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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
2
The entire stock has been pledged to Herman Gold of the Newark Jobbing House for sale. Everything will be closed out at 50 cents on the dollar or less. Bargains include women’s skirts sweaters fur sets coats dresses gowns hosiery underwear corsets and infant wear. Sept vacant with sensational prices.
A bowling match at Red Bank Y M C A pitted New York Telephone Co. workers against Red Bank post office staff. The postal team won the first game, the telephone team tied by taking the second, and the post office crew led by twenty three pins in the final nightcap. Scores followed.
Dec 12 report details Pete the grey pacer’s season conquering eastern tracks. Owner Edward D. Havens of Asbury Park refused price. Pete won nine of sixteen, second five, and set seven track records including Freehold and Carry while earning 2810 dollars and a Mount Holly silver cup. New owner will place horse with trainer Thomas Berry.
The Packer Club starts its fourth annual basketball season next Wednesday night facing the Mystic Five of Asbury, a strong visiting team of former Neptune High players. Notable players Reisner Flanigan and Waitts join a star pack, while the EB J. H. team, led by Captain Beebe and Lester Hendrickson, is set to oppose them. Dancing will accompany the game, with quick starts planned for 10 p.m., and many top teams from across the state are booked to appear in Long Branch. The next meeting is slated for January 4, 1915, after the holidays.
Salt in the United States primarily comes from rock salt mined in deep shaft mines across eastern central and southern states with active operations in New York Michigan Kansas and Louisiana. A smaller portion is obtained from surface deposits in Utah and California through evaporation of salt bearing brines.
The article details boxers Freddie Welsh and Ad Wolgast, and Jem Ritchie, noting Ritchie’s two year earnings around $122,500 with six title fights averaging $15,166 per bout. Welsh’s income as champion is contrasted, highlighting his higher fight activity and payments per round, totaling about $4,600 in some bouts and roughly $450 per round overall. It cites specific bouts, venues, and post-title earnings, including Shgruue and Dundee exhibitions.
Official batting averages for the Atlantic League show seven members of the pennant winning Poughkeepsie club among the league’s top thirteen hitters. Poughkeepsie led with a .331 average, Long Branch .329, Arragon of Long Branch tops the circuit at .443. Other leaders include Kelly .421 and Viola .420 from Poughkeepsie and Long Branch respectively. The report notes weak pitching as a league fault.
Red Bank Y M C A defeated Oakwoods 88 to 86 on its court in a fast close game. Rosewell led Red Bank with six goals and Capwell added seven as Woolley and West fought for Oakwoods. Referee Rue drew complaints from both sides.
An Army engineer and congressman tour Panama defenses noting guns on Pacific islands and a 2000 foot channel harbor. Fortifications nearing completion would deter sea attack. land assault remains a potential risk. Also reports on naval construction chief Taylor driving more submarines, and political notes on Lloyd quitting Congress and Arizona Senator Ashurst touring levees. Valuable Malay gum rubber discovery reported.
A recent study finds sudden atmospheric cooling transports microbes and localizes them in regions. Cool surfaces attract microbes from a distance almost instantly, smaller ones travel farther than larger ones, shedding light on epidemic origins and potential climate health guidance. A whaling ship off British Columbia captured a rare right whale valued at about $20,000, marking the first sighting in years.
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