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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
3
Lost between Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach a milk account book. Finder will be rewarded if returned to Eyles' grocery store Sea Bright in care of Mellie Covert. 139 of
Regular schoolwork ends yesterday as examinations close. Senior commercials visit Cranmer’s Baths to test tidiness. Barron Rex and Theodore Parsons plan for next fall at Princeton. Frank Briskey assists at Central station. Four relay medalists from Red Bank May 27 receive bronze inscriptions: Louis Fish, Clifford Errickson, William Tallman, Harold Smock. Arthur Thomas helps at Asbury Park station.
The two man bowling match at the Young Men's Christian Association alleys in Red Banks was postponed due to Alton Voorhees being unavailable. Contestants listed were George Gray Elwood B Ivins and George Worthley and Alton Voorhees.
The steamboat pier at Keansburg, currently twenty feet wide, will be widened by several feet. Charles Peterson of Highlands holds the contract and has begun driving piling for the project.
William OBrien of Red Bank wins the heating and plumbing contract for former Senator Henry S. Terhune’s new Matawan residence. The total figure is $3,317.
Mrs. Van Sweeney of Allen Place Red Bank is a patient at Monmouth Memorial Hospital after a serious operation. She is slowly recovering and is sister in law of William A. Sweeney editor of the New Jersey Standard in Red Bank. Monmouth Park Hotel to Open June 22 near Little Silver station.
Fred Gerner of Long Branch performs with the Buffalo Bill and Pawnee Bill Wild West Show, drawing crowds along the route. He played White River Junction, Virginia, yesterday and will stay until mid November before appearing at the New York Hippodrome. He mails souvenir pictures labeling him champion all around jumper of the world and shares bold mottos about delivering results and proving himself.
Secretary of War Stimson, after a horseback trip with Maj. Gen. Wood to a Virginia camp, learned officers he met belonged to the Fifteenth Cavalry, the same militia unit from New York he rode with in past Manassas maneuvers. He also noted several officers whose horses he had once held when a private in the militia.
The United States bought the French Panama Canal property for 40 million dollars and later had an appraisal showing a total value of 42.7098 million. Cdr George W Goethals approved the report confirming the bargain after the Isthmian Canal Commission estimates.
Belford fishermen report strong yields with edible fish and metholden in the nets. Former Assemblyman George C. Henry has landed about 15 000 bushels of fish this spring, among others also achieving large catches.
The New Jersey Shippers and Receivers bureau is organized with temporary offices at Appleby building rooms 23 and 24 in Asbury Park. Joseph W. Close leads the effort with W Clayland Bates assisting as they recruit merchants from Spring Lake to Long Branch and plan a move to Kinmonth building in Mattison avenue by August first. Close resigns from New York and Long Branch Railroad to devote himself full time.
List shows residents and names awaiting pickup at Long Branch post office dated June 10 including Robert Alexander Mrs F M Anderson Hattie Berry Geo Blumers J R Boothwick Mrs Boursfelsd Miss Margaret Brown and others. Items likely awaiting recipient collection.
Six men from Red Bank Council No. 525 Knights of Columbus paid a fraternal visit to Long Branch Council No. 335. They invited local knights to join a forthcoming clambake near Hatontown with a baseball game between the two councils. The Red Bank group included Frank Saggart on Eugene Keough Martin McCue James Gavanaugh Edward Farrell and John J Gorman. The probable Red Bank battery was Edward Farrell pitcher and James Conway catcher.
Ensley White John Quinn and Messrs Cortez and Lupton of Red Bank are elected members of the Nyack Athletic Club Bridge Avenue Red Bank and will be initiated next Tuesday night. A social hour and refreshments follow the initiatory ceremony. Work on the new addition to the Nyack club house is progressing rapidly.
A local ad asserts affordable garment cleaning with reliable results. The message emphasizes non hazardous methods and value for money for routine clothing care.
Sourced fragment notes Sorcey and Son cleaning and dyeing service offering dry cleaning and repairs. No clear date or location available.
National League scores show Pittsburg 4 Boston 8. Standings list Chicago 32 18 .640, New York 32 19 .627, Philadelphia 31 21 .596, St Louis 27 23 .540, Cincinnati 24 28 .462, Brooklyn 18 33 .352, Boston 12 41 .231. American League games include Boston 5 Cleveland 1, New York 6 Detroit 2, Philadelphia 2 Chicago 1 in ten innings, Washington 13 St Louis 6. Standings note Detroit 37 15 .698, Philadelphia 32 17 .653, Chicago 24 21 .533, New York 26 22 .542, Boston 27 22 .551, Washington 18 38 .321, St Louis 16 36 .308.
Charles N. Heike, former secretary of the American Sugar Refining Co during Havemeyer era, testified five hours to the Hardwick committee about the company from 1891 to last July. The panel failed to gain much light on Henry Havemeyer’s management. Lowell M. Palmer of Brooklyn is set as the next witness.
In Bayonne New Jersey the city rejected the Walsh act form by three votes and supporters of the new municipal system vow to seek a recount. They point to about seventy rejected ballots and allege at least two were discarded for improper markings while awaiting court action.
Judge Peter S. Grosscup of the U.S. circuit court of appeals urged a new approach to controlling trusts. He said the Sherman act is ineffective and proposed recognizing monopoly as a fact and conditioning corporate power on dividend regulation. He questioned whether other large firms would risk similar challenges despite Standard Oil and American Tobacco precedents.
Scattered showers relieve drought in Missouri and Nebraska while Illinois and the northwest remain dry. Mississippi area sees some rain easing the Missouri and Illinois town belt drought. Meadows burn and livestock head to market for lack of grazing. Princeton receives gift addition as Mrs. Sage adds 65 000 to prior 398 000 for Holder hall completion. Branding Him. Jim says you are a brick.
The Hotel Victoria in New York, a link to the city’s historic hotel era, has been sold to Lady Almeric Hugh Paget and John B. Melcher for eight million dollars. The building, opened in 1879, will be razed for a twenty story office tower, ending a storied chapter that hosted figures from Sir Henry Irving to President Cleveland during its long life.
The Supreme Court begins its October term after vacation with 35 cases slated for hearing, including matters on coal land claims in Alaska, the Sherman anti trust law in cotton, land frauds on the Pacific coast, and the federal employers liability act. Deputy Clerk Maher notes 509 cases filed and 454 disposed with 168 opinions in the just completed term.
Captain P M de Leon told the Daughters of the Confederacy at Washington exercises that Jefferson Davis was superior to Abraham Lincoln in every respect and that reversing their positions would have crushed Lincoln in a week. He argued Davis never received proper recognition and was made a scapegoat by radicals and biased northern historians. He noted de Leon’s Confederate navy service and later time in Guayaquil and resignation over controversy with the president.
An advertisement urges readers to choose between two options for custom made suits. It questions value and longevity, contrasting a $25 to $20 made suit with a $35 to $10 Pine Custom Made Suit that promises better appearance.
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