Fire department in West End argues against motor drawn apparatus
Thomas B. Barham argues against replacing horse drawn units with motorized fire apparatus. He says the Independent truck is salvageable with repairs, questions funding via higher taxes, and urges improving streets and utilities first. He warns against wasteful expenditure and favors water and sewer improvements to reduce rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osen Automobile Fire Department
West End
N. J
Long Branch
Arrow
Pendent Co
Oliver Byron
Ohile
Semith
Automobile Apton
Arrowsmith
Thomas B. Barham
Poor Man Leaves Fortune to Charity After Humble Life
Horace Williams Howard of Brockton died in Providence at age about seventy leaving nearly 414000 in a will. He lived in a 1.25 weekly room and spent little on meals. The estate primarily goes to charities and public causes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Williams Howard
Brockton
Mase
Providence
Howard
Gale Blows Ship Far Astray In Hurricane Drift
The schooner James R B Drake was blown hundreds of miles off course from Bath Maine to Newport News. It reached Key West Florida after the voyage was disrupted by a recent hurricane. The Pia sailed in poor condition with sails torn and crew on short rations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James RB. Drake
Bath
Newport News
Key West
Pia
Asbury Park Wheelmen to Bowl Long Branch Cracks
Asbury Park Wheelmen visit Elk wood recreation alleys to meet Long Branch Cracks in a first shore city contest in years. Goothels and Worth plan another series. next Tuesday night they will bowl. Worth previously won 6 of 11 in a Wednesday clash with Goethel.
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Asbury Park Wheelmen
Elkwood
Long Branch
Goothels
Worth
Goethel
Washington Camp Marks Fifth Anniversary Celebration
Washington Camp No 116 P O of A celebrated its fifth anniversary with Emil Class presenting stories songs impersonations and bell ringing aided by Prof Harold A Dennett. The decorated camp room featured flags bunting and streamers. Refreshments followed. Contractor August Weber is adding to the summer home of P Senford Stine in Norwood Avenue at about 4000. He is building a semi fireproof garage for Jacob A Strauss on Eberon Avenue at 5500 and has contracts to alter and add to Louis Berkenfelds summer home on Pearl Street with concrete porches a new tile roof and stucco finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Camp
Emil
Harold A. Dennett
August Weber
P. Senford
Justice Corn Vacates Office and Plans Atlantic City Move
Justice Charles Corn resigns from his post in a downtown post office building and will close his Liberty street home on April 1. He and Mrs. Corn will live at the Scarboro Hotel on Ocean Avenue until leaving for Atlantic City, which they plan as their permanent home after leasing a new residence. Corn, in declining health, seeks a climate change for better well being.
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Charles Corn
Post Office
Mrs. Corn
Liberty Street
Scarboro Hotel
Ocean Avenue
Atlantic City
Judge Corn
Underwood Resigns as Bankers Back Plan to Raise Funds
The New York Sun reports that Underwood faced a dire situation as bankers demanded 11,000,000 for improvements or a new president. A meeting of directors followed, and Underwood offered to resign. After a banker’s prompt, the board adopted a resolution to borrow and kept him in place.
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Underwood
Otto Wall Street den
Beifermentia
Atier Linderwoud
Codergeest
Wien
Dennis
Werabe
Imaney
New York Sun
Shun Loose Shoes and Friction Corn Hazards
A column discusses foot pain from loose shoes causing friction on toe joints and heels, leading to corns and thickened skin. It cautions proper instep fastening and notes widespread shoe-fit issues among all ages. Also mentions a Jersey device to deter dogs and a horse riding anecdote on saddle fit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie
Seauer
London Telegraph
Engagement Sparks Morning Shave Rule At Club
Belle and Ben announce their engagement in a chatty exchange. Belle declares that upon marriage Ben must shave every morning due to a club rule about members not marrying men who skip the ritual. Ben shrugs off the condition while a comic aside about cooking and a visit from Jinx follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belle
Ben
Celal Foo
One After the Other. She When we are married dear
A fragmented dialogue from a St Louis Post-Dispatched item, noting a couple discussing marriage and three servants in a playful domestic mood, reflecting newspaper humor of the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiave
St. Louis
To Make Showing bo what is a dead game sport
Fragmentary passage from the Boston Transcript and Daily Record ad copy noting lines from Mrs. John Lane and Mr. Mainline. The readable text mentions hunting trips, a buyer for a game catcher, and reflections on life’s annoyances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
John Lane
Retiring From Business Auction Offers Savings
Retiring from business sale offers 50 000 stock at sacrifice prices including desk sets smoker’s stands chafing dishes art tea kettles serving trays and brass jardinières. Jet jewelry small clocks gun metal novelties from Import Specialty Shop 6 W. 22nd St New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Import Specialty Shop
W. 22Nd St
New York City
Atlantic City Methodist Conference Praises Wilson Appointments
The New Jersey conference adopted a resolution praising President Wilson for appointing Judge Clarence J. Cole to the Atlantic County court system and endorsing Charles B. Moore for the county prosecutor post. The meeting denounced anti Catholic rumors and pledged to enforce the law, with several ministers named to investigate charges of heresy connected to a previous session. Also reported are inauguration pictures shown at the New Broadway and a double anniversary celebration for Joseph F. Moyse and his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
New der
New Jersey
Wilson
Clarence J. Cole
Charles 8. Moore
Drobeorke W. Hidout
Trenton
Urelay Ia
Melville BE. Snyder
Moore
Cole
Joseph F. Berry
Berry
Methodist Book Concern
Comitter
J. Morgan Reed
New Brunswick
Fairbanks D. Stockfale
Asbury Park
Melville Snyder
Sherman G. Pitt
Alexander Carson
Paulsboro
Furman A. DeMaris
Vinceland
Sloan
Young Briton Hero Of New Orleans Siege Remembered
A century ago at New Orleans during a brutal bombardment a brave British youth climbed a tree under fire and directed a daring rescue beacon. American soldiers captured him but treated him with kindness, praising his courage as artillery roared and muskets fired.
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Wneendleitiah
Merebore
Bollen
Mary Ie
Cutonel
Kennie
Jaelesuuss
New Oreans
Endows
Mule Ke
Etrife
Drews
Tennle
Elephants as workers boost Burma teakwood trade efficiency
The Argonaut notes elephants drive Burma teak exports since 1880, guiding forest logs to rivers and mills. Elephants haul felled trees, assist in unloading, piling, and stacking at mills, with keepers guiding them through malarial jungles to port and ship.
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Burma
Burmna
Indian Ocean
Passcre
Cola
Hard on the Lawyer and Two Things Distinguish Men
A fragmented reading notes a scene with Sir William Jones and Mr Day debating killing a spider and the ethics of power over others. It cites a later piece asserting two traits distinguish men perseverance and vision and includes quirky exchanges about youth and a couple of brief notices from London finet Sausages and Mrs Packer’s illness.
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William Jlones
Mr. Day
Willard
Day
Jones
Westminster Hall
PAVED STREETS PROMISE LONG BRANCH DELIGHT
Long Branch residents anticipate major street improvements within weeks or months. Broadway Second and Third avenues, plus Rockwell and sections of adjacent streets, are slated for permanent paving, likely brick or asphalt, easing years of rough riding. The Board of Freeholders advances Norwood avenue and other arteries, with Superintendent Braney starting work to maintain order. A note on local mail order meals and seeds from Congressman Scully rounds out a bustling civic snapshot.
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Broadway
Second
Third Avenues
Rockwell
Third
Second Avenues
Long Branch
Southland
North Carolina
Arolina Highway
Celebrated 84th Birthday by Mrs Sarah Banta
Long Branch residents joined relatives in Asbury Park to honor octogenarian Mrs Sarah Banta on her 84th birthday. Games and refreshments followed a brief gathering in her home with about fifty attendees from Long Branch and Asbury Park including Mr and Mrs A Taylor Truax and Mr and Mrs Arthur T Woolley.
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Long’ Branch
Natal
Sarah Banta
Long Branch
Asbury Park
Low Branch
Aebury Park
Sarah
A. Taylor Truax
Warry Truax
Arthur T. Woolley
J. H. Davis, Jr
Matthias Woolley
Mis
Pear A. Creece
Davis
Asbury Edwards
Aaron Edwards
St George's Lenten Devotions Schedule At Saint Georges
Week long plan for St George's Church lists Holy communion at 8 a m Sunday, morning prayer litany and sermon at 11 a m, Sunday school 2:30 p m, evening prayer and sermon 7 30 p m. Wednesday Holy communion 10 a m, St Agnes Guild 7 50 p m. Thursday Children's service 3 40 p m, evening prayer and sermon 7 20 p m. Friday Women's auxiliary 2 20 p m, Boy Scouts 7 p m.
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St. George's Church
St. Agnes’ Guild
Woman's Auxiliary
Boy Scouts
Packer Rents Cottage on East Waterman Road
P. Hall Packer, real estate man, has rented the East Waterman Road Cottage and went to Jacksonville for Mr. Townsend in Por mida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Hall Packer
East Waterman Rumson Road
Wenl
Mrec
PT. Townsend
Jacksonville
Pormida
Irving Place House Rented To James Crabtree
Yesterday Mr Hopping rented Mrs Abbie T Crowe s house in Irving Place to James Crabtree of Sea Bright. Crabtree will move in Crowe s house next week.
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Irving Place
Hopping
Abbie T. Crowe
James Crabtree
Sea Bright
Srebtree
Crowe House
Reed to retire to Island Heights after Atlantic City conference
Reverend Joseph G. Reed of Moorestown plans retirement after attending the Methodist Conference in Atlantic City. He and Mrs. Reed will stay with their daughter Mrs. Walter Carson on Central Avenue Moorestown until the 20th then move to their summer home in Island Heights. They may remain Moorestown residents during winter.
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Packer
P. Hall Packer
Atlantic City
New Jersey
James J. Reed
South America
Daily Record
Joseph G. Reed
Moorestown
St. Luke’s Church
Long Ranch
Reed
Walter Carson
Central Avenue
Island Heights
Red Bank Fire Company Elects Officer at Meeting
At Thursday night’s Relief fire engine company No. 1 meeting in Pearl street fire house police officer George Hewitt of Oakland street was unanimously elected to membership. Several routine matters were transacted.
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Relief Fire Engine Company, No. 1
Red Bank
Pearl Street
Will Repeat Minstrel Show By Little Silver Firemen
The Little Silver firemen will repeat their minstrel show next Thursday night in Church Hall. The earlier performance was a pronounced hit and a large number of tickets have already been sold.
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Little Silver Firemen
Church Hall
Trains Struggle Against Side Winds Reported by Engineers
In a report from the Quincy Whig era, motive engineers describe side winds hindering trains as wheels resist wind from the opposite direction. The article notes increased drag and slower progress, reflecting weather’s impact on rail travel and efficiency.
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Quincy
Whig
The Obstacle to Happiness in All of Us
Fragmentary note states there is an obstacle to happiness within us. It warns weariness dulls possessions and desire, and asserts patience as the strongest virtue that neutralizes despair. The piece reads as a reflective aphorism on self-control.
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ALL Boys
Davidson Building
Weber
Garna
Lyric Theatre
Globe
BIG Feature Reel
President Wilson
Red Bank Ice Carnival
Jersey
Jory Nave
Craigs
Buriars
New York Mail
Jinx
Houston Post
TAP
Pres. Wilson
Atlantic County
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
New Broadway Theatre
Mr. Wilson
Mr. Taft
Joseph F. Moyse
Joe
Adams’ Co
Fifth Avenue
The
Youth
Mr. Ponsonby
Erly Lair
Thease Indie
Chidren's
Patent Colt
Strinhach
Crinprasty
Neto Seraey
Board of Freeholders
Norwood Avenue
Square
Norwood
Chattle
Braney
Scully
Prareel Post
Thomas C. West
Earth
Heaven
B. G. Club
Ruth Allger
Centre Street
Emily Penson
Lucy Miller
Lilian Brennan
Ruth Anderson
St. Georges By-The-River
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