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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1912
Page
8
Summer suits for men range from $18 to $48 while boys Norfolks and double breasted suits cost $5.50 to $18.50. Store promises money back if any item fails to stay in plum.
Endowment contributors include W. K. Vanderbilt James Stillman and Henry C. Frick as plans for a new American Academy in Rome move forward. The building, funded by J Pierpont Morgan and others, will house students and staff with studies, dormitories, a library, and a courtyard, costing about 200000, to be completed in about two years.
Professor Jesse Benedict Carter arrives in Rome to lead academy improvements on the Janiculum hill, serve as fiscal agent, and advance the combined schools of fine arts and classical studies. Director Gorham P. Stevens remains over the fine arts unit, while endowment gifts from Morgan and other patrons fund the project. The academy, born from the American School of Architecture in 1805, grew as a national institution with annual competitions and stipends for artists and architects.
Michael Lozika, seven, of Philadelphia, had been dumb for months after a fall. While examining a grazing mule in a rear yard, the animal kicked him. he then spoke clearly saying hello ma I ain't hurted. Surgeons had been unable to restore speech before the incident.
The discourse explains atmospheric refraction creating twilight globally, noting at the equator twilight lasts 72 to 79 minutes, with fixed solar positions. It cites London’s twilight lasting all night from May to July and the midnight sun in the Shetland and Norway regions, as reported by the London Spectator.
English bibliophile James Crossley eyed a small volume at a Shudehill market bookstall. He offered sixpence for a price of two shillings and sixpence, was refused, and another buyer paid the asking sum. The book seller later said Crossley missed out and paid dearly for lack of bargaining.
A fragment notes a banquet where Gibbs I performed song with acclaim and the crowd shouted approval. A joking line asks who set the fine amount, reflecting humorous banter at the event. The text preserves quirky dialogue and social scene without broader context.
The SHREWSBURY Sunday School held its Children Day program in the Presbyterian Church with a large crowd. Decorations included laurel ferns peonies lemon lilies and daisy chains. The program featured solos rose drill recitations singing and an address and prayer by Rev. Dwight L. Parsons. Community notices list residents visiting relatives and local movements in the area.
Children from Garfield avenue school will be guests of Plaza Airdome West End in a special program of educational and humorous pictures. Charles H. Greene Jr will personally invite pupils with tickets at Garfield avenue during noon Thursday. Ushers will supervise the youngsters under Greene's direction to ensure rope, care and attention.
Eatontown beat Oceanport 18 to 18 on the Monmouth Park diamond in a close sunny afternoon game. About 200 spectators watched Hatontown take an early five run lead and hold on. Pitching by Haines for Eatontown and Pfister catching were noted amid the exciting contest.
King’s Cedarhurst Inn formerly the Leland Rockwell and Atlantic avenues will open to public inspection this evening. C. S. King, the new proprietor, has equipped the place for guests. Alterations and improvements to buildings and grounds have been completed and the site transformed into a pretty resort along the Shrewsbury river. Daily Record advert.
Mrs. Nevada Wolcott of White Street is ill with diphtheria and quarantined at home. Mrs. Edgar L. White and Miss Laura Birdsall left for Lewistown Montana, where Mrs. White will reside, after three months with her father. Numerous local residents are cited for illnesses, gatherings, church notices, school awards, and community events ranging from club banquets to summer outings and church activities.
Princes and admirals and the distinguished American visitors arrived for the occasion. They brought souvenirs home as mementos of the event.
In the Hughes block at seven yesterday morning a shelf along the store’s south wall toppled suddenly. Bottles cans and wood debris rained down while show cases and a plate glass window shattered. Mrs Cohen and her workers faced a heap of damaged goods as employees cleared the scene hours later.
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