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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1911
Page
5
The Long Branch Society for the Improvement of the Poor coordinates a Christmas charity drive. Volunteers personally assess needs to ensure targeted aid, reduce waste, and stretch funds. Community support requested from residents to fund this effort.
The article cites Prof. Friedrich Nietzache proposing diet shapes national and individual temperament. It argues rice eating dulls the Oriental, rice and potato dishes influence narcotics use, cites the British Medical Journal on Herbert Spencer dropping vegetarianism, and suggests nitrogenous deficiency may drive cravings. It ends with a provocative note on preventing crime by proper feeding.
A New Hampshire man weighing 457 pounds married a 278 pound wife after meeting at the state insane asylum. The millionaire husband’s bride, sentenced to three months for beating an adopted child, faces a case in which wealth does not shield from justice.
A mixed editorial digest notes Taft’s stance on re election and political reactions. It highlights a planned State Women’s Reformatory with 20 000 dollars appropriated and projected costs around 75 000 dollars. It critiques England and U S unpreparedness in historic naval crises and references a seasonal nature scene with leafless elms and bare oaks.
Augusta Hancock writes in the London Daily News of late autumn scenes. The poem lines describe larch needles, beech hedges, frost, mist, and seasonal migration of birds as winter nears, with shepherds guiding flocks and robins at the homestead awaiting the year’s final guest.
Philosophical aphorism noting that happiness depends on action and the full exercise of all powers. Emphasizes that human happiness completes only when abilities are fully engaged.
Mrs. William McCormick of Nyack visited her father George Edwards in Oceanport last week. Several residents including Mrs. John Layton Mrs. Frank Wolcott Clara Day Irene Lopez Charles Martin and Leslie Wolcott gathered Tuesday at Mrs. Laffretta’s Long Branch home for an evening of music games and refreshments. Clara Day is visiting Newark. Church organist Miss Vivian Joline takes a two week vacation. Mrs. BE Gesleson of Red Bank spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Miller. Mrs. M. A. Tillotson visited her mother Mrs. S. J. Cook in Red Bank. Mrs. J F Hielenman sang Redeeming Love at Sunday evening service.
In New York a test of a breechloading cannon by a new inventor claimed to fire fifteen shots per minute. Canadians drilled amid war fears between England and the United States. John Dillon, Irish MP, faced threats from the British government for backing an anti rent campaign in Ireland.
The Harmony Methodist Church, pioneer in Middlesex townships, has sold to Dr. Harry A Hendrickson of Atlantic Highlands. Services ceased years ago as members joined Belford. Hendrickson sold the seats to the A M E congregation at Red Hill. The building will be moved to Lenison and converted into a double tenement.
An order by the New Jersey Supreme Court requires the examination in supplementary proceedings of James C. Young of Deal. Based on a judgment won by H. B. Wilson for 436 dollars, the petition by Patterson and Rhome of Asbury Park seeks discovery of Young assets and choses in action held in trust to appoint a receiver.
Read Cent-a-Words on the third page for bargains and notices. The column highlights low price ads and quick sale items across categories.
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