26 Aug 1910
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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1910
Page
1
The funeral of Fred Phillips, son of Officer Charles Phillips, will be held tomorrow at 1 p.m. from Second Baptist Church. Rev. A Smallwood will preach. Sunday school members are asked by Superintendent Laws to attend.
The Ladies' Aid Society of Oakhurst M. E. Church prepares for the annual harvest home next Wednesday evening on church grounds. A record crowd is expected and the suppers are described as high quality. Prof C J Strahan and the school orchestra will provide music for the event.
Sugar Bowl advertises Hicks' ice cream with a Sunday special and Mexican and walnut kisses at 19c per pound. Jacob Steimbach's offers men’s suits reduced from 15 to 22 dollars to 10 dollars. Booker T. Washington films run Friday and Saturday at Liberty Street venue. Also notes auto hiring and Dut and Campbell contact at 367 West End.
Chicago and Omaha reports describe Theodore Roosevelt's western rail journey greeted by large cheering crowds at stations from Utica to Cheyenne. Officials and supporters call it a strong show of support for a 1912 presidential bid, with Roosevelt declining to discuss a third term.
Long Branch wins the first and second relay teams in the North Jersey Coast Swimming Championship at Cranmer's Pool. Edna Chase of Belmar sweeps the ladies events, while H O Sullivan of Deal sets a junior pool record and Walter Hopkins of Belmar shines in the boys races.
Mr and Mrs W B Parker attended a Monmouth County Historical Society gathering held yesterday afternoon at Rede mont near Highlands hosted at the residence of Mrs Caroline G Reed.
The notice promotes Van Note Coal Co at 63 Liberty Street Long Branch with a large coal lot. It also advertises Black Dress Goods at Jacob Steinbach’s and urges attendance at a Saturday ball game between Freehold and Long Branch promising a fight for supremacy.
The Highlands Carnival queen race tightens as rivals gain votes and new contenders appear. Miss Irene McGuire slips to second behind Josephine Svoboda, while Madeline Levy, once leading, drops to fifth. Svoboda’s sudden entry and buying votes by the hundreds are noted as concerns. The top candidates include McGuire, Svoboda, Leighton, Mussell, and Levy with ballots and decorations underway for the three day carnival.
U.S. Weather Bureau predicts unsettled conditions over the next 36 hours for New Jersey with showers tonight and Saturday. Cooler temperatures expected tonight. Winds shift from moderate northwest to northeasterly throughout the period.
Luke DeWitt narrowly escaped serious injury when a heavily loaded wagon of ashes for Consoli dated Gas Company stalled on railroad tracks. A 3.30 train struck the wagon broadside, debris flew, the wagon was destroyed, but DeWitt and his team escaped unharmed.
John H. Houghton, an inspector at Rahway Reformatory, addressed the midweek prayer meeting at St. Luke's M. E. Church last night. He is spending a short vacation in Long Branch and Asbury Park and was guest of H. P. Bennett of Washington Street.
William Fredericks a youth with a broken leg and an arm suffered a fall yesterday afternoon while loading potatoes at Mast Freehold. He leaped to catch a moving car, was struck, and tossed aside. He was taken to Monmouth Memorial Hospital for treatment and is awaiting transfer to Lone Branch. His parents visited at the hospital this morning.
William Johnson arrested by Patrolman Holwards for drunken and disorderly conduct. He was fined five dollars by Recorder Van Doren this morning.
President J L Kinmonth of the Asbury Park Press will preside at the midsummer meeting of the New Jersey Editorial Association at Price's Hotel tomorrow. A noon business session will be followed by an old fashioned clam bake for members wives and guests. Dope Club members from Pittsfield Mass will be Kinmonth's guests. Also advertised are a saleslady position at Disbrow's 205 Broadway and 200 201 Harvest Home Oakhurst.
Director EB Durand predicts the U S population will near 90 million excluding colonies and around 100 million including the Philippines Puerto Rico Hawaii Tutuila Samoa and Guam. He plans to announce results shortly after November 15. In 1800 the U S proper counted 75,303,487 people with colonial territories totaling about 7.77 million.
Ex-Major Robert P. Blair of Sea Bright died at his Center street home after a lingering illness aged fifty eight. He served as mayor 1892 1893 and was renowned for bulkhead building and civic leadership. Survived by widow and four children. Funeral Monday at Blair home and Sea Bright Church with Masonic rites. Burial in Middletown.
Yesterday around 4 pm three Port Hancock soldiers clashed with six Creighton pavilion waiters at Highlands. A waiter named John Kinney sparked the dispute, leading to a brawl. All six men were jailed. Kinney was fined for disorderly conduct after a Justice’s hearing. others were discharged after six hours in the coop.
A three cornered match race between Swanberg Holmer and Queall highlights the first annual field day for charity at Hollywood Park tomorrow afternoon. The event includes quarter mile track dashes relays and gymkhana races with entrants from Monmouth County towns visitors at shore resorts and professional umbrella race for horse manship.
Rev and Mrs Arthur Mason Sherman and daughter Katharine, now in Baltimore, plan to sail from San Francisco for Hankow China on September 18. They depart Baltimore for the Pacific coast September 3, with a stop in Nebraska where Mr Sherman will preach several times.
An examination for rural free delivery carriers will be held at City Hall tomorrow before the examining board. The current carrier H B Wolcott resigned and his brother filled the post until a new appointment. Eight candidates compete for the vacancy. The paper also lists coupons stamps and labels offered in exchange for Green Trading Stamps and announces new department features at J Goldstein.
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