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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1913
Page
6
An advertising column argues that advertisers speak to readers through the newspaper by delivering value and profitable messaging. It frames money as a calm, calculating listener that requires sensible, payoff driven ads. The piece invites readers to plan Christmas shopping with The Record’s guidance.
A brief notes Elihu Root is mentioned as Taft’s choice for the Republican presidential nomination, reflecting party dynamics and the 1908 political conversation. The item emphasizes Root’s standing and the nomination prospect within the Taft faction.
New York police report no new clues in the disappearance of Jessie Evelyn McCann, a Flatbush social and church worker who vanished December 4 after leaving the School For Destitute Children. Inspector Maurot says efforts continue though no theories or evidence justify a lead at present.
Market notes show corn shipments around 2,000, oats receipts 76,000 with 6,000 shipments, butter steady with varied prices for creamery and state dairy lines, cheese high grades firm with strong whole milk products, eggs unsettled with fresh gathered whites and browns priced, hay and straw values listed, potatoes weak with Bermuda and European offerings included.
Market update shows light cattle supply and slow demand in Pittsburgh. Prime cattle quoted around $8.00 and other steer prices near $7.50 to $8.00, with common stock and fat cows mixed. Hog receipts indicate strong prime heavy and heavy mixed categories, veal calves priced up to about $12. Pigs and pigs with mixed weights noted along with lambs and sheep values.
New York Detective Luisi nabbed a suspected Bergen gang burglar in Englewood after four shots were exchanged as the man tried to climb into a house on a wealthy street. Three companions escaped, and Luisi has tailed the Bergen gang through Englewood and nearby towns for months.
Morristown New Jersey December 19 Major J Harold Randolph president of Randolph Military Academy is accused by Wheaton Read of Princeton of taking $1000 under false pretenses Read did not appear in Morris town Police Justice Bennell set bail at 600 and the case goes to Mercer county grand jury Bondsman was Charles M Thutchinson Read says the school debts were nearly twice the claimed amount.
Miss Annie Eckert of West New York received a $20,000 verdict against Public Service in Jersey City circuit court for injuries after an oil lamp burst on a car bound for Weehawken. The 19 year old sustained a permanent spinal injury and spent time at North Hudson hospital before resuming work as a stenographer earning $10 weekly.
The Jersey City petition to halt Erie Railroad from burning soft coal in ten locomotives and creating smoke was dismissed by the state board of public utilities. The report notes New Jersey wood production valued at 1 051 402 715 with invested capital of 919 197 610. Despondent Anna Beatty, eighteen, tried to drink carbit weed solution at Newton High. Detectives seek thieves robbing freight cars on the Central Railroad of New Jersey, five cars opened near Matawan and Amboy. Melen Gould Miller, former assistant postmaster of Andover, has been named postmaster. she may appoint her former superior as assistant.
New York December 19 The Schmidt trial extends to Christmas with eight alienists set to testify. Two priests Father Braun and Father Quinn describe Schmidt as overpious reticent and a habitual ritual breaker. Schmidt allegedly embezzled church funds while his father testified receiving marks sent by Schmidt.
A failed explosion aimed at Holloway Prison outer wall damaged nearby homes and shattered many windows. Militant suffragettes are suspected, with no clear culprits yet. Mrs Pankhurst had just been released, and retaliatory motive linked to police treatment is noted.
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