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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
12
The text cites Philip Stubbs and his 1583 An atomie of Abuses Current In Ye Realm of England arguing football drains religiosity, breeds violence and injury, and fosters envy and malice. It parallels modern anti football claims about brutality and moral harm.
A Protestant produced Passion Play titled The Life of Jesus will debut next summer in Eisenach Saxe Weimar. The production will run eight times in 1911 with renowned European actors and support from the Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar and the Duke of Meiningen. Herr Weiser of Weimar wrote and stages the adaptation.
An Austrian army captain named Yon Hen Tigne has invented a machine that outputs 150,000 ball cartridges in ten hours. Powder cases and bullets are fed in and cartridges emerge ready for use, with defective material discarded. The war department ordered ten machines to produce 1,500,000 cartridges daily with twenty five workers. German authorities are watching closely.
Marconi plans an aeroplane capable of rising vertically from any spot and may pilot the craft himself in new experiments. He also aims to adapt wireless telegraphy to aviation, signaling a bold fusion of radio and flight engineering.
White's Hotel gains gas for heating and lighting. Captain William B. Foster returns from Hudson River trade. Miss Pearl Runyon and Miss Alv Runyon visit Mrs. William Thompson in Keyport. Dayton K. Wentworth to represent Porthamboy Evening News locally. Mrs. C L Lohsen hosts Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woolley of Greenport L I. Douglass Cook roofs Albert Mehrendorf's house. Benj F Burdge buys a new Hupmobile and owns a Rambler. Albert VanBrant hosts cousin Alfred Petty in Trenton. Mrs. W W Wilson and son visit Jer sey City relatives. Margaret and Alice Shreeve visit Borden Town. Rev David Braun from New York visits the farm. Elwood Watson takes extra agent post with Central Railroad Southern Division.
Miss Lolita De Groff entertained friends on Wednesday at her Front Street home with a 500 card session. Prizes went to Mrs. Rufus Walling first a fancy handkerchief, Miss Ola Conklin second a bottle of perfumery, and Ettye Wyckoff consolation a lollypop. Also present were Armstrong Arm strong Arrowsmith Conklin Wyckoff Walling and Mary Anderson of Perth Amboy.
James Bedle of West Keyport has been ill for several days. Matches tonight include Costa vs Walling, Chrisman vs Drennan, Armstrong vs Baker. Miss Estelle Walling returns a visit to relatives at Gultenberg.
Charles Berger recovers from plurisy while Mrs. Edward Buttley visits friends in New York. Leroy Drake resumes NYMA studies after holidays at home. Cornwall Lake visitors and various locals update on gas utilities, family visits, and business, including Seeley & Osborn workers and a new office building project. Downes & Phillips slaughtered hogs for John Donovan. ads urge Daily Record advertising.
The Neptune Hose Company Ladies Auxiliary held a masquerade dance for firemen wives and friends at the Branchport avenue headquarters. Music by West and Malchow accompanied costumes from grotesque to funny burlesque and refreshments were served.
Santa Claus plans to visit local schools in a few days leaving Joseph Salz' store by car. The annual holiday feature draws hundreds of school children with police patrolling Long Branch and Atlantic Highlands streets as Santa distributes gifts from a heavily decorated Salz' store offering dolls books handkerchiefs umbrellas toys and neckwear.
A porch chair bearing the name Mrs. Weaver was left at Monmouth Memorial Hospital in response to a Record request for chairs for the new sun parlors. Hospital governors appreciate a number of chairs as Christmas gifts for the new rooms.
Keansburg residents report William Dyer confined by grip while Dr. Roberts of Keyport attends. Rufus Truay recovers from neck vein surgery and plans to return to Newark next week. Numerous bungalows rise at Keansburg Heights and Granville Park with contractors Tilton Thorne and J Henry Walling, each costing about $2000. A stereopticon shows films weekly in the Keansburg auditorium and school attendance rises as fever fears ease.
The Broadway theatre formerly Parker show house reopened with Walter Rosenberg as lessee. Upgraded features include ground floor show space, heating, carpeting, extra seating for 750, and stage changes with New York scenic artists at work. Popular vaudeville is planned as bookings look strong and plans to roof the stage for larger scenery. Horace Greeley is cited for a noted editorial style in an old clash between papers when both called the other a Har.
Frank Prestage the plumber and Mise Mollie O Halloran his bride have taken residence on Collins street. Mr and Mrs Walter Conroy who wed at St Marys Church New Monmouth on November 21 return from Atlantic City and live on Palmer avenue. Mr and Mrs Clarence Watson return from Niagara Falls and stay with the bridegrooms parents in Keansburg. The Leap Year Club hosted Mrs Watson who was formerly a member and presented her a cut glass water set.
Advertisers tout bargains on the fifth page with cent a word rates and special deals. Readers are urged to check the listings for low prices and limited-time offers across various goods.
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