Gravel for hospital drives paid by donors in Monmouth
Street notes report that Monmouth Memorial Hospital’s driveway graveling will be done at no cost to the hospital. Allenwood pits provide the gravel as a gift from ex Judge Wilbur A. Heisley, with freight paid by Charles A. Wimpfheimer. Others including Frank G. Alden and I. R. Benjamin pledge to cover freight. The column urges local farmers and residents to support the hospital and suggests a farmer’s week for fundraising. It also discusses real estate sign issues and street-cleanliness complaints near Westwood avenue.
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Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Allenwood
Wilbur A. Heisley
Charles A. Wimpfheimer
Wimpfheimer
Long Branch
Frank G. Alden
I. R. Benjamin
Monmouth County
Monmouth
Red Bank Teletype Cutover to Battery Service
The Red Bank area will switch to the common battery telephony system on Saturday June 8th. A large New York Telephone Company workforce has organized night and day work to complete the magneto-to-battery conversion. After the cutover subscribers will call central by lifting the receiver, with identical costs to Ashbery Park and existing New York service.
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Red Bank
New York Telephone Company
Ashbery Park
New York
Central
Daily Record
Will Explore the Amazon Valley by Abor iginal Language Expedition
Abbot Lange of New York plans a three year expedition into the Amazon headwaters with a crew including a physician a navigator and a cook to record languages songs dances and daily life on phonograph records and moving pictures A staged voyage will cover Para Manaus and the Soumoes and Javary river regions with aims to preserve aboriginal cultures.
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Algot Lange
New York
Amazon Valley
Brazil
University of Pennsylvania
University Museum
Lange
Rio Negro
Uanpes
Amazon
Manunosg
London
Paris
Doupes
Manaus
United States
Middle
Soumoes
Javary River
Delay in Crocker Land Expedition After Borup Death
The Crocker Land expedition led by George Vor and D B MacMillan is postponed to summer 1913 due to Borup s death and inability to find a suitable substitute. An American Museum of Natural History committee outlines reorganization plans and memorial aims for Paris while MacMillan continues preparations. Scotland Birth Rate Falls to 25.05 per Thousand, Lowest on Record.
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Crocker Land
American Museum of Natural History
George Vor
D. B. MacMillan
Bornp
Henry Fairuddd Osburn Chanmier Robbins
Thors Tf Hubbard
Walter B. Dane
de. &. O. Tovey
TL. L. Mitetan
Dianette
Denne
Paris
MacMillan
Couriiues
Scotland
High Prices Prompt Call for Federal Action
Baltimore committee reports fourteen pages on causes of high living costs. Factors include gold supply, price controls, tariffs, storage abuse, farm labor shifts, middlemen profits, credit buying, transport limits, bad roads, short weights, patent law abuse, storage in modern houses, credit ordering by telephone, market charges, and growing luxuriousness reducing prudent shopping.
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Baltimore
City Wide Congress
Congress
Wife Entitled to Salary From Husband, Judge Rules
Judge Goodnow of the Chicago court of domestic relations declares a wife is a regular employed partner entitled to a fair share of her husband’s wages. He rejects the notion that she must beg for money and vows to back her claims in municipal courts.
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Judge Goodnow
Court of Domestic Relations
Chicago
Thomas Martin
Goodnow
Around the World on 3300 Dollars for Two Professors
Two professors, William E. Kellicott of Goucher College Baltimore and Ivan M. Linforth of UC Berkeley, win 3000 dollar Kahn foundation fellowships to travel worldwide with no conditions beyond visiting many places and people. 800 dollars extra per person for souvenirs. Foundation by M Albert Kahn of Paris with trustees Tutler Osborn Adams Birdt Walcott.
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Kahn Foundation
William Erskine Kellicott
Goucher College of Baltimore
Ivan Mortimer Linforth
Paris
Nicholas Murray Tutler
Henry Fairfield Osborn
Edward Db. Adams
New York City
Charles W. Birdt
Cambridge
Charles D. Walcott
Washington
Treasury official sides with cats in U.S. economy push
Dr. Andrew of the Treasury upheld the administration policy of economy by denying meat for U. S. cats. A New York subtreasury request to feed two cats at government expense faced opposition amid high living costs and rodent concerns. Clerks had supported the cats, but the decision kept them as government charity subjects.
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Dr. Andrew
The
Treasury
United States
A. Platt Andrew
the Treasury
New York
Andrew
Visitors at Shakespeare Birthplace record crowds
In the year ending March 3, about 40,300 people paid to visit Shakespeare's Birthplace in Stratford on Avon. Of the 20,000 who recorded their names in the visitors book, 9,200 were from the United States.
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Stratford on-Avon
Aloe
United States
May Day Crowning at Garfield School Delightful fete
Garfield Avenue School held May Day with nearly a hundred students and teachers. Alice Frame was crowned May Queen by Eveline Reid, and Francis Ringleben won Play Day King. Pages were Jacob Rataafia and Philip Cahen. maids of honor Ortrude Slocum and Ruth White. flower girl Louise Hampton. A grand march followed with solos and recitations, then May Pole dancing and refreshments.
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Garfield Avenue
Alice Frame
Eveline Reid
Francis Ringleben
John Hugg, Jr
Joseph van Clean
Jacob Rataafia
Philip Cahen
Ortrude Slocum
Ruth White
Louise Hampton
Merry Gathering
Minerva Hulu
Priscilla Pleage
Harry Music
Ruth Emmons
Sarah Kamrasen
Blele Schatzman
Joseph Rosone
Dorothy George
Eva Lehman
Jacob Ratafia
New Factory Opens Monday with Hiring Underway
A new factory on Second avenue will open Monday with workers reporting for duty. Power is to be activated as machines and materials are in place, and additional staff will be needed once production runs smoothly. The firm leases the old Barham building to manufacture wearing apparel.
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Second Avenue
Barham
Accidental Creation of Pommes de Terre Soufflées
An accidental kitchen discovery occurs when potatoes are par cooked and left in hot oil during a delayed train voyage. Upon serving with steak the potatoes puff into crisp, balloon like chips, revealing the cook’s unnoticed invention of pommes de terre soufflées.
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Urls
St. Cermain
Joneh
Parable on Steam Shovel and Labor Costs
Two men watch a steam shovel rapidly load earth onto a freight train. One laments lost bread for workers, while the other suggests that even more labor would be needed with forks and tablespoons, highlighting efficiency vs. employment.
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New York
Grouchy Post Office Clerk Provokes Patrons
A Cleveland main dealer recounts a rude post office clerk who snarled at customers. His spiteful behavior escalates as patrons try to purchase a house and garden stamp, only to be dismissed with a harsh quip about lines and other customers.
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