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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1913
Page
3
Madeleine Force Astor widow of John Jacob Astor pleads through counsel to the surrogate for remittance of a transfer tax on her late husband estate. She owns 22 to 28 West Thirty fourth Street with a life income claim under a prenuptial agreement.
Former President Taft spoke to the Peace Society in Aeolian Hall urging a broader Latin American partnership to uphold the Monroe doctrine. He proposed inviting South American powers Brazil Argentina Chile to share the burden and reinforce American policy as a lever for peace. He defended the doctrine as vital and praised Roosevelt while contrasting with Wilson. Oscar S. Straus introduced him.
General Markets report shows No. 2 red wheat steady amid export activity and ample receipts. Dairy items including creamery and cheese hold firm with varied butterfat prices. Pittsburgh cattle and hog markets feature light supply and steady to firm prices across grades, with prime hogs near 7.95 and veal calves around 12.
A jumble of items mentions a two week campaign in Kirby involving 6801 rats killed, Thury Furman of New York and a joint sawed for exercise. A Topeka banquet orders 250 gallons of juice. Secretary Bryan to speak. A grafted bone in Wilson Hancock of New Britain after a broken back. Paris ordinance targets women with sharp hat pins in public venues. Syracuse boy scouts and traffic policemen hand warning wards to pedestrians to improve street safety.
United States department of agriculture should reorganize into five to six main groups to improve research and service delivery. Secretary Houston seeks congressional authorization to prepare a plan that coordinates research rural development weather forest and regulatory functions for direct and indirect farm impact.
Colonel Barnett, then stationed at the Philadelphia navy yard, has been appointed major general commandant of the United States Marine Corps. He rose from sixth to first on the officers list, selected over two rivals for the post to succeed Major General W P Biddle.
A garbled appeal cites Chicago Mayor Harrison proposing rules against certain horizontal plumes while permitting certain perpendicular ones within building limits. The imagined quote mocks the policy as it touches on etiquette and supposed design limits.
The New York American recounts Franz Joseph Gall the Vienna physician who founded phrenology. His skull based theory sparked global debate, drew opposition as immoral and atheistical, and made him Europe famous by 1805 though the craze faded after his death in 1828.
A British journal urges rat control detailing rats as disease carriers and thieves. It cites rat behavior stealing household goods and harming livestock, notes plague links to rats in India, and recalls a lawn tennis mishap where a bird was mistaken for a ball.
Lord Palmerston viewed the painting Summer In the Lowlands by Sir John Watson Gordon and asked why the grass looked tame with so many sheep in the field. The artist replied the sheep had only been turned into the field last night. The story notes Palmerston purchased the picture at a high price.
Six year old Maurice cries that he bought two warts from Vincent for a penny and has not received the warts or a penny refund. His mother asks about remedy as townsfolk recall the odd buyer and seller scene reported by Taddapapolis News.
A fragment discusses how expression modes influence diplomacy. It asserts that a well rounded sentence may carry weight in negotiations, contrasting it with a rigid square death framing. The piece mentions Washington Star in relation to the discussion.
A witty fragment reflects on two self confident people trying to teach each other. The quotation touches on manners and intellect, with Cowper cited and a notion of a moral sensible well bred man.
Washington notes overbearing precedence in Congress as wives of senators and cabinet officers clash on calls and seating. Arthur W. Dunn cites James Hamilton Lewis as defender of the faith and mocks senate court for rank rituals while lawmakers discuss economy and tariff issues amid party clashes.
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