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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1912
Page
8
Clothing patterns and styles designed for slim youths with chest measurements 32 to 35 inches. Several models include a close fitting English style with a softly rolling lapel. Youths' suits priced from 16 to 32 dollars.
If you're fishing we have everything to fish with including rods flies hooks sinkers reels creels and landing nets. Sporting Goods Racers Pret Company operates three Broadway stores at Warren Street 13th Street and 84th Street in Manhattan.
Long Branch actor Arthur Byron joined the Proctor Players at Proctor's Theatre Newark to perform William Gillette's Sherlock Holmes. Byron, leading man to Maude Adams, delivered a romantic, engaging portrayal that pleased younger audiences and showcased his romantic stage persona.
A postal guide lists items from large suit houses including Khaki Skirts at 1.50 and white linen skirts at 1.98. Other offerings include black Taffeta dresses at 10.00, straw hats for men and boys at 1.15 with 0.25 extra, rubberized caps at 2.45 and 0.95, Messaline Bathing Suits 5.00 to 49.75, bathing tights 0.60 to 1.25, gilt edged correspondences 0.25 per box, and book plates 0.25 per box. Also noted are Panama hats at 4.98, Georgette fashions, and discounted engravings with a 5.00 tambourine-themed prize.
A historical overview explains how the United States party nominating system evolved from caucuses to the modern national convention. It covers early practices, the 1840 reform, delegate selection, and the voting process including roll calls, unit rules, and past examples like 1852 and 1892.
New York navy yard authorities may launch the battleship New York with full machinery in place near year end if the navy department approves. Davidson College in Charlotte, North Carolina, elects Dr. W. J. Martin as president, succeeding Dr. Henry Louis Smith who moves to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia.
The Old Orchard House in Concord Massachusetts where A Bronson Alcott and Louisa M Alcott wrote essays and stories has been restored by friends and townspeople. John B Alcott and Frank B Sanborn aided fittings. The house also voted an amendment to the naval appropriation bill creating a dental corps in the Navy.
The Rev Dr J M Buckley, famed as the bishop maker and long time editor of the Christian Advocate in New York, has withdrawn from active service after a career defining controversy. Born in Rahway New Jersey on December 16 1836 he educated at Wesleyan and served in Detroit and Brooklyn before editing Christian Advocate from 1880. He opposed slavery and liquor, expelled a treasurer who sold whisky and a brewer from his congregation, and faced slander charges later cleared.
The senate judiciary committee favors increasing the electoral college to 584 votes under the new apportionment, leaving the old 386 votes obsolete. A senate resolution tested this issue, and the House judiciary committee is also weighing the change with most members aligned to the senate stance.
Two hundred Protestant pastors meeting with Chicago federated churches approved requiring a health certificate with a marriage license. The resolution urged ministers to shape public opinion to endorse the plan. Dean Sumner noted Michigan’s long unenforced law punishing ministers who marry contagious disease victims.
Mrs. Josephine Corless Preston of Walla Walla campaigns for the Republican nomination for state superintendent of public instruction. A former Walla Walla superintendent and longtime educator, she would become the first woman to aspire to a Washington state office alongside a quiet, capable tenure in public schools.
Retired Methodist ministers from Ocean Grove and nearby areas, about 11 guests, joined 27 diners for a New Brunswick District Preachers' Association luncheon at Elm Cottage. Rev. Marshall Owens introduced speakers including Dr. A. E. Ballard and Dr. H. S. Smith. Rev. J. F. Heilman pinned white carnations on guests.
Thomas Di Napoli opens the Venice Hotel and restaurant on South Broadway with modern interior upgrades. Rooms feature hot and cold water, sanitary plumbing, and new furnishings. A private dining room, a public dining room, and a fresh kitchen staffed by capable cooks promise a refined Italian dining experience.
A London shop faces discontent as a clerk allegedly insulted Mixes Brown, overheard remark implying she is the store’s oldest customer. The dispute centers on customer treatment and staff conduct.
Miss G A Davies owner of Hercuveen Kennels Red Bank led a strong entry with nine St Bernards at Mineola New York show. Alta Marvel defeated Jacob Ruppert Jr Rem ant s Cleopatra in class while Hercuveen Troedyrhin Queen impressed at two years old. The event featured 900 dogs benched and 1 767 entries across classes.
A post office at Port Monmouth was entered early December by a fuse and nitro glycerine blast. A U S Postoffice department inspector offers a $200 reward for the guilty. C R R of N J detectives and Red Bank police are active in the case seeking tools and clues.
Joseph Borden, a notable mill worker, lay critically ill at his Lippincott Avenue home after a second stroke of paralysis. He had recently returned from Brooklyn where he fell ill. a nurse attended him as he remains helpless. He belonged to Long Branch councils of Royal Arcanum and Jr. O U A M.
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