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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
6
The article notes American women in Germany appear more chic and confident than German women. It contrasts fit and fashionable attire with American guests drawing attention in Berlin restaurants, as observed by Nationnal Food Magazine.
At Corvallis the Oregon Agricultural College announces the first ever highway chemistry course in a college. Professor John Fulton leads studies on tars bituminous products asphalts sands gravels rocks and mixtures plus concrete testing and weathering effects. Surface protection through viscous oils is also studied.
In St Paul a spelling experiment among 202 children showed 49 correct spellings of common words. Many misidentified names and places while reading habits varied. Robinson Crusoe and Andersen tales were popular, but only 87 knew the Golden Rule. A civil service candidate quoted Cromwell’s deathbed remark.
A large eryops fossil from the Wichita Basin Texas is displayed in a glass case at the American Museum of Natural History New York. Prepared by A Hermann the specimen shows a primitive amphibian once dominant in coal swamp forests and morasses during the coal period, predating mammoths and mastodons.
A young child, learning to speak, describes a thunderstorm with bright imagery calling it sunshine and noting the moment when thunder and lightning occur together. He exclaims in a playful misstatement that the sunshine goes bang.
A pithy quotation notes happiness as peace after struggle and security, claiming married women and single men are the truly happy. The quote reflects a Smart Set voice on marriage and contentment.
In Shetland the sight of tame gulls hovering around farms appears common as horses idle nearby. The birds attach to horseholdings, drawing curiosity from residents about their unusual cohabitation with livestock and land use.
Sealed proposals to the Secretary of the Board of Education, City of Long Branch, will be received until 2 PM Saturday June 28 for a coal storage vault attached to the heating plant on Willow Avenue. specifications from Daniel Edwards, Business Manager. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Dated June 1. JOHN T. BRITTON, Secretary.
Calvin C. Williams, 51, roams Washington streets after saving two girls from drowning in 1908. He carries a Carnegie hero medal and a May 1 1911 letter promising a $1000 award, but says age and lack of employment hinder his prospects and the grant never arrived. A social gathering anecdote closes the item.
The forecast notes local thunder showers this afternoon and tonight with a likely cooler Sunday. West winds shift to north, temperatures vary, and观察s from Storm Warning Station show a barometer around 20.87 inches and gradually changing humidity and wind speeds.
The notice lists round trip times from Rockaway Avenue Pleasure Bay Sea Bright Highlands and New York Battery for weekdays and Sundays with multiple departures and prices. It includes no freight on Sundays and a note that some services do not run Saturdays. Signed WM. C. Hayden secretary.
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