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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1912
Page
13
Former Chattle pupils return for holidays as basketball nears in the new Intermedial school gym. Samuel Morris of class 1912 tests a new L C Smith typewriter, printing 110 words with three mistakes in a minute. The piece notes other alumni and hints at a forthcoming football team feature.
The December honor roll lists students from sub primary to eighth grade for Fair Haven Public School. Perfect attendance markers appear for many students including Barney Egeland George Hawkins Vernon McGrath Theodore Parker Eva Ada me Margaret Hussey and others across grades seven and eight.
Local notice reports the Independent Fire Company in Red Bank has purchased and installed a new electric indicator in its fire house. At the first top alarm the indicator shows the box of origin while the other three alarms ring on a bell at the bottom. The device is described as the county’s only one of its kind.
The 1848 Leichhardt expedition to cross Australia vanished without trace. The article ponders starvation in a waterless desert, likely death from thirst, with horses and stock left untraced as a sandstorm reshaped the landscape. It recalls initial fatalistic reports and the brutal, arid conditions that doomed the party.
Miss Helen Laurie attends a house party at Hights town and plans the Hightstown annual ball. Lester Lovett and daughter Janet visit New York. Missy Lovett returns from Greuther College for holidays. William Bush Jr recovers from chicken pox. Brower child has whooping cough. Mary Lovett completes first year at Rakha Girls School in Fatehgarth India and now leads the school. St Johns Chapel hosts a missionary meeting at Miss Emily Hall’s home amid stormy weather. Mrs. Sherwood sells geese on cooperative plan. Anson Sherwood and George Applegate visit Asbury Park for Christmas. Sewing circle gifts ten five dollar gold pieces to Reverend Dilks and St Johns W hapel. Mr. and Mrs. Ross leave summer home, board with Mrs. Richard Bickles at Shrewsbury. Ross uncle of Charley Ross. Mrs. Evans and Miss Younglove visit from Johnstown NY for holidays with Robert T. Evans Jr. Richard Morris spends time in Trenton.
The Sono Koto, a board bridges and strings, is presented as the representative instrument of Japan. The description highlights its cultural role and distinction in Japanese musical heritage.
A week old bride quips that Jack knows all she knows and she knows all he knows, while her rival notes the oppressive silence when they are together. The scene closes with a Latin proverb suggesting cheerfulness and a moderate diet as doctors.
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