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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
6
In Brittany travelers encounter constant hospitality as peasants share bread and cider without charge. An inn visit described by George Wharton Edwards shows Breton hosts offering knives and cider for a small sum, while bread is given as a gift of bon Dieu. The author notes pervasive goodwill from Breton communities along their journey.
The Rock Ptarmigan, a subarctic bird, migrates to extreme elevations and can reach southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. It endures winter in white plumage among high glacier valleys, while its Willow Ptarmigan cousin lives 500 to 1,000 feet lower among dwarf shrubs with distinctive brownish gray backs and striking white breasts. In Country Life in America, the piece contrasts the ghostly upper world Rock Ptarmigan with the more cheerful Willow Ptarmigan, noting their size and plumage differences.
A compact device is described as a sound producing machine capable of generating fifty four different effects including storms heat and washing of surf and breaking of glass. The invention combines moving pictures with sound to create varied sensory outputs.
City Council meeting minutes from Long Branch New Jersey dated December 18 1911 cover minutes approval mayoral message offering city space for county court, appointment of Frank McCarthy to police, petition on team wages, salary requests for City Engineer and other communications. Sinking Fund report and city bond details noted.
The December 5 1911 election results for Long Branch Fire Department officers are certified by City Clerk Bryant B Newcomb. Charles K Brown wins Chief Engineer with majorities across Oceanic Engine Company and multiple districts.
The text records a city council action on an ordinance for a telephone company with a 30 day filing acceptance and city advertising expenses. It notes a third reading passage 7 to 6 and a second reading of a police pension act with withdrawal request granted 7 to 6. The council adjourns to December 28 1911. City Clerk Bryant Newcomb.
A couple at the Judge's Library tease each other over jokes about married life. The fiancé scoffs at the idea that husbands wash dishes after marriage, while the partner teases in return about the humor in such print.
A catalog of fire alarm box locations across Long Branch including intersections at Franklin Second Avenues South Bath Second Avenues Second and Brighton Avenues Cedar Avenue N Y L B R R Takanassee Lake Ocean Avenue Lyddy Cottages Ocean Avenue Elberon Park Elberon Avenues Elberon Hotel Elberon Station N Y L B R R Park Norwood Avenues Hollywood Avenue Westwood Brighton Avenues Guire s Feed Store Bath Prospect Morris Broadway Edwards Lumber Co s Mill Morrell Street Norwood Campbell Avenue Ocean Avenue Broadway Grand Buttonwood Avenues Branchport Ave Cloughly Nicholl Co s Lumber Yard Washington Lafayette Streets Branchport near Bennett s Store Joline Edwards Avenues Sixth Avenue Halberton Street Sea View Avenue Liberty Street Patten Port au Peck Aves Pleasure Bay Patten Avenue Riddle Street West Street Columbia Avenue North Long Branch Oliver Byron Engine House Sea View Fay Street First Avenue Laird Street Liberty Street Hamilton Avenue Signals 1 Tap Open Circuit 2 Taps at 12 o clock Test 2 Taps Following Box Number Second Alarm 3 Taps Fire Extinguished 7 Taps General Alarm
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