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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1913
Page
9
A plea urges caution in U S policy toward Mexico, asking not to rush to declare war. The poem requests pause, slower action, and restraint, emphasizing that the decision rests with the readers in Baltimore and across America.
A Washington bureau bulletin concludes reducing women's workday is not burdensome to industries and improves health. It notes no decreased competition with men, while protections raise wages for some male workers. It also highlights better home life, opportunities for skill training, and mothers preparing for the next generation of workers.
John B. Donahue a Washington Olympic Peninsula prospector found a way to cut freight costs by using parcel post. He needed 190 to 400 pounds sent from Lake Cushman to the University of Washington, saving $4.84 from the total charges of $10.80. The process involved transport from Hoodsport to the university with minimum wharfage and drayage. Donahue’s test shows parcel post can lower delivery costs for large ore samples and shipments to test markets.
Local retailer urges customers to begin their Christmas shopping now. Store promotes early deals on decorations, gifts, and festive accessories to lock in stock before peak season markets.
The Eatontown community grapples with the death of Frank Sanford a thirteen year old. Coroner Fay rules it a death by own action due to a shooting. Neighbors and family recall a quiet ambitious boy who had recently acquired a revolver loaned by an employer. Funeral arrangements are set and local residents recall his visits to family and friends prior to the tragedy.
A government food specialist in Washington urges daily fruit and vegetable consumption, home canning, and wiser pricing to cut living costs. He cites savings from substituting inexpensive produce for costly items and reducing reliance on patent medicines, urging households to stock daily fruit greens and vegetables year round.
A medical note argues adenoids heal in four of five cases with outdoors and clean air, with classroom temperatures kept low and wraps worn. Short anecdotes follow: a chicken thief repents sending $1.50 after fifteen years, Cape Horn storms described with warm Pacific currents, and a lawyer witness exchange about a public disturbance.
Thousands flee from Chihuahua vicinity toward the American border as panic spreads among fugitives, soldiers, and civilians. Mexican constitutionalists bombard Mazatlan killing 45 Federals and 5 non combatants while gunboats and forts come under fire. State of Pueblo town Coxpatlan falls to Zapatistas with many dead, and John Clayton of West Long Branch is hospitalized for gastritis and pneumonia complications.
Twenty dead and 18,000 homeless after three days of floods in central Texas. Several towns flooded, railways out of commission, communication with many villages cut off, and property damage estimated at $6,000,000. Brazos and Leon rivers swollen, rescuers in peril, and widespread displacement reported.
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