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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1910
Page
6
Partial timetable fragments mention Newark Atlantic City Red Bank and Sunday service with times like 7 a m and 9 40 p m. The readable lines are inconsistent and do not form a complete schedule or coherent event.
The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the southern jurisdiction plans a mammoth temple in Washington, costing over one million dollars after a $164,000 site purchase. The marble, four-story square building will feature a sunburst emblem, 33-foot columns, and dedicated rooms for each of the 33 degrees across 33 states, signaling a landmark in Masonic architecture.
The design features a gold dome 160 feet high and a temple with symbolic Masonic steps on a full-width plaza. A terrace leads to rises of seven and nine steps to the entrance portals, with statuary on the terrace. Above the portals a 260,000-volume library and a 40 by 40 executive chamber will be built, and the cathedral will occupy the entire upper floor. The temple aims to be ready for the world supreme councils meeting in October 1912 in Washington.
Tangier reports describe how Moorish officers block reforms by skimming pay and hiding stolen rifles. Sultan orders all troops to Fez for inspection, seizing arms and accoutrements. Parade shows fewer soldiers than claimed as officers lose loot to the palace.
A Missouri Ozarks county displays a quirky collection of place names such as Rat Ink Gang Alley Timber Horse Hollow Sinkin Hirch Tree Timber Low Wassle Not Congo and Not Day Bly Ban Roe Osa Coy Day and more. Some towns echo Indian naming feel with Coin Groom Notch Flag while others are poetic like Shadygrove Birdsong and agretypavia. Indications of early wireless ideas appear as Indians use wireless telegraphy via hollow log drifts in upper Mazon.
In Dublin at an Irish Women's Suffrage Association meeting Miss Bellingham Toda argued domestic service resembles mild slavery compared with sales and clerical work. She urged equal footing with business girls and proposed servants be given transport for afternoon outings, including a plane, bicycle, or automobile.
A Chicago firm shipped a $120000 dinner service to New York for former Senator W A Clark of Montana. The 900 piece set serves twenty four and features a prominent monogram. The elaborate service was designed to match the Clark mansion dining room and took two years to complete with specialized workmen and designers.
Medical authorities propose a curious cause for unexplained deaths of drivers and airmen. Breathing rapid air leads to rebreathed carbonic acid gas, causing narcotic sleep. A mouth guard with a rear opening is suggested to vent exhaled breath, with winter risk emphasized due to colder air and limited ventilation.
George W. Tarsong of Los Angeles leads a movement to protect desert travelers. The Los Angeles chamber of commerce seeks 10000 dollars via a Congress bill to locate water springs and erect monuments along travel routes. California has already allocated 5000 dollars and over 300 iron guideposts with directing arms are in place.
The world’s largest known hemlock grows along McCoy Creek in Lewis County Washington within Rainier National Forest. It measures 23 feet in circumference and 7.33 feet in diameter with a clear trunk for 100 feet, and its crown rises about 250 feet above the ground among other diameter six feet trees.
A garaged wisdom piece offers pithy maxims on driving, speed, and car care. It warns against tinkering too much, praises sensible routes, and compares prudent choices to safer, steadier riding. The prose uses humor and garbled phrases to echo a period automotive column.
News item notes that women who are elected mayors will receive knighthood alongside male mayors in the upcoming coronation honors. It recalls historic precedents and mentions past queen consorts who were knighted before taking the throne.
Red Bank Borough Hall hosted the first annual dance of Washington Camp No 861 Patriotic Order Sons of America with over 206 attendees. The venue, renovated at $600, featured a fine floor and Malchow’s orchestra, with midnight refreshments and departures by 2:30 AM. The event raised strong social and financial success and future annual plans were announced, guided by Corlieg W Thompson Arthur Eschelbach Everett W Bennett Harold V Voorhees Louis Tannabaum Vernon Bennett.
The Cent-a-Words column spotlights bargain prices and value items on the third page. Shoppers can find discounted goods and special offers across multiple categories with emphasis on affordability.
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