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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1911
Page
7
Men and women’s English bags and leather cases featured with two tone night shirts in various colors and sizes. Rain coats and rubber coats offered in tan gray black and sizing from boys to men. Prices range from 2.50 to 20 dollars for bags cases and coats.
Advertisement lists extensive toy and clothing items for men boys and accessories with prices from 15 cents to 3 dollars. Items include silk sets hose scarves handkerchiefs gloves shirts undergarments caps hats mufflers and wool gloves with varied fabrics and styles.
Our Xmas Book Display is ready featuring the latest popular books at special prices. All book lovers are invited to browse literary masterpieces. Stationery comes in festive holiday boxes with Christmas and New Year greeting cards.
A sale listing offers ladies shoes in sizes five to seven priced 3.90 and a selection of Christmas gifts. Chafing dishes with lamp range 4.50 to 5.50, plus percolators, kettles, sweepers, and carving sets with numerous price points from 1.00 to 6.00.
The West Long Branch scene features a Ladies A A social with art sales, ice cream, cake, and a new band on December 7. A surprise party for Miss Lela Chinny, a Cedar avenue visit, and multiple gatherings include the Ygeedrasill Club, Norwood Council events, and Thanksgiving reminiscences. The public school observed Monmouth Memorial with a car presentation, while residents visited Asbury Park and New York.
Paris faces a daily milk shortfall of about 200000 quarts as consumption nears 1100000 quarts while production lags at 900000. Drought foot and mouth disease and rising prices shrink herds and deliveries. Authorities urge dairies to reserve milk for infants the sick and the elderly.
An American traveler recalls a funny incident aboard a German railway coach where a stiff Teuton, forced to ride backward through the Black Forest, asks the postmaster for a different seat. The postmaster replies that there is no one opposite, so a swap cannot be made, yielding a comic but revealing exchange.
A Chicago Record-Herald quip notes that wealth attracts guards as a shield against those who would spur further riches. The remark treats wealth, protection, and public pressure with sardonic wit, reflecting on social dynamics surrounding affluence.
A Boston Transcript snippet shows Mrs Newwed in a pout claiming her husband lets his wife do no heavy lifting. The new bride retorts that she cannot always stay home when bread is taken from the area by a husband.
Two fire alarms were reported Wednesday night on the New York and Long Branch Railroad property near Westwood avenue. Firemen subdued the lit interior of a waiting room building with little trouble. A second alarm from Broadway and Ocean avenue proved false, as no one witnessed the vicinity. The escape of the responsible party was noted. The article also credits James Chalmers of Dundee with proposing the idea of gummed stamps in 1834, ridiculed by doctors, with adoption by the post office in 1841.
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