West Long Branch Borough Minutes March 6 1913
West Long Branch Borough held a meeting on March 6 1913 at 8 pm Mayor Van Note presided Present were Beach Brand Golden Slocum Absent Cooper Wright Minutes from prior meeting approved Light committee to install a Bernstein light on Oceanport and Windsor Avenues Bills approved including Consolidated Gas Co Feb payroll tax and other expenses A Board of Health warrant for 25000 was approved A Wall Street street grading and graveling project was authorized for bids An ordinance to adopt a tax ordinance on its second and third readings passed Council approved extending gas main to Locust and Cedar Aves Clerks notice to Consolidated Gas Co approved Meeting adjourned.
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West Long Branch
N. 1
Borough of
van Note
Beach
Brand, Golden
Slocum
Cooper
Wright
Oceanport Avenue
Windsor Avenue
Consolidated Gas Co
Ce Pub. Co
McDermott
H. A. Borden
K. H. West
A. R. Chinery
A. D. van Note
Golden
Board of Health
Wall Street
Locust Avenue
Whale Pond Road
Brand
West Long’ Branch
Whale Pond’ Road
West End Tops Bucktown Stars In Season Opener
West End baseball edged Bucktown Stars 42 to 0 at Hollywood Horse Show Grounds in a hard fought Sunday clash. Mitchell pitched Bucktown, Kay Lively tossed for West End, with umpire M Boneforte and scorer J W Guire noted.
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West End
Horse Show Grounds
Invincible Stars
Bucktown
Hollywood Horse Show Grounds
Mitchell
Kay Lively
West’ End
Wilson Critics Have A Big Field In Politics
The article surveys Democratic and Republican rifts as President Wilson shifts away from Taft era practices. It notes office seeker frustrations, cabinet-led appointments, Bryan's foreign gifts, Bourne's unpaid commissions, Owen’s leave to print brief, and Underwood's growing power in the House amid lingering opposition.
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Washington
Wilson
Carp
Taft
Roosevelt
White House
Chester A. Arthur
Cleveland
Owen
Oklahoma
Senate
House
Nho
Hose
Fall
New Mexico
Underwood
Oscar W. Underwood
Jen
English boys lose art of playing at school
Lancashire towns face labor shortage as many school age boys work long hours. Robert Henderson, president of the Manchester Certified Teachers’ association, says children are exhausted and dull from overwork and have forgotten how to play. He notes girls still play simple games like shuttlecock and skipping ropes while boys merely kick objects.
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Lancashire
England
Robert Henderson
Manchester
Clever Boy Gains Doctorate at Eighteen Years
Norbert Weiner, dubbed the cleverest boy in the world, receives a PhD in philosophy from Harvard at age eighteen after early schooling at Tufts Cornell and extensive study. Born in Missouri on November 26 1804 he taught himself languages and advanced math from a young age and excelled in multiple disciplines.
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Harvard
Norbert Weiner
Harvard University
Weiner
Pinafores
Tufts College
Cornell
Wellner
Columbia
Norbert
Simplon Tunnel Mining Threat Reveals Italian Defense
The Italian government tightens frontier garrisons and builds forts along the Swiss border as engineers dig mine chambers at the Simplon tunnel entrance. Hidden electrical links could, by button press from twenty miles away, trigger a blast to destroy the tunnel while a massive steel door in the tunnel could block train and troop passage from either side.
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Alps
Simplon Tunnel
Great Simplon
Simplon
Traina
Physicist to Join Stefansson Polar Expedition
The University of Iowa will send a psychologist to accompany Vilhjalmur Stefansson on a spring polar expedition. Luther Widen of Iowa will bring a full laboratory with psychological apparatus to study Eskimo minds and test instruments on the blond Eskimos Stefansson discovered. The goal is a comprehensive mind study of a primitive race less touched by white influence.
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Stefson
Polar
University of Iowa
Vilhjalmar Stefansson
Luther By Widen
Angoras in the parcel post aid fund drive
Cats shipped by parcel post to raise money for Grafton Ball preparatory school in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. The two Angora cats traveled 200 miles from Jonesville in a basket with food and a note for postal clerks. One cat sold for $100 on arrival. Iowa senate backs woman suffrage. amendment goes to voters after passing both houses by 81 to 15.
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Grafton Ball
Fond du Lac
Wis
Episcopal Modests
Jonesville
Iowa State Senate
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Felix Young
Carron and Collins
Comey Clowns
Mrs. S. F. Philips
Louis Chevalier
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Fun In Vaudeville Agency
Chicago
Nihon
Rogers Bros
Hick’s Jewlery Store
Broadway Long Branch
N. J
Bucktown’stars
Ame
Newuepry
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Byrnes
Johnston Nastasia
Howland
McCarthy
Leddy
Seeees Alden
Forrest Green
A. L. Ball
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J. W. Sherman
Mr. Ball
Warren House
Cubberley
Washington Star
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Teeta
Tates Lorenz
TAFFS
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Nebraska
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Oregon
Simpson
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Joline and
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van Derveer Place
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A. T. Woolley
Secty
L. de la Reussille
Monmouth
Broad Street
Red Bank, N. J
RED Bank
Asbury Park
J. Kridel Red Bank
le Maistre Lace and Embroidery CO
Cookman Ave
Emory
Regal Shoes
Buster Browns
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The
Regal Shoe Store
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Ladies’ Apparel
Monmouth County
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Joseph Salt
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