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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1912
Page
5
A new New Underwear Department offers hand embroidered undergarments importations at modest prices. Gowns range from $2.00 to $12.00 and other items include chemise combinations drawers corset covers and kit gloves hosiery and underwear.
Canes light weight offered in Bamboo Rattan and Brown Oak with sterling silver mounts priced from 75 to 1.00. Medium weight canes with sterling mounts in Apple Wood Cream Holly and English Oak priced at 1.25 and 1.50. Heavy weight sticks sterling mounted in Grey Oak Nelgeria Grey Pinento Malkit Oak and Tan Bamboo priced at 2.00 and 2.50.
Catalog style listing of go carts and Pullman sleeper car parts with features and prices including collapsible go carts at 3 89, reed hood sleeper at 9 88, and reed Pullman sleeper with 14 inch wheel priced at 16 50. Includes colors green and blue oak corduroy lining and rubber tire details.
Dress Goods and silks listed with Cheney Bros. bordered foulards 45 inches at 2.00, chiffon taffeta 36 inches at 1.50, bordered chiffon taffeta 42 inches at 1.50, crepe meteor pastel evening shades and street colors 2.00. White serge with silk stripe border six yards to pattern 2.50, blue dot border six yards 2.50. French whip cord imported 41% yards to suit 10.00. Black French lustre with black fringe border six yards to pattern 6.00 per yard. Black and white stripe silk serge six yards to pattern 2.50 per yard. White serge with gray stripe six yards to pattern 2.50 per yard. Black French serge with white banding six yards to pattern 2.50 per yard.
Boudoir caps in fine French net with Wallace trim and rib bon priced at 56 cents, marked 75 cents and one dollar values. The accessory line highlights affordable elegance with period fashion notes.
Canvas pumps and shoes featuring steel riveted heels were priced at 1.76 dollars. The listing emphasizes durable construction and affordable cost, appealing to shoppers seeking sturdy footwear value.
A summer trolley car No. 21 with conductor Edward Gorthwick and Thadlowd lost its grip on a sharp curve near Parmly woods Rumson and jumped the track. The car struck a tree fender and halted after three hours of line shutdown. No serious injuries. about twenty passengers were aboard including several women. Traffic resumed with the wreckers from Shrewsbury and branch of the M E Co. The cause remains unknown.
Charles Grapewin, a theater admirer, offers Howland Hotel grounds for the Nationals of the city. The venue will host Sunday games with chairs for spectators as good nines are booked. A New York aggregation will visit next Sunday to test the Nationals in a trial before the regular lineup is announced.
Hugh E. Macbeth of the Roosevelt National Committee rushed to Long Branch to counter Taft efforts among colored Republicans. He toured the city with a brass band urging Roosevelt, denouncing political privilege and warning of vote buying in a heated clash at Bank's Hotel and surrounding districts.
The speaker urges recipients to accept Taft funds for their families relief but insists they vote for Theodore Roosevelt, portraying him as the champion delivering a chance at a more decent living. The call ties relief aid to Roosevelt’s political fight and agenda.
John Martin resigns as manager of the New Point Comfort Hotel in Keansburg. Eugene Paquin succeeds him, previously a caterer at Newark. W Schneider and family from New York stay at Beacon Beach. J Lovett and Newark family move into their bungalow at New Point Comfort Beach. Miss Inca Robinsony visits Brooklyn relatives. Edward A. Morris improves after a fall from a ladder. Civil War veteran attended by Dr D Edgar Roberts of Keyport.
Miss Ettye G Wyckoff will entertain the Thought Club on Tuesday evening May 28. For next year the officers chosen are President Miss Edith Walling, vice president Miss Wila Arrowsmith, secretary Miss the Clarendon, treasurer Miss Lalita De Grom.
The Junior Christian Endeavor Society met Friday afternoon with good attendance led by George Penier mann. Thomas J. Carman returned home to Foxchase Pennsylvania after visiting Albert W. Morford. George M. Hendrickson, father of Dr. Harry Hendrickson, endorses Theodore Roosevelt for President. Miss Lillian McCue received a bouquet from President Taft via Major Rhoads after his speech. Transplanted musk melon plants by Charles A. Tindall of New Monmouth show success using upturned sod hot beds.
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