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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
6
A comic tale follows Sammis the elevator boy who falls for Sarah with gold teeth and wavy hair. He resists temptations yet loses control, faces social pressure, and endures heartbreak while the boss warns about wobbling elevators and career risk. The piece shifts to a dialect interlude about resilience and pursuing love.
The tale recalls Colonel George W. Goethals an engineering instructor at West Point who posed a puzzle to cadets. With a fallen sixty foot flagpole and troops at hand he dismisses elaborate gear and orders simply to tell the sergeant to set it back up.
A quoted judge notes the key edge in sports or craft is practical growth. The remark contrasts amateur knowledge with professional discipline, stressing learning from errors as the decisive factor.
A Leavenworth businessman discovers a coal stove in storage. A junk dealer offers 1.50. After a playful price dance the dealer returns with a new ruse offering 2.00 including a 0.50 foul attempt. The plan collapses as the seller refuses and the junkman leaves stoveless.
A magazine anecdote recounts a French mayor issuing a passport for a wealthy, vain lady. He glosses over her minor disfigurement and adds a wry personal remark noting one of her eyes is missing, highlighting polite deception in description.
Mrs Firmgilt confirms finding a poker chip in her husband’s pocket and says she removed him from the game. The Washington Star notes a man careless about cashing in should not be allowed to play cards.
Washington reports 450 U S marines land in the Guantanamo district to guard American sugar estates and property. Four battleships Minnesota Mississippi Missouri and Ohio with 2 000 sailors and marines head to Guantanamo under Rear Admiral Usher. Attacks on white women intensify in Oriente province as American property suffers about 20 000 in damage. Havana markets rally as intervention looms and Peruvians are noted for ancient roads.
On Wednesday Edward M. Haley's horse fell into the river at Locust avenue foot. The horse was recovered soon with no ill effects. Also notes First Baptist executive committee meeting moved to Monday 8 PM at Miss Cassie Johnson's Spring street home. Gertrude Tate of Jersey City visiting David M. Hess in Park place. Baptisms planned at First Methodist and First Presbyterian churches with pastors speaking on Children and the Church. Russell G. Hess graduates from Stevens Institute Hoboken and is named permanent secretary and treasurer of the class of 1912.
National State Play and Charley Grapewin and his Nations Stars begin high class baseball at Grapewin diamond Second Avenue. They beat a New York aggregation last Sunday and host top amateur teams. next Sunday they meet the White Rats managed by Mr Grapewin keeps grounds orderly and offers cottage gym and showers for players. Notable players listed include J Walsh H Burns J Walsh Ht Hyndeman C Wood N Vitella G Johnson Wan Moore F Helles A Sella W Lillue and the sole Charley.
Ladies of the Long Branch Society for the Improvement of the Poor plan a cake sale to raise 75 dollars a month for their annual 800 dollar outlay. The event will be Saturday morning with home made bread biscuits and pies at two headquarters Jacob Steinbach Broadway store and Park Tilford Bright avenue. Patrons meet Mrs Brent Good Miss Millie Clyne at the Broadway stand and Mrs Leon Cumberley Mrs John Heldt Jr at Park Tilford. Mrs Winfield Bennett is convalescing after illness.
Eighty young work horses express horses and mares 1000 to 1900 pounds. Thirty days trial allowed with satisfaction guaranteed. Free shipping within 200 miles of New York plus new blanket and halter. Two blocks east of Madison Square Garden at 154 East 27th Street. Established express company in New York City.
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