Thompsons
Pleasure Bay
J. L. Thompson
Lee Bright
Pleasure Bay House
Bright Ion
Will Salil
Europe
Pailane Ridolph Weis
Union Ave
Bretheen
Toplila
Germany
George Washington
Welrsie Uhe
Sigfried Auspach
Teamsters Meeting On Prices At N Monke’s Store
Teamsters summon members for a Wednesday night meeting at 7 30 to discuss the price of team live for the coming spring. Every teamster is expected to be present at N Monke's grocery store in Hatonut.
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Fr. N. Monke
Hatonut
Ice Company Man in Philadelphia Visit
James A. Hendrickson of Reckless Place Red Bidik, senior member of the Lake Marion Ice Company of Red Bank, is visiting relatives in Philadelphia. Mrs Ralls, matron of the home for Aged and Orphans, has returned from Princeton bringing Mary Carter age sixty nine who enters the home as a life patient.
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James A. Hendrickson
Reckless Place
Red Bidik
Lake Marion Ice Company
Red Bank
Philadelphia
Mrs. Ralls
Home For
Princeton
Mary Carter
Port Monmouth Farmer Dies After Illness Who Was Well Known
Joseph A Arrowstmith a New Mon money farmer near Port Monmouth is ill with pneumonia. Dr Charles H Hurley of Shrewsbury appointed administrator of the estate of George W Truex and Mary Jane Truex of Rawson. Truex was murdered by his wife Mary Jane who later died by suicide. Also notices of spring fashion lines at Jacob Steinbach Belmont Ave and social dances at Neptune Hall North Long Branch with admission fifty cents.
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Joseph A. Arrowstmith
Charles H. Hurley
Shrewsbury
George W
Mary Jane Truex
Rawson
Hurley Bec
Mr. Truss
Ramson
Mary Jane
Strikes Roil U S Coast to Continent Amid Labor Turmoil
Federal troops rush to protect Government property as a nationwide carmen strike spreads rumors of sympathy actions in Camden and Newark. The Philadelphia crisis triggers arrests of labor leaders and calls for arbitration, with mass meetings and barricaded streets amid gunfire and rioting.
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Newark
Pittsburg
San Francisco
Philadelphia
Fort Dupont
Delaware
Governor's Island
N. Y
Camden
N. J
Philadelphia Carmen
Reyburn
Labor Lyceum Hall
Washington
Federation of Labor
Gompers
Chicago
Carmen
Cleveland
Omaha
Taft
Night Letter Service Inaugurated By Telegraph Companies
The Western Union and Postal Telegraph Cable Company launch night letter telegrams offering fifty words for the day rate of ten and delivery the next business morning. Messages must be plain English with no code. Independent Postal Telegraph affirms it will not join with Western Union or Bell and will maintain competition.
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Western Union Telegraph Company
United States
J. Mottywood
Western Union
Postal Telegraph Cable Company
Clarence H. Mackay
Bell Telephone Companies
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Chelsea
Dean
Mayes
Holy Trinity
Holy Trinity Church
Joan Prosseda
Torbare Dellsa
Cgaetano Dellsa
Mise Mary Ferrante
Pietro Tomaini
Monmouth County Society
Independent Hire Co, Incorporated
Neptune Hall
North Long Branch
Waneta Connell
Red Men's Hall
Boss" Platt
Thomas C. Platt
Weather Bureau Forecast
Boston Bros
Balmere
Mia
Tel
Oakhurst
Genevie Smith
Hazel Murray
Miss Adams
Miss Murray
Touch Applane
Columbia
Victor
Maxengo
Mary Poste
Eva Adams
Old Black Joe
Lue and Gray
Kreeollation
Hagel Murray
Gableau
Ice Company Man
Orphans’ Home
Port Monmouth Farmer Iil
North
Lone Branch
U. S
el. Greenwall
State
Federaton of Labor
Federation
Newcastle
Standard
Overbrook
Brooks
Michiladelphia
Clay
Clarence ©. Pratt
John J. Murphy
Ine
Corral
Central Labor Union
Allied Building Trades Council
William J. Tracey
Charles A. Elope
Charles A. Lens
Robert McLean
Stationary Firemen's Union
Charles Dougherty
The
Steamftiers' Union
Barry Marker
Cigarmakers Union
Frank Mew- Quaker
Textile Workers’ Union
Edward McMahon
Tile Layers’ Union
Edward Keenan
Machinists’ Union
Carpenter
Kvewan
Dig Tess
Golfien’s
Broadway
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