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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
6
A humorous tale follows Mr Bowser who claims a wireless like will power telegraph to send messages without wires. Mrs Bowser doubts him then a testing misfire leads to a street tramp delivering unintended results and a comic chase.
A snippet quotes a home team batter struck out and a base hit described with quirky language. The Louisville Courier Journal phrases a casual evaluation of baseball action in vivid, humorous terms.
A Boston Herald quips that Martians are a limited lot since they seem to be only digging canals and not engaged in other activities.
The verse notes a man who did nothing notable or heroic yet is deeply missed. It contrasts lack of noble deed or aid with the lasting absence felt by friends, describing him as steady rather than remarkable and well regarded for his unobtrusive presence.
Joseph Lieb, a Vendome Hotel porter and night watchman, displayed a revolver with four cartridges on Chelsea avenue after nine o'clock Sunday. He admitted carrying the pistol without a permit while claiming self defense. He was fined ten dollars by Judge Van Doren after pleading for leniency.
Friday afternoon junior commencement exercises featured an Old Lang Sync chorus with children dressed as elders. Pristilla Mitchell led the piano as students performed hymns, recitations, duos, solos, and operettas amid an audience of visitors.
Mrs. Brent Good entertained the Indies of the auxiliary to the Long Branch Society for the Improvement of the Poor at her Morris Avenue home. The endless chain receptions, started by Mrs Leon Cubberley, drew many guests including Mrs Leon Cubberley, Mrs B I D Woolley, Mrs C Henry Irwin, Mrs Jacob Steinbach, Miss Elsie Steinbach, Miss Ethel Morris, and others from Long Branch Plainfield New York West Long Branch Rutherford Asbury Park and nearby areas.
Saturday arrivals include J. Dyer and family in Bathgate, L. Freidenhelt and family at West End Cottages, E. Franklin and family at West End Cottages, and L. Kohn and family at West End Cottages.
Mr and Mrs P H Smith of Oceanic hosted a Saturday birthday party for their daughter Alice Elizabeth Smith. Friends attended and enjoyed an afternoon of games and dainty refreshments in a pleasant setting.
Lillian Holmes died at 1105 Mattison Avenue Asbury Park after taking mustard to relieve cramps. Coroner Robert M Purdy of Manasquan viewed the body and it was sent to Washington DC for interment.
John C Flinn arrives in New York to represent the Herald at Long Branch for the summer season. He stayed at the Victoria in Second Avenue and served in the same post previously with praise, winning many friends. His first resort letter will appear in the Sunday Herald. Frank L. Baker, the ot
Ex chief James Fay of the Long Branch Fire Department dies at the National Hotel Headway after ten years of ill health and a final stroke. Born in Trenton fifty years ago he lived in Lakehurst Elberon and Manchester and promoted the Elberon Engine Company. He married Emma Ferns in 1882 and leaves three children, a mother, two sisters and a brother. Patrick Maloney dies at 43 after long illness in Janes Street.
Ocean Grove man nearly ninety years old, Captain Charles Emory, attacked his daughter Mrs. Anta Somers with a penknife during a violent episode at their home. Neighbor Daniel Applegate restrained him as the captain pursued his daughter. he was later sent to the State asylum in Trenton.
A Tuesday storm shatters a barn at Peter V. Patterson's Lincroft farm, injuring Philip Murray who was revived after quick help. Four horses are rescued, tools and hay destroyed, and nearby outbuildings spared by a bucket brigade. Lightning also hits Conover's store pole, Wolcott barn, Cromwell house, and causes minor damage in Eatontown, Red Bank, and Long Branch with little rain.
Detective-Sergeant W. D. Walling is named captain of the city detective bureau after mayoral appointment and council confirmation. His rapid rise from patrolman is praised as the city seeks capable leadership against crime. Green and Gulick voted against the ordinance and confirmation.
Malcolm Hufty Washington lawyer sues for divorce from wife with Theodore D. Wilson of New York named corespondent. Testimony by six witnesses frombury Park and two from Long Branch was taken in Long Branch, with prior sessions in Washington Utica Baltimore and Virginia. The case involves Hufty kidnapping his two children from Wanamassa earlier and Wilson’s criminal charge.
Mrs Hulda M Brower aged 83 living with granddaughter Mrs Benjamin H Ford of Red Bank died Sunday morning of heart trouble. She leaves three sons Ambrose and Edgar of Red Bank and Andrew of Oceanic.
Annual bazar to benefit Oceanic Presbyterian Church will take place Tuesday afternoon June 28 on the church lawn. If stormy weather occurs the fair will move to the next day. Useful and fancy articles will be sold.
A special Board of Health session at City Hall considered milk sale licenses and cow-keeping within city limits. Ten license applications were rejected while eighteen milk sales permits were granted after thorough sanitary verifications. Only two cow owner permits were issued, with many agreeing to keep cows outside the city during summer due to pasture and stable issues.
Edwin H. Eddison of Albany New York who has relatives here lost his sight six years ago. He traveled with Mrs. Eddison to visit Mr and Mrs James Cloughry Norwood avenue. Monday morning he started for Albany and was met in New York by a relative and put aboard an Albany train. The telegram announced his arrival to Mrs Eddison who remains in Long Branch. Eddison works with a large Albany furniture store. Patrolmen Seek Salary Increase to 75 monthly. City Council Monday night referred the request to the finance committee to check funds for a possible July 1 raise. Advertise in the Daily Record.
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