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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1911
Page
8
A nostalgic column notes the first basketball practice was very good last week with indications of a win season. Additional practice this afternoon invites candidates to come in full uniform and rubber shoes. The item also mentions local events and a public notice about a dog named Don, plus school staff changes and a math problem puzzling high school students.
Fragmented OCR shows a timetable snippet with routes to Baltimore and Washington via Red Line. Mentions times around 9.80 a m and 4: m, incomplete names Ruane and Beata.
In South Deerfield Massachusetts Giles F Reed of Chicopee Falls a chauffeur and his brother Justin Reed of Dummerston Vermont were killed when their car collided with a railroad underpass owned by the New York New Haven and Hartford Railway. The car owner Mrs Alpert E Be Oatman and her guest Miss Burph D Sayre both of Marcellus New York sustained minor injuries. The two women escaped death and had been touring New England for weeks with a Springfield finale planned.
Former Senator William A Clark of Montana donates 5000 dollars to prize an American painting in the fourth exhibition of contemporary oil paintings at the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Four other prizes are open to American artists.
Rev. Frank W. Sandford leader of the Holy Ghost and Us society was found guilty in United States district court of causing the deaths of six people aboard the yacht Coronet. He faces sentencing on December 18.
Mia J Embry of Bowie Texas recounts a thirty year battle with nervous troubles and weak health. She credits Vinci liver and iron tonic from Wert's Pharmacy Long Branch with rapid improvement and recommends it to others. She notes a money back guarantee if not satisfied.
Niagara Falls NY December 11 Chief Oghema Niagara in the Cana dian side speaks at the christening of his granddaughter Princess Kaw-Paw-Qua Morning Beauty daughter of Louie Keokuk Palmer of Cleveland Ohio He vows the pagan faith until death and protests as Chief Thunder Water declares a lifelong pagan stance and cites religious wars among Catholics Protestants and Jews This child born under a Christian name will follow Christian laws but may choose Manitou when grown up
Exchange between Maud and Ethel turns on looks and inheritance as they joke about their mother being stingy per the Boston Transcript.
Behind the Wicket Loyal Association led by Grand Recorder John H Farrel will visit Progress Council No 3 for their annual officer election meeting in Odd Fellows Hall. Oyster stew will follow. Royal Arcanum secretary William H Miles reports declining local membership and recent theft of council secretary’s books en route to Asbury Park. Odd Fellows Arloch Lodge No 77 will confer the initiatory degree next meeting in Odd Fellows Hall conducted by the Empire Lodge team led by Past District Deputy George Bacon.
A brief advertising note in the Daily Record urges readers to place ads with promises of payment. The terse item highlights the newspaper as a channel for revenue.
Long Branch Checker Club began its first tournament in Townley Hall with six games per opponent. Notable results include George Cook beating William Brokaw five straight, and Mrs Waitt and Mr Dudley narrowing games late. Outsiders welcome to watch and join as membership remains open. Miss Anna Woolley surprised friends at a birthday gathering with refreshments and a list of attendees. The Welsh language remark by Ruskin closes the item.
A man from Asbury Park drove a roadster along Monmouth Avenue toward the Southern depot and then onto Central tracks seeking the shortest route. Patrolman Phillips found the buggy jammed near the freight depot and took the driver to City Hall for the night. The next morning the man left town after paying a $5 appearance deposit to the Recorder, which remains in the city treasury.
Mrs W B VanDusen of Garfield avenue is recovering from a typhoid fever attack at Monmouth Memorial Hospital. Mrs L L Dudley, previously a patient there, has returned home. Miss Aurilla Conover daughter of Mr and Mrs J V N Conover of Lip pincott avenue is recovering from neuritis and was able to walk yesterday. Mr and Mrs B C Schaefer of Washington street will reside in New York and Philadelphia during the winter months after closing their house.
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