Sea Bright bulkheads debate and judicial mercy in New Jersey
The Jersey Journal questions state and national aid for bulkheads along the Jersey coast, arguing a sand-based foundation risks permanent cost and suggesting jetties as a better option. It also highlights cases of wrongful conviction, urging juries to extend reasonable doubt, and notes Christmas pardons of John Schuyler and Rev. George Huggins.
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Sea Bright
Jersey
The
Jersey Journal
State Chamber of Commerce
Sandy Hook
United States
New Jersey
John Schuyler
George Huggins
1 Pardons Board
Germany's American trade increases despite blockade
Official figures show Germany's imports to the United States last month higher than the same period last year by 500000 dollars. Toy shipments rose fivefold, coal tar colors threefold, and sugar beet seed nineteenfold, all routed through neutral Holland and Italy ports.
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Germany
Holland
Italy
Tribute to the American Navy praised by German admiral
Admiral von Tirpitz called the American navy quantitatively and qualitatively superior to Japan's in an interview. The piece notes reassurance amid attacks on US naval efficiency and links a strong navy to solving army concerns. It also highlights Long Branch Christmas charity by Commissioner Fleck and Presbyterian Sunday school gifts to the needy.
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Admiral von Tirpitz
Germany
John W. Fleck
Tipperary
Newport
Thomas Atkins
N. Y
General von Hindenberg credits troops for victory
General von Hindenberg says his triumph rests with his soldiers and they with him. He praises a skilled leader guiding brave men against great odds. The Herald notes Emperor Franz Joseph dying again on Thursday and asks who’s counting the deaths.
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von Hindenberg
Franz Joseph
Editorial Snips and Sentiments on Public Life
A collage of clipped opinions and quips from several papers. The pieces lampoon shopping crowds, prayerful gratitude, bans on maritime tunes, and political figures including Pancho Villa, with reflections on liberty and common sense.
Markets Reopen Across Cities After Liquidity Fears
The New York Stock Exchange leads a return to normal trading as Philadelphia Boston Washington Pittsburg and St Louis follow others like San Francisco and Chicago. A broad market chain forms to fix security values and stabilize money, trade, and political sentiment, with investors showing guarded optimism about US bonds and stocks. Life and moral verse closes with a poem by Madeline Bridges on giving and faith.
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New York Stock Exchange
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Pittsburg
St. Louis
San Francisco
Chicago
N. Y. Evening Mail
Thoughts Worth Reading Sun Dial on the House Front
Quotations about men with useful qualities for others but not for themselves compare to a sun dial on a house front. Swift notes such traits guide neighbors yet fail the owner, illustrating selfless usefulness versus personal benefit.
Prohibition Letter Writer Questioned in Newark
Communications page notes a fictitious correspondent. Newark case cites no Jerome A. Ross at 800 Broad Street, Newark, in a November 14 letter on Prohibition and Morals.
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Newark
N. J
Long Branch Record
Prohibition and Morals
Jerome A. Ross
Broad Street
Prohibition era notes tracing anonymous letters to multiple papers
Clues point to a common signatory pattern with Jerome A. Ross Jared A. Ross and J Alex Rollinson. The initials A J R match J A Roney secretary of the Brewers Publicity Bureau, which disseminates messages statewide under the Manufacturers and Merchants Association banner.
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Jerome A. Ross
Jared A. Ross
J. Alex. Rollinson
J. A. Roney
Brewers’ Publicity Bureau
Manufacturers and Merchants’ Association
Advice to Editors from a 1791 Satirical Pamphlet
An anonymous London pamphlet from 1791 critiques journalistic methods. It urges reporters to attend Parliament and gather quotes in the smoking room, warns against fabrication, and notes risks of publishing debates not really held. The piece exposes early press practices and ethics.
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London
Powess
Prices and wartime orders from December 26
Fifty years ago on December 26 in Illinois salted pork sold at 12 to 44 cents a pound and up, bacon 25 to 80 cents, lard scarce at 30 cents a pound, butter 40 cents, corn 70 cents to 1.25 a bushel, cabbage 10 to 25 cents. Sherman’s orders for Savannah muskets military government warned acts hostile to the United States would be punished severely under the laws.
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Ilinois
Sherman
Savannah
United States
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Mar
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Mentalism
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Hunterdon County
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Long Branch, N. J
Undertakers
Britton’s Pharmacy
Norwood and
Bath Ave
the Bank of Personal Service
Citizens National Wabank
Vy. J
Chandler & Maps
Long Branch Building Directory
Bailey & Burns
Rathbone, Sard & CO
la Monroey, Poole CO
Monroe V. Poole
Cedar Avenue
West Long Branch
Geo. W
WM. Carr
Alex P. Paul
WM. Gura & CO
R. A. Hughes
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Franklin Aves
Central Depot
Long Brangh
Columbia and Pierge Bicycles
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Morris
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