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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1910
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR notes show New Jersey Central transit references with times and routes. Mentions include trains to Freehold and Washington Bridge area, partial station data, and scattered times such as 7.45 a m and 4.32 pm, plus a sale note for Sheeran.
Washington December 14 senators and representatives from conservative wings push for tariff revision by schedule. Aldrich and Payne back a tariff commission and schedule by schedule changes while Lodge supports the plan in the Senate. House debate questions nonpartisan, but aims to separate policy from politics with an early report expected.
Mrs Theodore P Shonts had jewels detained on arrival from Bremen for appraisal. Duty of 10800 dollars was paid to Collector Loeb on an appraised value of 18000 dollars. No smuggling prosecution followed as Mrs Shonts did not conceal the case and husband later arrived to settle the matter.
Brooklyn grand jury charges Marie Rappa and Stanislao Pattenza as leaders of a kidnap gang captured in an East Sixty third street raid. A Longo boy identified Pattenza as the haircutter who sent his hair to his father for a ransom. Bail set at 10000 for each principal. eight other captives held as material witnesses at 1000 each.
Governor Fort authorizes Adjutant General Sadler to arrange an inaugural ball at the Second regiment armory in Trenton on the eve of Wilson’s gubernatorial inauguration. Wilson is expected to lead the grand march with a chosen lady as his partner.
Observations taken at 8 p m show New York 24 clear Albany 20 cloudy Atlantic City 20 clear Boston 24 cloudy Buffalo 28 cloudy Chicago 60 28 clear St Louis 82 clear New Orleans 530 cloudy Washington
Washington reports Representative James A. Tawney of Minnesota to be secretary of the interior succeeding Richard A. Ballinger. Henry S. Boutell of Illinois expected to receive a diplomatic post, with Boutell likely named minister to a European country, possibly Spain.
El Paso December 14 reports from Chihuahua City and El Paso say Mexican federal troops defeated insurrectos at Cerro Prieto south of Pedernales. Government officials tally sixty rebels killed and as many wounded. Federals’ losses not released. Insurgents reportedly fled while mountain artillery shelled them.
Engineers on 61 western railroads press for a 45 percent wage advance backed by a near unanimous strike vote from 33 000 members. Officials reportedly want no more than 9 1/2 percent, with federal arbitration possible to resolve the deadlock amid labor disputes and management opposition.
Northern Democratic senators urge southern colleagues to consider new members for committee assignments. The piece notes upcoming northern bloc senators after March 4 and questions persistence of seniority. It also covers opposition to the parcels post plan and Olcott’s distribution of Reed rules to Episcopalians.
B J Greenhut of the Siegal Cooper Company urged an early apprenticeship for minors aiding families after leaving school at a Manhattan Church event. He criticized parts of the child labor law related to public school accommodations, arguing misfit between schooling limits and enforcement of age 14 for work, noting many youths face street life and bad influences when schools cannot seat them.
The speaker contrasts two laws limiting youth employment to over fourteen with past practice of twelve and thirteen year olds working in department stores. He notes urban schooling, idle youth, and hardship, insisting earlier training produced highly valued workers and cites anecdotes of now leading salaried employees who began as children under looser conditions.
The fourth annual election of the board of managers of the M. E. Home for the Aged was held on Monday in Ocean Grove. Mrs. John H. Parker of West Long Branch was elected president. Mrs. Charles Morris of Long Branch is vice president. The group plans an Easter bazaar at Ocean Grove.
A brief note highlights festive advertising in the news, stressing its role in seasonal promotion. It underscores the impact of targeted ads on consumer awareness during the holiday period.
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