Local notes touch politics and cemetery plans in 1912
Freeholder Thompson and Rev. Handley, Hamilton alumni, are longtime friends. City Solicitor Stevens notes a new building ordinance may span nine hundred pages to curb tumble down buildings and protect adjoining properties. West Long Branch Cemetery committee reports funds and spring improvements, with Old First Church history tied to the 1912 project. Former Councilman William R. Warwick recovers from serious illness and remains a valued community figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stevens
Apolla Street
West Long Branch
Tttee
Giber
Firet
William
Mr. Warwick
Long Branch
Belford Evening Socials and Local Updates
Belford residents enjoy a Saturday evening of games and music hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Elbert J. Walling. Mrs. Charles Brown recovers from grip. Ethel Roop leaves home after a heavy cold. Captain Harry White builds a 10 by 400 ft garage for a new car costing about 400 dollars. JF Lesher contractor. Middletown Twp Democratic executive committee to meet at Bennett's hall Thursday night to close election matters. Local grammar pupils plan a Christmas entertainment. Albert Langford buys Thiel property near the depot. Thiel couple move to Newark. Walter Donnan awarded Beeor house painting contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert J. Walling
Charles Brown
Misa Ethel Roop
Harry White
JF. Lesher
Democratic Executive Committee
Middletown Townships
Bennett's Hall
Grammar Pol
Albert Langford
Thiel
Newark
Walter
Full Benefit of Walking for Rides
Two voices discuss best routes to maximize rides with strangers. They compare walking toward or away from traffic to meet cars sooner and reach downtown faster, aiming to get more rides for money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watts
Potte-No
Wit and whim from a fluttering news reel
A collage of odd notes from Sacramento Chicago Wheeling London and Paris sketches include 1000 wildeese at a feast 12000 years of hobble skirts in the Indies a Venus too fat for a modern musical and a steer through Delaware bay by a deer Lord. A Wilson inauguration teckler ban and alimony cases in New York Ludlow Street jail benefit play. Maniholt banks at Monte Carlo and Wells pardoned for swindling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Alderman Wretzel
Chicago
Board of Health of
Wheeling
W. Vasnes
New York
London
Venus
Bremen
Philadelphia
Delaware Bay
Lord of Deer
Mra A. V. Grant
Chicaguo
Ludlow Street
Maniholt
Monte Carlo
Charles Wells
Wugland
Means of Unifying China Says Common Language
Professor Eliot argues China needs a common language, uniform transportation, and strong railways to unify. Dr Moot notes a three month China visit during revolution. Dr Blot cites the length and difficulty of creating a new system after the Manchu abdication amid lack of police, navy, army, courts, and revenue collection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliot
Charles W. Eliot
Harvard University
Clirk University
China
Dr. Moot
Carnegie Peace Foundation
Coolle
Blot
Chinese Republic
Fly Killing Contests Urged to Starve Flies Worldwide
Ed ward Hatch Jr., chair of the American Game Association fly fighting committee, told the Baltimore annual convention that clean housing is essential and urged replacing fly fights with campaigns to starve flies. He warned contests rarely reduce fly numbers and urged targeting dirty stables garbage dumps and other breeding sites for practical results. He noted killing only helps in early warm weather when hibernating flies emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Hatch, Jr
American Qame Association
Baltimore
Mr. Hateh
Children to Fight White Plague Campaign Bulletin
Professors M. V. O'Shea and W. T. Frost of the University of Wisconsin prepared for free distribution a fifty page bulletin to interest state school children in the war on tuberculosis. The pamphlet is titled The Great White Plague Single Lessons of Causes and Prevention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. V. O'Shea
Nnl
W. T. Frost
University of Wisconsin
Hygiene of Violins and Their Cases in Winter Conditions
Harper's Weekly explains how atmospheric changes damage violins and varnish. It warns metal and heavy cases hinder tone, favors strong varnished wood cases, and cautions against overcoated woods treated with bichromate of sodium under light exposure, which can petrify wood and ruin timbre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thori
Ladelig Foupen
Harper's Weekly
Jewels Made of Roses in Fragrant Trinkets
The article explains reviving ancient rose petal crafts to make beads and amulets from pressed petals. Dewy roses are ground, sun-dried into a foamy dough, then molded and dryed with a hatpin to form fragrant beads on silk or ribbon. The longer aged, the sweeter the scent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Herald
Plucky Birds as Courageous Defenders of Nests
Collier's notes that birds often show courage and strategic behavior to protect their young, sometimes surpassing mammals like bears and mountain lions in defending home territory. Birds rarely lure intruders, but many species actively defend nests or monitor threats, displaying notable intelligence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collier's
Audience Goes to Concert, Patrons to Pick Pockets
A London actor at a cheap Salford theater learns his small audience is offset by the manager’s claim that patrons are at the Halle concert. The manager adds the crowd prefers high end music to casual stage shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Salford
London Mail
A Rank Offense
A witty exchange unfolds as a woman invites the colonel to join for the evening and he responds with pride claiming command of a regiment. The line captures humor about rank and authority in a formal social moment.
Neighborly Quips From Kew Orleans Pleayune
Dialogue pokes fun at country living and neighborly quirks with a pun on gardening tools. The piece uses humorous banter between Hobba and Dolbs about desirable neighbors and their habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Orleans
The Wind Month Recalled by Ancient Saxons
An excerpt notes November called the Wint modat or wind mouth by old Saxons in memory of prevalent gales and the blet monal or Hlood Hronth associated with cattle slaughter for winter provisions. De Lambert remarks how society moves us away from our former selves.
217 Contributors to Cemetery Fund
The Old Flint Church burying ground committee reports receipts of 713.50 and disbursements of 649.31 with a 64.19 balance. 217 contributors gave from 25 cents to 25 dollars, plus 47 days of labor and several carting teams. Treasurer C A Poole seeks more support in spring. Highlights include detailed donor list and payments for curbing and grading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Flint Church
Borrough
B. Fisher
Charles A. Poole
Poole
Horace Porter
Edwards
Margaret Green
Jeffrey
J. Con. Johnston
Lewis Matthews
J. D. Maps
Louis Rainear
Charles J. Lewis
Clarkson Fisher
Mary Beecroft
M. A. Lokerson
F. F. Coleman
D. C. Cobb
Alva Truax
Joseph Winters
Charles W. Blakeslee
William Jeffrey
William 8. Shallcross
James Atcheson
Richard Deeves
Frederick Frelinghuysen
Lydia Antonides
B. White
Stewart Cook
Phoebe Gardner
F. B. Dilts
Fulton
John A. Heyer
G. F. VanHuel
Friend
Chamberlain
C. A. Poole
C. Asa Francis
Anthoy Holmes
Slocum Bros
Frank Henderson
Augustus Chandler
James Lloyd
George Blakely
George and Elisha
William Hulick
Mrs. L. Cassidy
J. W. Morris
Maggie Plewzinske
Owen Woolley
Samuel VanHuel
Henry Joline
Edward B. Blaisdell
William G. Eisele
George and Charles Huff
Harry Seibel
Hiram L. Dangler
B. Louisa Wells
George L. Gibbs
M. M. MelIntire
James Layton
M. Deshay
C. H. Irwin
R. M. Spates
W. B. Potter
Jennie Wardell
Joseph N. Crouter
F. T. Smythe
J. W. Flock
Maria Bennett
William T.burke
Howard Hulick
Bloomfield Hulick
Alice Throckmorton
Josephine Bowman
Wiliam T. VanDyke
Jophin VanDyke
Lewis Hampton
I. V. Stuyvesant
Mary Polhemus
Henry Hulick
Theodore West
Joseph Conrow
Louis Kirby
M. S. Cawley
B. A. Garrabrant
John Morris
G. N. Franklin
W. R. Stevens
Harrison Bennett
W. Seawat
L. Taylor
Lake
Maria Dunham
Stewart Cook, Sr
W. H. Alexander
J. D. VanNote
Oscar Oer
BM. Beach
M Dilts
Helen Nicholl
William L. Poole
Milford Jeffrey
Z. M. Howland
A. Thomas
C. B. Woolley
John F. VanNote
P. Mclain
John McWood
Jesse Manahan
J. H. Mewill
A. J. Applegate
C. H. Valentine
A. J. Reed
J. H. Parker
J. 8 Pierce
A. R. Chinery
LG. Bliss
L. St. Bergen
W. E. Norton
Lambert Jackson
John A. Eaton
George Soffel
Harry Sherman
H. B. Sherman and Sons
William S. Chamberlain
Frank Dennis
J. Howard Melntire
A. F. Golden
Henry Gagel
William R. Slocum and Family
Frank Brand
W. J. Cook
William J. Conrow
Henry Kahle
Goethell
Ralph Howland
Willis Woolley
William Hendrickson
John, Britton
Walter Sherman
M. V. Poole
Harry Hampton
Harry Hopper
Frank Krug
M. W. Poole Co
Thomas Covert
G. A. Hulick
Frank Gulick
J. A. Heyer
James Heyer
C. B. Fisher
W. I. Green
J. B. Sherman
Theodore Woolley
Q. A. Hulick
Atlantic Highlands Church Moves and Local Meetings Planned
A special 2 30 PM Friday meeting will consider moving First Baptist Church from Highland avenue to one of two offered sites. Benefactor Charles T. Leonard would cover moving costs. The town hosts meetings on church elections, resignations, and various church activities including youth and choir rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Williams
St. Paul's Baptist Church
Highland Avenue
William Williams
South Avenue
Pietpstie
Mount Avenue
Atlantic Highlands Lodge
Modern Woodmen of America
Thomas Jennings
Patrick Halloran
Bath Avenue
First Baptist Church
Avenue
Central Baptist Church
Mardean
Charles T. Leonard
Leonard Avenue
Washington Avenue
Leonard
Dean
Washington and
Viola Avenues
Railroad Avenue
Ministers’ Association of
Atlantic Highlands
Central Baptist Parsonage
Z. Clark Martin
Association
Joseph H. Schaeffer
Martin
Burrsville Baptist
C. Lp. Irwin
Hazel Linden
Valley Drive
Chris‘tian
The
Presbyterian Church
Olive Ewing
Freehold
St. Paul's Church
Port Monmouth Residents Make Winter Moves and Local Updates
Mr and Mrs David K Hampton plan to close their country home and return to New York where Hampton works for Peter Henderson and Co. George A Sweezy and family relocate from Walling cottage to Vail residence on Shore Road. Captain Thomas Collins and friends report foggy voyages to Chesapeake Bay aboard Cinderella. Local renovations include a new porch for Walter Walling and an east west facing expansion for Stephen MacMahon. Road work proceeds from the post office to Harmony school. Soft clamming thrives with twenty bushels gathered by William Casler and Herman Tarnow amid a very low tide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David K. Hampton
New York
Hampton
Peter Henderson and
George A. Sweezy
Walling
Wilson Avenue
Vail
Shore Road
Joseph Lyons
Lyon
William Lyons
Thomas Collins
South
Cinderella
Chesapeake Bay
Collins
C. Wesley Walker
Newark
Walter 1. Walling
Main Street
Samuel Walling
Stephen MacMahon
8. L. Palmer
Bray Avenue
Fred Pemberton
Harmony School
William Casler
Herman Tarnow
Noted artists coming in concert with Max Jacobs quartet
The Musical America praised Max Jacobs and his Carnegie Lyceum quartet for finish fluency and refined tone. Miss Carolyn Beebe aided as pianist. The review noted scrupulous shading and accurate pitch with no rhythmic rigidity. Miss Ethel Morris also drew favor at recent recitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Musical America
Max Jacobs
Carnegie Lyceum
Carolyn Beebe
Ethel Morris
Alumni Association to Present Soprano Miss Morris
The Alumni Association plans a Friday night concert at the Interme dial School on Morris Avenue featuring Miss Morris, a soprano of unusual quality and a member of the association, with Ira Jacobs as accompanist. An anticipated full house is expected for December 20, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Morris
Ira Jacobs
Morris Avenue
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Robert C. ‘Thompson
Allenwood
John Handley
Ocean ‘Grove
Hamilton
Alway
Hindley
Pregholder Thompson
Thompson
Frriend Handley
New Jersey
Country
Fe Isles of the Sea
Belford News
Tad
Wilson
de Lambert
Daily Record
Atlantic Highlands News
Miss Beebe
Alumni Entertainment
Landers
A. M. Townley & Co
Broadway
Long Branch, N. J
Myrkle Harder Stock CO
Barrier
Broadway Theatre
Matinee
Rex Beach
Great Northwest
Priges
I. Lady
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