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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1913
Page
8
Veterans and their sons heard a sermon urging moral battles over wartime strife, praising patriotism and duty. Dr Lovell linked the Atlanta Presbyterians and Grand Army members, urging continued Memorial Day observance and national unity amid moral renewal.
Arthur Thomas of Chattle High School struck out 19 in 11 innings, totaling 29 in two games, as Atlantic Highlands beat Long Branch 1 to 0. Mel Johnson matched him, allowing five hits, with two catchers excelling behind the plate in wet conditions at the new field.
John H. Finley argues in The Atlantic that ether waves transforming into sound or light can connect people beyond senses and bridge gaps of need. He envisions mobility and transmissibility bringing mankind toward a higher kingdom, comparing it to evolution from plant to animal.
The New Jersey House of Assembly may end the extra session tonight with the Senate set to convene at 8. Senator Munson and Fitzherbert back the jury reform bills. The Chancellor bill awaits Acting Governor Fielder’s signature after Assembly passage.
City orders end the use of its Hall for District Court purposes. Garrett Hennessey refused to allow filling behind bulkheads in front of Ocean avenue property. He reserved ground to build a tunnel and gatch houses beneath the walk. He plans to erect houses and complete his pier.
On May 26 in Camden the Wildwood ferry collision caused a crowd rush as a four passenger automobile in the first row lurched forward and breached the bow. A man fell overboard and disappeared. Two Philadelphia men, Carl Kurtz and Jacob Hunter, were injured and hospitalized at Cooper. A Camden man, William I. Goss, disappeared after being forced overboard. Special church services at St. Luke's M E Church begin tomorrow evening with Rev. John Y. Dobbins and Miss Shay the singing evangelist assisting.
At yesterday morning service of St Luke's M E Church a collection for Pennington Seminary raised 322.25 dollars. Dr John Y Dobbins, a graduate, appealed for the Methodist seat of learning.
Deborah J. Lambertson, wife of the late William Lambertson of Hazlet, died Saturday afternoon from sugar diabetes at age 60 after a period of illness. She was born in Holmdel and resided in Hazlet all her life. Funeral services will be held at Mrs. Cowen's home and at the Mechanicsville Methodist Church with interment in Holmdel cemetery. Survivors include three sons Asbury Keyport John and Henry Lambertson, two sisters and five brothers. A second brief notice reports the death of Beatrice May Roop, six, daughter of Mrs. Carrie Webber, from complications after whooping cough and diphtheria, with private funeral at Fair View cemetery Middletown. Interment by Mount & Son. Also noted are Monmouth Masonic Lodge instruction dates for June and October in Asbury Park and Red Bank.
C. W. Chiney the contracting painter has finished painting the National Hotel and redecorating Adolph Stein v ach's Liberty street cottage. Editor John H. Cook of the Red Bank Register returns to Red Bank from a trip through the Orient via Los Angeles, with plans to visit relatives in Chicago and Washington, and may arrive by June 10th or 15th. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary E F Thompson will be held at her home tomorrow afternoon at two o'clock.
A collection of quoted lines and misquoted phrases on haste and delay from figures like Plunket Churchill Wesley Heywood Seneca and Tennyson notes how hurry leads to error and how prudent pace steadies work though the text blends misprints and attributions.
Joseph Arello of the Industrial Workers of the World was arraigned for carrying concealed weapons after police say he threatened to blow up the Weldmann dye shop and kill striking workers. Police found a revolver and ammunition on another man, with silk strike tensions rising as clergy lead a mass demonstration against violence.
A humorous dialogue from a magazine of fun and a Kansas City Journal snippet. A father rebukes a suitor for courting his daughter while the suitor quips about “twenty” visits. Another joke features lumbago and a mocked remedy.
A witty Philadelphia Record line defines an expert as a person who can impress others with how little they know, framing expertise as humility and irony within a father son exchange.
A judge recalls a grocer who would not sue over an unpaid bin claiming he never takes legal action. The remark highlights reluctance to pursue small debts despite principle.
Josephus Shann, dean of New Jersey newspaper men and last survivor of the editorial association formed after the Civil War, dies at his Rahway home at ninety four. Born in Bloomfield he helped found the Rahway Republican and led papers in Rahway and New Brunswick before retiring to farming. Survived by nine children including 8. C. Shann of Long Branch.
A brief literary excerpt from Henry Drane's "Women I Have Loved" features a speaker declaring enduring love for Hestelle, claiming affection started at the opera and will persist beyond all others. The line blends words of devotion with theatrical imagery.
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