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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1911
Page
2
Captain Tucker a retired U S M C officer died suddenly at the William Penn inn Philadelphia on December 22. Coroner's verdict cites heart failure but attending physician Dr I F Olifer and some hotel patrons suspect death by his own hand.
Vienna reports confiscated newspapers carried a Budapest dispatch claiming Emperor Franz Joseph’s health is failing due to heart weakness. An official bulletin later said the emperor suffers a literal threat that interrupted state business. In Newport, Rear Admiral Stephen B. Luce is gravely ill causing concern among naval servants.
Mexico City dispatch reports the government will ask Congress to suspend constitutional guarantees in parts of the republic. The plan aims to curb the press, announced by Gobernacion Minister Alrum Goneales and President Madero. A telegram from Goneales urges Dolores authorities to aid in locating Antonio Rojas and his men, who fled to the mountains after taking a town from the regular garrison.
Dee counsel for James Clentenning Eckert appeals Surrogate Cohalin's decision upholding the life General Tiowis B. Eckert will and seeks a jury trial. The bulk of the estate reportedly goes to a son Thomas.
The article describes dwarf honeybees Apis florea in East Indian regions and Mindustan with tiny cells and year round foraging, alongside giant Apis dorsata with six to seven foot combs. It then recounts Maurice Maeterlinck's early career with failed ventures a review La Pleiade and a hand printed play La Princesse Malone. One copy reached Octave Mirbeau and sparked fame.
The text discusses the 1061 curfew ordered by a duke in a synod after King Henry's death, with bells rung each evening to gather people in their homes. It cites this as the origin of a notorious curse and notes it was not a hardship on William's subjects, referencing B A Freeman. It also includes a couple of unrelated quips from the Cleveland Plain Dealer and Boston Transcript.
A St. Petersburg dispatch from Julfa Persia 210 miles from Teheran describes a fierce fight where Persians attacked a Russian detachment with artillery used. The date and location are not given and victors are not stated. Another dispatch from Tabriz says Persians attacked Russian engineers repairing a telegraph line. Russians repelled them killing two.
Rome reports Cardinal Farley will leave Rome after Christmas and stay in Sorrento until January 5. He then sails from Naples to New York on the steamship Berlin. Rumors say Mer. Aversa or Mer Stagni could become papal delegate to Washington, with Aversa a close friend of President Yatt who aided the Cuban church claims affair.
J C Hunter of Savannah receives life imprisonment after governor commute 1909 triple murder case. Sentence changed twenty four hours before scheduled execution following inmate baptism and protest of innocence. Long running case involved three governors and multiple hangings delays.
Paris reports the French embassy in Washington backs a French American committee subscription to purchase a Kredin bronze bust of France. The sculpture, finished recently, would be placed at the Champlain memorial lighthouse site beside Lake Champlain to honor U S friendship.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer item notes a wife struggles to decide on a car amid marketing hype. The exchange shows a man touting a model as the last word in touring cars and a quip about her choice. The brief reflects automotive advertising and domestic humor of the era.
A Detroit Free Press snippet reflects on enduring marriage with humor while Thoreau’s line on aspirations echoes in the background. The fragment evokes domestic wit and literary allusion in a brief, period voice.
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