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Newspaper

Long Branch Daily Record

Location

Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Dec 29, 1911

Page

11

ISNT City Council Selects Chauffeur After Long Debate

The council details a plan to hire two chauffeurs at about $100 monthly each with twelve hour shifts. Handschuch is kept on until year end, while Theodore Young Jr. is arranged to assist. Mr White seeks the position, tests with Seagrave, and is told to pursue it with the factory. Independent Machine Company later recommends Handschuch, and D K White is elected chauffeur by a 12 to 1 vote. President Joline and others express thanks.

Handschuch Theodore Young, Jr White Thomas Beatty Robert Wright Charles KE. Brown Brown LD. K. White Joline Reed

Holiday Guests Entertained by Prof and Mrs Tavender

The Tavenders entertained their daughter Je Schellhaas and grandson John Henry Schellhaas of Brooklyn and guests Mrs G L Adams of Jamaica Long Island Mrs C J Greene of Long Branch over Christmas. Also Mrs Siegfried Wirschfeld and daughter Amy spent the holiday week in New York and Brooklyn. China’s Haunted Spots described with a ceremonial decapitation of a white horse and a stone tablet marking the site.

Tavender Je Schellhaas John Henry Schellhaas Brooklyn G. L. Adams Jamaica Long Island C. J. Greene Long Branch Margaret Adama Freehold Siegfied Wirschfeld Amy New York China

Mecca the Sacred A Shrine For One Seventh Of Mankind

Harper's Magazine notes Mecca as one of the world's busiest religious centers drawing pilgrims from across the Muslim world. It cites the pilgrimage as unifying one seventh of humanity under the Prophet and the sultan’s caliphate while warning of the peril for Christians within Mecca.

Mecca London New York Thames Arabia Turkey Mohammed Necca Samuel M. Zwemer Harper's Magazine

Echoes From Towers and Lakes Across The World

A collage of wonders on echoes and landscapes, noting Pisa cathedral bells, Finnish cavern roars, a Madson river grove reduced to spoiled echoes, Bavarian lake cliffs with a thunderous echo, and a Shetland tale of a near drowning. Also recalls Gypsy craft and a 1531 statute on Egyptian fortune tellers.

Pisa Finland Madson Bavau Pearson’s Weekly

Ireland Receives Heavier Rainfall Than Eastern England

New rainfall data show Ireland average precipitation runs about a third higher per acre than the east of England annually, reflecting wetter climate patterns across the island.

Ireland England

Steel and Aron Tariff Plan Dominates House Agenda

Washington February 29 Representative Underwood, House majority leader, says the tariff program is mapped by Democrats with steel and chemical schedules to lead, followed by sugar. The wool and cotton comparisons will be later, while Republicans accuse Democrats of sidelining tariff board reports and urging swift tariff reductions despite fiscal limits.

House Administration Tariff Board Washington, Nee Underwood Itways and Weins Committee Jeider Las Democratic Party Tariff Board Ways Find Means Committee Ways and Hardwick Special Commission Sugar Trust Plaidwick United States

Electric Illumination The Arc and Incandescent Lights Compared

The article explains two main electric light types arc and incandescent. Arc lights burn carbon strokes in open air and are consumed as ends heat to white heat. Incandescent lights glow inside evacuated glass globes with a fine filament and do not burn due to lack of air.

Life Cheap in China: A Coolie's Sacrificial Pay for Family

The article describes Chinese and Japanese attitudes toward death and sacrifice. It notes buyers paying $200 to families to send a coolie to his death, in contexts of provocations against foreigners and political safety signals. It cites historical events on railroads and opium-related suicides as examples.

China Wasung Shanghai Peking Thomson

Jewel Lost and Found Across Continents

A jewel in a rich stalker tale travels from the United States to Italy, passing through peddlers and thefts before resurfacing in Sorrento. A separate piece cites a table from an accident insurance firm showing home as the site of 25 percent of accidents with other shares listed for pedestrians autos and trains.

Fanny Kemble United States Italy Sorrento New York Tribune

They Married Widows Five Presidents Married Widows

Reading note recounts presidents who married widows, citing George Washington Thomas Jefferson James Madison and others. The passage mentions Benjamin Harrison as well as Fillmore and reflects on presidential marriages and widowhood across early U.S. history.

Washington, Jefferson Madison Fillmore Benjamin Marrison

Newlyweds serenaded at Red Bank home by club friends

Mrs Alice Supp, formerly of Broad street Red Bank, and James T Clayton wed last Sunday were serenaded at their Wallace street residence by the Monmouth Cub West End Club and friends. The group marched in singing and playing with music by Del Fisher and Herbert Culington. They received a willow rocker as a gift and enjoyed light refreshments before a social gathering.

James T. Clayton Red Bank Wallace Street Monmouth Cub West End Clayton Harry Clayton Monmouth Club del Fisher Herbert Culington Alice Supp Henry N. Supp Broad Street Red Bank Ford & Millers Shoe

West Long Branch Trolley Meeting Weighs Franchise Extension

Branch and trolley enthusiasts of West Long Branch and Oakhurst prepare for a joint meeting to urge Broadway trolley promoters to include their territory once the Long Branch franchise is secured. Local supporters gathered data to prove a good investment and expect a favorable company response benefiting all. Miss Paline Stein spends Christmas in Newark and New York. Metals In the Human Body notes phosphorus accounts for bones and brain vigor with quantities suggesting potential uses for matches and experiments.

Paline Stein Newark New York Harper's

What She Asked For

Uncle Jack visits from the west and seeks Eliza beth’s father in his office. Unable to locate a phone directory he asks three year old Elizabeth for the number. Elizabeth answers in a child's lisp that “Money” is what mother asks for.

Jack Elizabeth Daddy

Ends on a candy stick puzzle from Chicago News

A short Chicago News snippet recounts a playful exchange where Edgar asks how many ends a candy stick has. The reply says two ends, prompting Edgar to remark he has already bitten off three or four ends and still sees two left.

Edgar Chicago News

Christmas Exercises at Eatontown Methodist Church

The Sun da school Christmas program at Eatontown Methodist Church under Rev C Lowden Knight drew a large audience. Mrs Knight directed rehearsals and the show was praised for musical and artistic quality. A flash photo of the tableaux followed and every scholar received candy books and an orange.

Eatontown Sunda School C. Lowden Knight Thrivlng Knight

Boy's eye saved after scissors injure eye near pupil

Arthur Van Brunt, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Van Brunt of Eatontown boulevard, nearly lost his left eye yesterday afternoon when a pair of scissors punctured near the pupil. A physician treated him and doctors say sight should be preserved with careful nursing.

Arthur Henry van Brunt Eatontown

Red Men Elect Officers at Annual Meeting

Takanagssee Tribe No. 158 I O R M chose officers for the year led by Prophet William Miller and Sachem Charles Otten Sr. Other posts included Sagamores H Breece Jr and Harry Davis Chief of Records J Weber Collector of Waupum H G Woolley Keeper of Wampm W J Smythe Jr Trustee Gilmore West Representative to Grand Council G E Davis and alternate J W Hampton.

William Miller Charles Otten Sagamore H. Breece, Jr Harry Davis J. Weber Waupum H. G. Woolley Gilmore West Grand Council G. E. Davis J. W. Hampton

Repeat Red Bank Cantata Entitled Santa's Gold Mine

The Red Bank First Presbyterian Church Sunday school cantata Santa's Gold Mine drew strong praise last Tuesday. Due to many requests it will be repeated New Year Monday night with no admission, an offering taken, and music by an augmented orchestra.

First Presbyterian Church Red Bank

Christmas Festivities Held by Philathea Society

The Philathea Society of the First Baptist Church Red Bank held its annual Christmas festivities Tuesday night at Mrs Fred Waters Bridge avenue Bridgeport. Members exchanged personal presents, enjoyed games and a social time, and refresh ments were served.

The Philathea Society First Baptist Church Red Bank Fred Waters Bridge Avenue

Advertise in the Daily Record for Pay

Local notice urges businesses to advertise in the Daily Record with a promise of payment. The snippet emphasizes monetary appeal to advertisers seeking exposure.

The Daily Record

Chapman’s Market Ad Highlights Fresh Meats at Broadway

An old ad for Chapman’s Market at 147 Broadway lists fresh Cal Hams Frankfurters Lean Pot Roast Pork Loins Shoulder Lamb and a full line of fresh killed Turkeys Ducks Geese and Roasting Chickens with prices denoted alongside each item.

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