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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
10
A collage of anecdotes and curiosities from older times including a tale of native misinterpretation of field glasses in the New Hebrides, a home remedy to stretch tight shoes with oats, and a humorous gallery incident involving E H Sothern and the audience. It also recalls an old joke about a rest seeking traveler and polite youth.
A lettered miscellany recounts a circus incident where a trained monkey spanks a misbehaving rival after peppermint theft. It cites a London snipe shooting outing ending with a lone bird. Also notes thornless blackberry lore and Luther Burbank on seedless fruits and practical agriculture.
Short anecdote about a mother who cuts her finger and patches it with a rag then plays the pipe organ at church, with a boy remarking that she can play ragtime now. The line is presented as a casual exchange.
Nearly all local members have moved into summer bungalows in Pairthaven. The Players Boat Club opened its floating clubhouse on the river in front of Tom Morrissey’s residence with an officers election: President Frank North, Vice President Ernest Otto, Secretary Ralph Smith, Treasurer Low Banting, and trustees Frank Pierce George Quigley and Low Kaskell. The house committee includes Tony Banting Arthur Mueller Dick Hume John Cantwell and Corlies Hirumeiter. Entertainment and program committees list Frank Martineau Marie Otto Low Banting Arthur Mueller and Tony Hunting. The fourth annual benefit will be held late this month at the Empire Theatre Red Bank, date to be announced, promising one of the state’s best vaudeville shows.
Police investigation opened after jewelry theft reported from Mrs Charles Hendrickson home in LeRoy Place Red Bank opposite Sherewsbury Academy. Items valued around $200 to $800 stolen including a diamond ring two bracelets revolver and keepsakes. Det Edgwood Minagh assigned. victims quiet.
Over thirty new fiction titles were added to the Red Bank public library and free reading room on Monmouth Street near Broad. The total fiction list reaches 5 168 with works by Christie Young Lange Fraser Ryan Backus Tompkins Roe Silberrad Taylor Parker Glover Churchill and others. Marie McDonald was found guilty of keeping a disorderly house at 1110 Heck Avenue Neptune Township, with testimony from three Greater New York Detective Agency operators.
A one year old from Red Bank took $240 from his mother and hired a ride for a day. He rode around the countryside with friend Harry Olsen, buying cake and candy. Police released both boys after the mother pleaded.
An Oceanport Improvement Society meeting presided by John Beet adopted a resolution to treaty with Long Branch Chamber of Commerce for Booster Day. The group, with about 45 members, voiced progressive ideas and will display the Stars and Stripes. The township committee will get danger signs at obstructed corners. The next meeting is June 17.
Red Bank reports adjournment of the Board of Education meeting due to lack of a quorum and the plan to reconvene June 24 at Mechanic Street school. Washington Camp No. 85 members and local graduation notes at Lehigh University and Princeton are noted along with Democratic Executive Committee leadership changes and monthly meeting plans.
Six new members were elected at Camp 39 Patriotic Order of Americans in Red Bank. Names include Mary Boden Blanche Antonides Jennie Trimble Emma Morris Maggie Richmond and Dot Seeley. Also noted social time and refreshments after the meeting.
A catalog of bargains and fading fabric stock shows open work stockings and mercerized fibers advertised at deep cuts. Men shirts, suits, and belts are offered with discounts as high as one third. Trunks, rugs, bedding, and baby carriages are promoted at substantial markdowns across departments in the New Building sections.
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