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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
9
Montclair New Jersey December 15 After four years of resisting the sanitary code the Borden Condensed Milk Company agrees to submit to the tuberculosis test for dairy herds supplying the town. Health Inspector Wells confirms an agreement ending a costly local push to enforce the ordinance.
A clever young woman in the west used an unusual engagement reveal by telegraph to a Boston friend. The message read Solomon six three and prompted the friend to look up the verse, turning to a line about beloveds. Boston Transcript.
Prince Henry, brother of the Kaiser, plans to participate in developing and manufacturing aircraft. He intends to contribute to aviation projects in collaboration with German engineers and firms, signaling high level royal involvement in a new industry.
Berlin reports Prince Henry of Prussia, aerial pilot, teams with Dr Max Vredoehl to form a biplane company following Max Q Oertz’s invention. Capital reputed at $125,000. Oertz set a German height record with his 1910 Berlin-built biplane in February.
Four anonymous cash gifts totaling 1575 dollars arrive by mail to Rev. Charles H. Eider of Trinity Methodist Church in Trenton New Jersey. The donations include 1000 300 200 and 75 dollars and mark his fourth such contribution in under two years.
A chicken owned by John Cogan of Bloomfield New Jersey was killed after days of strange behavior and veterinary Frederick C Artopeus found two gold nuggets as big as marbles in its crop, the incident reported December 15.
Police search for Edward Donalo, an Italian farm hand at the Morner farm in Defreesville, Rensselaer county, amid the discovery of four mutilated bodies in a nearby stable. Bloodhounds traced a trail to Pittsfield and West Sand Lake while authorities note a blood stained hatchet and balestick found in the barn. The motive remains unclear and a note referencing Italian meat sausage is found in the house.
President Taft sent the Vreeland board report to Congress. The study reaffirms the 1898 Sampson inquiry conclusion that a submarine mine explosion principally caused the destruction of the battleship Maine off Havana. The document runs over 3000 words with technical details.
New York officials report hope that the Hurlingham club will seek an extension to send a challenge for an International polo match next season. London sources say the Duke of Westminster, who planned to bring a team, has possibly changed his mind, casting doubt on a British challenge.
Earl Grey heads the English American peace centenary planning in London with a large committee including bishops peers and MPs. Eddie McGoorty of Oshkosh Wisconsin stops Connie Schmidt of Hoboken in the fifth round at the National Sporting Club in New York. The cruiser Bal Chi joins rebels in Shanghai after a recent visit to New York. Read cent a word on third page for bargains.
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