Letter from William Miles sparks debate on Long Branch poor
A long letter from William Miles claims he will fight for the poor against all comers and urges working people to unite. The writer urges utility ownership, questions local taxpayer burdens, and calls for a heart-to-heart talk to share data from forty-five years of city history. The piece ends urging patience as coast building resumes.
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Wiliam Miles
Mr. Miles
Board of Trade
Long Branch
Todey
Jersey
William Miles
Miles
Long Branch Commission
Rev Charles F Garrisom Preaches at Crescent Hall in Eatontown
Local notices announce Reverend Charles F. Garrison will preach at Crescent Hall Sunday morning at 10 30 and evening at 7 80 with themes from Psalms 20 5 and the temperance lesson The Sunday school at 2 80 features A Grand Review Starting at Creation Epworth League at 6 45 plans to discuss Getting Interested In other Sheep Also Elder L B Giles preaches at Advent Church on The French Revolution of 1789 foretold in Prophecy with evening on evangelical lines Community events include Elks minstrel in Red Bank and a big horse sale at M F McDonald’s stables on Wednesday
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Charles F. Garrisom
Crescent Hall
Sodom
Epworth League
Rlder
L. B. Giles
Advent
Giles
St. James Memorial Church
Sriday
Elks' Minstrels
Leth Theatre
Red Bank
South Street
Fair Haven
Ada B. Nafew
Broadstreet
William Barnard
Asbury Park
M. FP. McDondald
Eatontown
Rumson Council Doings Include Special Constable Bond
Mayor John M. Corlies and Council members Rogers Briggs and Mahoney led last week’s meeting with Francis Becker appointed as a special constable without pay and filing a $250 bond with bondsmen H. H. Striker and BE. A. Pormphrey. Borough clerk D. P. A. Naughton witnessed the signatures as exempt firemen certificates were ordered for John R. Murphy of Oceanic Hook and Ladder and Henry Hintelmann Abraham Herbert and Michael O’Rourke of Rumson Fire Company.
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John M. Corlies
Henry Hintelmann
Abram Herbert
Michael O'Rourke
Rumson Fire Company
A Little Slice of Paradise Tahiti Foretaste of South Seas
A travel sketch from Maurice Barin in Metropolitan describing Tahiti's bay of Papeete, blue hills, white houses, and tranquil life. The narrator wanders the town, notes spring blossoms and indolent locals, and recalls a humorous miscalculation of walking time compared to a Tahitian.
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Tahiti
South Seas
Karotonga
Stevenson Blome
Baigtish
South Sea Islands
Tahit
End
Bay of Papeete
Naples
Capri
Sorrento
Tahith
Tle
Maurice Baring
Metropolitan
The Rhine May Get the Danube
The Danube origin is debated with two streamlets in Baden called Bregach and Breg joining at Donauschingen to feed the Danube which then flows southeast toward the Rhine. Subterranean leakage from the Danube basin into the Rhine is noted and a German scientist predicts the sunbe above Tuttlingen may be captured by the Rhine.
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Rhine
Danube
Vienna
Dbregach
Breg
Lack Forest
Grand Duchy of
Baden
Donauschingen
Epring
Gea
Swabian
Jura
Germast
Sunube
Tuttlingen
New York Sun
First Sunday Papers in London Before Knowledge Tax
The London Chronicle recalls how Sunday papers circulated before the taxes on knowledge were abolished. Barbers sold copies for a penny an hour. customers booked hours on Saturday, paid a sixpence deposit, and retrieved the paper Sunday with fivepence change on return.
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London
R. M. Morrell
National Sunday League
Morrell
London Chronicle
Too Much For the Englishman
A professor from Iowa traveled to England last summer and was introduced to a fellow professor there. They recalled another American colleague and a professor from Ohio visiting, prompting humorous confusion over names and places in a lively exchange from Lippincott's.
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Iowa
England
Eng
Ohio
Fat Tam
Lippincott's
Sunny Daya Diy Insight on Yearly Sun Coating
A fragmented note hints at a quirky idea about coating sunny and cloned rays through a year, suggesting an unusual DIY practice. The text mentions id but provides no clear context or concrete outcome, leaving the notion as a curious, unclear prompt.
New Jersey Central Builds Vast Jersey City Terminal
The New Jersey Central unveils plans for a monumental Jersey City passenger terminal. It will dominate the west side of the Hudson with nine-arch trainshed, double ferry concourses, and electric ferry bridges. The project includes a large engine terminal south of Communipaw, a rebuilt north yard merging into a near mile-long complex. Four railroads will use the terminal after May 1, with completion hoped by late 1913.
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New Jersey Central
Jersey City
Hudson
Liberty Street
New York Terminal
West Street
Jersey
Twenty-third Street
Communipaw Station
Reading
Baltimore and Ohio
Lehigh Valley
Color and alimony claim cited in newspaper quips
A Baltimore American quote claims a wife receives alimony supported by the court while a New Orleans Picayune item notes a scientific writer stating blue is the only color determinable by touch. The brief excerpts blend witty wordplay and observations on perception.
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New Orleans Picayune
Local Arts and Athletics Club Notes Highlight 1909 Figures
A jumble of names spans music, drama, debate, sports, and suffrage. Figures include Miriam Morris, Ge rtrude Nathanson known as Gertie, Edwin Parslow, Jinel Pierson, Dorothy Quinn, H S A A members, Maude Reed, Arthur Solk, Marion Sherman, Anna Solomon, Ida White, Mildred Woolley, Thurlow West, Agnes Widmer, and others in Glee Club, debating society, football and basketball roles. Reports note Red Bank girls cancel visit, council officers listed, and local boat building, fishing quarters, and draft of house construction projects amid seasonal preparations.
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Miriam Morris
Mike
James Nastasia
Gertrude Nathanson
Gertie
Jeadher
Dorig Newing
Edwin Parslow
Jinel Pierson
Dorothy Quinn
Maude Reed
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Charles Jones
Michael Burns
Frank VanBrant
Roger Butts
A. O. Johnson
Frank Johnson
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