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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1913
Page
8
A town column sketches initials and wordplay among local men and notes a planned Monmouth County Board of Trade dinner. It discusses shore improvements, roads and trolley service, advertising the Jersey Shore at the Panama Exposition, and announces Keansburg Beacon’s upcoming launch.
Mrs Laura West 44 wife of Henry West of Middletown died Wednesday night at Monmouth Memorial Hospital from tubercular meningitis. Funeral services were held Saturday at Red Hill Methodist Church with interment by Robert R Mount Son of Red Bank. She leaves three children. Born in North Carolina, she had lived in Middletown for years. West worked for William T Wilson of Middletown.
Lorenz Fischer sues to set aside a conveyance to Walter Parker by the Atlantic Oil and Pulp Co in Belford. The case is scheduled before Vice Chancellor Griffin in Jersey City on June 16. Grading on East View Hill is expected to finish within ten days.
A compact quotation attributed to Mrs Woodrow Wilson on marriage. She states that husbands and wives reach their truest and noblest development when they are complementary to each other.
William Stalker an 18 year old from New Brunswick suffered a severe leg injury after his Indian motorcycle collided with a car driven by F C Gerlick near Water Witch Club. He was taken to Monmouth Memorial Hospital where a thigh and knee fracture were treated with wiring and plating. Stalker, thrown 50 feet, faces possible loss of a leg. Another patient, Leo Cattanach, son of Dr C C Cattanach, underwent leg surgery Friday at the same hospital.
Red Bank residents attended a strawberry festival Friday night at the First Reformed Church under the Woman's Domestic Missionary Society. Strawberries short cake and ice cream were sold by society members as waitresses. Net receipts totaled about $11. Committee in charge: Mrs Ezra Osborn chairwoman Miss Leila Patterson and Miss Jennie Dooling.
Miss Karen M Jensen a public accountant in New York with Beacon Beach residence at Keansburg was followed home by a muscular youth. She struck back with her purse and fists leaving him retreating after she damaged his face. a Keansburg teamster later claimed a scratched face from a broken board. Shrewsbury township committee met with routine business approving Rumson road remaking costs and Hose Company hose replacement. Bills totaling 1354.41 were approved.
Former Red Bank mayor Frank Pittinger, confirmed as postmaster by the Senate, sent an $11,000 surety bond to Washington for approval. Awaiting OK, he will assume duties likely Tuesday or Wednesday next week.
Public auction of the Warren W. Palmer estate in Keansburg realized more than $7,000. Mrs. William H. Palmer purchased a double house on Stone road for 1200 dollars, Mrs. Sarah D. Johnson bought two houses for 550 and 700 dollars, Mr. John W. Giberson acquired a gravel pit and a grave, and Mr. Mal Kiel bought several vacant lots.
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