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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1912
Page
9
Vernon A Bennett of Red Bank writes and distributes The Girl That Just Suits Me. The song celebrates the Red White and Blue girl and American identity with chorus praising the favorite national girl and references to international women.
Montefiore Kahn announced a donation of 13 000 acres in Ocean county New Jersey between Toms River and Lakewood to the American Immigration and Distribution League to house immigrants at cost with limits on farm size and no profit. The donor demanded no taverns or roadhouses until settlers are established and a committee to manage the lands was to be formed. The event drew league leaders including ex congressman Bennet and Magister Freschi.
Long Branch residents recount Montefiore Kahn of Moses Kahn lineage as a restless figure linked to Blkwood Kennels, auto racing, and a rumored 13 000 acre land grant in New Jersey while officials seek proof of the inheritance and address debts and a questioned loan arrest in New York.
Miss Mildred Woolley entertained friends at her Third and Garfield avenues home. The Jolly Juniors and K K K Club members joined in games, music, and social交流 with refreshments. list of guests includes Mildred Woolley and Francis Woolley among others.
A claim describes Prussia as a small country with a vast forest spanning 7,000,000 acres. The note highlights the surprising scale of natural resources in a minor European state.
The Spring Lake Auxiliary of Monmouth Memorial Hospital plans a June 7 celebration for its tenth anniversary. Louis N. Moss offers use of the New Breakers Hotel for the event, with dancing and a card party for non-dancers. Stillwell's orchestra will provide music. tickets go on sale soon.
An old note traces jam from its early view as a medicine and luxury around 1710. It cites Galton in Annals of the Parish describing jam and jelly’s spread among suitors to Jamaica and the West Indies, sugar, coffee, and berry plants in yards, and jelly as a remedy for throat and coughs. It mentions a playful suggestion that jam might derive from Jazmuicea.
William Newell Van Camp, brother of Mrs. R. H. Hughes, after 31 years away, arrived in Long Branch and is staying with his sister at the Hughes home. He is a bachelor contractor from Clinton, 100 miles west of Oklahoma City, who notes union labor pays forty cents an hour. Mrs. Hughes is overjoyed and hopes he stays in New Jersey to marry and settle in the land of sunshine.
James Southard received a license to operate Our House Tavern in Ardena after a hearing before Judge John Foster at Freehold. The landmark road house, licensed for about 75 years, faced neighborhood opposition this year before relicensing. George W. Hagedorn bought the hotel, plans improvements and invites wealthy friends to relocate nearby, with six months yearly on the farm.
After the May term grand jury handed up 15 indictments nine defendants were arraigned with pleas taken and trials or sentences scheduled. William Nixon and William Green deny carrying concealed weapons. John Looney faces assault and attempted rape charges. Simon Turner Mamie Mills plead not guilty to barn breaking. William Pangborn pleads guilty to burglary. Defense counsel includes Rulif V. Lawrence ex Judge J. Clarence Conover. Trials start Monday.
The first twilight game in Monmouth county will be played at the Prospect avenue diamond in Red Bank next Tuesday evening. Tetley A Juniors and Red Bank High School meet to benefit borough business men who cannot attend afternoon games. The contest starts at six and lasts five innings.
A major upgrade to New York Telephone service was unveiled yesterday as Holmdel’s central office opened to handle local calls. The Matawan facility previously managed Holmdel calls before the move to the new site.
Billy White manager of the Cole man House alleys Asbury Park won four of six games against Charles Emmons Sheridan Hotel alleys Red Bank. Emmons posted the high game 253 as a crowd watched the match last night.
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