Grand Army Veterans at Church Service Remembrance
A continued report on postwar memorial services recalls fallen New Jersey sailors and soldiers. Allan Wadley sang as a noted soloist. Rev. Charles F. McKay and Miss H dna Naser planned future programs at Wayside. Memorial Day themes highlighted home church state as vital institutions.
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New Jersey
Abraham Lincoln
Israel
Samuel
Allan Wadley
Charles F. McKay
Hdna Naser
Sted Bank
Wayside
Fisher
Mexico
Seismographs Serve Many Uses Beyond Quakes
The article notes that tremors occur globally, and seismographs also reveal vibrations from trains and heavy machinery. It describes methods to measure locomotive wheel imbalance and reduce vibration, with implications for reduced coal usage.
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New York American
Talking From the Chest A Telephone Hack Alternative
A New York World note suggests that placing the chest against the mouthpiece can broadcast voice without a mouth transmitter and that the chest and abdomen vibrate to carry sound. It also mentions phantom talk in receivers due to nearby wires causing induced currents.
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New York World
Few Beds In Bagdad Describe Night Rests On Roofs
The article notes about 60 percent of Bagdad residents lack beds and sleep on floor blankets in winter and on roofs in summer. Women light evening meals on roofs at sunset and spread bedding for night. Dry climate limits exposure fears. many roofs lack privacy due to minimal latticework.
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Bagdad
Bagdads
Crafty Woman in Local Dispute Cited by Miner Dealer
A Cleveland mining dealer labels a woman as crafty and blames her for stirring trouble. He claims she feigns jealousy to extract money, while noting the husband Pinkley believes her motives are monetary.
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Pinkley
Cleveland
Evolution of a Pollywog From Water to Air Breathing
A detailed account explains the pollywog to frog transition, describing stages from egg yolk and gill formation to tail digestion and lung development. It contrasts frogs with newts and toads, noting breathing shifts and life in water versus land.
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Earth
Difference Between Insurance and Assurance Explained
An expert distinguishes insurance as protection against eventualities like fire shipwreck or disease and assurance as a guaranteed payment on the certainty of death. The London Chronicle notes mortality is certain but cannot be insured, whereas assurance fixes a definite sum payable on death.
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London Chronicle
Winning Ways in the Lunchroom Tales
A Cleveland Plain Dealer clipping notes observers remarking on a waiter’s pitiful face and his high tips in the lunchroom where he worked, while contrasting him with colleagues who earned fewer tips. The exchange highlights social judgments of service workers.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Practical Proof Quotes Ambidexterity and Proof
A father urges his son to train both hands with equal skill to become ambidextrous. The son asserts he can rival any classmate with either hand. A separate remark from Gladstone notes there is no place for the Kilman in all God’s creation.
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New York World
Gladstone
Defined: A Literary Genius and Publishers
A quotation defines a literary genius as nature drawing the writer to the ground floor while publishers force them to live in an attic. The line contrasts creative instinct with commercial constraints.
Milk as a Food Outlines Its Nutritional Edge
The article argues milk contains more dry matter and energy than many solids, noting its digestibility with minimal waste. It suggests evaluating milk quality by keeping quality and storage temperature, stating good milk stays sweet for 24 hours at 60 degrees Fahrenheit or lower.
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Kurch
Sleeping in Church Says Men Pay Closer Attention
A Chicago Tribune report quotes a German professor who argues men stay awake in church by watching the minister’s every gesture and word. He claims women are less quick to grasp sermons and thus distracted by social details around them.
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Jobo Jones
Willi Smith
Sam White
Minster
Chicago Tribune
Verne’s Spark of Vision Predicted Greatness
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports Jules Verne believed his writings would come true and that his invention would unlock fortunes. In Paris, Felix Duquesnel recalls Verne’s claim that a new form of performance would be his gold mine, foreshadowing the success of Five Weeks in a Balloon and a half-century of invention.
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Jules Verne
Paris
Felix Duquesnel
Verne
Traman
M. Duquesnel
Girardin
Loudon
Milwaukee Sentinel
Stamp Room Fully Covered In Stamps At Rising Sun Inn
A North Bersted inn near Chichester features a room whose ceiling walls doors and even furniture are completely covered with stamps. About 2 000 000 stamps fill the space with 1 000 000 more in festoons. The landlord and stamp collector placed stamps to celebrate the queen's jubilee.
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Chichester
England
North Bersted
Bognor
Swan River
Western Australia
Music of the Spheres and the Law of Order
The essay argues that ancient beliefs linked planetary motion to the seven notes of the gamut, yet the music is imperceptible to humans due to overpowering magnitude or familiarity. It declares the true music of the spheres as an intellectual truth found in law and cosmic order.
Tag Day Fundraiser for Local Boys Club
Modern Finance notes a group of boys proposing a tag day to raise funds. They discuss avoiding archaic chores and errands and seek a communal effort to collect money for their club. The idea emphasizes organized fundraising over traditional yard work.
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Kupsas City
Married life praised by all in Pittsburgh Dispatch
The Pittsburgh Dispatch notes that Mrs. Jones-Men owe much to their wives and wonders what sort of man Mr. Blank would be if he had never married. The piece contrasts praise for married life with a bachelor view.
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The
Red Bank Trust Company
Newton Doremus
Henry Campbell
Jesse Minot
Robert F. Parker
Clarence G. Applegate
Richard Ayrtlegate
Marcus M. Davidson
Newton Boremus
Albert '. Doremus
Frederick W. Egner
George C. Hopping
Thomas N. McCarter
Uzal H. McCarter
John II
Mount
Lewis
Thompson
C. Clarence White
Doremus
Edmund Wilson
Warren Smock
Rufus Merril
Prise
Pairings and Puns in 19th Century Jests
A collage of brief quips and quotes from American papers note jokes about press salts in tailoring and law, reading spouses, restaurant orders, and a Browning line on leisure. The snippets reflect light humor and period voice, with scattered attributions and aphorisms.
Red Bank Trust opens with four percent on special deposits
Coinciding with the bank’s new Broad and Wallace street home, Red Bank Trust reveals four percent interest on special deposits up to $1,000 and two percent on commercial accounts of $1,000 or more. The rates apply to new and existing balances, effective June 1, with three-day monthly specials.
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Red Bank Trust Company
Broad and
Wallace Streets
Newton Doremus
First National Bank of Red Bank
Trust Company
Fidelity Trust Company
Newark
Monmouth County
Old Presbyterian Church
Broad Street
Wallace Street
Neighborly Question Sparks Marriage Talk
A young neighbor asks a blunt question about Miss Blank's age at marriage. The innocent prompt triggers embarrassment as the girl’s reply and expressions reveal social sensitivities and intimate details in a small-town scene.
Lucky Proposal Rejected Then Accepted After Facial Reconstruction
A London man who proposed thrice after being rejected for his ugliness suffered a serious accident. He recovered with a completely rebuilt face and was then accepted. Advertise in the Dally Record.
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London
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Baltimore American
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Harriet
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Boston Transcript
Detroit Times
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