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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1911
Page
9
A Vineland New Jersey woman describes five years of chronic stomach distress and improvement after using Vinci tonic. The testimonial credits Vinci with alleviating pain, restoring appetite and strength, and notes Wert's Pharmacy in Long Branch, New Jersey, guarantees the remedy.
Large attendance at the Elks Lodge memorial for departed brothers. Long Branch Lodge No 742 honors sixteen members since 1901 with readings, a quartet, Wagner music, and the reading of names by Secretary Henry Schoenlit. The orator praises charity and fraternal unity across creeds and nations.
The memorial committee and ushers are listed for a ceremony involving Sussman Flanigan and predecessors. Gov Woodrow Wilson spoke at the Asbury Park Savoy Theatre Elks memorial service on a scriptural theme of brotherhood, duty, and keeping commandments. About 2000 attended, with cheers as he left.
New Jersey voters learned campaign costs under a reform law with pitiless publicity. Middlesex spent Democrats about 8000 dollars and Republicans about 2000. Monmouth 7277 on Hetrick and Hawkins, Republicans, who lost. Slocum, the Democrat winner, spent under 1000. Fusionists in Atlantic City spent 5278 and lost to Bacharach. Burlington had many indictments for failing to file, Bergen saw major Assembly outlays, Essex covered Simpson vs Willpenn with Willpenn winning after 1178 spent and Willpenn reelected mayor with 580.
Arthur Siseman of The Imperial left last night for Apes, North Carolina, to spend two weeks in search of game. Mire Martha Cryson of Second Avenue left for Torrento, Canada, on Friday and is expected home this week, accompanying Lady Grantham who seeks to regain her health in the North. Jules Cory of Chelsea Avenue spent the weekend with friends in the city and returned to New York last evening.
A Sunnyside day nursery matron in Boston condemns excessive fondling and kissing. She argues too much physical affection harms babies, leaves them miserable, and can cause illness or death. She says each child needs less coddling and more individual attention to stay strong.
Two comedians from a village near Canton devised a scheme to ride to Cleveland on a single ticket. They argued with a conductor who threatened to eject one rider, but he delayed until the train neared Cleveland. The conductor mused that someone might be a grafter but chose the safe side and departed.
A fragment discusses a small boy misplacing his hat at home and in church, highlighting family disruption and reverence. It then notes writers Charles Reade Victor Hugo Wilkie Collins and Mark Twain Sir Walter Scott with anecdotes about how they wrote, standing or lying down, and how posture influenced creativity.
A Washington Teratd note recalls a wife's club appointing a committee to study economy in access. The group begins with a light approach by attending a musical comedy. The quotation reflects humor about women's conventions and the perceived wisdom of women.
A fragment quotes the Chicago Record Herald on trusting versus suspicion and jokingly suggests names a wife as bank holder for broad trust. It contrasts Socrates on flattery with prudent caution about wide trust in social relations.
The article recounts how Taiko Suma introduced falconry to Japan, making it an extravagance of emperors. It notes a trained staff of falconers, a serving man per bird, meticulous training, and the discipline of hawks that strike with precision without bloodshed.
A New York Tribune item notes a shift from large doubliers to two cloths in the sixteenth century. Tall, embroidered linen cloths, sometimes thirty-two yards long with French arms, were folded into riverlike forms, supporting dishes amid folds. The fashion faded as a single cloth touching the floor became standard.
A fragment from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer notes Wombate at the opera last night with a later sighting described as drifting toward the bar. The citation includes a Longfellow quotation on mercy.
Cent-a-Words highlights bargain entries on the newspaper’s third page. Listings feature reduced prices and limited-time offers across multiple merchants. Shoppers are advised to act quickly as stock may be limited.
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