Long Branch Newspaper Promotes Subscriptions in 1911
The Long Branch publication outlines subscription rates for City of Long Branch mail delivery with annual, quarterly, and monthly options. It lists prices for single copies and notes post free terms while identifying M. Taylor Publishing Co. and Chas. L. Edwards as manager and secretary.
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Long Branch
M. Taylor Publishing Co
Chas. L. Edwards
Sec'y
Broadway
New Jersey
Stokes Martine and the Senatorship
The Newark News cites the State Gazette on Stokes likely winning a U S Senate seat if the next Legislature is Democratic. It notes New Jersey primary law binds legislators to vote for their party’s candidate, unlike Oregon’s pledge. The column mocks the State Gazette and recalls vote tallies from last year.
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Paterson Guardian
Stokes
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Newark News
The
State Gazette
Wilson
James E. Martine
Unite States
United States Senate
Oregon
New Jersey
Edward ©. Stokes
Martine
Public benefactions in 1912 rise to 150 million
The Newark Star notes 1912 public gifts in the United States total more than 150 million, second only to 1909’s 175 million, with Carnegie leading at over 40 million including 25 million to the Carnegie Corporation. A separate note hints at a Peace Dinner graft scandal amid suspicions surrounding the event organizers.
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The
Newark Star
United States
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie Corporation of New York
The Bright Side of Plutocracy Editorial Critique
A Star editorial questions Carnegie donations and other wealthy benefactions arguing much is self serving or wasted. It condemns philanthropy that claims moral high ground while ignoring violations of law and ethics, noting most charity lacks true virtue and public accountability.
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Carnegie
Noble Christmas Charity by Red Bank Firemen and Long Branch Ladies
The Independent Fire Company of Red Bank and the Society for the Improvement of the Poor in Long Branch organized a charity drive to ease destitution and spread holiday cheer. The effort was self-imposed, demanding extensive labor and personal sacrifice for the benefit of others, and earned praise for civic cooperation and leadership in arranging the undertaking.
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Independent Fire Company
Red Bank
the Society For the Improvement of the
Green holidays delight a weathered year
The piece notes a rare green Christmas and green Thanksgiving marking a year of eccentric weather. It links holiday enjoyment to meteorological conditions, praising the favorable timing for a hardy community that works hard and observes few holidays.
Preaching and Practice by New York City Mayor
The piece notes Mayor Gaynor's claim to philosophy under attack while exposing his irritability toward unjust criticism. It argues his preaching of calm doesn’t always match his personal conduct, prompting reflection on whether leaders apply their own advice.
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Gaynor
New York
Kansas court rules pets justify divorce in wider grounds
A Kansas court holds that a wife's 35 cats and two dogs as pets can constitute grounds for divorce, signaling an expanding list of legal causes. The ruling suggests future divorces may become as easy to obtain as marriages.
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Kansas
Silent Christmas Reflections on Peace Motives
A remark notes that acts touted as universal peace may hide non altruistic aims. The writer calls Christmas quiet and questions the sincerity of such motives, reflecting on the season's mood and intentions.
Great Oversight and Uplift Reflected in Times Snippets
Editorial notes critique of Carnegie list omissions and praise for corporate bonuses while flagging social issues from theatre race incidents to migrant labor. It discusses Taft tariff shifts, British practice, and public opinion’s force on monopoly and corruption in early 20th century America.
Tariff talk and social concerns in early debates
The passages discuss tariff effects on costs of goods and labor efficiency, noting high prices for consumers and the shift to shoddy materials. It cites the Tariff Board on American labor and machinery, plus opinions from Newark Star and N Y World on marriage data, race debates, and fire safety culture.
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Sis
United States
Tariff Board
Newark Star
The Man with Massive Brain Voices Advice
The poem Personifies an elder figure who urges constant obedience to blunt counsel. A younger speaker resists the enforced guidance, choosing to disregard the adviser and follow personal judgment despite the relentless urging. The piece notes the clash between conformist pressure and individual choice.
Thoughts Worth Reading
A reflective aphorism on love and gender citing Byron, framing love as a defining force for women and a meaningful, if overarching, aspect of a man’s life.
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Byron
Fifty Years Ago Today on Dec 26
Fifty years ago on December 26 W H Seward announced the Confederate commissioners Mason and Slidell at Fort Warren would be freed ending public agitation over a threatened war with England. Twenty five years ago on December 26 General John A Logan died in Washington. He was noted as a Civil War volunteer officer and founder of the G A R Memorial Day observance.
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England
British War Office
Chicago
Packers’ Trust
New York Mail
W. H. Seward
Lincoln
Mason and Slidell
Fort Warren
John A. Logan
United States
Illinois
Washington
Logan
New York Father Worried Over Wedding Plans
A Brooklyn narrator recalls a winter in Nice where a New York man fears ruin as his daughter nears marriage to Count Beau de Beau. The count reassures him with a tongue in cheek remark about finding another heiress tomorrow given his title.
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New York
Nice
Count Beau de Beau
Overhanging Second Stories in Early New England Homes
In 1670 Plymouth and Bay colonies replaced wooden chimneys with two story houses featuring a protruding second story over the first and sometimes an extended attic. The overhang is said to have been for shooting at Indians, but it mirrors Elizabethan English house design copied by settlers.
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Plymouth
Bay
England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Pulverized Fish Scene in Northern Waters
In northern waters millions of fish are ground into nothing by moving masses of ice. The image portrays a vast freeze process where ice movement pulverizes a large fish population, illustrating the impact of glacial activity on marine life.
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Dany Recorp
Benj. Bolaseau
Bobbitt
Charity
Philan
Noble Christmas Charity
IT Citizens National
N. J
United States Postal Savings Funds
State of New Jersey
County of Monmouth
City of
Home Run Baker
Sam" White
Newark Evening News
Georgia
Chicago News
International Harveser Company
New York World
James O'Neil
O'Neills
New York State
Taft
Congress
House
Senate
Baltimore
Rosenau
Roosevelt
America
N. Y. World
Chicago Record-Herald
W. R. Warwick
John G. Sacco & Sons Bankers
So. 7Th Ave
First National Bank
First National Bank OF Long Branch
First National
NEW Jersey Mortgage & Trust Company
Long Branch, N. J
Hotel Directory
Price's Hotel
Pleasure Bay
Shrewsbury
New England
Beason
H W. Green & Bro
H. W. Green & Bro
Post Office
Public Service Corporation of
Bond Department
Fidelity Trust Company
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