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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
3
A humorous exchange recalls hungry at seven-thirty and eight o'clock hunger solved by time. The raffle joke links unlucky at twelve-thirty to a win at one, highlighting light wordplay. The traveler questions an anti horse thief group as Grizzly Pete jokes authorities aren’t strict enough.
Mrs. Oldcastie remarks on her companion's verve and aplomb while a hostess questions the impression Josiah calls her nerve yet a peach. The piece then pivots to a consumer jab about avoiding new suits and suggesting Gorcey's Misfit Clothing Parlor at 75 Broadway for a better value custom suit.
The Turk is praised as a formidable fighter bred from hardship with a belief in paradise. The article then shifts to William Lee, inventor of the first stocking frame in 1586, who died in Paris in 1610. The stocking weavers' company held a long monopoly from 1668, while Britain and Germany dominate global stocking production.
Little Miss Dorothy Taylor Kirby of Sixth avenue visits cousin Miss Cora Reynolds on Eatontown boulevard. Thomas Hackman of Albany visits friends in this city. Donald A. Mason spent Christmas with relatives in Brooklyn. William Fisher of Syracuse University visits parents on Tabor street. Mr and Mrs Robert J Meeker and Grace of Port au Peck visit son Walter and his wife in Newark. Domestic humor note ends with a quip from the Kansas City Journal.
The quote urges morning self-affirmation to meet selfish critics with serenity. It contrasts the beauty of good nature with the ugliness of bad, claiming moral discipline protects one from others' influence.
Partial timetable text lists New York Newark and Elizabeth departures at 7.12 8.17 9.04 11.47 am with 1% and 6.11 Saturdays only 1d Nees Sundays 86s a. mns 432 7.00 8.60 Dp to Baltimore and Red Bank via Atlantic City 9.30 pm 4.17 pm Sundays 9.26 am for Freehold leaving N Y R R Stason Matawan 7 69 1147 am 4.17 pm Sundays 8.6
Duluth resident Leonidas Merritt testified before the Stanley committee on the Rockefeller ore deal and is identified as a Chippewa by adoption. He recently adopted Miss Katherine Green of Henderson, Kentucky into the Nikaniss band, whose chiefs are now deceased, granting him rights of adoption.
George M. Myers emerged as a key organizer for the New Western Aero Club, directing early efforts to form a regional aviation association. His role focused on coordinating members and establishing club aims.
A new ballooning association is being formed in the west to operate free from Aero Club of America authority. Kansas City or St. Louis may host headquarters with organizers Charles J F Weneker of St. Louis and George M. Myers of Kansas City. Applications for membership include Denver Salt Lake City Topeka Peoria Chicago and Cincinnati.
A Philadelphia Times note describes sausages gaining favor in the city. A West Philadelphia woman discusses skinless sausages bought by the pound with a neighbor, joking that her husband Jim would only eat sausages in links.
R A Tusting president of the Tusting Piano Co. predicts the final year ending Jan 6 will mark the largest business in its history as demand for player pianos increases in Asbury Park Long Branch and nearby towns. The firm reports sales of midrange pianos and $1100 Solo Apollos with many recent buyers listed across Monmouth County.
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