Conduit Project Granted Right On Ocean Avenue
At a Long Branch board meeting an ordinance was introduced granting Consolidated Gas Company of New Jersey the right to open Ocean Avenue from Cedar Avenue to near Tamassa Lake for underground conduits and five manholes. The plan requires strict placement rules, with supervision by the Director of Streets, indemnity for city damages, and a commitment to cover any city liability arising from the work.
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Board of Commissioners
Consolidated Gas Company
Ocean Avenue
Cedar Avenue
Takanassee Lake
Consolidated Gas Company of
New Jersey
Tamassa Lake
Gnns Company
Long Branch
Department of Streets and
City of
Board of Commissioners of
Flag Presentation Delayed By Weather In Long Branch
Due to rain, the silk flag purchased by James H. Morris Poat for the grammar school was not presented yesterday. The ceremony will be held this afternoon regardless of weather. Long Branch public schools close for Christmas vacation tomorrow at 1 PM and reopen January 2.
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James H. Morris Poat
Long Branch
Kindergarten Christmas Tree Exercises at Garfield Avenue School
Kindergarten pupils will perform Christmas tree exercises at Garfield avenue school tomorrow. The room will be prettily decorated with Santa Claus and reindeer pictures on the blackboard. A bicycle was found deserted by Patrolman Emmons and is at City Hall awaiting its owner. identification will be required to reclaim.
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Garfield Avenue
Santa Claus
Emmons
Broadway
City Hall
Layton
Dollar Mark at Broadway Theatre Ad Highlights Tonight
A promotional note urges audiences to see The Dollar Mark at Broadway Theatre tonight describing it as the best ever and essential for theatergoers. The ad presents a concise call to attend the performance and serves as a generic ticket teaser.
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Broadway Theatre
What Does Baby Say A Globe Wernicke Book Case
Advertisement notes a Globe Wernicke book case and mentions Goldstein's Furniture Department for procuring ballots. The snippet implies a shop ad linking furniture to ballot procurement, with brief stray text and an unclear context.
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Globe Wernicke
Goldstein's Furniture Dept
Baby
Eget
Held Up Girl With Gun For Fun Plea Of 16 Year Old Boy
A 16 year old Long Branch boy Harold Froat confessed in juvenile court to holding up Miss Blance Applegate with a revolver on Chelsea avenue last Sunday night for fun. He was remanded for a sanity inquiry. Other juveniles faced charges including bicycle theft and assault and battery with various reform school remands. Local liquor sale cases in Asbury Park resulted in not guilty pleas and bail decisions. Several adults faced charges of breaking and entering, forgery, and grand larceny with trials set for January.
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Harold Froat
Long Branch
Recorder's Court
Reform School
Jamesburg
Asbury
Asbury Park
Judge Foster
Freehold
Tony Aldarelli
Springwood Avenue
Carino Grasso
Virginia Higgins
Ira Haywood
Rexbury Park
Arthur Thomas
Elizabeth Huft
Paul Francis
Nicholas MacDonald
Lakewood
Greene
Third Avenue Hotel
MacDonald
Fannie Perrote
Joseph Sameo
Slago Granato
Joseph Allock
Keyport
Harry J. Miller
W. Jones
Fair Haven
Peter Dibb
Red Bank
William J. Poulson
Alimony Dispute Endangers Dr. Frank Lee in Newark Court
Dr. Frank Lee a Red Bank dentist living in Long Branch faces possible jail for defying alimony payments to his ex wife Mary Lee of Asbury Park. The case before Vice Chancellor Howell centers on a 1910 divorce decree ordering $20 weekly permanent alimony and fees later cut to $15. Lee says a later agreement reduced his payments and has paid about $200 total while claiming he supported four children via his eldest daughter. Mary Lee denies any post decree agreement. The matter was referred to a special master for testimony.
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Frank Lee
Red Bank
Long Branch
Mary Lee
Asbury Park
Lee
Howell
Court of Chancery
Newark
Emery
Fort Hancock Coast Artillery private dies by self harm with razor
Peter J. McLaughlin a private in the 56th Company Coast Artillery at Fort Hancock was found unconscious with his throat cut. He died later at 4 40 am after his wife alerted the fort physician. Coroner Fay of Red Bank ruled death by own action. McLaughlin aged 33, survived by wife and one child, had served about 12 years and faced heavy debts. He was recently drinking heavily and despondent over finances. Funeral plans pending.
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Peter J. McLaughlin
56Th Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Hancock
Fay
Red Bank
McLaughlin
118Th Company
Christmas Treat at Grand Theatre for Poor Children
The Society for the Improvement of the Poor plans a Monday afternoon Christmas treat for city children. Thanks to Mr. Ochs, Grand Theatre is secured for free use with lighting by his electrician. Tickets admit entry. receipts fund the event. Motion pictures and other entertainment will delight the youngsters.
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Society For the Improvement of
Ochs
Grand Theatre
Broadway Theatre
Qehs
Reverend Dare Invited Back At Simpson Church
Rev Alfonso Dare pastor of Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal church was unanimously invited to return for another year at the fourth quarterly conference. District Superintendent Rev Dr John Hadley presided. Dare hosted annual dinner for church officials and guests with full attendance, while debt reduction and department growth marked a strong year.
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Alfonso Dare
Simpson Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
John Hadley
Ocean
Dare
Percy Perinchief
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Red Bank
Perinchief
Handley
Mortimer Hendricks Dies in New York City at 75
Mortimer Hendricks long time Long Branch resident dies at his New York City home in his 76th year. Son of Montague M. and Rachel Hendricks he was a famed stock broker and longtime commuter on the New Jersey Southern di?ary of the Central Railroad. He once owned a corner property at Cooper avenue and the railroad crossing before returning to New York seven years ago. Two Long Branch youths depart for Florida to fill positions with the Florida East Coast Hotel Company.
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Mortimer Hendricks
És City
New York City
Ile
Montague M
Rachel Hendricks
Hendricks
Long Branch
Cooper Avenue
New York
New Jersey Southern
Central Railroad
Sunny South
Long
Charles Kerr
Lester Havens
Clyde Line
Florida
Florida East Coast Hotel Company
Not to Sue Pastor Declares Red Bank Church Organist
A church official states the organist will not pursue legal action against the pastor. The statement, attributed to church leadership, avoids further discussion.
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Red Bank Church
Local Grossing Hearing Postponed Near Central Depot
The hearing before the State Utilities Board in Newark on a petition by property owners regarding shunting of cars and blocking the Morris and Bath avenue crossings has been postponed by consent of the operating railroad companies. Aiming for an amicable understanding, the Board of Trade committee is involved, with details not yet public. The October petitions noted crossings closed to traffic for long periods, inadequate storage for cars, and frequent blockage, while the NY & LR EBR offered a response.
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Central Depot
Morris and
Bath Avenue
State Utilities Board
Newark
Board of Trade
Public Utilities Commissioners
Bath
Morris Avenue
Central Station
Protest Planned Over River Pollution Threatens Shrewsbury Oysters
Shrewsbury river oystermen clammers and fishers will file a protest with the Board of Health in Trenton next Tuesday. A committee met with Attorney General Edmund Wilson, who pledged to present the case before the State Board of Health and push for action against polluters. The hearing aims to stop river pollution, with an expected large turnout. Fair Haven oystermen report no shipments since the pollution report, harming a 300 to 500 worker industry across Shrewsbury tributaries.
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Shrewsbury River
Board of Health
Trenton
Shrewsbury
Fair Haven
New York
Edmund Wilson
Red Bank
State Board of Health
Rtate
Controversy Over Red Bank Church Organist Sparks Town Talk
Mrs Ella Pintard former organist at Red Bank left Methodist Church accuses Rev Perc y Perinchief of pressuring her to resign while he denies wrongdoing The official board reviewed the dispute and asked her to resign effective January 1 The case has drawn wide attention as all involved are prominent locals with the matter heading to courts if unresolved The record notes no suit has yet been filed and no papers served as officials state the conflict centered on choir dynamics and personnel changes with Harry La Ferra named as chorister and organist replacement
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Ella H. Pintard
Red Bank
Methodist Church
Percy Perinchier
Mia
Children Sell Red Cross Stamps in North Long Branch
Two young girls Eunice and May Gullek sold two hundred Red Cross Christmas stamps in under ninety minutes, aiding fundraising in North Long Branch. The note highlights local charity activity and a separate real estate and auction listing in Asbury Park with European imports and a December 21 1912 sale at Newport Hotel.
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Red Cross
North Long Branch
Eunice
May Gullek
Europe
Newport Hotel
Asbury Ave
Asbury Park
N. J
Bat
D. Gates
Masons 70 bury George W Palmer in solemn rites
Ex city controller George W. Palmer dies after long illness from heart disease. Funeral at Glenwood cemetery West Long Branch Saturday at 2:30 PM with Greenpoint Lodge No 403 in charge. Palmer, a Brooklyn engineer and longtime Republican figure, served as city controller 1895 1897. He is survived by a widow and four children.
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George W. Palmer
Glenwood Cemetery
West Long Branch
Palmer House
Oakwood Avenue
Bis City
Greenpoint Lodge
No. 403
Mr. Palmer
Abacus
Long Branch
Palmer
Liberty
N. Y
Oakwood
Tme
Brooklyn
Greenpoint
Cunningham, Tilden and Stewart Estates
Seth Low
Old City
Oakhill Land and Improvement Company
Blue Lodge
Mystic Shrine
Altair
St. Elmo
Kismet
Myrtle Shrine
Templars of Liberty
New York
Elizabeth
Mingle Palmer
Irah Law
Charles Palmer
Jail Term For Girl Martha Pitzeimmone
Martha Pitzeimmone, a juvenile with a history of stimulant use, was sent to Freehold for sixty days after being arrested by Patrolman Gureen in a field off Ocean Avenue. The Recorder’s Court had previously shown her clemency, and she had vowed to leave the city.
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Martha Pitzeimmone
Recorder’s Court
Recorder Arrowsmith
Freehold
Martha
Gureen
Ocean Avenue
City Hall
New Hose Test At Brighton Hotel Hydrant
Commissioner of Public Safety Thomas V Airowsmith announces 750 feet of new hose on the Indepen dent automobile hose wagon will be tested this afternoon at the hydrant in front of the Brighton Hotel Ocean avenue Building and Room Cottage. Frank Cooper of Pleasure Bay is pulling an eight wagon modern cottage in Rockwell avenue.
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Commissioner of Public Safety
Thomas V. Airowsmith
Brighton Hotel
Ocean Avenue
Frank Cooper
Pleasure Bay
Pulding
Rockwell Avenue
Palmer Death Notice for George W. Palmer
Friends and relatives are invited to attend the funeral of George W. Palmer on Saturday at 2 40 p m at his late residence 78 Oakwood Ave aes 397 408.
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George W. Palmer
Oakiwood Ave
Aes
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Mrs. Pintard
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Poplar and
Elmer Avenues
South
Elberon
Masons
BURY
Brooklyn Republican
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