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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1911
Page
8
A Los Angeles Times item recalls a dinner discussion with the Chinese consul in San Francisco about a custom of death by consuming gold leaf. The consul jokes that the act of “inward gilt” leads to death, while noting the paradox of a conscious meal causing fatal harm.
A New York Tribune note warns that living literary celebrities letters and manuscripts will become rarer with time. It predicts autographs may be the only items future generations can bid for in auction rooms and collect.
The article explains two methods to attach battery and coil terminal wires. It warns twisting the bare wire around the terminal in the same direction as the tightening nut risks overtightening and slipping. It recommends twisting the wire opposite to the nut to prevent loosening and poor contact.
A fearless musician was summoned to St Petersburg after receiving a terse notice from the czar. He had planned several concerts there, and the brief royal summons led to a formal audience, reportedly ending with a modest payment yet a cool reception.
A fragment notes the speaker pressured to propose with a fiancé awaiting an engagement ring. The father runs a jewelry store, implying costly expectations. The tone hints at romance and social pressure in a family business context.
A Baltimore American item recalls a violent master who now sleeps, remarking that the person was fierce but is at rest. The brief notes the somnolent con and the effect on onlookers in a concise, period-voiced line.
A fragmentary transcript references a horse named Mulligan described as overly fond of corn. The line hints at a character’s blunt insult directed at an ignorant speaker.
A Washington Post survey of Post Office Department time recorders reveals wasteful spending by three postmasters. Henry Owen, Harry Bacharach, and George Bean charged daily subsistence totaling up to 10.03 dollars for fifty three days. Auditors flagged the pattern before Hitchcock allowed the payments.
Paris Gaulois recalls a gracious moment at the Tuileries Ball where Napoleon I aided a fallen middle officer and teased the misstep saying the colonel had fallen before, once on a battlefield at Magamis, showing his kindliness.
A London Tit-Bits anecdote recalls a clergyman who prefers hunting to preaching. On a funeral day he rides with friends and asks an old woman for guidance at a hilltop signpost. She explains the post is a meemster as ministers point others the way yet never go themselves.
An editorial notes factory fire deaths may be quickly painless due to carbon monoxide poisoning. It cites the New York Medical Journal explaining that inhaled carbon monoxide forms a hemoglobin compound that prevents oxygen uptake, leading to rapid asphyxiation before flames affect the body.
A fragmentary report quotes a writer labeling snails foul and unclean amid notes that three centuries ago snails were viewed as more Reine i. It also cites C J Maynard of the Boston Scientific Society discussing how birds nests have changed since his boyhood with elm branches and elms.
A Harper's Weekly piece warns of deadly sea hazards from the Kentish Knock to the Hooghly and Sable Island shoals. It details treacherous sands, hidden falls, and lengthy rescue gaps across major shipping lanes, stressing the peril to vessels and crews.
A garbled reminiscence describes a fishing trip where a fish escaped, the writer's bait went missing, and a leader figure questions the catch while contrasting the mishap with the day’s events.
A compact Napoleon aphorism notes that one can stop only when ascending but not when in a supporting role. The statement highlights leadership timing and the limits of secondary influence.
In a continued class prophecy a narrator recalls alumni and future fates including Alvin Lang with two girls, Abbie Borden in telegraph business, Pearl Breece and William Tallman with Pearl sought by others, and Katherine Mullin’s long-awaited wedding. The piece notes teachers Mamie Solomon Norma Stein and Percy Hennessy, a new post office, a murder scare solved by Dr. Stanley Stein, Robert Miller's rise to police chief, George Little the blacksmith, Barron Rex upholsterer, Siewert Cook Jr selling cod, Sue Howland becoming a lawyer, and Ada George leading a suffrage march, ending with a Long Branch circus act starring Mile. Florence Sherman.
May Wood headlines a vaudeville bill at Ocean Park Casino with Grover as manager. The lineup features May Ward, Harry First and his company in The Marriage Fee, Spellman’s Bears, Lena Pantzer, The Watermelon Trust, Lyric Comedy Four, new photo reels, and daily matinees.
A Boston hotel bellboy, quiet and well dressed, sails for Japan where he will be Professor Yoshio Tanizawa head of philosophy at Kyoto University. He earned an MA from Harvard last year after studying at the Pere School and Minneapolis college. He refused to say why he worked as a bellboy.
A sparrow reportedly traveled a vast distance around Granby Forks in British Columbia. The odd tale mentions a remarkable ride or device affecting its journey, with unclear details and fragmented wording.
Miss Beatrice Farnham and John Otto plan a ceremony atop Independence Monument in Colorado where 550 feet high cliff, unmatched ascent, and a ladder of iron spikes await completion. Taft may designate the area a Monolithic National Monument Park as part of the romance. Otto has lived in Monument canyon for years and seeks a minister willing to ascend.
The inscription recalls Es and Mary Littleboy, children of George and Emma, who died July 16, 1783, with a quirky juxtaposition of verses and asides about growth and climate. A later whimsical dialogue from a cartoonish exchange hints at hoarding or hothouse care.
The piece extols uphill walking as the best method to oxygenate blood. It asserts repeated daily walks circulate blood through lungs cleansing and repairing tissues, with emphasis on breathing through a tongued mouth and widened nostrils.
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