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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1912
Page
37
Spotlight on double texture coats and fancy fuzzy fabrics offering warmth without weight. Storm coats and motor coats provide roominess, comfort, and city style. Fur coats feature fur lining and exterior, silk plush lined options add moderate luxury. Regular overcoats come in broad fabric selections at moderate prices.
Russian overcoats for little fellows and reefers for boys ages 8 to 14 described. Reefers feature velvet collars for dress-up and ulster collars for knock-about wear.
The wedding of Miss Fay Worden to Mr. Worden was celebrated with a decorated car send off and a ceremony in a festooned parlor. Mrs. Foxwell, a music teacher, has presided over sixteen weddings of her pupils. The bride, a Red Bank High School graduate, and her maid of honor are part of a close community. gifts included furs for the bride and gold accessories for the wedding party.
An advertisement notice urges local businesses to advertise in the Daily Record promising strong returns and steady reach. The brief appeals to merchants seeking cost effective exposure and steady readership in the community paper.
Health claim for Vinci tonic cites a higher winter death rate and explains lack of fresh air as a cause. A testimonial from Albany, Mrs Hartman credits renewed vigor after using Vinci springs. Sold by Wert's Pharmacy in Long Branch New Jersey.
A Young Men’s Catholic Association team from Asbury Park faced the undefeated local Seniors in a lopsided match, 68 to 14, with the Juniors also winning their game. After the games, dancing featured music by Dennett as patrolmen prepare for days off. Local officials include Elias Black elected to the New Jersey State Horticultural Committee, with other committee members named. Naples reports a massive harbor explosion wrecking over one hundred small vessels and likely many lives lost. nearby, Wilfred Houghton and spouse plan to move into the John F. W. Houghton house near Washington Street.
Dr Young of Brooklyn visits the sultan’s palace and recounts wealth beyond belief in Constantinople’s fall. He describes jeweled scabbards, priceless sarcophagi, and vast Christian relics at St. Sophia, noting treasures that could fund a world navy and reshape Christian Moslem dynamics.
Major General Leonant Wood, chief of the general staff, warned America is unprepared to meet a first class power. He criticized long term service and urged a reserve force of efficient young men ready for war at any time. He cited historical battles and current holdings to argue for universal military training.
In Constantinople crowds drink varied stimulants and exotic cocktails. The American cocktail dominates, but locals rename it as many variants such as Bul sniper Greek evzonerin Servinn' plum whisky tempera eye Montenegrin hot and others. Experts say all disguises hide the same drink.
Chicago board member William Rothmann opposed renewing a five year tradition of painting school buildings red. He proposed instead planting ivy and vines to cover the façades, arguing the red color makes babies cross and disrupts sleeping.
Historians at the Columbia Historical Society weigh the title White House as a British slur or honored name. Supporters argue it traces to postwar British contempt after the burning of the mansion in 1812, while opponents cite Mrs Martha Washington and local ties as defense. A move to petition for renaming faces strong opposition from pro white housers. Ford's Theater to Be Razed. The theater where Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in 1865 is slated for demolition amid a government takeover and repurposing of the building.
A string of brief items from various locales notes a Connecticut woman’s Nut club name, a Dickinson College freshman gaining a new face through surgery, and a Dublin workhouse death of Mickey Smith aged 116. Other items include a Chicago tablet knife invention, a New Jersey widow killing a black bear, a Michigan owner paying a shepherd dog, a horse age dispute by the National Trotting association, and neglect of a junk pile tradition.
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