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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1910
Page
13
A description outlines a two story house styled as a story and a half cottage with cement panel accents and a front dining room placed for street view. Construction cost excludes heating and plumbing at 4000 dollars with dimensions 22 by 30 feet. Plans and specifications Design No 20 offered for 30 dollars by editor Glenn L. Saxton.
William McGregor longtime head of McGregor's Express on the Jersey coast died at 233 Westwood Avenue following a five month illness. Aged 44, he built a large business with eighteen horses and many employees over sixteen years in Long Branch. He leaves a daughter, a brother, and a sister, with several relatives and church affiliations noted.
George Hawkins a longtime Oakhurst resident and former vice president of the National Electrical Inspectors Association died at the New Jersey State Hospital in Trenton from paresis caused by a shock suffered twelve years earlier in Allegheny Penn He learned the electrical trade young and held roles as a special agent for the Underwriters Association He married Josie Ashton of West Long Branch six years ago and is survived by a brother Benjamin Hankins and his father Charles P Hankins.
Prof Ball presented Gotterdammerung the final Wagner opera in the Rheingold sequence at his home. The talk covered the story, musical structure, and the expanded prologue with eight new motifs. The time frame spans Brunnhilde’s awakening to Siegfried’s death and the Rheingold guardianship.
Fire destroyed the Belford and Keyport corner shops of Mrs. Melvin P. Yard and caused extensive losses. Investigators suspect a bomb planted by a discharged worker Zacari aimed at the Zematheti family, with Zakari missing as police search.
Malcolm Johnson of Rockwell avenue, six, re broke his right arm while sleighing in the snow. He had earlier fractured the same arm last summer after a fall during outdoor games. An X ray at Monmouth Memorial Hospital confirmed the break and he asked to continue playing with his friends.
A series of checkers games will be played at the Red Bank Y M C A on Saturday night as West Side Y M C A of New York faces the Red Bank Association. Likely participants include Attorney General Edmund Wilson and T Forman Crossboom of Atlantic Highlands. The West Side team is regarded strongest, but Red Bank expects a close contest led by Thomas Tallman, a Red Bank figure and checker authority active in promoting Y M C A events.
A large Masonic gathering honored Edwin W. Packer as mayor-elect of Long Branch. Abacus Lodge hosted about sixty members with the Masonic Quartet performing, followed by a banquet after congratulatory addresses. Packer, district deputy of the 14th Masonic District, thanked brethren for support and loyalty.
William J. Fratterson was found guilty before Judge John Foe ter of assault and battery on two year old Martha Matthews at Oceanic on July 11. The real offense was plying the child with beer. The mother testified she found the girl drunk in a hallway with Patterson in the cellar. He denied enticing the girl, claiming he handed a half bottle of beer to her after she said she was used to it at home.
Oceanport notes report repainting of the Deal Polo Club barns and clubhouse. Social mentions include George Day and Mrs C F Jorale mon of New York visiting with Mr and Mrs Prederick Day, and Mr and Mrs Otto Mumm of Newark. The Ladies Aid Society of the M. and Church plans a Christmas Bazaar with supper served on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Hog killing day is recorded with counts for William Garrigan and Samuel Smock and A L Cowles. Miss Bartina Moegill visited Long Branch with Mrs Charles Blakeley.
Mies Mary Crine returns to Matawan after visiting her father Michael Crine in Morganville. Mr and Mrs Harry Stout of Everett recently spent a few days with the latter s parents Mr and Mrs John Muleoff.
A sequence of property transfers listed across towns including Long Branch, Shrewsbury, Middletown, Matawan, Keyport, Red Bank, and Ocean. Transactions involve numerous Lots, Blocks, maps, and road frontages with nominal consideration reported as $1 in most cases and a recorded $260 for a Shrewsbury parcel plus a large $13,500 bundle for four Holmdel tracts.
A series of real estate transfers and deeds across Long Branch Matawan Red Bank and surrounding towns show numerous parcels changing hands. Transactions include Emma J Wilson and Robert C Adamson Jr resolving parts of lots in Atlantic Highlands and Keyport with amounts from 1 to 3 thousand dollars and multiple deeds to other buyers.
Captain Abner H. West of Sea Bright has departed for a month long expedition to Florida. He has long led the life saving station at Sea Bright and now undertakes travel to the southern state for unspecified duties.
Architect main office listed at 1 Madison Ave New Jersey with branch at Record Building Long Branch and solicitor in chancery also at Record Building Long Branch detailing professional cards from the era.
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