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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1912
Page
8
An old advertisement touts Velogen Beauty’s Guardian as a skin protector. It claims Velogen prevents wind and sun damage after outdoor activities like motoring, bathing, tennis or golf, leaving a smooth complexion and a feeling of cleanliness. Sold in collapsible tubes for 26 cents at druggists.
A Sunday check of Branch avenue traffic reports 144 automobiles passing a home near the high school. Frank C. Clark of Oakland street is now chief engineer at the Farmingdale Preventorium for Children. A joint meeting of Red Bank Sunday schools will plan the annual union picnic at Asbury Park the last of the month. The Philathea Society of First Baptist Red Bank meets tomorrow night with Miss May Conklin. Phalanx Boy Dead John McCormick four years old of Phaling died of pneumonia. funeral Wednesday at St James RC Red Bank. Harry G Fay of Red Bank to be buried at Mt Olive Cemetery Middletown.
A large congregation attended an outdoor patriotic service on the church lawn in Red Bank last night from 6 30 to 7 30. Rev Johnson L Miner pastor delivered a brief address. Selections were performed by the Sunday School orchestra a quartet and choir. The service was very successful with more services planned in the future.
An accident occurred when a Maxwell turning from Ocean avenue collided with a C G V coming from the opposite direction. The Maxwell axle broke, spokes splintered, and the C G V’s headlights were badly damaged.
Forty lawyers passed the recent State Bar examinations and were sworn in before the Court of Appeals. They earned parchment certificates entitling them to practice in New Jersey. The class includes forty Attorneys-at-law and thirty one Counselors-at-law. New lawyers must practice two years before counselor eligibility. New Jersey adds about 725 new lawyers yearly.
Washington reports show Democratic leaders split over the 1912 nomination. Senators O Gorman Kern and Stone back Wilson or Clark with no quit in sight. Taggart Gilchrist Gore and Francis push for Underwood or Marshall as party factions seek a path to victory.
Report from Baltimore on July 1 notes Governor Wilson's backers, led by William S. McGomba, asserting he will be the Democratic nominee. They claim Indiana’s 30 Marshall votes and various delegates will swing to Wilson, despite opposition and telegram campaigns from Bryan and Clark allies.
Baltimore July 1 Bryan clashes with Ridder over 1908 contributions as Clark breaks with Bryan Denounces the charges and vows to stay in the race Clark leaders fear a Bryan setback amid party splits with Underwood and Stone pushing Missouri’s Clark toward the nomination
A heated dispute claims James Clark sought temporary chairmanship at a convention after Parker’s selection. Accusations say Bryan was asked to back Olle James two weeks before the meeting, which he allegedly refused. The author vows to publish Bryan’s telegram and calls the criticism false and treacherous among longtime friends.
Reports from Chicago Cincinnati and Detroit detail games with scores for the National League teams Pittsburgh Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Boston standings. American League games feature St Louis Cleveland Detroit and Chicago with batter details and umpire crews. Also internationally, Rochester Jersey City Providence and Newark matchups with standings and scores. An amusing quip follows about an ordinary mortal’s reaction to a rejected suitor.
Dialogue from a London Telegraph comic panel shows a boy teasing his mother about travel on a train. The small boy jokes that his mother is double faced and would enjoy looking out of two windows at once, prompting light humorous exchange.
A Baltimore American line quips about soft answers to wrath. The speaker recalls trying the hard path with his wife, she grew angry, and a tossed remark about a biscuit leads to a playful disclosure. The exchange showcases dry domestic humor.
Torakichi fintano struck Tehi with a club while she slept, leaving her senseless after a fit of burning jealousy. The assault occurred in their home, and the suspect appeared shocked by the violence.
A New York Press excerpt explains how Indians measured time by sleeps and moons, with a sleep equal to 24 hours and a moon to a month. It details midmoon, sun directions, and night signals using arm positions, and notes distances described as sleeps or days’ travel.
The Edinburgh University anatomy museum preserves four human horns grown from women's heads. One horn seven inches long, crooked, labeled that Arthur Temple cut it from Elizabeth Low’s head on May 14 1671. The other horns also appeared on ladies. Sir Robert Sibbald notes a horn growing from a noblewoman’s toe, removed by a doctor to relieve pain.
The Chicago Tribune item notes a girl named Bertha Johnson Kenmore being asked for her full name and her blushful refusal to write it aloud. The exchange centers on pronunciation and propriety in schoolroom dialogue.
William H Barber a former Long Branch resident died Saturday night at his sister Mrs Henry Conk s home in Red Bank from tuberculosis He was 65 He survived by three children two residing with Mrs Conk and the other near Lakewood a brother John Barber of Long Branch The funeral will be tomorrow at 2 pm in Simpson Memorial Methodist Church with burial at Googlewood cemetery Marty C Fay Red Bank directing
The Shrewsbury township Board of Education met at district clerk H. Edgar Smith's home to audit books and review the past year. New trustees George White Little Silver Kenneth Field Wayside and Edward Obre Shrewsbury filled vacancies as three Fair Haven retirees could not serve. Frank Lawes Shrewsbury elected district clerk and Edward Carlile named president while the township and Fair Haven boards shared funds.
Thomas P. Fay, after traveling to Baltimore for the National Democratic Convention, was summoned home by a family illness. He may return to the convention city this evening and remains a staunch Clark supporter.
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