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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1911
Page
3
Mrs Fredericks bound and gagged by a masked assailant at a farm near New Sharon, Woodbury County. The 20 year old woman was choked and left unconscious. her husband found her. Deputy sheriff and county officials seek the attacker after Mrs Fredericks identified the man’s masked face.
Hebrew pupils in Passaic No 10 school petition the board of education to omit Bible readings prayers and religious songs from public schools. Similar petitions will be sent by Hebrew pupils in other city schools. The note cites the US constitution as guiding religious access in schools.
Miss Gwendolyn Burden daughter of Mr and Mrs J Townsend Burden became the bride of David Dows of New York City at Grace Church. The church was decorated with flowers and plants for the ceremony, followed by a reception at the bride's parents home.
London notes Delhi will host King George’s coronation era capital shift from Calcutta to Delhi. Indian authorities claim unity, while Bengal factions fear unrest and legacy of Curzon’s partition policy. Government cites 20 million dollar transfer cost and hints at loans to cover expenses.
The federal government filed a bill in equity in the United States circuit court against United Shoe Machinery Company of New Jersey United Shoe Machinery Corporation of New Jersey eighteen subsidiary corporations and twenty three individuals totaling about 58 entities. It seeks to permanently enjoin a conspiracy in restraint of trade under the Sherman act alleging misrepresentation threats to drive customers away and unlawful patent withholding and rebates to manufacturers using their machines.
Albert W. Wolter, convicted of first degree murder in the Ruth Wheeler case, must pay the death penalty after the New York Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Wheeler, fifteen, was murdered in New York City on March 24, 1910, with her charred body found on a fire escape outside Wolter's East Seventy fifth street room. An attempted arson preceded the discovery. Wolter was arrested March 26, 1910.
In Kuansis City Missouri on December 18 Judge Porterfield refused to discharge the jury in the B Clarke Slyde murder case. Warry Waldron the missing juror remains unfound. Officials plan to hold the eleven remaining jurors for another week hoping Waldron is located and deemed fit to serve. A report from Mrs Reidy Werby near the Waldrons says she saw Waldron in her pasture Monday afternoon. The sighting is under investigation.
Arizona voters face slow returns as counts trickle in across cities. In Globe ballots were counted with Democrats and Republicans nearly even. only complete tally from Douglas Fourth Ward shows constitutional amendments passing 101 to 11 amid widespread scratching across the territory.
Washington announces President Taft will reappoint Edward M. Morgan as New York postmaster for another term. The decision was made at the White House on December 18.
Weather forecast notes southern areas to see local rain, northern portions may encounter snow. Conditions turn cooler today with a likely return to fair skies tomorrow.
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