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Newspaper
Asbury Park Journal
Location
Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1900
Page
12
A weather notice reports fair conditions tonight and Sunday with fresh northeast to east winds. The forecast emphasizes clear to partly cloudy skies and increasing breeze from the northeast. No precipitation is mentioned and temperatures are expected to remain mild.
The piece urges merchants to start holiday ads early with price details and clear offers. It stresses attractive window displays, a helpful selling force, and incentives like layaway and money back guarantees. Early buying reduces stockouts, boosts Christmas Eve sales, and promotes concise, informative Journal ads.
Ocean Grove residents visit relatives and discuss local activities. A nut tapping machine candidate is named as Orion A H Rigue. The Mabey and Roosevelt Club in Ocean Grove holds an evening meeting. William M Pawley of Asbury Park files for bankruptcy. Reeves of Ocean Grove returns from a successful Semen Bay duck season. The Asbury Park Building and Loan Association sells 7000 dollars in premiums at its monthly meeting. Dolores Emory, musician from New York, visits friends Bessie and Marie King. Epworth League vesper service at First M Church features McDowell and Rimanozzy from New York. Rev Dr John Love Jr to repeat sermon in Grand Avenue Reformed Church. Notices posted for Allenhurst bond election on December, seeking 65000 dollars for beach front purchase. First Presbyterian Church fair set for next Tuesday and Wednesday with old woman in the shoe production by Tootsey Beecroft and doll sales.
The Asbury Park Lodge of Odd Fellows to stage a ten mile road race on Christmas Day over the city course with a committee handling preparations and prizes for winners. On Monday evening December 17 the lodge also hosts a masquerade civic ball at Winckler Hall with prizes for the most comical and the handsomest costumes.
Rail lines from New York to Chicago will abolish half fare tickets for clergymen missionaries relief committees and Salvation Army workers after January 1. From that date they must pay full fare on trunk lines.
The article discusses New Jersey lawyers totaling about 2000, with 1600 in practice and fewer than 600 active. It estimates annual earnings, detailing roughly 1000 active lawyers split into earnings bands from under 2000 to over 7000 dollars, and notes widespread discussion among practitioners. It promotes reading the Journal for local news and mentions home delivery at six cents a week.
Multiple churches list services and topics for Sunday and Friday prayer meetings. Readings cover First M E Church First Presbyterian Trinity Episcopal Grand Avenue Reformed First Congregational West Grove M E St Pauls Ocean Grove West Park M E and others with times, morning and evening topics, Sunday schools, Epworth Leagues, and youth groups.
Increased traffic on the New Jersey Central Railroad leads to the purchase of two ferryboats and 2225 new cars. Of these, 25 are passenger coaches of the latest approved type. In the last two years Jersey Central bought 4600 freight and coal cars and 56 locomotives.
Washington December 8 House approved the Great oleomargarine bill by 196 to 92 with a minority substitute defeated 113 to 178. The act taxes oleomargarine colored as butter at 10 cents per pound and uncolored at 0.25 cent, raising debate on fraud and industry impact while Ways and Means backs a $40 million revenue reduction.
US forces under General Funston with Troop A and scouts engage about 100 insurgents at the Nehico river after crossing the stream. Lieutenant Morrow’s 60 men advance on Bulacan and clash with Colonel Victoria’s entrenched position, inflicting heavy losses. Bahul hosts increased insurgent activity while Dagupan hosts Philippine commission guests. French talks on naval build up and possible war with Britain spark debate in Paris.
Representative Taylor of Ohio has introduced a constitutional amendment to create uniform marriage and divorce laws with the explicit aim of ending polygamy. Ballington Booth announces tenement house work will go national, expanding active field work from New York City to other large cities, with Volunteers in every post directed to start the effort.
United States charge d'affaires Mr. Lloyd C Griscom and Captain Colby M Chester and ship officers aboard the Kentucky were feted at the selamlik in Constantinople the sultan inviting Chester to remain for an audience and dinner with Griscom Monday. Petition Against Hawaiian Delegate Contest Raised by Kepoika and Lowenstine in Washington asks for hearing on Wilcox admission. Fourth Class Postmasters Appointed in New Jersey Pennsylvania Rhode Island. German Press Changes Its Tune Berlin reports milder reaction to McKinley speech noting goodwill term seen as a compliment.
CHRISTIANTA Dec 8 There is a coal famine in Norway with prices up 40 percent despite a 25 percent rise in coal imports. Christiania papers suggest the United States would find ready buyers for coal here.
A collage of jokes and quips from various papers and times. A mother and child discuss birthdays and days of the week. A joke about fortunes printed on cards. A hospital of humor about dental hygiene and sponges. A librarian’s tale ends with a blouse purchase from tatters.
An essay on how settlement workers cope with foreign names and changing identities shows how families adopt Americanized names, sometimes changing first names. The piece contrasts this nimble adaptation with the remarkable industry of ants, noting long tunnels in South America and cooperative grain carrying in India, plus a late experiment with an ant transporting larvae for many hours.
Archbishop Feehan of Chicago appoints Father M. J. Fitzsimmons as vicar general to succeed the late Very Rev. D. M. J. Dowling. Fitzsimmons, former chancellor and secretary of the archdiocese, now serves as rector of Holy Name parish near the Chicago cathedral.
Curtin Burgett of Rochester New York is scratched and quilled after a coon hunt when a porcupine and his dog topple, the dog losing an eye but Burgett likely to recover. A census shows Mussulmane totals by region and a sensitive weighing machine for coins weighs twenty six coins per minute, with full-weight coins piling to the right.
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