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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1913
Page
17
FF Moore steps down as chief of the United States Weather Bureau. He resigns effective July 31 after a banquet with The Wea ther Bureau chief and Secretary Houston accepts the retirement. Report says a pique over not landing the Agriculture secretary job under Wilson prompted the voluntary departure.
Washington March 22 Chief Justice the US Supreme Court to review the convictions of Allen and his son Claude sentenced to be executed Friday at the Hiftsville Court. The Mercury Junior Oakland FC defeated the Oakland F C 166 in a fast, exciting game marking the Oaklands second straight loss to North Long Branch. Laying Telephone Conduits in Norwood Avenue New York Telephone Company started Monday and finished to Campbell Avenue part of the grand trunk line destined to Cedar Avenue.
Fr Fenton head man on the Hannon Atha at Shrewsbury is driving with a nervous breakdown after kidney trouble. Dr D K Roberts of Keyport, a schoolmate of Mr Fenton, is the consulting physician. Otis Harlan, Long Branch actor, leaves tomorrow for Cincinnati to join the Little Hoy Blue company.
A fragment outlines quick breakfast breads, tips on cooling to avoid soggy plates, and short notes on corn bread, wheat puffs, and toaster-like pops. It mentions ingredients and steps such as melted lard, milk, corn meal, flour, sugar, and baking powder, with a playful tone and stray ad-like lines.
In a rustic exchange two men debate a horse named Nothing and react to a sermon about merit at church. Jones recalls a seething sermon from last Sunday and Brown reports meeting Smith who wants an opinion on the matter.
A massive storm swept through Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Tennessee then crossed the Ohio River into Indiana Ohio Pennsylvania and western New York. The death toll rises with at least sixty four confirmed deaths and heavy property damage including roofs ripped off and buildings unroofed. The storm delayed telegraph and telephone service and caused widespread crop and infrastructure damage with losses estimated in the millions.
The legislature weighs jury reform amensires and forecasts a lengthy session. Several bills address county freeholders, experienced crews, athletic regulation, and buses. Many measures cross from the Senate to the Assembly, with over 160 bills enacted or awaiting action.
In Red Bank two sisters Ida and Sarah Wolcott aged 15 and 16 face commitment to the State Home after mothers and a county official influence, with their mother Mrs Mary Wolcott hospitalized in Monmouth Memorial. The case drew protests from Overseer Manson and local officials as funeral notices and local ads follow.
The article details W Morse’s controversial parole and rumored return to Wall Street shipping power. It notes doctors predicting death, his appeal to British capital, and plans for New York to Panama coastwise routes with Canada connections, amid European finance backing and Panama Canal prospects. Morse remains unlawfully not a citizen.
Special services at the Presbyterian church in Highlands begin tomorrow and Friday with a sunrise service Sunday at 6 AM and Easter exercises by the Sunday school in the afternoon. Junior and church choirs sing at night and The Life of Christ stereopticon views. Rumson field club hosts a charity dance in Red Men's hall Tuesday April 8 with Wymans orchestra. Red Men lodge ten member dance Monday night. Additions planned for the Methodist parsonage with new bathroom and two rooms. Local residents include Herman Hower, Leroy Stanley family, Miss June Van Nest visiting Sag Harbor, and several sick residents.
Sea Bright Lodge No. 252 I O O F held a 1918 special meeting on March 16 to grief over the death of brother Abram Carlock. They resolved to drape the charter in mourning for thirty days, print the resolutions in Sea Bright News, and extend sympathy to his wife and children. Committee members were William Brennen P G, John W Eyles P G, and Walter Johnson P G.
A traveling salesman faced a race against time with four minutes to catch a train. He urged the street car conductor to speed up, but the bell ringer replied he must stay with his car. The brief anecdote reflects quick decision making and duty.
The Rev. Hugh Dempsey Wilson of St. George's Episcopal Church Passaic New Jersey says he will refuse to marry couples who lack medical certificates testing mental and physical fitness for wedlock He argues the world’s troubles stem from mismatches and unhappy homes and predicts clergy may soon require medical certificates to wed and bar marriages without them
William J. Bryan announced his riding horse would go to Washington. He noted the animal might seem good in Nebraska but may not aspire to the capital’s premier ring. He joked he is about twenty pounds short of a gentleman.
Gerd Mandell, three years old and son of Matthew Mandell of Pounthin Forrous Ma, underwent an appendectomy. He is the sixth Mandell family member to have surgery for appendicitis in two months as a wave of cases affects the household.
In Augusta Georgia Taft agrees to meet the Boy Scouts at Bon Air hotel and speak to the Tabernacle Baptist Church’s negro congregation tomorrow afternoon Judge Callaway will preside and Dr Nicholas Murray Butler will also speak Walker the Tabernacle pastor aims to build an institutional church with the help of Taft and others
Harold Dey Howard a nineteen year old blind student at the University of Pennsylvania develops a pin pricked shorthand system to record lectures. He relies on his strong scholastic record from Overbrook School For the Blind and faces lack of Braille books and visual lesson access.
A Missouri farmer improvised a split log drag to smooth dirt roads after rain. Two halves joined by braces and pulled by horses drained water and leveled the surface. Word spread, and this simple device sparked a revolution in rural road maintenance, per Harper's Weekly.
The Glasgow News notes how English tastes clash with Scottish cookery especially for herring. A London visit saw Loch Fyne herring sent home, boiled attempts failed, frying proved decisive and the keg was finished.
An antiquated natural history note describes abundant fish in a holy lake, noting Syrians use nets akin to those of the apostles and that fish can be deceived with various baits. The pellucid water contrasts with muddy Jordan depths, while the arid river elk is unpleasing yet does not hinder the fish population near the Sea of Lot.
Trenton March 22 One bill from the committee to be acted on next week directs the Board of Public Utility Commissioners to complete within six months a universal rate investigation for water and electric service. Other measures authorize prison labor convicts for road work, create a prison farm, and enforce paroling for road duties. Additional bills address factory lead poisoning, weighing regulations, school facility use, and a commission to paint Woodrow Wilson in the State House.
Funeral services were conducted at the Yate residence in Asbury Park for Elijah C. Van Cleaf with Rev. B Ross MacClements officiating. The service, attended by many, followed by Middletown Cemetery rituals by the Elks who attended in a body. Pallbearers listed include Milan Rose, Marty Alorden, Joseph L. Culver, Dr. H S Taylor, M E B Sexton, Thomas O'Brien, D C Covert and Harry J Rockafeller.
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