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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1913
Page
7
Governor James Fielder draws intense support for reform leadership and a decisive extra session triumph over duty reform. His record in the Assembly and Senate and willingness to convene the Legislature for progress mark him as the strongest candidate.
A strange alliance of Stokes Republicans and Wittpenn Democrats stalled remedial legislation in Trenton this week aimed at letting Jersey City residents choose commission government. Officials offered technical excuses to thwart the will of the people as shown at the polls. The era of such politics is ending, and those responsible are warned to change course.
New Jersey Board of Health members test cold storaged eggs at four years while the public debates safety. The Paterson Press notes Oscar Underwood accuses Mulhall of blackmail and libel amid National Manufacturers Association ties, urging Senate lobbying inquiry to probe broader influence beyond Mulhall as a peripheral figure.
Galveston News questions 21 Senate leaders from eight suffrage states pledging to vote for a federal amendment, risking nationwide imposition of views. It labels Democratic senators as cowards for violating party principles and notes outrage over express charges highlighted by H. Sundberg in Minnesota.
A heated political row centers on Governor Sulzer after he warned against revenge yet appeared to pursue a sharp strike in policy. Critics argue the move risks escalating tensions while supporters defend it as necessary bold leadership.
A collection of editorial notes on sports croquet, eugenics in New Jersey politics, arms sales in U S markets, and a tribute to Joseph L Naar editor of the True American. Includes a digressive trivia on the christening of famous authors with varied proposed names.
Dr Olive Lynn of Colorado Springs denounces modern women as flat chested and weak spined. She urges a return to old household labor to regain form. The column cites a New York Telegram note on motor vehicle deaths and calls for stricter driver qualifications and safer public road use.
The New York World argues that laws are ample yet enforcement is lax and slow. Chauffeurs lack public responsibility and accountability under the Criminal Code, and isolated punishments fail to curb the evil.
A Chicago Inter Ocean verse laments a land where nothing is done. Procrastination rules as a king, delaying chores and plans with Tomorrow and Pretty Soon. The poem warns that someone may be taken away to a land with no tomorrow if tasks are continually shirked.
An aphoristic note cites Goethe comparing life to a quarry where age shapes and chisels a person’s character, urging ongoing self formation through experience and effort.
Fifty years ago on August 7 Washington buzzed over looming war with England and Richmond whispered that General Lee and President Davis clashed over Gettysburg. Lee tendered resignation, which was returned to him, a minor Civil War era rumor. Twenty-five years ago today the Senate debated three hours on a Columbus exposition bill but took no action.
Chicago superintendent Ella Flags Young warns that uniform desk height and seating cause many children to develop round shoulders. She notes few acquire this in primary grades but many by fourth grade and urges abandoning strict symmetry for better health and comfort at desks.
An advertisement touts Hay's Hair Health promising relief from dandruff itching and irritation while restoring color and vitality. It invites readers to buy a bottle with assurances of many testimonials and quick results.
Two men on a western train engage an elderly listener with hunting yarns. One man tells a rambling tale about tin pan tinder box buck and says it is his way of swearing. The other questions the relevance, and the old man defends his phrasing as equally sensible.
A tale from England explains the phrase a skeleton in the cupboard. A widow seeks help for her ailing son in India and, after finding a woman with no cares, learns of a hidden skeleton and a deadly secret. The son reveals a doomed fate and warns that every house harbors a skeleton.
A bystander questions a man named Troubles about a car problem. The terse exchange reveals the engine’s difficulty as the repairer notes the vehicle behaves as if many horses are gone, implying serious mechanical failure and a nearly useless engine.
A German experiment treats birch oak and spruce by burying freshly cut wood in carts with lime and other materials for three to five months. The process yields a remarkable color allowing use without painting or staining and reduces shrinkage and swelling.
A historical notice explains that manufacturers and retailers prosper through service and informing customers they offer desired goods. It stresses newspaper advertising as the direct link from factory to consumer, urging merchants and manufacturers to pursue local advertising with the American Newspaper Publishers Association Bureau of Advertising.
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