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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1911
Page
3
A correspondent recalls a Mexico town where a young man is shot by a rival suitor. Both men sought the same girl, and the murderer chats with her later, while a moonlit pursuit ends with the lover gone. The tale lingers as the narrator, haunted, flees the scene.
The latest waterproofs feature bold black and white tweed stripes as the season shifts. Designers emphasize practical outerwear with striking stripe patterns for a standout, weather-ready look.
This May Manton pattern comes in sizes for girls aged ten twelve and fourteen. Send 10 cents to this office with number 7000 and it will be promptly forwarded to your address. If in haste, add a 2 cent stamp for quicker delivery. Use coupon No ssecessvene Name secesi Bize when ordering.
A guide to chestnut use in Europe and America detailing methods for roasting stuffing sauces and desserts. Recipes include chestnut stuffing with breadcrumbs chestnuts and sausages a foreign Italian preparation with onions and olives and a Nesselrode style pudding with milk eggs raisins currants and whipped cream.
A cheerful collection of festive vignettes and notes on skating, holiday customs, and playful readings. It includes a picture of a girl learning to skate, reflections on the origins of everyday writing materials, turkey jokes, a Milwaukee duck anecdote, and brief Christmas lore about Santa Claus, trees, stockings, and the English greeting.
The US tests three fourteen inch guns in each of two turrets for Oklahoma and Nevada, reducing turret count to lower tonnage. New York and Texas will carry fourteen inch main batteries, potentially reshaping future battleship designs and paling Britain in heavy armament.
Owen F. Aldis of Washington presented Yale University with a first edition heavy collection valued at $100,000. The Yale alumnus, class of 1874, includes 1,000 to 1,800 presentation copies with autographed letters and scarce works by Cooper, Emerson, Hawthorne, Whitman, Poe, Thoreau and Stowe among others. The standout item is the three-volume first edition of The Murder in the Rue Morgue, one of only three known copies. The collection will be called the Yale collection of American literature and is hailed as possibly the world richest and most comprehensive.
The Navy Department bought a hydroplane to be attached beneath a Wright aeroplane, creating three hydroaeroplanes in service. A general appropriation is sought to buy more, with plans to place one or more on each battleship for emergency use, including rescue lines ashore or to stranded vessels in storms.
The Countess of Ancaster devises autumn house party letters in scarlet envelopes with green edging and moire ribbons. Servants deliver to each guest and stack envelopes on a shelf, avoiding letter mix ups seen in large country-house gatherings.
Full blood Indian boy Youty Shunatona, son of Chief Richard Shunatona of Shawnee Oklahoma, asks the United States Senate sergeant at arms for a page position. He is ten, while pages must be at least twelve, and descendant of Chief Chon-Ga-Ton-Ga who signed a 1817 treaty. Birdskin garments worn by Eskimo women are made from chewed bird skins to soften them, requiring about a hundred skins per shirt.
A Georgia moonshiner recalls not voting in the last election and says the government offended him about ten years ago. He explains he must keep dodging tax enforcers and revenue men whenever he asserts his rights, in reaction to government scrutiny.
Fragmented timetable notes rail or coach times for York Newark Eliza bath and Baltimore Washington routes with period indicators and Sunday specifics. Mentions Atlantic City and Red Bank connections, late morning and afternoon departures, plus Sunday services and varying p m times.
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