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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1913
Page
8
Dr Schmucker's illustrated talks on evolution and geology attract increasing attendance. He explains natural selection and the fossil record, with upcoming sessions titled What a Chicken Can Teach Us and The Humming Bird's History. The series ends with Science and the Bible on April 4.
The Ladies Aid Society of the Asbury M E Church North Long Branch held its annual reception at the Reed home on Atlantic Avenue. Election results: President Ena Havens. First vice president Amelia Joline. Second vice president John Slavens. Secretary Allie Potter. Assistant secretary Allen Adams. Treasurer Emma Horner. About sixty attendees, with program including solos, recitations, and piano numbers, followed by refreshments.
Mrs. Sarah Van Note, wife of Tylee I Van Note, died yesterday at her home corner Trendrickson Avenue and Conover Street after a long illness. Born February 28, 1839 to the late William and Mary Ann Cooper, she recalled Shell Dock’s early days in Branchport. Survived by husband and four children Deborah Dennis James Johnson Thomas Johnson and Arthur A Van Note. Funeral at 2:30 Friday at home with Rev John Y Dobbins of St Luke’s Church officiating. Interment at West Long Branch cemetery. Funeral directors Hyer and Flock in charge. Friends may view the remains Thursday afternoon and Friday morning.
Walter V. Patton of Matawan, a mason contractor, prevailed on appeal in a 1911 accident near Shrewsbury after being struck by a colt driven by George Hughes. The Court of Errors and Appeal confirmed a lower court verdict awarding $500 for his fractured rib and injuries.
Mrs Charles Sherman and son Charles moved Monday from Allen Street to Bingham Avenue. The East Oceanic school closes due to an measles outbreak with about fifty cases. Reverend W Earl Ledden attended the New Jersey Annual Conference in Atlantic City and did not accept a call to South River Church. Miss Christine Hook sang at Goodwill Methodist Church, and Ladies' Aid of Goodwill hosts supper tomorrow. Presbyterian Church joins Aeolian Library and will receive monthly music. The Measles epidemic and local obituaries mention Mrs Elizabeth P Casler.
New York doctors experiment with Freud psychoanalysis at Ward's Island Psychiatric Institute for neurasthenic patients. Treatment involves dream interpretation, memory revision, and lengthy sessions aimed at uncovering unconscious causes. Plans to expand to Kings Park and Central Islip D. Y. institutions if results justify.
The piece argues that abrupt changes in habits often cause illness or worse. It cites the risk of quitting a habit suddenly, with examples like dietary shifts and a bed rest recovery affecting movement. It notes De Quincey as an extreme case of habits becoming chains and dangerous if broken abruptly.
The article cites an 1701 piece quoted in Nutting and Dock describing eighteenth century nursing tasks. It notes nurses must be patient and compassionate, perform domestic ward duties, assist surgeons, remove dressings, clean rooms, deliver meals, and remove and bury the dead among many other care duties.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer clip recounts a woman with grit entering the market. She tests a chicken at a butcher stall, challenges a market adage about the good dying young, and asserts practical sense over experience.
In 1856 James G Blaine appeared unexpectedly in Farmington Maine after Senator Litt Wesden did not arrive. Augusta friends urged him to speak and he delivered The Voice of Experience using a farmer analogy about a costly horse sale. Critics noted the improvised speech and speculated on Blaine's rising profile.
Louisville Courier Journal notes a defense claim for a new trial citing newly discovered evidence. The attorney reveals the client uncovered $400 previously unknown to the court.
Fragmentary chat shows a couple debating a marriage proposal with muffled dialogue and unclear context. Names and setting are unreadable, leaving a brief glimpse into a domestic moment.
Atlantic City March 6. With hundreds of delegates from across New Jersey the seventy seventh annual M I Conference opened in First Church. Bishop Joseph F Berry of Philadelphia presides ten days. Opening sermon by Rev Dr David Schock of Pitman Grove. A large candidate class questioned by an Examining Board chaired by Rev Sherman G Pitt.
Atlantic Highlands notes list visitors including John Leslie John Mount C Werner Karl Snedeker Richard Pretlow and the Derbys. Hotel Seles tie White on Center avenue repairs after last fall fire. Walter Mickens recovered from appendicitis. J W Quick lays off workers after machinery accident at Duke estate in Somerville. Central Baptist Church to hold a March 17 debate on rural city life knowledge.
Mr and Mrs John B Pohl of Washington street Red Bank will sail for Hamburg Germany about mid May with their four year old son John Jr They havent seen Mals mother in 23 years Mr Pohl born in Germany worked at Sheridan Hotel Red Bank Mrs Pohl maiden name Anna Long they will be away about two months. Mrs Hoffman to Beta DC joins husband there on business and will visit grandson William C Hoffman in Red Bank Hayden attending inauguration at National Capitol with Mrs Hayden in Washington measure of time.
Six Monmouth county prisoners confined in State prison have applied for clemency for the March term before the Board of Pardons. Rolf Carl once of West End engineered at the ice plant convicted of assaulting his adopted daughter sentenced six to twelve years. minimum expires November 27, 1917. Albert C. Twining convicted of showing false minutes to the banking examiner sentenced May 5, 1904 to six years. minimum expires January 4 next.
The Pierian Club of Red Bank stages My Cousin Timmy at First Baptist Church Friday night at 8 o clock. The Red Bank Glee Club performs selections and the orchestra adds numbers. Cast includes Bertha Alderney Grace Taylor Barney Holland Adel Chandler Lily Jones Anita Appleget Stella Maybourn Rita Garland Millie Jones and others. Home made candy sale to follow.
The Progressive Times appears as a permanent weekly with John A. Githens Jr. as editor and publisher. The People's Advocate confirms its weekly continuation with William K. Fenn, Second Ward councilman, as editor in charge.
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