03 Mar 1911
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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1911
Page
1
WASHINGTON March 8 Senate action looms on Taft’s permanent tariff with a vote expected tomorrow morning. House passage is near, while Senator Stone blocks revenue bills, and GOP leaders fear a setback as battle lines form over reciprocity and the tariff commission.
The piece details a winter school program with events such as spelling, singing, and medals awarded to students like Catherine Moran and Margaret Ronan. It notes medals for lessons, attendance, and testimonials, plus a weather report comparing February warmth to December and January. It references community notices, church events, and local basketball plans tied to Red Bank High and Lyceum.
In a meeting of the Board of Health and Freeholders a sanitary inspector outlined proposed drainage and alterations to the bridge near Troutman Creek to relieve nuisance from the river and brook. Officials plan the next steps and assess property impacts to ensure unobstructed water flow.
The county jail hosted its eighth anniversary services with Rev. I. Pp and Rev. E. S. Syn of Tennent present. James M. Conover attended the third Sunday event, speaking to inmates alongside a prison chorus before a large congregation.
Four year old Sammel elit Jr died after Ptomaine poisoning from tainted fruit and vegetables. The family of Samuel Sty, including the father and three other children, fell ill. the mother Mrs Délk warned escaped. Funeral services were held at the family home with Rev Agbury Sthallwood presiding. interment at White Ridge Cemetery. The father was hospitalized in Monmouth Memorial Hospital in a grave condition.
Mrs Jgghn and Ty Sproul state president of the Christian Endeavor Society will address the First Reformed Church next Sunday evening. A special musical program by the choir includes an anthem and selections by Heldt and Lindsay with performances by Parker Mattucky and others. Sproul also to lead a new conference Saturday night as Hallwell, local president, notes several new groups formed in recent months.
A Monday night debate at Elbergh Engine Company's headquarters on the Papama Canal fortification question favored the affirmative. John H. Green led the argument with James R. Johnson as his colleague. The event closed the meeting of the P.O. 8. A.
Local branch bowlers played several matches at Red Bank with George Bennett posting a 201 average and a 235 high in the event. Individual scores show Bennett 235 and 214, Kennedy 128 169, plus other names. the match produced another easy Lous Branch victory. Weekly cake sales by St James Church Missionaries fund clothing and household items for Oklahoma missions, with proceeds from bake sales on Saturdays and Third Avenue.
Weather Bureau forecast marks fair conditions for tonight and Saturday in New Jersey with moderate variable winds. In basketball league action tonight Red Bank High hosts Chattle at Lyceum, with a close result expected in a tight race. Also a noted dog missing, a five month old Boston bulldog with a white spot on its head, offers a suitable reward.
Former Oceanport preacher Reve William Edward Addicks Bleh inapeey of the Minotola M. E. Church has returned to his charge after a four week Philadelphia hospital stay for a serious operation. Under ether he saw a heavenly vision with Christ in spiritual robes as expected. Upon waking he appeared despondent at the cold world. Mrs Field Seeks Divorce in Reno Nevada from T Pearsall Field of New York and Sea Bright after two years apart.
SONS OF VETERANS HELD A GRAND ARMY HALL RALLY FOR THE ANNUAL INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS OF JAMES B. MORRIS CAMP NO 26. INSTALLING OFFICER HARRY G. DEGNERING CAME FROM SAMUEL T SLEEPER CAMP NO 16 RED BANK WITH A SHREWSBURY BOROUGH DELEGATION. OFFICERS INSTALLED INCLUDED COMMANDER J R BAILEY SR VICE COMMANDER HENRY WENGERT AND OTHERS WITH RETIRING COMMANDER C Q MCFADDIN HONORED FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE.
Coban’s TBsepetiip Committee directed the clerk to ask New and Long Branch Railroad to erect gates at the Pearl Street crossing in the South Elberon area. The notice references several local fragments including weathered items and ads for Chocolate Maraschino Cherries and paper sales by A. I. Golden of Broadway.
In New York and Jersey City drivers helpers and freight handlers for Adams Express Company went on strike. They protest discrimination against union leaders and reference a prior November settlement. Police reserves stand by as shipments continue for other firms.
Coroner John W. Plock faces arrest threats as the Railroad and Canal Revaluation Committee demands documentation of land values near railroad rights of way. Flock asserts legal rights and aims to report the next day, shaping a statewide assessment controversy. Williams H. Bennett, a longtime Democrat leader, appears in print as a Republican member of Middletown township's Clap, surprising local circles.
Old Tilton homestead timbers torn down by Horace G Smith are shipped to Frederick Seeley of Atlanta whose maternal ancestors occupied the Port Monmouth place for over a century. A proposed canal from Bay Head to the Shrewsbury river would cost 150000 and be overseen by the Inland Waterway Commissioner. A state survey was led by Henry B Rummell about five years ago. The note also mentions a basketball game and local business ads including suits made to order by W M Slocum.
A jury in Freehold days trial of Lena Schwartz for keeping a disorderly house failed to reach a verdict after a lengthy session from noon to mid afternoon. Judge Foster discharged them stating they could not agree. The proceedings included testimony from detective Charles Roverts and accusations about detectives pressuring witnesses.
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