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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
6
A French town proposes a weight based tax on residents to fund improvements. Taxes rise with weight, sparking opposition from women and a fat residents committee appealing to the prefect. Courts may be needed. a torch light protest marks resistance.
Rail timetable fragment lists Newark Elizabeth connections with 28 trains daily and Sunday gaps. It notes trains via Freehold and Matawan, with morning and afternoon departures to New York and Baltimore Washington routes, including special Saturday only services and varied times.
Dr. Jacob W. Bolotin, a twenty five year old blind physician, is named attending doctor at the Dunning Tuberculosis hospital in Chicago. He has completed a four year medical course, practiced osteopathy and massage, and has examined over 3,500 patients without his blindness being known to most. He lectures at two medical colleges and uses touch to diagnose and track patients.
A collage of anecdotes and notes: medical student Rolotin’s top finish at Chicago College of Medicine on roadwork earnings. a pastor-fisherman arriving late to service. a witty telephone desk exchange about a chairman. a vegetarian seeking board with a quip about meat. desert wind Khamsin explained as a fifty day heat wave. humorous exchanges on advice and ambition.
The Board of Education invites bids for a concrete wall and walk at the Intermedia School. Specifications from Dan Edwards, Business Manager. bids due to John Ty Britton, Secretary, by 2 pm Wednesday May 7, 1914. The board may reject any or all bids. May 1, 1914.
Sealed bids for water pipes and fittings in Asbury Park Delaware Bay area are invited by City Clerk S Helmer Calvert. Bids due May 12 1918. Specifies 12 inch pipe four 12 inch gate valves two 2 inch gate valves four 01 inch gate valves and various tees and fittings. City reserves right to accept or reject any or all bids.
The Weather Bureau predicts fair skies for tonight and Friday in New Jersey with moderate temperatures and light variable winds. Observations from Long Branch record a morning temperature of 51 and a previous night low of 46, with highs near 62 and a barometer around 30.10 inches. Wind shifts from northwest at 12 miles per hour this morning to stronger northerly gusts up to 30 miles in the past 24 hours. Relative humidity sits at 67 percent last night and 60s this morning. The day’s readings compare with yesterday’s average of 54.2 degrees and last year’s 42.5.
Public notice records a May 7 1915 city commission meeting in Long Branch New Jersey to discuss sidewalk and curb laying on West Street from Columbia Place to Atlantic Avenue. Also includes mortgage foreclosure notice with court dates and executors’ claim deadlines and legal notices from Durand Ivins Carton and Terhune Wentz.
Two sealed proposals for reinforced concrete jetty construction at Shark River Inlet New Jersey will be received by Henry B. Kummel State Geologist at the State House Trenton New Jersey at 2 PM May 8 1913 and then publicly opened. Information on request to C Vermeule Consulting Engineer 205 Broadway New York or to the undersigned Henry B Kummel. 69-95-101 Thurs.
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