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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1911
Page
12
The Subway Christmas Store advertises a four day sale with a wide range of items. Children and men's garments and accessories are discounted, including coats, gowns, kimonos, petticoats, waists, and lingerie. Prices span from 60c to $18 with many deep cuts on holiday gift items and surplus stock.
Charles Deichman convicted as accessory in April 10 Cliffside blaze. August Deichman and John Kapun confessed to multiple fires in Bergen County, totaling about 75 000 dollars in losses. Will Clemens helped lead arrests. insurance firms aided the probe.
At the Union League in Philadelphia on December 19, the New Jersey Society of Pennsylvania held a ceremony with Senator Heyburn of Idaho delivering remarks on loyalty and passport protection. Representative J. Hampton Moore presided among 200 attendees including Gov Munn, Sen Penrose, Admiral Peary, and William Tilden as New Jersey natives or descendants were praised for their state’s history.
A Pennsylvania freight brakeman, William H. Miller of Jersey City, fell into Newark Bay from a trestle between Newark and Jersey City. Conductor James Davinge heard cries, swam to rescue him, and crew hauled them to safety with a rope after signals to stop the train. Miller survived after a chilly plunge in icy water.
Indianapolis Mayor Shank directs several hundred Christmas trees placed on sale at the market square. Trees sell for 25 cents for the usual 50 cent variety and others at proportional reductions. Emperor Francis Joseph III reports health concerns in London with a severe cold and rheumatism.
A Third Page column lists cent-a-word bargains with various goods and services. Readers can spot reduced prices on merchandise, groceries, and household items advertised by local sellers.
Captain Israel J. Merritt longtime head of the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking Company dies at 82 after an operation in a Manhattan sanitarium. He guided notable salvage like lifting L Amerique after 93 days aground off Sea Bright and raising Reina Mercedes. He built a vast wrecking empire with partners Major Wardell and John A. Howland. References to local associates, ongoing shore work, and a late-life care matter are noted.
A compact collection of reflections on grief notes grief as a passage that ages minds and steadies souls. It contrasts Shakespeare and Bailey with a medical view suggesting night like grief cools the fever of passion and endows renewed vigor after sorrow.
A man recalls childhood taunts and a nickname as he reflects on being called Archie in the past. He jokes that now he is Arch bald, hinting at aging and the shift in perception over time.
Help the Independent Engine Co of Red Bank aid the poor by depositing coins in local store banks or sending clothing and provisions to Lou Tetley’s Mechanic Street shop. Every poor family in Red Bank and nearby will be cared for on Christmas Day and a large Christmas tree will be set up at the fire house on Christmas morning for the children.
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