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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
14
Oceanport residents recall a surprise visit Monday night by Ladies Aid Society members from the Oceanport M E Church at Mr and Mrs George Edwards home. Trustees met at the same time and after business the men joined the celebration with refreshments served.
General Ballington Booth, founder of the Volunteers of America, urged Cleveland and other cities to establish rescue homes for working girls and youths. He called on church women to run homes in Tenderloin districts to treat victims as sisters, not sinners, and said municipalities must create safe options to remove people from life on the streets.
A quotation contrasts truth as constant and self-sufficient with a lie that strains a man’s craft, noting that a lie requires many more twists to appear convincing and to stand.
New York Telephone Company asks Long Branch for an ordinance grant to complete major upgrades along the coast. A public hearing is set for 8 PM on December 4 at City Hall. The company outlines past work, proposed underground cables, and a 2250000 expenditure plan with cash terms in lieu of certain city obligations.
A Peking dispatch states a three day truce at Wuchang was granted with terms for mutual ground confinement and no spying on ships. Yuan Shih Kai negotiates with eight provinces at Wuchang to extend the armistice and pursue a conference on China’s government, amid rebel dissensions and changing forces in Peking.
The leaf tobacco board of trade of New York, a coalition of 75 plus concerns in leaf tobacco commerce, will file today in the U S Supreme Court a petition for leave to file a writ of mandamus to direct federal circuit court judges to vacate the decree approving the American Tobacco disintegration plan and to issue a decree aligned with the court’s true opinion and mandate.
Atlantic City N J December 1 Fire began at the lace shop of Karsa and Sons causing five thousand dollars in damage It started near the site of a 1902 blaze and close to the 1898 beachfront fire The fire department fought the flames as crowds filled boardwalk hotels and theaters Three firefighters suffered gas-related injuries but were rescued by colleagues
A trolley car carrying about fifty passengers from Paterson to Hoboken was struck at Carlstadt by an Erie theater train leaving New York at 11 56. Many were injured some seriously twelve were so badly hurt they were carried to the depot. Doctors rushed from homes to tend the injured. Names learned include George Bennett Jersey City Heights and William Egger West New York with cuts and a dislocated knee.
Alfred F. Urban, 83, and his wife, 82, marked their sixtieth wedding anniversary at 222 Ophelia Street Pittsburgh. Nearly 100 descendants attended as Mrs. Urban revealed she cooked the Thanksgiving turkey and baked the bread. Weather: fair today and Saturday with no major temperature change and light westerly winds.
Dec 1 report states the Pacific fleet at Honolulu will sail to China with urgency. 1,500 additional troops are to depart Manila for Shanghai, while Marines have been sent from Tientsin and Shanghai to Peking. England and Japan reportedly plan to intervene in China amid rising tensions.
The item cites Education as fecundity of thought and illustration, then presents a playful dialogue about a boy named Willie Bjones and a judge remarking on illness. A stray line hints at a comparison between fire and a promise, attributed to J. Petit Sena.
Mr and Mrs George A M Morris hosted aSaturday birthday party at 125 Morris Avenue for their six year old son Master George. Guests played games led by Howard Johnson and enjoyed a grand march at 4 pm with piano music from Mrs Morris. A red and white decorated dining room centered by a six candle cake featured gifts for the young host.
The Ushers' Union of the New Monmouth Baptist Church hosts annual Thanksgiving athletic games at 2 PM. Events include sprints, jumps, hurdles, races, field events and relays with 3 2 1 scoring for places and several prizes offered.
A rule to show cause in the case of Charles Plager versus Samuels Bros was returnable in Vice Chancellor Howell's chambers Jersey City. The rule was discharged and the injunction refused, with Plager suing for rent and wages now to be tried before Judge Corn.
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