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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1914
Page
8
Red Bank High School graduates teachers and board members attended the First Baptist Church for a baccalaureate sermon by Rev Johnson L Miner. The ceremony featured floral decor, a class pennant, flag drapery, and music. Miner urged youths to develop ideals, aim for excellence, and serve humanity with vision and purpose.
Malcolm Gifford Jr of Hudson New York is slated for a county court trial in Albany within ten days on a murder charge in connection with the death of Frank J Clute a chauffeur from Albany. Circumstantial evidence and his life history are cited while he battles tuberculosis with the upper lung reportedly removed. The case is set to begin June 25 with both sides seeking to avoid delay.
The fifth annual meeting of the New Jersey Retail Jewellers Association in Asbury Park discussed the Newark manufacture retailer dispute and chose to rely on support from other state associations. Delegates from Trenton and Newark recounted successful prosecutions of auctioneers over fake advertising and bogus window displays. Officers elected: President John R. Tack Newark first vice president A W Cornelius Asbury Park secretary Leon Chanaud Union Hill treasurer A J Jaeckle Jersey City.
In a Washington Star poem the month of June is praised for roses and song birds yet warned of rising threats. The verse notes dangerous rhetoric, lethal cargoes, barricades, and embargoes as summer heats temperaments and provokes gruelling discourse beyond poetical calm.
After blooming, prune climbing roses to direct growth to new wood. For low trellises cut shoots that bore flowers close to the ground. four feet of old stalks can be removed. For high trellises renew from higher up to replace top growth, ensuring foliage regrowth and next year's abundant blossoms.
Five year old William Averill of near Oxford North Carolina underwent a pioneering operation at Emergence hospital Washington. Dr A St Shands severed ligaments and separated tendons then readjusted bones on both feet followed by plaster casts to knees. He recovered quickly and regained cheerfulness and mobility in bed.
Ohioan William G Sharp a wealthy Elyria manufacturer and lawyer, aged fifty five, serves as ranking Democratic member of the Ohio delegation. He has a twin brother George known as Big Gib and Little Gib, attended Elyria public schools, and built wealth in wood alcohol manufacture with holdings in Elyria and Lorain. He succeeds Myron T Herrick as ambassador to France and backed Judson Harmon in the preconvention race.
A scenic three mile coastal drive along the Jersey shore was completed this spring at the Atlantic Highlands Water Witch area. The road cost about 70000 dollars, winds along cliff edges 200 feet above tide, and offers continuous views of New York Bay and the ocean. It replaces the old stone church route and features sharp turns, steep grades, and concrete abutments, urging careful driving and flagging safety for all motorists.
Miss Elsie Hamilton granddaughter of Mr and Mrs George EK West of Grand Avenue and Charles Abbott an employee of Beatty's blacksmith shop were married Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church parsonage by Rev C K McKay. The couple plan house keeping soon and received numerous presents. Letters uncalled for at Long Branch post office listed.
Mrs Ellen Stout was surprised with a 75 candles cake at a birthday gathering hosted by her daughter in Elberon. The event featured a full course dinner, music, toasts, and gifts, with many relatives including Capt Edward Walling, Mr and Mrs Benjamin Brown, and Mr and Mrs Thomas Rhodes in attendance.
Mr and Mrs Paul de la Reussle of Read Read observed their first wedding anniversary yesterday. Reussille, a jeweler, attended the Asbury Park jewelers convention with his father. He is grandson of Councilman and Mrs Jacob Degenring who noted their forty seventh anniversary last Thursday. Mrs Reussile is daughter of Mrs Ida H Whitaker of New York. The wedding was held there. Mr and Mrs Robert Pierce, married by Rev Frederick P Sweezey of Christ Church Shrewsbury, also marked their first anniversary yesterday. They reside near Vanderburg.
A reflective note on vanity and liberty, stating many men claim strength to mask weakness and boast of freedom to hide their bondage. The piece comments on the paradox of perceived power versus true restraint.
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