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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1911
Page
2
Governor Johnson outlines a plan to abolish the death penalty in California. The move aims to replace capital punishment with life imprisonment and seeks legislative approval and public support ahead of potential ballot action.
California Governor Johnson plans legislation to abolish capital punishment. Wardens at San Quentin and Folsom reportedly back the stance, with Mrs Jolson and Warden Hoyle cited as opposing executions. The effort follows repeated state executions and reflects broad institutional sympathy against capital punishment.
Markets show weaker butter with mixed receipts and specials across dairy items. Eggs unsettled with fresh gathered whites and browns. potatoes steady with Bermuda and Jersey regional quotes. live veal calves and live cattle prices noted in varied ranges across western and southern markets.
Former President Theodore Roosevelt tells a New York press interview he is not in politics and declines to discuss current matters. He says he will meet people but avoids taking political positions while noting others may read into visits. Dar win K. James of Brooklyn Young Republicans presses for a response on Edwin Merritt Jr. for speaker.
Dec Ty Allen confessed to murdering Castella and Herbert Sella two children whose oil lands were seized. He received a life sentence at hard labor. The case followed the conviction of William Irwin and precedes trials for Frank L. Martin and John Coombs as others seek plea deals.
Magistrate Butts is defendant in a suit for 25,000 dollars filed in New York City. Willie D. Pinte, an engineer in the Bronx department of water supply, charges that the magistrate ordered his arrest during a water main repair dispute.
Mrs Bowser senses a presentiment of trouble as Mr Bowser returns with a $23 hat for her. She objects to its shape and lavender trim, sparking a sharp quarrel about courtship, alimony, and divorce plans. The hat becomes a comic symbol of a marriage fraying beyond repair.
Amateur charity worker observes a mother compelling a baby with cold water and a wry remark about baptism. The exchange satirizes religious boasting and social manners as readers note humorous lines from various periodicals and a humorous misunderstanding about flight attire.
A light column notes a woman may know the right words yet habitually adds extra remarks, reflecting local wit and social quirks in Chicago journalism of the era.
A husband vents anger on returning home while the wife suggests beating rugs. The piece notes Tillie Clinger’s uneasy sense about herself growing less hostile to Brigham Young the longer a woman remains unmarried.
A young Russian boy named Peter bakes cakes for the czar. He learns of poison in the kitchen, warns the czar, and saves the ruler from poisoning. The cook and steward are imprisoned, and Peter gains a position in the czar's kitchen. A puzzle at the end yields answer Fence.
Shanghai peace conference deadlock renews push for a national convention to decide monarchy or republic. Yuan Shih Kai supports the principle, seeks real popular representation and full national judgment. Tang Shao Yi to confer with Wu Ting Fang on delegate plans. imperial approval needed first.
A majority of the zemstvo in Kherson Province calls for a boycott of American machines and manufactures. Count Stenbock, ex-marshal of nobility, sent the address to all Zemstvos in Russia protesting U.S. interference in Russia’s internal affairs.
Monterey reports a high military official states General Bernardo Reyes will not face imprisonment or extradition. He will be exiled to Europe and kept under military espionage, with President Madero inclined toward lenient treatment.
Postmaster General Hitchcock announces extending fast freight service for second class mail beyond weekly publications to all states. The plan aims to finish within three years and save about 3 million dollars annually, with current savings of 1.4 million since the third contract section began.
In the Railroad Employee a leading editorial analyzes the McNamara confession and its impact on organized labor. It argues that the confession signals the decline of Gompers type leaders and urges pacific, balanced approaches by labor and capital.
A man walked into the detective bureau and confessed to embezzling about $4,000 from Northwestern Gas Light and Coke Co of Oak Park. He identified himself as John Fielding of Evanston Illinois and said he abandoned the case for a year and a half before surrendering.
Chicago Dec. 27 Judge Carpenter denied the ten millionaire packers on trial in federal court for conspiracy in restraint of trade the benefit of the Immunity bath they received in 1906.
Burglar Steals Jewelry and Cash in Morristown as Mrs Guilford reports a break in. The intruder escaped through a window after entering her sleeping room. Investigators found a diamond ring another ring a breastpin a scarfpin and cash missing.
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