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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1912
Page
9
Municipal action authorizes the city solicitor to condemn or purchase lands needed to widen a drive along the Ocean Avenue area. The ordinance details exact curving and straight segments, radius measurements, and distances to be acquired for the project.
Ordinance action eliminates the clause defining the boundary at Avenue and Lincoln Avenue, declaring the inconsistent provision repealed. The measure removes the prior language to align with current municipal rules and addresses impacts on property boundaries and street naming conventions.
EB Walsh Hraze J Walsh Rafferty and Hines led a strong Long Branch team that triumphed over McCormick Barrett Timeo Bernacco and Kirkpatrick. The junior squad still played fast but lost 28 to 21, delivering one of the prettiest exhibitions on an Asbury Park court. The Lyceum plans weekly games followed by dances with city orchestras providing music.
New York businessman and Dr. Sayre sold another Red Bank property with Broad street frontage and a thirteen room two story house used as his office. Sayre bought the lot eight years ago for about 8250 and doubled his money, planning to lease for 1918 and take possession of his Wallace street home in 1914. Also notes Sayre’s earlier real estate wins and Bates’ investment purchase. William Curchin Jr sails to Jacksonville Florida to work in a barber shop for the winter, staying until March unless he returns sooner.
Edward D. Jones describes Frederick the Great as an intensely capable autocrat who centralized power, undercut ministers, and issued minute orders. He disciplined and oversaw all, hindering initiative among subordinates while his system relied on his own prowess. His administrative flaw was stunting growth of capable leaders for future rule.
The piece recounts defenestration in Prague from 1419 when prisoners were thrown from an eighty foot window. Ordinary offenders died on stones, treason cases faced spears dogs or boars, and executions ceased after imperial commissioners were cast out, sparking war before the practice ended.
A traveler notes Montenegrins as agricultural laborers who bloom with land, while Bulgarians suit drawing rooms yet be boorish at times. The London Chronicle credits Montenegrins with Servian aristocrat origins and celebrates Obod printing begun within twenty years of Caxton.
A Sligo hotel ad boasts a glass hearse to attract guests, cited by English journals as an uncanny blend of funeral traffic and lodging. The item notes Irish hotelmen courting living patrons while quipping at the macabre marketing ploy. A separate joke follows about Hewitt and a trunk request with a pun on a chest protector.
Sofia reports Servia calls up all armed men as Balkan truce nears. Armistice terms keep armies in place with fortresses untouched. Bulgarian field provision routes run by the Black Sea and Adriatic, with peace talks set in London on December 13.
Alfonzo DeWitt of Prospect avenue Red Bank hosts a surprise visit by friends at the Knickerbocker Pharmacy. The party moved to his home where card games honored Mrs. Harry Clayton and Irving DeWitt, with booby prizes won by Mrs. Clarence Gray and Christopher Berge.
A notebook found in Michael Ryan’s pocket lists wealthier targets in Tenafly New Jersey including John D Rockefeller the Countess Annie Leary and Diamond Jim Brady. The document notes residences servant habits and access points. Police traced Ryan to New York via the Hudson tubes and arrested him as detectives watched morning trains. The bundle he carried contained clothing jewelry and silverware identified by Tenafly homeowners.
Denver reports a severe blizzard sweeping Colorado and Wyoming, with one to three feet of snow in its wake. Zero temperatures expected as Wyoming rapidly cools, while a new claim to Rice millions surfaces in Atchison as Mrs. Anna Portlow seeks counsel to prove Rice was her brother.
A new baby girl arrived at the home of Mr and Mrs James Curley in Shrewsbury on Monday marked by the stork visit. Both mother and child are reported doing nicely. Mr Curley serves as caretaker to J Wright Brown’s estate on Sycamore avenue in Shrewsbury.
A convicted man named Lisk defended a bounced $20 check by claiming funds were in another bank. Other cases include George Burke jailed for $25 theft, Clayton sentenced to four months, June Miles two months for prior watch theft, William Cranshaw tried for $20 from Mendel Levine’s store, Edward Farry denied wholesale liquor license in Matawan, Solomon Weinstein’s Belmar wholesale license withdrawn, and renewals for Conchetta De Nucci and Ben Mazza in Long Branch.
The Phila thea Class of the First Baptist Church met at Mrs. William Fowler’s Oceanport avenue home Tuesday evening. Miss Nellie Griffin resigned as president and the class elected Bertha Jordan as president with Kate Brower as vice president Lora Springsteen as secretary and Myrtle Gitford as treasurer. A social session followed and plans for winter work and a future moving picture benefit were announced. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Hannah Clark’s Broadway home.
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