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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1910
Page
6
A candle lit nativity scene depicts peasants en route to the Saviour’s birthplace. miniature figures cross a mountainside toward low lands on a raised platform adorned with silver maple bark and colored effects. Visitors welcome. exhibit retained until January Tth.
The Second Baptist Church Sunday school elected officers for the year. Superintendent F B Laws serving sixth consecutive year. assistant superintendent T C Faulcon. financial secretary Miss Gertrude Wainwright. assistant financial secretary George Ames. recording secretary Harrison Reckitt. travian William Raglan. treasurer J W Laws. organist Miss Gertrude Wainwright. Mrs J D Sanderlin to head baby roll department. Mrs Daisy Watts to lead home department. Christmas treat to night with special music by Miss Wainwright Alma Scott and Annabel Rawls.
A brief note notes an advertisement in the Daily Record promising a timely day ahead. It emphasizes the ad’s claim to brighten or inform readers, though details are sparse and the exact offer or service is not specified.
The South Street and Princeton clubs contend for the Clarence Porter Cup on the Shallow Point course. Henry Munro leads X-L-N-C with top times in the twenty mile trials, while Say When and Jack Frost duke it out for second. The event ends with Munro and crew securing first and second in the final, amid mishaps and retirements.
John W. Tilton of Holmdel dies at 45 due to Bright's disease. He leaves a mother and brother Francis E. Tilton of Hamburg, former Eatontown public school supervisor. Funeral held at the Reformed Church, Holmdel, with interment in Holmdel Cemetery. Harry C. Fay supervised arrangements. Tilton, once strong, faded over years, unable to leave his chair for three years.
Henry Minton of Fair Haven died Monday of paralysis at 76. He leaves a stepdaughter, a stepson, and a brother, all residing in Fair Haven. Funeral services will be held Thursday at the Fair Haven Methodist Protestant Church, with interment at Fair View Cemetery.
Rev. Dr. Aaron F. E. Ballard of Ocean Grove marked his 90th birthday on Monday. Governor Fort and ex governors E. B. Stokes and Franklin Murphy attended. Ballard was presented with a purse of $816 in gold.
In a talespell set piece a husband and wife debate woolen blankets and a death by warmth. Perkins cites diaries, priests, and doctors while neighbors weigh myths of wool a long cold winter prompts fear. The absurd chain links blankets to a wife’s death as they argue and bargain for warmth.
A garbled collage of quoted lines from periodicals notes Bernard Shaw vegetarianism debate and theatrical jokes. The text references Balkans intrigue Brigind Chief-Did you tie the captive's hand aba feet and various taglines from Badles Home Journal Philadelphia Record and Record-Herald.
The Monmouth Bowling League venue hosted an individual event with high intrigue as Goorbitt posted two notable averages and Matt claimed a win. Gootheil achieved three strong scores including 180 208 and 236 in succession, while others posted averages around 162 to 108.
Oceanport phouie school presented its annual Christmas Entertainment Night in Oskaleta Hall with a large crowd. The program featured recitations, songs, and piano numbers by Agnes Busch Jeanette Connrow Hattie Rhoades Nell Worthley Bana Preston Lillian Moran William Conrow and Anna Houlihan among others, ending with songs Good Night and Waiting for Santa.
The Long Dranch Gin Chub held an all day shoot on Akwood Avenue with sweepstake matches and trophy awards. Edward Everett led the club shoot winners earning a leg on the club's gold watch. Other sweep winners included Al Irving Samuel Peck Warren Hyers Ed Mulholland and Joseph Young.
A Sunday night service at the First Hupthecaurch Red Bank baptized ten new converts led by Rev. Dr. William S. Matteson. The group included six members of the Yams family father Peter Patterson and his children Rachel Jeanette Cora William Abram and three others Edith Thompson Emma Conover Florence Charlésa Reid. Additional converts from the evangelistic meetings near Red Bank will be baptized at the First Sepuiet Church next Sunday night.
Henry Thortus a colored Biblical student with a glass breaking mania attacked show windows at Hoffmann Schmidt’s butcher shop on Broadway after eleven. He was stopped by Patrol Brinckwell and taken to City Hall. He appeared in court the next morning and was sent to jail for sixty days.
Mr and Mrs Teyin Cole wore Christmas in Mra Cole's family circle. Several residents of Newark and surrounding areas are listed as visiting relatives in Brooklyn, Philadelphia, and Long Branch during the holidays. The piece notes illness, travel, and social visits among numerous families including Hyer of Red Bank, Venables of Poughkeepsie, Bennett of Binghamton, Reynolds of Brooklyn, and Meredith of Swarthmore College, among others.
Reykjavik Iceland Dec 28 The Norwegian steamer Adria was wrecked on the south coast and totally destroyed Eighteen lives were lost amid the disaster.
A chimney fire on Willow Avenue yesterday afternoon prompted a fire department response from box 23. The minor blaze was subdued with chemicals from Neptune’s hose wagon.
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