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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1913
Page
13
A collage of quips and vignettes from a past era includes a playful holler day moment where a child asks for the water instead of the menu while a father endures clamorous children. The piece also references Helen Keller quotes and a London elixir tale, blending humor, public discourse, and bygone ad lore.
A cryptic note speaks of belief in forest and meadow and night. It references conifer species and a term Ger 6 2-Thapexs amid an unclear fusion concept.
Richard Rodman of Berlin, dubbed weather waker, plans to come to America seeking United States Agriculture Department backing for his electricity based weather control theory. He claims to have caused favorable weather in Germany on Whit Monday and Ascension Day and aims to prove the same in the United States despite funding obstacles.
Dr EB Higley of Wellston Ohio has been repaid one million dollars for a seven hundred dollar loan made in the early eighties to Charles Froelich, a farmer lad who sought education as a mining engineer. Froelich later prospered in Australia and South Africa, then died intestate in Melbourne, leaving his entire million dollar estate to Higley. The 70 year old benefactor learned of the bequest through a Melbourne lawyer.
Harvard medical researchers secretly study the brain of the late Dr Maurice Howe Richardson under Dr B B Southard Jr. Richardson, a former faculty member, believed thoughts are recorded in brain lines on cerebral walls and aims to locate their seat to guide surgical corrections. A contrasting quote from Mrs Twickembury appears from the Christian Register about royal drama.
William Ward Hampton of Oakhurst received a silver trowel inscribed for his support during a large Long Branch Lodge No. 78 F. and A. M. meeting. Gift from his brother Frank Widener Hampton of Fort Hancock connected with the Ordinance Department. Frank W. Hampton, past master, presented the trowel after the raising ceremony as many grand jurisdictions attended.
Elizabeth New Jersey June 28 After three and a half hours the jury found Rev Willis Mororie guilty of improper relations with Miss Edith Nelson a choir member but recommended mercy. Witnesses included Miss Alice Nelson and Dr William Bullman who identified Miss Edith Nelson. Mororie described signing a confession under pressure and said he sent money to members of his congregation. Sentencing set for July 11 with maximum six months and a $50 fine. Also obituary notes Emma Jackson 26 died of tuberculosis at Eatontown. Funeral arrangements listed and survivors named. Mrs Simon Baruch hosts DAR leaders at The Anchorage Asbury Park with other notable attendees.
Mr McCorkle conducted a house tour with visitors arriving at the nursery and noting a ballroom remark. The moment captures a formal, somewhat humorous tour in a private residence.
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