Conference ready for appointments and church updates
The annual Methodist conference outlines appointments across districts with officers named for the Board of Education and various seminary and military institute assignments. Key figures include Rev. J Ward Gamble Bridgeton and Rev Alfonso Dare Long Branch with endowment fund totals reported at $35 121.
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Chandler
Hoard of Education
Bridgeton
J. Ward Gamble
P. G. Pitt
Charles Repp
W. E. Massey
Camden
H. F. Gravatt
Alexander Corson
Joseph Hopkins
D. D. Chenowich
Trenton
D. 3. Brock
F. B. Harris
A. B. Smith
O. H. Hubbard
H. Hann
Hightstown
W. Holt Apgar
H. P. Bennett
Long Branch
C. T. Repp
Glassboro
Dare
Alfonso Dare
Simpson Memorial
M. B. Church
Central Church
Atlantic City
8. M. Nichols
Dr. Nichols
Glass Toughness Through Slow Cooling and Salt Solution
The brittleness of glass stems from rapid cooling of hot material. Continuous motion during heating and gradual cooling, such as boiling in a weak salt solution, markedly increases toughness and reduces damage. This method suits lighting glass globes to prevent breakage.
Cracksman Is Caught at Work in Grocery Safe
Elizabeth patrolman Patrick Cowboy thwarted a burglary at Dennis Flynn's grocery on Second Street by spotting Samuel Staunton at the safe and covering him with a pistol. The thief, Baltimore born, and an accomplice escaped. The safe held over $1,000 in cash and checks. only a small amount of change was taken.
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Elizabeth
Cowboy
Mlynn
Staunton
Fiyne
Shot by Husband Pistol In Atlantic City Woman Seriously Hurt
Atlantic City New Jersey March 10 Mrs Placidio De Salvore nineteen accidentally discharged a revolver owned by her husband the bullet pierced her breast and likely penetrated her lungs neighbors found her unconscious and she was rushed to City hospital where doctors said her condition was critical Antemortem statement to Detective Malseed she was reloading the weapon when the accident happened and she denied any intention of self harm
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Atlantic
Atlantic City
N.J
Placidio de Salvore
Wells, originator of Rough on Rats, dies at 72
E S Wells, who originated the rat poison Rough on Rats, died at his Glen Moore home in New Jersey. Born in Morgantown West Virginia seventy two years ago, Wells rose from poverty to affluence within four years through his famous invention.
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Glen Moore
Trenton
N. J
Wells
Morgantown
W. Va
Ex-Bartender Named On Princeton Honor Roll
John Larson of Chicago, a freshman, is listed on Princeton University's honor roll for the term just ended. Larson came from Chicago where he worked as a bartender, a background recognized by the Princeton Alumni association of Chicago as promising for a scholarship at the university.
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Chicago
Princeton
N. J
Princeton University
John Larson
Larson
Princeton Alumni Association of Chicago
Diver Harry Brazleton Injured in Princeton Practice
Princeton diver Harry Brazleton suffered a concussion after injury while practicing a new dive in Brokaw tank. He was moved to a New York hospital for treatment. An American abroad carried an empty high hat box across Europe, then forgot to bring the hat to Vienna's bar.
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Princeton
N. J
Harry Brazleton
Brokaw Tank
New York
Europe
London
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post
Lord Knollys to Resign as Private Secretary to King George
Lord Knollys, long-serving Private Secretary to King George, is expected to resign soon. The move signals a major staffing shift at the royal household as plans for a transition proceed.
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King George
Taft Bars Interviewers During Augusta Recreation Visit
Ex President Taft spends a quiet Sunday in Augusta Georgia with church services and family attendance. He declines interviews to rest and recreate, dictating letters to secretary W W Mischler and planning an opossum supper and an informal Country Club dinner for sixty guests. Local reporters seek comments but are declined.
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Augusta
Taft
First Baptist Church
Nicholas Murray Butler
Helen
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Savannah River
Archibald W. Butt
St. Paul's
New
Island seeks annexation of Isle of Pines
Thomas J. Keenan, president of the American Association of the Isle of Pines, says a petition to President Wilson and the Senate will circulate seeking annexation. It states about 6,000 Americans own land or reside on the island, which has become a distinctively American colony with US citizens owning over 95 percent of land and forming a majority of the population.
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Isle of Pines
Wilson
Pittsburgh
Thomas J. Keenan
American Association of the
United States
Officer Impostor Robs Berlin Count House in Essen
A man in officer uniform claiming to be Dr Gustav von Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach gained access to Essen’s municipal counting house, declared extra funds, and absconded with several thousand marks. Berlin authorities later confirmed the town was robbed.
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Berlin
Gustav von Krupp von Bohlen Und Halbach
Kruppa
Essen
Ministry of Finance
Roosevelt named assistant secretary of the navy
State Senator Franklin D Roosevelt of Dutchess county New York is named as assistant secretary of the navy with approval from secretary Daniels and President Wilson. He will replace Beekman Winthrop and the nomination goes to the Senate. The salary is 5000 dollars.
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Navy
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Dutchess County
New York
Assatant
Daniela
Wilson
Senate
Roosevelt
Beekman Winthrop
Stephen Thyres
Theodore Roosevelt
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