22 May 1911
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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1911
Page
1
Frede Waller, famed Violet Club bachelor idol, hosted a lavish party for members and guests. He invited Wardell of the Port ad Peck Hotel as confidante, staging a farmyard setting with livestock replicas, elevated land, and purple decor on a glassed piazza.
Jesse Cook and Co. captured a 250 pound sturgeon at Galilee last Saturday morning. The enormous fish required team effort to haul aboard and contained over seventy pounds of roe sent to New York for caviar. Caviar prices boosted the haul, recalling earlier days of profitable sturgeon roe curing by Capt. Nelson Lockwood.
Councilman William Sandlass invites Mayor Charles V. Shropshire and Sea Bright Borough Council to attend a Katzenbach dinner at Sandlass's pavilion on June 20. The invitation was extended at last week's borough council meeting and accepted.
The funeral of John F. Holmes, who died in Holmdel on Thursday, was held Saturday afternoon from his home. The services were largely attended.
Victor Swenson and Charles Emmons of Red Bank face Bill White and C E Eskew of Asbury Park in a best four of seven game match to be rolled on the Man House alleys tomorrow night. The Red Bank bowlers plan a seaside trip in a moneyback lawn mower. Chester M. Truax of 223 Eyer avenue notes details.
Dr. and Mrs. Slocum and guests Hebert injured in fogbound Branchport road crash. Mrs Slocum badly hurt, Dr Slocum seriously bruised with internal trouble. Hebert and Mrs Hebert also injured. all taken to Port-au-Peck Hotel and later to Union Avenue residence. Car wrecked. seven stitches to Dr Slocum chin. Second report describes a S. M. Goldsmith auto collision with Sharkowitz carriage. no injuries. Chicago note reports Michael Harper killed and others injured in a separate accident involving a passenger train and auto truck.
Rosenberg Jacob Spivock and Joseph Waldman of Long Branch face charges in a widening horse theft and burglary investigation. Detectives recovered goods valued over $1,000 from Rosenberg’s Norwood Avenue warehouse and tied stolen items to local victims including Daniel Doran of Norwood Avenue. Bail amounts were set or raised as the case moved to grand jury action in Red Bank.
The Philhimonic Singing Society of Red Bank will give its next concert at the First Baptist Church Maple Avenue on Thursday evening in June under the direction of Dr Victor Baillard. Rehearsals are now being held.
Councilman C. H. Megill and Mrs Megill hosted a group of friends at their Sea Bright home in the Knapp building last Friday night. Ghester N. Wainright excelled at the game while Wayne Cadwallader provided vocal solos. Exton Bros undertakers and embalmers at 516 Broadway. Tel. 133 LB.
Forecast for thirty six hours ending Tuesday evening calls for generally fair conditions tonight in New Jersey. Tuesday will bring light variable winds with observed southeast direction and barometer around 80.14. Temperature highs yesterday reached 65 with a low of 56 last night.
Miss Amy McIntyre hosted a barn dance for her schoolmates last Friday night. Music was provided by a hurdy gurdy man and refreshments were served before departure.
A Cap Mexico City report dated May 22 states President Diaz will not extend his term beyond May 28 and will sail from Vera Cruz to Europe aboard the French liner Espagne stopping in Havana to consult General Reyes. Fighting continues in southern Mexico as General Figaro occupies Cuernavaca, enabling federal officials to withdraw.
John Grogan, gardener for Alfred Beadleston, was severely injured in a runaway last Thursday when a frightened horse bolted near Graves' tailor shop. He suffered a two inch head cut and was found unconscious after being thrown to the ground.
Joseph Foster of Spring Street Red Bank joins Navesink Lodge No 39 I O F Red Bank by card He was formerly a member of Bricksburg Lodge at Lakewood Michigan instruction?
Red Bank Masons will host a dance and sociable at the Navesink Bank building tomorrow evening with refreshments provided.
A new X Ray room will be fitted by Charles A. Wimpfheimer, Bath avenue cottager, and located in the basement of Monmouth Memorial Hospital. A drawing of the room and equipment is held by hospital authorities.
Captain and Mrs L B Newman will host a home campfire at their Pleasure Bay residence for James B Morris Post No 46 G A R and their wives tomorrow night. The series has been held at various comrades homes during winter and spring and proved interesting.
Seventy one patients were under treatment at Monmouth Memorial Hospital with several new admissions this week. W I Willard of Mount Vernon New York suffers fractures in the right leg above the device and a broken right elbow but is rapidly recovering. William Conover a Colts Neck farmer underwent a mastoid operation Tuesday under Dr W K Campbell in charge. Broadway Headline Animal Circus tops bills at the Broadway Theatre this week claimed as the strongest ever offered in the city featuring Harry Jolson noted as Americas most versatile blackface comedian and the duo McKenna and Kain renowned as entertainers.
Archie Brown physical director of the Red Bank ace YMCA visits his mother at her home on White Street. He formerly worked as a salesman for M M Davidson’s clothing and furnishing store on Broad Street.
Miss Anna Dorothy Townley Carr, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. M. Carr, entertained about twenty friends Friday night at Townley Hall for her sixteenth birthday. The event featured dancing and dainty refreshments, and Mrs. Carr received a handsome collection of presents. Maxwell Automobiles advertised by Chester M. Truax, local agent, 223 Broadway. Telephone 6. 118tt.
The item notes daily advertising in the Daily Record urging readers to place notices or promos. It emphasizes timely placement and local reach for business or personal notices.
The Knights of the Golden Eagle gathered in Odds Fellows Hall and marched to St Luke's M E Church for an annual service. Dr G H Neal preached on The True Knight of Modern Times, urging defense of the weak and condemning child labor and graft. The event featured songs and solos by Alberts E Sidwell and Frank D Hunt, and reflected the order's motto Friendship Valor and Defense.
Susan Hulick widow of Cornelius Hulick longtime West Long Branch resident died at her Cedar Avenue home after a stroke and years of illness. She was 83 and survived by four children and four grandchildren with funeral services planned at First M E Church and interment in West Long Branch.
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Carroll widow of John Carroll were conducted at St Michael's Church in the morning with a solemn requiem mass led by Rev. R A Crean. Burial followed at Mount Gazmell Cemetery under the direction of Wir William H Morris Jr. Many friends attended from St Michael's Church.
City officials remind that all Board of Health permits expire June 1 and applications to sell milk and ice, keep cows, gather cooked grease and bones within Long Branch, New Jersey should be filed by June 1.
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