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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1914
Page
11
A three year old girl on a parkway followed an organ grinder with a monkey as her mother warned her not to mingle with strangers. Dorothy exclaimed she wanted the monkey not a man while her Uncle Eben gently chides her to avoid imagining danger.
A historical sketch describes German General Otto Liman von Sanders, chief organizer of the Ottoman army under the sultan. It notes his 1855 birth, German military rise, and role in reorganizing Turkish forces after Balkan defeats, cemented by fusion with the Sanders name through marriage.
The article notes Albert Edward of Wales serves on the British front as a staff member to Sir John French, not a field commander. Despite similar royal status, he has no special favors and seeks to remain at war duties, despite celebrating his fifty-fifth birthday next June, with the German cousin commanding an army.
Governor Ammons of Colorado objects to immediate withdrawal of federal troops from the Colorado strike zone. He telegrammed President Wilson saying state authorities prefer that troops remain for now while they organize to take over order maintenance, with notification when ready. The president believes it best to keep federal troops in control until Colorado acts.
The extradition case of Harry K Thaw from New Hampshire to New York proceeded before the U S Supreme Court with William Travers Jerome for New York urging that a conspiracy to escape an insane asylum is obstruction of justice while Philander C Knox for Thaw argued against extradition citing sanity restoration and due process. The session included remarks by Chief Justice White on habeas corpus and the differing views on Thaws competency to commit crimes. In New York market news butter cheese and live poultry prices were listed with mixed movements and stock notes. Cattle and sheep supplies were noted as tight with price ranges given for prime wethers and lambs.
A cautious merchant discovers that avoiding aggressive advertising backfires. the real cost lies in insufficient promotion, proving that inaction and weak campaigns raise expenses and limit returns. The lesson stresses bold, effective marketing over timid budgeting.
At Krupanj on the Drina riverbank Austrians hold enemy territory yet cannot advance or retreat. Servians dang near in trenches taunt with folk songs and toy shells while Austrian sentries guard against desertion. Austrian troops rotate daily. Servians remain months in place amid decay between lines. Both sides ready to fight at a moment's notice.
A compact look at enduring beliefs from various lands about infant luck. Rites include carrying a babe upstairs before downstairs and a nurse standing on a chair with the child. Left handed spoon use signals good fortune while attic births and roundings are tied to fate. A guardian ethic from Beecher stresses being a joy to others.
Berlin reports a sweeping U P account recounting how General von Hindenberg, once sidelined by the Kaiser, executed a decisive counter in Eastern Prussia. The piece portrays swamps and lake-country terrain as pivotal to trapping Russian forces, with massive prisoner losses and high casualties cited.
The toy industry traces its roots to ancient civilizations. Wooden dolls with beads for hair and movable arms appeared in Egypt and across Greece and Rome. Dolls, furniture, taps, and toy animals served as early playthings, reflecting long-standing craft traditions.
A compact reflection on virtue and effort. Those to be envied are those who learn to expect nothing without work and avoid excessive self pity, even if later life yields wasted effort. The saying emphasizes self-reliance and perseverance.
Doctors state that electric shock ends a man’s life by disrupting heart rhythm and acting on the lungs as if an anesthetic overdose.
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