Rocky Ford Amateurs Stage Western Drama
Oceanic Amateur Title Presented the Play Rocky Ford by Oceanic Fire Company for the benefit of the company. A Western drama on Be Ford in four acts was performed by eleven principals and a dozen assistants with applause. Cast included Wakefield Albert Etriker hermit Albert Roach Joseph Bennett and others in roles such as Citizens and Cowboys.
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Oceanic Fire Company
S Hall
Ford
Wakefield
Albert Etriker
the Hermit
Albert Roach
Joseph Bennett
Albert Patterson
Andrew Zerr Parker
Augustus Frietag Vincent
Carl. Clark Holden
Charles Emery Fasesea
Schultz Tradtaweleat
Lillian Wilson
Branding Criminals In England 18th Century Punishment
The Pall Mall Gazette notes that branding criminals in England began in 1778 as a public ritual in court with iron marks and restraints. The common mark was an R on the left shoulder, with variations like M on the right hand for mothslayer and T on the left hand for thief, used for offenses such as child stealing.
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England
Pall Mall Gazette
The Self Made and The Tragic Difference
Disjointed passages describe emotional moments and social judgment. A note from Isabel hints at affection amid conflict with themes of artificial beauty and thriftless vanity.
Minister Grant Suspended After Presbyterian Verdict
The Northumberland presbytery suspends Dr. Grant until he renounces alleged errors and proves to stop propagating them. He defends his views as misrepresented and states he will continue to preach doctrine, expresses heartbreak, and plans to address his presbytery in time. He denies teaching contrary to church doctrines.
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Atndtie City
Presbyterian General Assembly
Guim
Grant
Judicial Commission
Northumberland
Philadelphia
God
Jesus Christ
Fur farm planned near Athabasca in Alberta
Dr TJ Burgen of Spokane plans a mink and muskrat fur enterprise on land north of Athabasca Alberta. He aims to stock 500 mink and 5 000 muskrats at start with several thousand animals yearly within a year. Pelts expected from muskrats range 50 cents to 1 dollar. mink pens require deep nets. fish will feed mink and cattle and horses are also mentioned.
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Athabasca Landing
Alberta
TJ. Butgen
Spokane Paina
Burgen
Yeeall
Bryan Pleases Clergy With Liquor Morals Speech
William J. Bryan addressed about 5,000 clergy and laymen in Atlantic City on May 27 urging the states to control liquor. He called the saloon a nuisance and argued liberty does not justify giving or selling liquor, urging federal limits on licenses and banning liquor signs.
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Atlantic City
M. J
Willam J. Bryan
Rgit
Girls Desert Two Babies in Trinity Chapel
Two young women about eighteen or nineteen left two babies a few weeks old in a front pew of Trinity chapel on Twenty fifth Street near Broadway. A boy saw them depart and alerted the sexton who followed as the girls disappeared into a crowds along Broadway.
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New York
Trinity Chapel
Twenty-fifth Street
Broadway
Sexton
Yale to Abandon Secret Marking System
Yale University will end its long standing secret marking system. Under new rule, twice yearly reports will be sent to each student showing his standing at the end of terms. The change aims to provide clearer evaluation for students at New Haven.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Adolfo Ding Named President of Nicaragua Reported
News from May 27 states friends of Dr Adolfo Ding of Nicaragua have received dispatches advising the state department in Washington that he is officially recognized as the president of Nicaragua by the authorities.
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Dolfo Diax
Adolfo Ding
Nicaragua
State Department
Akin No Democrat Congress Directory Delay
The Congressional Directory for the extra session was delayed due to Theron Akin’s party listing. Though described as a Democrat by some, he aligned with the Progressive Republican label in Washington. The editor faced confusion over Akin’s classification after patronage inquiries.
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Congress
Theron Akin
New York
Moch Treated by Doctor With Marble Toe Exercise
Cincinnati financier Mr Moch, vice president of a local rust company, was ordered by Dr Albert Frel Burg to perform marble toe exercises nightly and in the morning after numbness appeared in his right foot. He learned to pick up a marble with his toes and toss it in the air, and the doctor predicted the foot would become limber again.
Ill Overtake Degenerates Call for Stricter Marriage Licenses
Fragmentary remarks attributed to Dr De Cueeer criticize Massachusetts marriage rules. He argues degenerate behavior should prompt licensure reform and questions the wisdom of current approval processes, claiming lax standards enable widespread marriage without proper scrutiny.
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Massachus
Dr de Cueeer
Japanese Ambassador Aims Arbitration Pact Talks
Washington May 27 Baron Uchida Japanese ambassador to the United States is said to expect an order to negotiate with the state department for a permanent peace arbitration treaty similar to those pending with Great Britain and France. The move is seen as countering recent rhetoric that Japan and the United States are at sword points.
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Washington
Baron Uchida
United States
State Department
Great Britain
France
Japan
Tornados Wreck Durham Tobacco Factory and Mills
A May tornado devastated Durham North Carolina injuring several with burns from crossed wires. The Venable tobacco factory housing 50 000 pounds of tobacco was wrecked and the Chatham Hosiery company knitting mills destroyed. Town wires and street car service were down and communications cut. Local damage estimated at about 200 000 dollars with no fatalities.
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Durham
N. C
Venable Tobacco
Chatham
Spohr Sentenced to Die for Murder of Rosa O’Toole
Corporal Lawrence Spohr of the United States coast artillery was sentenced by Supreme Court Justice Arthur Tompkins to die in Sing Sing during the week of July 11. He killed his sweetheart Rosa O’Toole in White Plains on April 1 after catching her with another man. He shot the rival and then shot O’Toole.
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White Plains
N. Y
Lawrence Spohr
United States Coast Artillery
Supréme Court
Arthur
Tompkins
Lim
Sing Sing
Spohr
Rosa O'Toole
Ex convict a reformer head of Yale hotel to improve prison conditions
Louis J. Bernhardt former hotel head and Yale undergrad organizer resigned to devote time to improving southern prison conditions. He served twenty two years for port aggregating in Georgia Alabama and Tennessee, reformed in 1907. He spoke against southern prison barbarities and was engaged by capitalists in Savannah and Atlanta to pursue reforms.
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Yale
New Haven
Conn
Louis J. Bernhardt
Martin
South
Bernhardt
Georgia
Alabama
Tennessee
Savalinsh
Atlanta
Widow inherits estate but remarriage barred by will
In Trenton New Jersey on May 27 187 with a provision in the will of John Fitzgerald deputy Keeper of the state prison that his widow may not remarry. If she does not remarry she inherits nearly 30000 dollars. If she remarries the entire estate goes to a son.
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Trenton
N. J
John’ Fitzgeraid
Jersey State
Heaven
Hell
Weather Forecast for Tomorrow
Weather forecast indicates fair conditions with mild temperatures and variable winds. The outlook suggests continued pleasant weather into the next day, with no major storms expected in the region.
Markets Report Shows Butter Firm Receipts 6 575
Markets show butter receipts at six thousand five hundred seventy five units amid steady demand. Traders note firm prices and ongoing buying interest from regional buyers and retail chains.
Weighed in the balance and the scales of judgment
A reflective piece on judgment and morality, exploring personal accountability. It weighs human conduct against inner and divine scales, contrasting worldly opinion with the ultimate balance of God. The text questions certainty of judgment and the power of self and neighbor to weigh deeds and character.
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America
Kingdom of Heaven
Napoleon
St. Helena
United States Senate
A Sane Fourth of July film helps motion picture theatres
Edison company releases A Sane Fourth of July a 1000 foot film promoting restraint on fireworks. The story centers on a widow and her two children opposing old fashion celebrations while a mayor faces re election pressure.
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Thomas A. Edison Inc
Annie Née Day
Edison Company
Efatio
The Russell Sage Foundation Film on Child Hygiene
Clarence Arthur Perry edits a film scenario for the Russell Sage Foundation highlighting child hygiene and the prevention of blindness. Other films by the same company address impured milk sweatshop dangers and social welfare themes, with advocates urging local theatres to show the new production.
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Russell Sage Foundation
Clarence Arthur Perry
Red Bank Baseball Teams to Host Trips Tomorrow
Baseball at Red Bank and surrounding towns features the Red Bahk at Perth Amboy Nationals on the fair grounds diamond. The Orioles of Red Bank meet the Danish Social Club nine from South Amboy at Shrewsbury avenue diamond, three o'clock. Fillman and Sanborn headline for Red Bank, while the Tetley A. C. tied Tigers face a Red Bank colored squad on the Tetley field in Hast Red Bank tomorrow morning.
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Big Red
Perth Amboy Nationals
Fair Grounds
Perth Amboy
Billy” Driscoll
Orioles
Red Bank
South Amboy
Shrewsbury Avenue
Fillman
Sanborn
Tigers
Tetley A. C
Hast Red Bank
An Oyster Gormandizer of the 17th Century
Henry Hastings, second son of the Earl of Huntingdon, kept an oyster table year round eating oysters twice daily. The eccentric great hall housed arrowbones hawks, hounds, spaniels, terriers and hats stuffed with pheasant eggs. Hastings died in 1650, missing a century by one year, having eaten oysters three times daily.
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Henry Hastings
Earl of
Huntingdon
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Big
Dotter
Uchida
Bryan
Akin
Cincinnati
Preacher Pieads
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Tornads
John Fitzgerald
Generat Markets
Toronto
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Goldstein
China
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Motion Picture Theatres Help Sane Fouth
Baseball
Red Baik
Hanson
STORE
Richard R. Hughes
West Long Branch
Telephone
West End
New Jersey
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