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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1913
Page
9
A courtroom morning session heard Joge request jurors to investigate a girl’s case. Frederick Van Brunt, formerly jailed for embezzlement from Adams Express, appeared before Judge Foster with a suspended sentence. He promised restitution but showed limited funds and claimed another driver mishandled cash. The judge postponed further action to next Thursday.
Four Italian highwaymen attempted to rob messenger James P. Wintreen carrying $9,000 to Nathan Manufacturing Co. on 106th Street and Fifth Avenue. Wintreen was wounded in the arm but kept the cash. one robber was shot dead and captured as police fought the attackers amid crowds.
Governor Fielder announced immediate steps to protect Empire Steel and Iron Company property at Wharton as strikers threaten the site. Adjutant General Sadler will head to the scene, militia could be detailed if needed, with quick detachments possible to Wharton and Paterson. The governor cited Paterson police as likely to handle the growing tension.
Nearly 150 members of Waconia Tribe No. 155 Improved Order of Red Men and guests attended the first annual social in the Patterson and Sinning building in Red Bank. Prof. Kraus's Red Bank orchestra provided music, awards were given, refreshments served, and a monthly event is anticipated. Committees included Edward A Pumphrey John Bambach Farry Watts William Hohman Jr and John Hackett. The gathering ended after midnight.
At the New Jersey Society of the Colonial Dames of America annual session in Trenton on Tuesday Mrs Henry Simmons of Red Bank was chosen as a delegate to the National Council in Washington for the upcoming session.
Local ball players arrested at Retford last Sunday afternoon for violating the vice and morality act appeared to answer summons before Justice Wentworth. Bonds were given and cases postponed until this evening. Long Branch players expect to go to Belford prepared to fight.
The Philadelphia Ledger frames marriage as a sacred rite and enduring commitment. The columnist argues it binds a man to lifelong responsibility and moral duties within family life.
The body of 37 year old William Dibble a Red Bank resident for 20 years was found dead on the lawn of the Dr Cutter property near West Front street. A half pint bottle with carbolic acid and an empty carbolic salve box were found nearby supporting a suicide conclusion. An autopsy will be performed by Dr Harry Neafie. Dibble had threatened to take poison recently and lived a life marked by heavy drinking but no police trouble. He is survived by two sisters Mrs Mary Beyer and Mrs Florence Force. Funeral arrangements are pending under Harry C Way.
Professor Ignazio Galli studies eighteenth century weather records and finds many unusual winters and seasons but notes no lasting trend. He concludes that while cold summers and warm winters occurred, such anomalies are exceptions and the climate has not fundamentally shifted.
A tale from a New York Telegraph dispatch recounts Chinese customs where coffins are given as marks of filial love rather than requests to occupy them. An American visitor recalls a grave watch and a room with a large coffin gifted by a Chinese friend’s family. A grandfather praises the coffin’s wood and cost, emphasizing respect for such presents. The piece also notes telegrams’ vast reach, from British Columbia to New Zealand, nearly circling the globe and covering over 20,000 miles.
At a Red Bank Y M C A meeting parade marshals set the Boy Scout march through Red Bank Saturday. Troops meet 9 to 11 in designated streets and proceed via Broad East Front Washington Wallace Broad Monmouth Maple West Front to Newman Springs road for a camp lunch.
The article recalls John Ruskin as a grocer who opened a Paddington Street shop in 1874 to provide pure tea in small packets for the poor without profit from subdivision. He lamented that customers preferred flashy presentation and that he would not compete on rhetoric. The venture failed and is noted as a loss to the grocery trade.
The Second Troop of Cavalry Red Bank staged its first annual military ball in the Armory last night. About two hundred attendees in uniform enjoyed a grand march led by Lt. Frederick Pohlmus and Mrs. Pohlmus. A luncheon followed and the event, decorated with flags and palms donated by W. W. Kennedy & Sons, was deemed socially and financially successful enough to become an annual affair.
Fragmentary text suggests a dispute involving a national organization and Cincinnati inquiry. Details are unclear but imply concerns about a group labeled bM collectors and a fortification or fortification-like action. The piece reads as a brief notice or clipped report.
Berlin May 22 Czar Nicholas II arrived to attend the wedding of Princess Victoria Louise and Prince Ernst of Cumberland. The Kaiser changed uniforms at Anhalter station for a Russian welcome. King George and Queen Mary also met the czar amid holiday crowds.
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