Missionary Society of Red Bank Holds Annual Meeting
The Missionary Society of the Red Bank First and Reformed churches held its annual meeting in the church Friday night with about twenty five members present. Mrs Jessie Morris of Brooklyn gave a half hour talk on experiences among Indians mountaineers Hindus and Japanese. Rev Blekkink opened with scripture. Miss Louise Carlisle presided. Reports showed $40 paid for Kentucky Whites mission and $15 advanced for Forward Movement, leaving $32.50 in treasury despite a year with only about a dozen members.
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Mary L. Matthews
Trevonian Bennett
Kentucky
Red Bank Society
Thirteen Proves His Lucky Star at Broadway Piano Giveaway
Reginald VanNote of West Long Branch wins a Storck piano in a Broadway theatre contest. Thirteen figures prominently as his number and birthday align with the 1913 draw. He is the grandson of Mayor J. D. VanNote and turns thirteen on April 13, 1913.
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Reginald VanNote
Fred W. VanNote
West Long Brauich
Broadway Theatre
Storck
Reginald
West Long Branch
J. D. VanNote
Floral horseshoe for MA Steinbach ceremony
Benjamin P. Morris and others presented a floral horseshoe to Mayor B. B. Newcomb and Commissioner Frank L. Howland. Mr Cohen, who organized the gift, did not give a presentational speech. Judge Steinbach thanked the group for the good wishes accompanying the floral piece.
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Benjamin P. Morris
Thomas P. Fay
B. Parker
Clarence G. van Note
William L. Edwards
Thomas W. Arrowsmith
George W. VanGelder
William A. Stevens
Charles F. Sexton
Harold C. Morford
Harry Truax
Leo. J. Warwick
Thomas E. McCue
Romulus Rim
Frank I. Smith
B. B. Newcomb
Frank L. Howland
Henry Schoenlein
George van Winkle
Fielder hints at special session for Jury Reform
Acting Governor Fielder in Trenton signals possible special legislative session to push a jury reform measure. He plans talks with Senate and Assembly leaders, and a conference committee to draft a compromise. He opposes governor appointing jury commissions and weighs Supreme Court appointment options and a potential referendum.
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State House
Trenton
Fielder
Senate
Assembly
Supreme Court
Hag
Conference Committee
Supreme Justices
Blacksmith Shop Ruined by Fire
Fire swept a blacksmith shop owned by Mr. Gray near the Atkins estate after a high wind. Liberty Hose Co. saved the nearby Wilson home as a tele phone pole sparked and threatened wires. The shed roofs at the public market suffered $50 damage.
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Theodore Wilson
Liberty Hose Co
Wilson
Cross Arm
Mr. Gray
William P. Snyder
Atkins
H. €. Badeau
Richard Atkins
C. B. Reid & Bro
Red Bank Gun Club Holds Successful Second Shoot
Over a dozen River side Gun Club members from Red Bank took part in the second of twelve shoots on club grounds. E. M. Cooper won the top spot in the shoot offs with a perfect 25, followed by William Chandler at 25 and Richard Applegate at 21. The trophies are gold items and will be awarded to the top shooters after all 12 shoots. Next event set for Friday April 4 with continued enthusiasm.
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Riverside Gun Club
Red Bank
E. M. Cooper
William Chandler
Richard Applegate
Joseph Truax
C. E. Throckmorton
G. W. Bray
J. S. Applegate, Jr
B. J. Garrison
R. B. Wilson
T. H. Grant
H. ©. Burrowes
A. T. Bennett
Fair Haven
C. Mell Johnson
Highlands
Robert F. Wilbur
Hardened Case Involving Demanded Money
A quote from a Kansas item shows a husband and wife exchange over money with the wife insisting on $50. The husband offers a dollar and the woman contemplates framing it as a souvenir or prenir. The fragment reflects domestic dispute tone.
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Kansas
Red Bank Window Smashing Mystery
Six windows in a Red Bank Mill ward building on Shrewsbury avenue were smashed in a suspected revenge attack. Stores occupied by Samuel Portner and Max Lavinsky suffered damage estimated at 15 dollars. Police investigated with Chief Wymbs noting a club likely used. James L. Worden witnessed the scene from the Hotel Abbott opposite.
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Mill Ward
Shrewsbury Avenue
Red Bank
Samuel Portner
Max Lavinsky
James L. Worden
Abbott
Wymbs
Portner
Wallace Street
Wide Awakes Edge Asbury Park In Fast Evening Show
The Wide Awakes tied the matchup with Asbury Park with a late basket by John Wheeler after a minor arm injury. Frank Ayres led the pacing with four key shots as the teams played the fastest game yet witnessed on the church hall court in Little Silver. Admission was not charged for the season finale. The Nationals led 17 to 16 at intermission.
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Asbury Park
Church Hall
Little Silver
Frank Ayres
John Wheeler
Nationals
The Wilds of Chicago Captured in a Joke
A Chicago anecdote shows foreign ignorance of American life as an English traveler asks about market carts in Chicago. The guest struggles to explain that residents do not cart to market, revealing amusing misperceptions from abroad.
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Chicago
America
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Patti’s First Audience A Nursery Cantatrice Tale
The New York Sun recalls Adelina Patti’s childhood tale of acting as a pretend star at six in a nursery. She describes performing for dolls on chairs, imagining applause while her family slept after an opera outing.
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Patti
Adelina Patti
Auto Damaged When Horse Kicks Car In Red Bank
A brown mare belonging to William K. Kelly kicked the runabout in Monmouth Street in front of Dr Frances Cooke's home, smashing the radiator and breaking a headlight of Isaac H. Adlem's new Cadillac touring car. The horse was driven by Fred, a colored man, and another unknown man suffered minor facial and arm cuts. The runabout sustained dashboard damage and a bent front wheel. both drivers were thrown from the vehicle.
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Red Bank
William K. Kelly
American Hotel
Monmouth Street
Frances Kt. Cooke
Isaac H. Adiem
Dr. Cooke
Kelly
Fred
Lakewood
Asay Loses Driver’s License After Asbury Park Accident
State Motor Vehicle Commissioner Lippincott revoked Louis W. Asay’s license following a high speed crash in Asbury Park that killed B C VanCleaf. Police Chief Smith alleged intoxicated driving and noted the pair visited resorts in Monmouth County before the accident. The chief urged peremptory action to avoid a coroner’s inquest.
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State House
Trenton
William H. Smith
Asbury Park
Joh. H. Lippincott
Louis W. Asay
Asay
B. C. VanCleaf
VanCleaf
Smith
Ull
Mrs Harvey dies at home after long illness
Mrs Mary C Harvey aged 65 died at her sister Mrs Andrew Brower’s home in Oceanic after a year of poor health and two days of heart trouble and Brights disease. Funeral services will be held at Brower’s home with Rev Arthur McKay officiating. Interment in Fair View cemetery Middletown. Born Red Bank 1847 to Capt Anthony Haggerty, she married Alvin Harvey of Oceanic 1870. he died 16 years ago. Survived by sister and brother Henry C Haggerty.
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Bright
Mary C. Harvey
Andrew Brower
First Street
Oceanic
Fair View Cemetery
Middletown Township
Robert R. Mount
Henry C. Haggerty
Omaha cyclone leaves widespread death and ruin
Severe Nebraska cyclone strikes Omaha and surrounding areas causing massive property loss, hundreds dead and 700 seriously injured. Officials urge relief, state troops deployed to curb looting, with outages and fires hindering rescue work. Reports of further fatalities emerge from Terre Haute and Lincoln areas as aid flows from Wilson administration.
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Omaha
Neb
Nebraska
Dahlman
American Telephone Company Reports One Wire to Omaha
H. D. Brooks, General Commercial Superintendent of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, stated today that only one wire was operating into Omaha and that urgent requests for a few minutes were not honored.
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New York
N. Y
H. D. Brooks
American Telegraph and Telephone Company
Omaha
Sun Observation on Easter Morning at Bluff Walk
A reader recounts watching Easter Sunday sunrise from a bluff walk. A man describes the sun rising in a half circle on the horizon, likening it to a ball of fire on a pedestal, with others noting the sun bowing across the sky.
Radium Alters Color in Sapphires Says German Scientist
A German researcher exposed sapphires to radium, producing color changes after one month. White stones turned yellow, blue greens to violet blue, and wine red to dark violet, suggesting radium can alter precious stone colors according to Harper's.
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Harper's
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