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Running Afoul of Barnegat Shoals
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Mar 28On the night of Dec. 11, 1916. U.S. Army Transport Sumner was heading north, parallel to the beaches of LBI, bound for New York City from the ...
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A ‘Grewsome’ Voyage Home
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Mar 14After the Army transport Sumner survived two typhoons in the Pacific, the U.S. government decided it was time to bring the ship back to the East ...
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The Sumner: Floating Place or Hellhole?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Feb 28The story of how the U.S. Army transport Sumner ended up stranded at Barnegat Light is full of twists and turns and its involvement with the ...
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Did Film Really Incite Mutiny?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Feb 14In 1916, Robert Goldstein had begun work on a film titled “The Spirit of '76,” about America's struggle for independence. During the winter of ...
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Free Speech or Espionage Act Violation?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Jan 31In September 1917, a drama was playing out in a Trenton courtroom that would have a major influence on how political dissent would be treated in ...
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Putting a Muzzle on ‘Spirit of ’76’
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Jan 17Today freedom of speech again seems to be under attack. Most people feel it is a protected right, but a close look at our history can make you ...
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No Wikipedia Allowed!
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Dec 20This is the time of year when The SandPaper goes dark for two weeks, but before the long winter's nap there is the annual brainteaser meant to ...
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Soldiers Celebrate Thanksgiving on Leave
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Dec 06Wartime holidays seem to hold a stronger place in our collective memories than those in peace. 1917 was the first time since the Civil War that ...
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Was Hunger Strike a Victory?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Nov 22After months of picketing the White House by Alice Paul of the National Woman's Party and her supporters, who were attempting to convince President...
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Are Prisoners Telling the Truth?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Nov 08During mid-November 1917, newspapers across the country began carrying stories of the government's mistreatment of suffragist Alice Paul and her ...
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From Troop Transport to Special Missions
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Mar 21U.S. Army transport Sumner was destined to end its career on the Barnegat Shoals, but there is a long and winding story of how the ship got there. ...
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Rough Seas in the Pacific
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Mar 07U.S. Army Transport Sumner, destined to end its career on the Barnegat Shoals, arrived in Manila in the Philippine Islands, on May 23, 1900, ...
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Is Renaming a Ship Bad Luck?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Feb 21Stories of Long Beach Island shipwrecks usually focus on the event and the rescue, but sometimes if you dig deeper, you uncover an interesting ...
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Did Historical Film Encourage Mutiny?
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Feb 07New Jersey socialist Frederick Krafft was sentenced to five years in prison for trying to cause a mutiny in the U.S. armed forces by saying, “I ...
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NJ Man Charged Under Espionage Act
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Jan 24Throughout the spring of 1917 Robert Goldstein had been battling with Chicago censors for permission to show his movie “The Spirit of '76.” Many ...
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Time to Get Your Score
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Jan 10You survived the bitter cold blast of winter and now are looking forward to an early spring. Here the future holds stories about local men ...
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Tuckerton Trees Gladden New York City
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Dec 13There are times when the facts of a real event can read like a low-budget Hollywood tearjerker; that's the way the 1917 Christmas story begins. As ...
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Celebrating Thanksgiving in Wartime
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Nov 29Holidays in peacetime can sometimes be taken for granted as we become wrapped up in ourselves, but in wartime things are different. The celebration...
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Wilson Tries to Work a Deal
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Nov 15What had started as a protest to get Woodrow Wilson to support a constitutional amendment to give all women the vote had by November 1917 become a ...
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Jailed Suffragists Continue Resistance
By THOMAS P. FARNER - Nov 01Word that Moorestown Quaker Alice Paul was on a hunger strike trying to receive treatment as a “political prisoner” at the District of Columbia ...
