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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1912
Page
3
O Day, manager of the Cincinnatis, praises Tommy Clarke as one of the most promising young catchers in the big leagues. Clarke, in his third season, is noted for excellent throwing and field generalship and is expected to rank with the best in the country.
Intercollegiate athletics see hockey grow as major sport with the adoption of artificial ice plants by Yale and Princeton to extend play during the season. Lajoie of Cleveland sets batting marks, hitting .220 in 1905 and 1909, and .266 in 1903 and another year. George Stallinkes leads the Hows from the front bench as the sole manager from the coaches’ group.
Edward Durnan of Toronto and William Haines of Boston signed articles of agreement for a three mile sculling race to be held on Toronto day July 10 for 1000 dollars a side and the championship of America. Phillies slugger Cravath shows power at bat and is expected to improve after a slow start. Jim Sullivan the English boxing champion will not defend his title and returns the belt to the National Sporting Club. Alexander Nelson hired as professional coach for Britain’s Olympic team. Jack Moakley predicts basketball’s decline as hockey rises. Wisconsin plans interclass crew races for the first time at Madison this summer.
The Italian engraver Pistrucci, chief engraver at the mint, influenced English coinage with the St George and the Dragon motif. He argued modern cameo work could rival ancient pieces, citing a Flora head sold for £5 that Knight later misdated as antique. Knight doubted the claim, yet roses on the piece hint at modern craftsmanship.
In 1860 Gladstone as lord rector of Edinburgh University reportedly used a small flask during a speech, sipping from a concealed cup rather than a visible drink. John Bigelow notes the tactic to maintain composure, guessing he distrusted the audience to abstain from glances at the contents.
A friend, aiming to give a medicine dose to Charles Mathews the elder, accidentally offers ink from a small vial. On realizing the blunder, Mathews quips that he has taken ink. He then jokes he will swallow blotting paper to cope with the mistake.
The text presents a collage of word games and cryptic clues from Youth's Companion, including puzzles about hidden girls' names, letter-play on golf terms and animals, and long multi-part queries. It cites composers, armies, and classical nods in a playful riddle tradition.
No 1751 presents a pictorial code rebus with blanks matching letter counts under each image and a Shakespeare quotation when solved. No 1753 offers a charade riddle whose parts clue a well known creed lady. No 1762 asks to fill twelve common abbreviations in order with playful word-puzzles and misdirections by letter patterns.
A collection of puzzle items including Charades with clues like Car and vancaravan, Added Syllables with tan toule panic candle, and Hidden Insects listing fly ant moth bee etc. Also includes Hidden Bird Puzzle with a long list of birds, Anagrame of famous poets, Haigma Bebool and Square Word entries with names.
A garbled item from a newspaper page mentions personal distress and attire misgivings framed around a shop or column at Harpers Bazaar. It references a wife and husband dynamic with unclear context and a casual tone.
To prepare your rooms for the season and at the same time keep walls clean and sanitary use a wall preparation method advised for Long Branch hoteliers and cottage owners. It outlines materials and application steps to ensure durable, easy to clean surfaces suitable for seaside conditions.
Armorite enamel offers washable wall finish in sixteen soft tints for plaster wood metal or wallpaper. Available in quart half gallon and gallon cans with a booklet of tint options. If local dealers lack it, order direct for access to the range.
A rural tale by M. Quad about a singing teacher who—while leading three daughters—meets their three sturdy suitors. The narrator recalls busking on a highway near a railroad bridge and sharing old fashioned songs with a farmer, who offers a future engagement but awaits a chance in Cleveland.
A roaming vagabond promised a brass band show and a singing career after meeting a farmer who boasts three gate-Ann sisters who can melt hearts with a parlor organ but lack proper training. The hobo is pressed to become a vocal teacher by Professor Delatney, while doubters mock his chances.
A wandering performer charms a farmer and three daughters with song in a rural saga of romance, suspicion, and social mischief. The act draws praise, a hasty engagement, and a swift social storm as rival suitors close in and the star flees back toward the railroad.
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