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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
8
Does your boy take part in the Christmas exercises Step into our stores on the way to the office and send up that new suit the boy’s been talking about We make many boys’ suits and economy is a big factor Prices are moderate Rocers Peet Company Three Broadway Stores at 13th St Warren St New York.
James J. Jeffreys former railroad man and anti smoking advocate will lecture at the Intermedia School tonight on Wreck Head On Collision Ling Pictures from Original Photographs. He spoke in over 500 churches and to 155000 students since 1910 and quit smoking seven years ago after being unable to secure life insurance. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Coroner Alber W. Bennett and associates facing charges over false registrations at Belmar on October 28 saw trials postponed due to illness. McDutie’s liquor charge also moved to December 24. Chas Otuman’s $1,400 Coast Tas Company indictment postponed to next Wednesday.
Sea Girt December 17 A new signal ridge will be placed across the tracks near the flag station to aid railroad engineers. The work is being conducted by the signal ten of the Railroad of New Jersey.
New Jersey produced four of nine honors at Harvard University Class Day. Pitman Benjamin Potter of this city elected Odist. Quentin Reynolds of Montclair named Second Marshal. Alexander Louis Jackson of Englewood as Orator. Albert Francis Pickerner of Englewood as Chorister.
Colonel Jackson and Joseph Tiny Finn depart on an automobile buying tour through New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Maryland to purchase turkeys for Broadway Theatre patrons. Choreographer Charles J Puppi leads the party. Morris Judas says Tiny goes as ballast. A prior turkey loss was not charged to Economy Market. Finn protests the claim upon return.
William Carr is adding a new store front in the former space of Barechofaky shoe repairer adjoining Morris undertaking on Broadway. White and Coyne are the contractors. The base under the plate glass windows will be brick and other improvements planned for the building.
Brother Gardner denounces envy of riches and wealth accumulation. He paints rich men's misery, warns that wealth brings social pressures and debt, and urges audiences to stay poor and content. He cites modern luxury, family duties, and public appearances as traps of affluence, urging dignity in poverty.
A fragmented court note refers to Nesler and Randall involving a wager and property items. The judge attends as discussions touch on value and a wife’s actions regarding screens and a jet bin. The readable text remains unclear on outcome or full details.
A humorous New York Sun piece recounts Miss Alice Amarantha Ann De Bluster burg who begins December first and shops all day from eight to six for many people but buys nothing. Repeated efforts exhaust shopgirls as she finally realizes all gifts were claimed by others, leaving her fatigued and empty handed.
Jacques Suzzune, artist and northland traveler, plans a training camp near Hudson River fifty miles north of New York. He will ship pupils, fifty dogs, and camp gear from Woodside, then sail to Labrador for an overland journey toward the Arctic Circle. The aim is to recreate the wild north life for study and testing rather than discovery, with a possible bid to the British government to recover Captain Scott’s party if invited.
Marines from the Marine barracks Camp Elliot in California, under a War Department plan, are riding regular passenger trains on the Tanunda railroad to learn engine operation and train handling. They carry letters seeking engineers’ instruction to master locomotive running, air brake use, and all operating aspects. The program aims to prepare Marines to swiftly operate trains and power in hostile territory for troop and supply movements.
Father Jerome Ricard of Santa Clara University California reports a giant sunspot the largest in two years. Measurements indicate an area of about 6 700 square miles and dimensions around 26 miles wide and 12 miles tall.
A Cook County court official asserts applicants for election clerks must be of legal age. The statement emphasizes age standards and excludes underage candidates. The remark reflects ongoing scrutiny of who may serve in election administration roles.
Chrig Berge of Red Bank won the Monmouth County checker title at the Red Bank Y M C A last night defeating Waitt in a hard fought match. Captain Thomas Tallman organized the event with telegram exchanges from supporters. Berge secured the championship with a 7-5 final in the decisive game.
The Frank K. Gane drug store in the Golden building adjoining Lone Ranch Banking Co will change hands on January 1. Augustus Pangler has managed since Mr Gane’s death last October and the offer from Mrs Gane to transfer to Mr Dangler, long associated with Bre pharmacy, was accepted. West Grove Woman Dead. Mrs Svenn Mowers of West Grove died at Montauk Memorial Hospital yesterday at age 65. She is survived by four sons. Do your Christmas shopping early. Do it now.
The funeral was conducted yesterday afternoon at the Sea Bright M Church with Rev O B Duffield officiating. Burial followed at West Long Branch under the direction of funeral director William H Morris Jr. Douglass died while visiting his plan Clarence Douglass. West End Engine E undergoing repairs as new tubes are installed by William G Presley. Restoration aims for engine to be commissioned soon after a prior fire damaged West End Cottages and Casino.
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