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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1913
Page
4
The 1913 Long Branch Record notes Christmas thoughts on peace and charity amid observance excesses. It lists subscription rates for The Record outside city limits and announces no issue on Christmas Day.
It notes New Jersey ranks sixth in industrial production and is bordered by rivers bays or the ocean. Water transportation is a major asset with growth shown by its facilities and potential to triple or quadruple through canal constriction. Systematic waterway development and utilization of current opportunities are urged as top needs.
A New York World assessment argues that a Democratic president and Congress achieved in months what many deemed impossible, transforming party infighting into effective governance and writing substantial history since March 4 under President Wilson's unique leadership.
President Wilson defends tariff and currency legislation as steps to free and elastic credits and a stable, unimpeded economy. He calls the nation to a "beginning of that day" of peace and achievement, insisting reforms serve all and business is ready to join the "constitution of peace."
Lectures from Professor John M. Coulter call eugenics a failure and emphasize voluntary heredity selection. The New York Telegram notes restraint, arguing against drastic laws and urging patience and reason to achieve lasting improvement.
The Newark Star notes mail inefficiencies with over 14 million misaddressed items and 7 million senderless pieces sold or destroyed. It condemns Christmas rush mistakes and cites the New York World warning that aiding a woman could be misread as white slavery, framing reform hysteria as dangerous.
A Jersey Journal piece urges care after weather shifts and warns against wasteful gift giving. It argues many New Yorkers spend about 75 dollars on gifts for 25 to 40 people, leaving roughly 1.50 per gift and prompting cheap, false presents amid a clutter of junk.
The report notes factories paused briefly but overall activity remains high. Wage flow has shifted to tradesmen as public amusements thrive, savings bank deposits rise, and building loans grow, with strong Christmas trade supporting household surplus. Farmers share in prosperity.
A rustic Christmas poem recalls a worn stocking hanging beside the fireplace. Despite hard times and mortgage worries, faith and love endure as Christmas comes and finds the family together. The memory centers on a child, a humble stocking, and enduring festive spirit.
Scientists report an accurate measurement of boiling lava temperature at Kilauea Hawaii using a pyrometer after slowing progress and destroying thermometers. The test yielded 1010 degrees Celsius 1850 Fahrenheit, noting iron remains unmelted while gold silver and copper melt earlier.
The article argues that the most read pages are ads by merchants appealing to women buyers. It states women shop round for best prices and rely on up to date ads as market news. It notes shrewd advertisers target women to secure returns and that men follow where women shop. P S last minute Christmas suggestions in the advertisements today.
A whimsical fragment evokes Christmas Eve moonlight frost and sleigh bells in a village scene. The lines celebrate holly, silver frost, and a chilly festive air with a tuneful mood.
Federal batteries fired 130 shells into Charleston over sixteen hours. The Conservative national union committee nominated Gen McClellan as Union candidate for president. Telegraph operators at Portland Maine and Chattanooga Tennessee communicated through an uninterrupted circuit.
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