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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1912
Page
8
SHREWSBURY NEWS reports Miss Eva Valentine to spend the weekend with friends in New York. The item lists numerous Christmas visits across Red Bank Belmar and nearby towns with dozens of local families hosting festivities and gatherings.
The Christmas cantata at the Presbyterian Church was a grand success with the church decorated in red and green. Children performed well and gifts of books and candy were given to pupils and teachers at the end. Mrs. Clifton Nivison and husband, married on Christmas at Barnegat, visited, while other relatives and friends gathered for holiday greetings across towns.
The column lists holiday gatherings including Mr and Mrs Allen Bennett hosting Gertrude Bennett Ella Bennett Reid Bennett from Long Branch and Henry Burkey of Brooklyn. East Orange guests visited J P L Bennett's family and George Loversidge gave four days of vacation to his workers. others include a garage startup by Edward Glassey and a finger cutting accident involving Lee Van Brunt.
A benefit card party and dance at St James Clubhouse Red Bank on New Year's Eve to fund scout activities and equipment. A gold watch will be raffled with proceeds supporting uniforms drums bugles and flags. Hollywood's Orchestra will provide music. late buses will run J C T and M C B lines.
Patrolman Laula Vetter found a bicycle left by its owner on Broadway Thursday night. The wheel is at City Hall for owner pickup with a description. Bicycles are regularly found by patrolmen near buildings or the curb. advertisements invite the owner to claim.
A detailed analysis by Representative David J. Lewis argues parcel post will boost farm profits and reduce consumer prices by connecting producers to railways via rural free delivery. It cites Chicago New York Philadelphia and Boston parcel budgets, the parcel post hospital idea, and rate comparisons showing post service cheaper than express carriers while expanding to rural areas.
Stage Society of New York staged three one act plays after midnight to dodge a Sunday ban. Inspector Dwyer attended and a city magistrate stood by to post bail if arrests occurred. The bold venture drew leaders from theater opera and arts, celebrating a crowd and claiming to outwit police while starting at 12 15 a m and running late.
The Toyo Kisen Kaisha steamship company introduces a safety feature by attaching a lifeboat seat coupon to every passenger ticket. This system assigns a specified lifeboat seat to the holder, aligning with passenger safety provisions.
English scientist Sir William Ramsay, lecturing in Boston, develops a pictorial sign language inspired by Chinese characters. He uses two converging lines for man and adds a vertical line for the body, with an equality mark for existence and dots and dashes for time and action. A female sign closes the legs of the man, and the vertical line stands for the body.
Fire Commissioner Johnson backs roof gardens to boost health mood and efficiency for New York City firefighters. Fifteen of forty five new department houses in five boroughs will include gardens with two design styles front covered or rear uncovered on the third floor, accessible from recreation rooms.
Paris restaurants feature elephant pate created from Agra the escaped elephant killed after terrorizing the city. The traveling show animal tore through wine shops and streets until killed to stop damage. Butchers cut the animal into pate sold near its live value with claims of rich flavor though digestion was not promoted.
The navy reports a successful trial of a catapult device to launch aeroplanes from battleships. Invented by Captain Washington I Chambers who oversees navy aviation, the system uses a steel plank and compressed air to shoot the aircraft forward.
Miss Elsie R. Cary wed Richard A. Moore in Brockton Massachusetts. Her father Fred W. Cary gave a wedding present of chewing gum wrapped around a substantial check.
Crystal Wave No. 54 elected Anna A. Cook as Councilor and Mary A. Hayden as State Council representative among others. Installation set for January 8 1913. Neptune Council No. 217 Jr O U A M named Albert T. Duryee as Councilor and Stanley West as Vice Councilor with plans for a new initiation team.
John 8. Watson buys Matthias Lehman fishing outfit for next season. Edith Lee of New York visits her parents Captain and Mrs. Garrett A. Lea. Mrs. George Yarnall recovers from grip. Charles and Mrs. Brown spend days in New York. Anthony Bischoff visits town. Hoboken's Captain and Mrs. Albert Dennis vacation with Runyons. Richard A. Post of Yonkers visits. Captain Jacob Schneur renovates his residence. John N. Johnson Jr. does the work. Conover BE White installs steam heating at Wentworth cottage. Fiordlandt's ship yard busy with the large power boat Hayden and engine upgrades.
Crescent Council No. 98 Eatontown elected officers for the next six months including Councilor Benjamin Dangler vice councilor Clifford Johnson treasurer Theodore Wolcott financial secretary J L Van Sehoick recording secretary Edward Carlisle assistant recording secretary Charles Schlentz chaplain William Carlisle conductor William Allger warden Edgar Woolley inside sentinel Raymond Dangler outside sentinel Lewis Diggman. George H Bennett Jr named State Council representative for two years.
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