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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1912
Page
7
A weekly issue discusses empowering the people and public utilities to set rates and amend the constitution. It defends the people’s right to rule, critiques delay tactics, and asserts that Americans are capable of reform when needed.
The Newark editorial questions the Public Utility Commission's cost with salaries for seven positions plus inspectors, noting a year’s pay totaling about 10 000 orders. It cites a Camden County crossing danger and urged safety measures at Collingwood crossing. The piece argues against pensions for former presidents and broader civil pensions as unnecessary fiscal excess.
Former Governor Edward C. Stokes reiterates a call for Republicans and Progressives to unite against the Democrats. The piece argues party lines are driven by ambition and prejudice, notes suffrage disputes in London, and criticizes The World’s stance on Roosevelt's third term.
The piece muses on genuine love versus appearances in marriage and cites a New York murder case at four dollars. It then shifts to New Jersey politics, defending Governor Wilson, praising Assemblyman Taylor and Mr Hennessy, and criticizing rival papers for stirring factional strife.
This clipping compiles a string of editorial quotes and reactions across figures such as Henry Watterson and Governor Wilson. It critiques wartime policies and public figures, exposes partisan jabs about blue tape and suppression, and notes opposition to progressive reforms amid New Jersey assembly tensions.
A political scene features Speaker Taylor Floor Leader Egan and Nugent pledging Essex county votes for Governor Wilson backed bills. In a woodland fable, a sparrow chairman cites food cuts and proposes a round robin committee led by a fat red-breast to resolve the grievance in a satire from 1912 by T A Daly.
A fragmentary quotation emphasizes individual discernment of truth and morality over popular opinion. It invokes Plato to urge focus on the judgment of one who understands right and wrong rather than crowd sentiment.
Fifty years ago today a river crossing near a town in Virginia saw engineers driven off by Confederate sharpshooters from houses opposite. After a bombardment by Federal guns from Stafford heights the Confederate fire was silenced. The report notes the battlefield action along the Rappahannock near a town and the destruction before control shifted.
Readable record notes a reception and serenade for newlyweds William Lufburrow and Laura Dickenson at Dickeson home in Eatontown with friends presenting a counterpane. Red Bank guests serenaded Boyden Pemble and spouse in the Doremus building on Dank Street with celebration and refreshments.
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