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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
12
Port Norris December conference between the State Board of Health the State Oyster Commissions and oystermen addressed possible federal action to prohibit floating oysters in fresh water. The agencies released a statement clarifying reports that the federal move would proceed.
Federal and State boards scrutinize oyster pollution in New Jersey waters. Officials note long efforts since 1900 to clean streams feeding oyster beds in the Delaware River and Bay, with laws now granting direct control over beds and power to condemn polluted areas. Public health concerns drive cooperation with oyster dealers to remove pollution and ensure safe consumption.
The late Dr Charles J Young was buried today from the Church of the Puritans in New York. He belonged to Sea Side Lodge No 34, an early charter member, with local ties to Tribe of Ben Hur Tirzah Court No 2. Read Cent-a-Words on the third page for bargains.
The Standard Bearers met at Mrs. A Tillotson home with attendees including Mrs. J J Heilenman Marjorie Beet Mila Van Kirk and Hattie Conrow Arrangements were made for officers next month and letters were read from missionary Miss Lovett. Several residents visited family in Freehold New York Middletown Long Branch Asbury Park and Jersey City and local church events noted.
A discussion of perpetual motion attempts shows several ingenious yet impractical schemes. One inventor proposed water cylinders above bus axles to propel a bus as passenger load varied, while another imagined a wheel with dead balls on shelves to maintain motion, but both ideas fail and are not feasible.
The article explains that bird nests, gathered from islands in Siam and the Malay archipelago, are a valued delicacy in Chinese cuisine. Harvest runs April to September with multi‑stage nesting and theft issues. nests are cleaned and boiled into a broth akin to chicken soup.
A fragment from the London Standard recalls a three day bombardment between AY Khel and Mala Khel tribes. A British battery was drawn by ten men and eyed for a great cannon, yet the olive wood ammunition bound with iron did similar damage to friend and foe, failing to yield a decisive victory.
A garbled 18th century style scene parodies lavish meals and peculiar courses, mentioning Peter the Great and exotic dishes. The text then shifts to praise for the US lighthouse service noting its excellence, cost of the last fifty years, and annual appropriation. It closes with a brief theater anecdote about a well dressed girl arriving early.
A sign at a le art museum prompts a child to remark that the display draws attention to Venus de Milo. The amused exchange notes how perception varies with context, illustrating a light moment about signs and art.
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