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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1912
Page
8
An inspector tours Morris Avenue unfinished high school revealing a gymnasium with showers and lockers, a large 800 seat auditorium, a basement lunch room offering low price meals, airy classrooms, fire escapes, and a modern heating system. Principal Gregory praises the design and urges public use of the facility.
A town column compares a current school scene with past conditions and urges parental cooperation with the superintendent and teachers. President Slocum highlights a new era in education aimed at greater efficiency and progress for Long Branch.
Counsellor and Mrs. Marcus Taylor visit Springfeld Massachusetts while Mrs. Cottrell recovers from breast tumor surgery in a New York City private sanitarium. Miss Armstrong convalesces from appendicitis as Otto Oswald plans to leave farming for New York City. William McElvaine improves health in Brooklyn and takes a new job. Local high school improvements proceed with a $40,000 boost under George E. Langan contract. Dr H W Hartman named medical inspector of Keyport schools succeeding Dr W S Cooley.
Keansburg residents host summer guests at cottages on New Point Comfort Beach Beacon Beach and Matawan. George Gross Jr of Newark appointed special policeman for New Point Comfort Beach. A lighthearted pen portrait ends with a Guymon preacher joke.
A Chicago News item quotes a 46 year old youngster named Tommy joking with his father about school progress. Tommy says the teacher will promote him if he keeps up the rate, adding a line about moving to the criminal class. The note ends with an ad tease for the Daily Rec. listings.
A Kansas City Journal item recounts a dentist visit where a patient balks at gas, fearing unconsciousness yet plans to pay after finish. Portuguese fishermen use luminous Majagocephalus nevis substance as bait causing phosphorescent glow attracting fish for hours. San Francisco reports 1940s wages with clerks at five dollars daily, carpenters striking for sixteen, and a Baptist preacher earning ten thousand yearly.
A boy boasts his mother's generosity paying a nickel for each tadliyer taken, enough to buy cod liver oil to reach a dollar. A Bristol Times note tells how a labor-short foreman hires a tramp who says he can fry a piece on a shovel.
Eatontown firemen and the Chemical Boy zine company announce preparations for their annual fair set for Monday July fifteenth. Organizers promote community entertainment and fund raising activities.
A Monmouth County effort seeks to form a branch of the State Charities Aid and Prison Reform Association to coordinate social welfare across townships. The plan calls for local committees, a Council of Social Welfare, and an information office in Red Bank with a county-wide registration bureau for those receiving aid or private charity.
A historical article outlines creation of a county assistance branch with a paid secretary and helper, to study housing, sanitarian data, tuberculosis, and child welfare. It proposes a county hospital for TB and a home for chronic illness, with dues from members and broad public involvement.
Lorna Francis eight injured in Ventnor City Atlantic County when a motorcycle driven by Jon Mersman an Atlantic City Gas Co employee struck her. She suffered a fractured skull and brain injury but recovered. The Atlantic County jury awarded $10,000 to Francis and the gas company appealed. The Court of Errors and Appeals heard the argument and reserved decision.
Senator Rayner rebuked a political opponent claiming he misunderstood the speaker. He recalled a boy in church who misread a scene with an ear trumpet, illustrating how appearances can mislead and distort understanding.
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