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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
7
Why endure tailor delays and high prices when you can buy today. Frock coat cutaway or sack suit with same style and fit as custom tailors. Waistcoats priced at 90.40, coats at 27 to 7, winter sack suits 18 to 6, winter overcoats 18 to 70.
Relatives in Newtown Assemblyman Hendrick's son Geran entertains his cousin Carroll Ran of the New York Produce Exchange. Andrew Howne and family winter south. Mr Bowne has a long contract. Fred Mayes returns from Florida in good health. Geran agency for denatured alcohol to prevent freezing in autos. Mr and Mrs Warner Allen, newlyweds, reside at Hotel St George Brooklyn. Mrs Allen formerly Miss Maytie Simpson. Stephen Rook visits relatives. Mr and Mrs White spend days in town. Percy Clayton hosts in Jersey City. Mrs D G Meallo of Bayonne visits daughter Mrs Joshua T.
Local residents and visitors are listed across New Jersey and New York including Mrs F N MacDonald and Miss Mary Patterson of Newark visiting Harry A Thompson on Main Street. William Lippincott joined Mills Co New York. Gertrude Beers hosted sister Eleanor Beers of Newark. Many trips and new postings noted.
A brief humorous exchange about winding a watch appears in the Chicago Tribune. The man with bulging brow asks when the other winds his watch morning or evening. The bulbous nosed man says he winds in the morning, and the first man notes he winds just before bed.
A young man explains to a friend that his quick returns plan is sending manuscripts to magazines. The exchange notes the idea as a joke about chasing fast profits from writing.
Describes a model of a salt cellary designed for a cardinal, with an oval oceanic scene and earth motif. A sitting male ocean figure with a ship bearing salt, sea houses, a trident, a female earth figure with temple, cornucopia, animals, and decorative ornaments.
A passage recounts Rider Haggard meeting a hobo in a private car during an American rail journey hosted by Hammond. The hobo impresses Haggard, who calls him a gentleman in distress and chats about literature. The item reflects travel lore from popular magazines and notes related bits about travel virtues and pulque in Mexico.
Dr. C. Levaditi of the Pasteur Institute presented living pictures in London showing phagocytes defending the body against spirichaete bacteria. The defense weak at first but aided by medical aid, phagocytes eventually triumph as germs die and the body’s health soldiers are revived.
A remote Cape Breton district twenty miles beyond Cheljcamp reports a severe mice plague. Rodents burrow underground damaging hay, grain, and potatoes while stripping saplings and entering houses. Farmers save only seven bushels of grain from a harvest. Authorities report ongoing efforts amid growing destruction across fields and woods.
A young woman bruised three fingernails on her right hand before a debutante dinner. Her physician advised sitting with fingers upright under cold water for at least 45 minutes, rechecking to prevent bruising from blackening. She followed the method and avoided further injury.
William Rufus King born April 6 1786 died April 18 1853 was a U.S. vice president who never served and who took the oath abroad in Cuba during Pierce’s 1852 inauguration due to ill health. He died the day after returning home to Cabarrus Alabama.
The article notes New York wedding fees vary from 50 to 200, with 1000 often going to a wealthy rector. Wealthy donors occasionally present 2000 to 3000 under the pretense of a wedding fee to aid a minister. A few clergymen reportedly average about 1200 yearly, with a Broadway Presbyterian church rector estimated at 1000 annually.
The issue compares the two proposed mottos Ich Dien and Eich Dyn. Ich Dien is German and linked to the Black Prince at Crecy, while Eich Dyn is Welsh and associated with Edward I presenting his heir to the Welsh. The latter is popular in some sources like London Lady's Pictorial.
A queer ceremony is performed yearly on the eighth day of tember in Valle Maggio Italy. The text describes odd rites and a strange procession with figures and a grape gathering, mentioning vipers and a peculiar mock ceremony amid shifting roles.
A garbled excerpt shows a quizzical figure addressing Mies Clare with partial phrases about white attire and a distant sighting. The lines are incomplete, yielding little clear narrative or names beyond the implied characters.
Patrick Drennan breaks ground on a new house adjacent to his current residence and plans to move in with his family once completed while renting their present home. Local society notes include visits by Mrs. Breese and Mrs. McDermott to Newark and social events at the Methodist Church. Several residents report illnesses, visits, and daily activities across Eatontown, Red Bank, Colts Neck, and Long Branch.
Fragmentary lines reveal two game pall on the prairie with talk of players and a narrator mentioning a pitcher and Chicago Tribune. The excerpt conveys casual banter and misquoted speech rather than a full event.
A fragment from the Washington Herald records a quarrel between a wife and her husband about whether they had money enough to travel. The excerpt shows garbled OCR text with unclear names and specifics, focusing on a domestic dispute and financial doubt.
Miss Robinson arrives at a social gathering with no escort and is offered a dance by Bankard who accepts the chance to accompany her. The exchange reflects a polite, lighthearted mood at the party.
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