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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1911
Page
5
A schoolteacher addresses discipline on the first day urging gentleness over fear. Students may act freely as long as spitballs are not thrown. The anecdote contrasts a strict approach with playful mischief, reflecting on classroom order and decorum.
The text argues New England’s name origins trace to Captain John Smith and Stith, noting Jamestown 1607, with the region later called Virginia before evolving into today’s Maine to Rhode Island. It compares European naming practices and discusses how history is written by historians with political influence.
The Red Man describes gold forming after a great flood. He says winds carried yellow leaves that lodged where gold is found now. Gold appears as nuggets from blown leaves and as leaf gold where sand and rock burial occurred.
Ancient writers show bitter views of stepmothers through vivid terms. The Tromans coined expressions linking stepmother to futile complaint and to rough land or ditches draining slowly. Greeks used weighty words for mother and stepmother, and Aeschylus labels a dangerous seacoast as a stepmother to ships.
Riverton New Jersey December 2 a four year old boy Norman Liens died after his mother Mrs John Lucas gave him carbolic acid mistaken for medicine. The child suffered from septic fever and burned lips from the poison while the mother, exhausted from vigil, failed to notice the different labels and feared entering the quarantined home. The mother is in critical condition from shock.
W Morgan Shuster, American financier and reformer, is cited as a key figure whose actions are blamed for the Russo-Persian conflict. The article outlines controversy surrounding his role and the political fallout abroad.
In Teheran the Persian government tightens security around American treasurer general W Morgan Shuster as fears grow of assassination plots. Reports note earlier attacks on Mashad Dowleh and Moshir-ed Dowleh, with Dowleh wounded, and Salared Dowleh killed nearby. The U S State Department says protection is being provided strictly for Shuster as an American citizen, preserving his life liberty property and family in Teheran.
Anxiety grips Hudson County officials after a grand jury probe into departmental management. Authorities expect a batch of indictments next Tuesday, targeting board of freeholders members for misdemeanor and contracts with interested converts. The true bills reportedly involve several prominent Democrats. A new panel will be drawn on December 14 by Sheriff Meter Wedin.
A Newark Jewish delegation met with Senator Frank O. Briggs in Trenton to seek his aid on Russian passport issues for American Jews. Resolutions from a mass meeting at Temple B nai Jeshurun Newark were presented, with Rabbi Michaelson introducing the group. Delegation members included four rabbis and local citizens.
Illinois Central train No 11 running at forty miles per hour derailed twenty eight miles from Paducah across the Cumberland River. Four killed and over a score injured as the fastest Central train to New Orleans struck a spreading rail. A special flatcar full of surgeons, nurses and devices was sent to aid the injured.
Mrs. Hla M. Person sues Pennsylvania for 40000 after conductor Charles M. Person died in the April 20 Marlin’s Creek wreck that claimed thirteen lives. She alleges the railroad's negligence failed to maintain a safe fence, leading to his death aboard the Utica excursion train.
In Los Angeles on December 2 District Attorney Fredericks said it is customary in cases saving the state vast expenses to consider lowering the extreme penalty if possible. He indicated some action may be taken in this case. Weather and market notes follow with dairy, produce, and poultry prices and receipts, including butter, eggs, potatoes, and live poultry reports.
The body of Lydia Gertrude Micheli awaits arrival of her son from Alameda California to identify and move it. The Paterson undertaking firm of Dallard and Vandervoort handles arrangements as the son travels eastward. In another note, an Orstice report on child neglect links half its cases to American born families and suggests alcohol as a primary cause.
A man from Athamic City, N. a. Dee, lost part of his thumb when it was discharged. He rushed to a station and was taken to a hospital where a surgeon sewed the thumb back on. The patient, eighteen years old, received treatment and recovery followed.
Observers at the Weather Bureau report yesterday's conditions. Albay and New Orleans show clear skies, Buffalo and Washington cloudy, with temperatures ranging from 38 to 88 degrees.
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