Oldest Long Branch resident Brittain Woolley dies at 98
Brittain Woolley known as Uncle Brit, Long Branch’s longtime resident, died Saturday at 4:20 PM at age 98 years 1 month 25 days after a long decline. He lived nearly a century in the city he loved, married Sarah A. Allen in 1839, and left four children Rebekah Morris Emma Louisa and Ann Maria Matthews. He recalled travel from stagecoaches to steamers and spoke fondly of General Grant, a friend in his youth.
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Brittain Woolley
Long Granc
Mr. Woolley
Brit
Woolley
Alinho
Earth
Siore
James Chasey
Ted Créom
Rebekah Morris
Rochester
New York
Albany
Ginger
Dbrittian
Brittian Sonnt
Asa Wood Woolley
West Long Branch
Matthias
Montilson
Brittian
Jamesn
William
Ann
Margaret
Deborah
Mary
Martha
Moorestown
Trenton
Eatontown
Oceanport
Long Branch
Tay Lake
Hranch
General Grant
Sarah A. Alen
Weelley
Old First Church
Brittian, Jr
Emma Louisa
Ann Maria Matthews
Asbury Park
Tragic Gas Death of Pleasure Bay Drawbridge Tender
Albert Patterson twenty three son of Mr and Mrs Patterson of Atlantic and Florence avenues Pleasure Bay died Saturday morning in Galilee while inspecting a gas supply line to the Green Inn cottage. Coroner and life savers declared life extinct after finding him unconscious from gas. The death is deemed accidental as Patterson acted to aid others during cold weather. A garden hose fragment was found near the scene.
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Galilee
Albert Patterson
Albert Eugene Patterson
Atlantic
Florence Avenues
Pleasure Bay
Consolidated Gas Company
Green Ian
Frank Oliphant
Green Inn
Patterson
Monmouth Beach
Pleasure Bay Bridge
Patten Line
Bazar Nets $800 For St Luke's Church Parsonage Debt
The Ladies Aid Society of St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church held a week long bazar closing Friday night, netting about 800. Fourteen booths plus a salad supper attracted strong attendance despite the storm and poor walking conditions. Parslow's Orchestra provided music. proceeds fund the parsonage debt.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
St. Luke's Methodist Episcopal Church
Parslow
Changes in Art Store Ownership at Broadway
Delinis and Wood take over the Art Store after A J Ripley era, with James W Wood buying half the business. Wood, ex Long Branch Record staffer and former editor of McDowall's Magazine, promises to maintain high quality art offerings. In sports, Long Branch Cycle Club five faces Chattle High at Lyceum on December 23, then Reisner Fiata on December 26. Chattle also plays Packer Social Club at Lyceum next Friday.
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Broadway
Delinis & Wood
Delinis
James W. Wood
A. J. Ripley
Wood
Long Branch Record
McDowall
New York
Long Branch
Chattle High School
Lyceum Court
Reisner Fiata
Chattle
Packer | Social Club
Local excerpt reports 23 year old Cain missing in Baton story
Fragmentary report indicates Lewis Dingman a town contractor was at work on a header header spurt story in Baton with a dollar found among the pieces. Further readable details are limited.
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Cain
Lewis Dingman
Ateriearta
Sisters in Hospital for Appendicitis in Red Bank
Miah Anna Jackson and Mary Jackson daughters of Mr and Mrs Alonzo Jackson of Bank Street Red Bank are in Monmouth Memorial Hospital for appendicitis. Anna was admitted last week. Both girls are employed in Boughton Hopper's five and ten cent store. In Broad Street Red Bank Joseph Emley of Bridge Avenue engineer at Shore Electric Company plant was brought to Long Branch Hospital Saturday for an appendectomy. His condition is critical.
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Miah
Anna Jackson
Mary Jackson
Alonzo Jackson
Bank Street
Red Bank
Monmouth Memorial Hospital
Anna
Boughton @ Hopper
Broad Street
Joseph Emley
Bridge Avenue
Shore- Electri” Company
Long Branch Hospital
Campaign to raise funds for Christmas aid in Long Branch
Mayor Charles C. McFaddin and Rev. J. G. Lovell led a City Hall meeting to start a fundraiser for the Ladies Auxiliary Christmas distribution to the poor. Attendance was light, but organizers aim to canvass districts and secure support to meet obligations and continue the successful program from last year.
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Charles C. McFaddin
Long Branch Society For the Improvement of
J. G. Lovell
City Hall
Ladiés’ Auxiliary
Patton Boats Undergo Overhaul Ahead of River Reopening
The Patton Line steamers are being prepared at the Seaboard dock at the foot of Rockware as traffic halts. Decorators and cleaners work to ready the fleet for resumed navigation on the Shrewsbury River.
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Patton
Shrewsbury
Rockware
Sei Ict
Wla
Raid at Highlands Clears Speak-Easy Tightens Vigilance
Early Sunday a staged raid at the King House in Highlands led by Chief Jesse Lawrence Jr captured 23 soldiers and several civilians. Officers found a card game, beer and whiskey, and arrested 23 soldiers five civilians and two women, posting bonds for a subset and preparing grand jury action.
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Recorder
Highlands
Jesse Lawrence, Jr
King House
Lawrence
Atlantic Highlands
Polce
John R. Snedeker
Jomdal
Atantic Highlands
Shore Road
Lawerence
Valley Avenue
George W. Mardy
Wich
Sustive Hardy
Shedeker
Miller Nev
Valley Ave
Fort Mancork
Anther
Borough Hall
Clisen
King
Myre
Jackson
Xabel
Disorderly conduct arrests tied to Highlands residents
Citizens of Highlands Ward Mayes James Woods Eugen Parker and Albert of Highlands were in the house with Charles of New York during a disorderly episode. The Cilseen woman had prior trouble four ago at Killgas house. She was held on bail and indicted but the case proceeded no further.
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Ward Mayes
James Woods
Eugen Parker
Highlands
Albert
Charles
New York
Cilseen
Killgas
Noille
Simpson Entertainment by Primary Teachers at Methodist church
Friday evening the primary department of Simpson Methodist Sunday School staged an entertainment to raise funds for the Christmas tree. Miss Nissen performed a violin solo and received two encores, with Mrs Wooding assisting and Mr Miss Anna West contributing, alongside a reel by Mrs J Pitman West.
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Simpson Methodist
Bsolper
Mise Nissen
Towley
Wooding
Nissen
Anna West
Nso
Ste
J. Pitman West
Voting Machines Debate Shapes Future Elections
The article notes districts in the Second Ward and Third District of the First Ward shaping votes on using voting machines. It discusses shift from Trenton to these districts and predicts special elections if machines are adopted. Asbury Park is cited as the sole city with a machine in each election district.
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Trenton
Asbury Park
Captain Jewell Suffering Severe Illness at Home
Captain Samuel P. Jewell longtime keeper of the Gandy Hook lighthouse for forty years is critically ill at his Grane avenue home in the city. He suffers from weakness and dropsy and is confined to a chair in the house.
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Samuel P. Jewell
Gandy Hook
Grane Avenue
Hhe City
Jewell
Father Murray S Catholic Church Rector Confined with Illness
Father Murry at St Mary s Catholic Church New Monmouth has been confined to the house for ten days with a severe cold and high fever. Father McKelver of St Joseph s Keyport is in temporary charge of St Mary s. A Sunday School event and Christmas collection are planned for Christmas Sunday.
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John BR. Murray
S H Mary's Catholic Church
New Monnmouth
Father McKelver
St. Joseph's Parish
Keyport
St. Mary's
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Alfred J. Ripley
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Mrs. Jackson
Kabdl
Port Hancock
Teachers of Primary Department
Third Ave
Father Murry
Talon
Luke's
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