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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1914
Page
5
In December 1914 the Daily Record notes that the ocean boulevard from Atlantic Highlands to Cape May faces danger from storm waves. It urges state and federal action to safeguard the coast, including Sandy Hook's defense reservation, stressing the need to protect a vital regional asset and prevent erosion losses for counties towns and property owners.
Local journals in Perth Amboy Evening News and Long Branch Record emphasize guarding communities from stagnation. They stress the duty to keep towns awake and call for public cooperation to make the press efforts effective.
Major-General Leonard Wood urged intensified military training for American youth at a New York Merchants Association Peace Luncheon. He warned against unprepared levies and likened inaction to wasting undeveloped resources in a crisis, stressing a national policy of prepared strength.
The piece argues Americans hold mixed views on World War I belligerents, noting safety in diverse opinions and warning against jingoism. Chairman Padgett denounces naval unpreparedness claims as propaganda, calling for full public disclosure of facts to counter misrepresentation.
The New York World urges a selfless Christmas charity amid wartime hardship, noting that the 1914 US army budget surpasses Austro-Hungarian estimates by over 104 million dollars. It argues universal service shifts costs to families, and condemns jingoistic attitudes that ignore price and sacrifice.
The secretary demands contractors meet navy material deadlines with penalties for delays, tightening enforcement of existing provisions. The piece notes prior leniency under Wilson and contrasts with the Christmas ship Jason delivering toys to war refugees in Europe, praising the gift program and patience over war. It ends with a remark on Mexican border shootings at Naco and a comment on the cost of murder.
The article notes the rising cost of living as the central issue facing New York, with officials and residents urging action to address prices and economic pressures impacting daily life.
A collection of editorials argues for firm responses to trespass and praises signs of economic recovery. It also critiques rising deaths from degenerative diseases tied to drug use and urges generous, age inclusive dancing as long as health and joy prevail.
A reflective verse fragment praising humble poets who seek no wages and accept fate. It honors those who endure without wealth, surviving beyond the living, as life mocks even what death makes immortal.
A compact reflection cites Blair on pride filling the world with harshness and severity, noting how people become rigorous to offenses as if never having offended themselves, prompting contemplation of humility and restraint.
In a 1864 dispatch from General Sherman to President Lincoln he offers Savannah as a Christmas present containing the city, 150 heavy guns, ample ammunition, and about 25,000 bales of cotton. The commentary recalls Federals near Fort Fisher and confirms Savannah's occupation. Also noted is the death of Henry Woodsen Grady in Atlanta, famed editor of the Atlanta Constitution.
Businesses must move forward in dull times, warns the column about bold advertising. The piece urges readers to study advertising pages and notes how energetic, assertive bids win business, highlighting leaders who refuse to stay at a dead level.
A mother threatens school attire punishment for Koh who defies the order with a brave stance. Unexpected events soften the sentence sparing him from wearing the untidy trousers. He explains his wish to avoid peers thinking him a neglected child and accepts the change.
No Traveler Returned states the Island of the Seven Cities is a mystic realm founded by seven bishops who left Spain during Moorish rule, with many said to visit yet none leave. Ants Construct Tunnels notes South American ants dig tunnels up to three miles long.
The court reargues numerous lesser cases amid criticism of a past blunder in the Passaic gas rate matter. Public acknowledgment of errors is urged to restore public confidence while commentators mock the obsession with dramatic court theatrics and heroic but foolish aims.
At a recent borough council meeting John L. Sweeney was instructed to prepare a measure annexing land between the western boundaries of Highlands and Atlantic Highlands, including portions of the ocean boulevard Navesink Park Hilton Park and Water Witch. Plans also call for sewer extensions to unsewered streets and a sewer lift in South avenue. Theodore A. Davis on Washington avenue is building a 20x20 foot garage and expects to buy two new cars this winter. Charles White, once proprietor of White's grocery, has joined Cochran & Co. in New York.
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