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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1913
Page
6
Listing shows piano tuner William F Ohst at 58 North Fifth Ave Long Branch with phone 1 579 W and veterinarian Dr Charles C Cattanach at 552 Second Ave, telephone 725 266tf.
Boston dispatch reports Westinghouse Church Kerr & Co of New York has filed in federal court a suit against Grand Trunk railroad for 1,000,000 claiming breach of contract in building a terminal station and equipment at Toronto. Construction costs totaled 9,000,000 under a 2006 agreement paying cost plus 1 percent and cost plus 15 percent profit. The suit cites failure to meet terms. Grand Trunk officers are based in Washington. In New Jersey, a War Department hearing on the Jersey City harbor pier head line from Weehawken to Fort Lee featured remarks by Spencer Smith of the Harbor Line Commission, Riparian officials, and state legislators.
Theatre manager Harvey M. Phillips at the roadway Theatre was surprised on his birthday when stage hands presented a solid silver cigarette case engraved with his initials. He expressed appreciation more by action than words, accepting the thoughtful token as a milestone celebration.
Local residents from Oceanport and nearby towns spent Thanksgiving with family and friends. Several social visits are noted, including Mrs. Matthew Peakes with her son Lee, and Mr. and Mrs. Perley Riddle with son Kenneth. A school attendance list records many pupils neither absent nor tardy in November. A wedding occurred Sunday afternoon at 4 o’clock when Miss Henrietta Kneuer wed a former New York resident, with a ceremony at the Simpson M. E. Church parsonage and a reception at the couple’s Brighton avenue home.
Lakewood announces a $35000 Thanksgiving gift to the Lakewood YWCA endowment from Miss Martha A. Jamison of New York. Her family, Mr and Mrs William A Jamison, helped finance the association building, which cost over $50000. Also notes the Red Bank Motor Boat Club banquet set for December 11 at the Globe Hotel with speakers, music, and tickets at $1.40.
Messrs Vernon Whalen and Floyd Soden of Red Bank and Miss Haz el Thompson with Miss Beatrice Wardell of Long Branch spent the week end with Mrs. William Codner at Nutley New Jersey. Mrs Codner of Nutley formerly of Long Branch is visiting relatives here. Mr and Mrs John P West and son Cecil are visiting in Newburgh New York. Mr and Mrs Joseph Clevenger have returned from their honeymoon trip to Washington and are making their residence at North Long Branch.
Middletown farmers report Gravenstein trees age thirty five and a one acre orchard yields over $1000 in fruit sales. Abundance plum and Kieffer pear trees bloom amid warm weather signaling early blossoms next spring. Fruit growers dig around apple and peach trees for worms with peach worms present in quantity. A movement for greater Asbury Park progresses to annex neighboring towns from Deal Lake to Shark River with a referendum planned. James A Bradley has long urged annexation. district population now about 25,000.
The United States Weather Bureau forecasts cloudy unsettled weather for 36 hours ending Thursday night with light to moderate northerly breeze. Data from Long Branch shows temps around 44 to 50, humidity high, no precipitation in past 24 hours, and a small tide chart for Sandy Hook. Christmas aid at Red Bank Fire House. Fair Haven Church Ladies' Aid holds sale in Monmouth Hall to support church work.
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