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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1914
Page
7
Philadelphia Ledger reports a case where a minister and a lawyer are suspected to be involved in a marriage alter scenario. One handles the ceremony while the other handles changes or alterations, raising questions about the proceedings and duties.
A man in evening dress, awaiting his wedding, fired on a burglar in a house he misidentified. He described creeping through a kitchen dining room and shattering a mirror while the raid turned into a police matter, with the attorney later securing dismissal.
The article outlines traditional birthstones for each month with symbolic meanings such as garnet fidelity amethyst generosity and emerald oath and vigor. It also describes Greek newsboys in Kalamata delivering papers with a fast relay system and a city street discovery of a preglacial whale estimated over a million years old found during street work in Los Angeles.
A vintage recipe collection describes orange ice and novel desserts for New Year celebrations. It outlines Orange Ice, Pineapple Mousse, Unmolded Nut Parfait, and Banana Cream variations with steps on syrup, chilling, gelatin, whipping, molding, and freezing.
The article urges digestion, links spinach to liver and bowel health, and praises oranges for skin benefits. It offers neck slimming exercises, a home face powder recipe, cold bath tips, facial massage methods, foot powder use, and buttermilk to treat red skin.
The notice by Winfield Slocum and Irving L Slocum as executors of Marriot E Woolley calls creditors to present claims within nine months from December 14, 1914. The page also lists New York and Long Branch Railroad timetables with departures from Long Branch Red Bank Matawan Belmar and other points and adds a short excerpt of local humor and a play rehearsal anecdote.
Surrogate of Monmouth County issues notice to creditors of Ella M Taylor deceased to file debts and claims within nine months from November 27, 1914 or be barred. Also Charles H Otten, executor, to have accounts audited and settled by Orphans Court on January 28, 1915 following December 12, 1914 notice.
Notices detail a settlement of account for Samuel M. Janes deceased and audits by the surrogate, with an Orphans Court report due January 21, 1915. Additional items include an account in the Howard Smock estate and a February 18 court date at Freehold for debt payment. Also listed are a Long Branch Sewer Company meeting and an executrix’s creditor notice with nine month claim period.
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