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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1914
Page
8
A Cleveland dealer recounts historic home sleep aids and a note on bed racing as a sleep provoker. Sir James Sawyer cites simple methods, including bed post leaning and cold wakefulness, as more effective than running around the bed in cold nights.
A reflective piece on newspaper reporters describing them as generally fair and eager for truth. It recounts a Roseneath parish anecdote about minister Storey and a neighbor during the Argyll era, illustrating local memory and the parish’s past tensions cited by observers such as Westminster Gazette.
The article traces the H. B. Claflin Company from its Milford beginnings in 1811 through its Worcester and New York phases, noting rapid growth and a landmark corporate shift. It details Horace Bingham Claflin’s life, the firm’s evolution into Bulkley & Claflin, later Claflin, Mellen & Co, wartime challenges, and the 1885 death of H. B. Claflin. It concludes with the 1885 incorporation of the modern H. B. Claflin Company with a $9 million capital, marking a pioneering corporate structure in the country.
A humorous fragment collection highlights Mrs Hoyt's boast of reading Shakespeare and a punchline about giving away one tenth of her tea loaned by Lady Canvasser. The notes mix social satire from National Monthly and London Punch with quips on figures, luck, and labor.
Pittman B Potter of Long Branch New Jersey, a Harvard senior, won the Palfrey exhibition and over $2000 in scholarship and prize awards. He held the Gambrill scholarship $525, Sumner and Bennet prizes $175, and the Palfrey prize $100 plus a $400 Paris scholarship. earlier he earned the Saltonstall $525 and Wendell $200. Mr and Mrs Potter stay with the bridegroom’s mother in Broadway and plan a Europe voyage August 1.
An attractive reconstruction on Ocean avenue near Long Branch’s Ocean Gardens features electric lights and flowers, a new photoplay theater with clear film via Mutual Film Corporation. The venue offers popular prices, twice weekly features, and a cool beachside setting for evening enjoyment.
On Saturday July 18 at 3 pm M Morgenthau Jr Co will sell twelve ocean side bungalow plots in the Vanderveer estates Deal Beach. The site lies near Norwood Poplar and Phillips Av near the Deal Casino along a key Jersey Coast thoroughfare with rail and trolley access and close to the Atlantic Ocean. The area is linked to Rumson Road and oversees local golf links frequented by metropolitan clubs.
The Elks announce an elaborate parade on the morning of the 9th with at least forty lodges in line and many novel features. Awards will honor lodges by turnout and humor, with music, band contests, and various amusements. Information and registration bureaus will be set up at the Elks Home and other prominent spots. Visitors receive badges for free access to amusements and guided tours of historic sites. Indoor events, lawn fetes, and dances are arranged at Scarboro and other venues.
G M L Sacka, a well known summer resident and athletic man, escaped serious injury at the Brighton Beach police benefit games last Saturday. He wrote June 30 to the Record stating he was somewhat painfully hurt by being struck with a 16 pound hammer while judging that event.
The report details General Villa's difficult advance toward Mexico City from Zacatecas 439 miles away, with Queretaro as a strategic military key and the high plateau fortifications guarding the route. Zacatecas, a 40,000 population silver center founded in 1546, sits on a 7,500 foot plateau framed by rugged mountains and valleys.
The A B C mediators publish a six point plan for a provisional Mexican government to be recognized by nationals. It calls for agreement by delegates, restoration of U S Mexico relations, no war indemnity, absolute amnesty for political offenses, and recognition by Argentina Brazil and Chile. Negotiations continue with Niagara Falls as a potential informal meeting site. A later protocol will formalize the outcome and set a date for recognition and troop withdrawal from Vera Cruz.
Mrs Harriet Prentisscott of Clearfield Pennsylvania, a suffragist, claims in texts that household duties belong to the wife. The article notes a reading of a book and references a New Money Order Rules effective July 14 allowing money orders drawn on a specified office to be cashed at any money order post office within thirty days of issuance.
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