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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
5
Mr and Mrs Kirk Wagner of Chester Pennsylvania are spending a few days at the seashore as guests of William Waugh superintendent of Consolidated Gas Company works. Mr and Mrs H EK Simpson and son Edwin of Newton New Jersey were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Wellington R Harvey.
Paris likes white canary says a Parisian craftsman has produced a pure white canary prized for song and beauty. In Cleveland a Sunday car scene features two gentlemen reading and reacting to news that a deceased man left his fortune to charities, delighting a pastor but revealing one as a lawyer.
An ancient Roman coastal area on the Laurentine coast enjoyed a brief fashion and wealth during Augustus era before shifting to parvenues and retired officers. An inscription at La Carottta praises a wealthy Jew and notes a synagogue built at Ostia for Semitic residents on the coastal plain.
Birmingham Age-Herald reports a terse, troubled note about a person seeking relief from life. The item notes the phrase that the individual planned to travel to California and shout, reflecting a crisis moment and requiring caution in reporting. No further details are provided in the readable text.
Fragmentary note describes a woman disconcerting a man by her casual manner at home. The line implies social unease when the wife appears less practiced in polite behavior before guests. The source text is incomplete but hints at domestic tension and public propriety.
The Washington Supreme Court in Starwich v Washington Cut Glass Co declared the defendant “gave up the ghost” yet still bound by its contracts. The decision, cited as Adv Sheets 21 Wash Dec No 13, framed a corporate entity as enduring in obligations despite a demise in spirit.
Local naturalists and bird lovers report several white herons making headquarters at Avis Pond in Woodstown New Jersey about a mile from town. The birds were first noticed about a week ago and are the source of aigrettes used in feather trades. Extinction fears rise as hunters threaten the birds during nesting and feeding, risking the young herons’ starvation.
A light exchange between Mrs Goesip and her husband features a humorous line about social divides. Theosophilus appears as a character in the dialogue, reflecting on class awareness with a pun on halves of the world. The strip hints at social satire without further action.
To keep lemons, wipe them with a clean dry cloth then wrap well in tissue paper and place on a shelf so they do not touch each other.
A St. Louis Republic description outlines refining sugar by dissolving raw sugar in hot water to a specific gravity, pumping to upper floors, heating to 210 F, adding milk of lime to neutralize acids, filtering through cloth bags, bone black filtration to remove color, then vacuum boiling to 140 degrees until syrup crystallizes. The article contrasts best refined sugar with poorer methods.
Frences Little notes in Century Magazine that naming a Japanese baby is a solemn ritual. Families gather in holiday dress to place name slips before a shrine and a chosen slip determines the child’s fate, a practice viewed with great seriousness and belief in future influence.
The excerpt traces Saratoga’s name origins from Serachtague to Sarachtoge and Saragh toge during the 17th and 18th centuries under Leisler. It mentions a convention order to send Lief Jochim Staets with ten men to Sarachtoge, notes archaic spellings like "ye" and "Goe," and cites Schoolcraft’s theory linking the name to Indian terms meaning sparkling and place.
A strange 1780 will from England, probated July 17 at Doctors Commons, bequeaths all the estate to two sisters with a religious tone and archaic phrasing. It ends with an odd line about Will Jacket. Context contrasts with jokes and quips from Philadelphia Ledger and Cleveland Leader.
The Long Branch Chamber of Commerce unveils the fifth annual carnival program for 1913 with Society Circus on July 12, fireworks on July 17, Queen Coronation July 31, Court Ball August 8, Governor's Day events August 14, Baby Parade August 15, Cottage Colony Day August 16, and all-day events August 27 at Ball Grounds with night fireworks. Notable notes mention Miss Lillian Seabert of Barnum & Bailey as a featured equestrienne and a Nod to The New York Herald coverage.
Discussions propose bulk mailing payments and machine postmarks to replace stamps. Bavaria reports savings from bulk mailing since 1910, while a German publication suggests a meter like water and gas systems to auto stamp and bill. The dialogue includes a humorous aside about household leadership.
An American in Paris hid a bronze Napoleon statue amid a crackdown on imitations of the Emperor. A police officer demanded the image but the owner offered a different currency view, telling his master the realm must recall its coinage to hide Napoleon’s features.
A method to color drawings uses ordinary wax crayons rubbed with gasoline to blend color evenly. The process minimizes detail loss from crosshatching and is effective on eggshell, smooth papers, and white prints on cloth. Some colors yield better results. gasoline likely leaves pigment as a powder for uniform coverage.
A Chicago Historical Society letter recounts how Stephen A. Douglas escaped death at birth when John Conant, a circuit court master in chancery and neighbor to the Douglas home in Brandon Vermont, plucked the infant from a fire as Devycias' father died of apoplexy. The piece also notes satirical quips about music, a doctor's visit joke, and mentions ruby mines in Upper Burmish known since the seventeenth century.
Mr and Mrs Emery Winton of Girard Avenue celebrated seventeen years of marriage with a Monday night party. The entertainment included vocal and instrumental music and dancing, followed by a midnight repast. Guests listed include A S Taber D K White R Rynear C A White Willis Molea J Stanard Joseph Stankard Louisa Arrants Florence Winton and Dr HW TL Clark among others. Mrs Winton received many wedding gifts.
Dr Joseph J Welch leaves for a Canada trip lasting at least thirteen days with Mrs Welch to visit Rochester N Y where the National convention of Elks will be held. A party of local Elks including Thomas Fay C Asa Francis Drummond Woolley Arthur Sussman Herbert Cooper Augustus Weber and Exalted Ruler Charles Rosencrans have secured reservations for convention week tours.
A notable anecdote recalls Dr Johnson remarking to a departing gentleman that if he leaves they may forget to think of him and then he will cease to exist. The exchange centers on Dean Berkeley's position that nothing exists except as perceived by a mind.
Pride of Hollywood Council No. 3 Daughters of Liberty will install officers at Odd Fellows Hall Thursday night. Officers include Councilor Adam Errickson Vice Councilor Ethel Fesler Assistant Vice Councilor Mary J White Guide Licy Nastasia Inside Guard Louis Fesler Outside Guard Lizzie Norton Pianist Ruth Fesler Assistant Secretary Elbert Youmans Trustees 18 months John Brown.
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