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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1913
Page
6
Male volunteers, about 50 men aged middle or older, sought to serve as jurors at the Broadway Theatre for a performance called Butterfly on the Wheel. Apply Tuesday noon, Aug. 12 at the theatre.
The Coppes boy, once at St Charles reform school and later living with Manny Sleep near Plgin, is linked to the massacre of Sleep’s wife and her two young daughters. Authorities describe his mood swings from withdrawn to cheerful as investigators piece together the case.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a missing wife and children case as Sleep and neighbors searched for days. Herman Cop reportedly told his son he killed them and pointed to an old well, with the boy confessing most details under pressure.
A boy in Charlestown Mass, around forty, faced the Bertillon measurements and prison gray as he is escorted by a deputy warden. He asks about the cost of his suit while noting he has long desired to wear trousers, and is kept under constant watch after awakening with a sullen look.
A man believed to be Morris Ferry died after a strike near a boarding house. He was the son of Henry and Bridget Ferry and left a large extended family. No witnesses or details clarified the accident, which shocked friends and relatives. He had lived with John Herbert for 21 years and worked on the Gideon Kalef property as an all around laborer.
Notice states the Borough of Deal Board of Health will consider an ordinance titled The Board of Bedith of the Borough of Deal and define certain miseriites at a meeting. Details include time and location as advertised in the Daily Record Newark.
Fragmentary OCR text yields no clear event or entities. The readable portion hints at a brief item but lacks names, places, or dates to identify.
DEA AT EIGHTY continues with tributes to Poole, a popular Mason and church member, praised for funeral rites and lending help. The piece notes his wife Emma West Poole died, their daughter, two grandchildren, and Poole’s community service. Proposals for furniture and a tower clock for the Long Branch Board of Education are announced with bids due by 2 PM on a Saturday.
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight and Sunday across New Jersey with light winds. Daytime temperatures around 75 degrees this morning and 72 last night, with a high of 65 miles per hour noted for wind gusts and varying humidity levels.
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