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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1911
Page
13
Silk gauze stockings for ladies described as exceptionally thin and readable through. Claimed to wear better than other stockings of the same weight with reinforced four-thread toe and foot for comfort and durability. Showcases advertised quality and knitting craftsmanship.
A Lincoln anecdote recalls the anxious mood around the White House as office seekers crowded the entrance. The tale likens officials to a man renting cheap rooms in his house while keeping the front door open for visitors.
A local shop advertises a complete line of Boys' Wash Suits valued from 1.98 to 8.00. The flyer highlights the selection as splendid values and invites customers to view the new stock.
An offer highlights a special price of one dollar for a linen skirt with panel fronts and backs. The note frames Saturday as the sole chance to purchase this item at the low price.
Mrs Joyya and her daughter have returned to Brooklyn after a week with Mrs W V Putnam of Vernon Street in the city. Charles N Woolley from the auditing department of the New York and Long Branch Railroad is on vacation at Niagara Falls and in Meridan Connecticut.
Marsden J. Perry, a Providence financier and art collector, installs in his Newport summer home a premier set of colonial prints to teach patriotism to his heir. The collection highlights early U S wars, treaties, courts, and battles as a pictorial panorama of national progress.
Public notice from Long Branch assessors requires residents to return total value of personal property as of May 20 by June 30. Returns must be sworn. otherwise the assessor will determine value with no appeal. Blank forms available from the county tax office.
Harvard’s William Reiff leads a Massachusetts program inoculating gypsy moth caterpillars with a disease called flacherie to curb infestations. The culture is broadcast in bags on infected trees, spreading as caterpillars feed. experiments show large mortality rates among the pests.
Frances Rosenblatt, niece of Nelson Morris, confirms report she will wed Henry O Spruck after he allegedly offered $50,000 to marry him. Spruck says he fell in love and intended the offer as a serious proposition, with June set for the ceremony.
Mrs. Joseph Bourdan, a Montreal widow, could not raise a three dollar warrant fee. Officials refused to issue papers to arrest her husband for possible suicide. By the time the letter demanding explanation reached his home, Bourdan had hanged himself.
Experts predict gelatinized gasoline, once patents are granted and controlled by Standard Oil, will revolutionize motor fuel. A gallon in its new form could match the size of a shaving soap stick and serve automobiles and all gasoline engines, potentially cutting storage and transport costs by half. A separate quip recalls a waiter told to carry a hod after a tip.
Notice announces settlement of accounts for the estate of Eleanor C Nichols deceased. John W Flock as administrator will have accounts audited by the Surrogate and reported to the Monmouth County Orphans Court on July 13 1911. A separate item notes a petition to vacate part of Beechwood Avenue in West Long Branch to be heard July 6 1911.
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