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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1913
Page
8
Abner Joslin, longtime principal and educator in Jersey City, will receive a farewell reception on January 6 at School No 12. Governor elect Fielder and town dignitaries will attend as Joslin ends a 48 year teaching career and 57 years in public schooling.
In Bordentown New Jersey on December 20 the bodies of Captain Lyons and Janis McLaughlin were recovered from the Delaware River after a barge incident near Roelling. Lyons' father, a barge cook, witnessed the shooting by Andreas Mlowka who then fell into the river. Lyons will be buried in Delaware after a postmortem.
Mrs. Gordon Smith, a noted suffragist in Montclair, asks authorities to establish a bureau to supervise furnace installations. Town Attorney Trobert M. Boyd is reviewing the request after Mrs. Smith’s salt loss suit against a previous installer over a new furnace in Engle rock dwelling. The heating apparatus failed to warm her house properly.
A sensational anecdote from the New Orleans scene describes an editor paying a reporter after a late night baseball style “draw.” The tale centers on Walter Latmann, a wealthy heir, kidnapped along the Gulf coast. After a lengthy hoist and hustle, cries of Extra! Extra! signal the discovery of the child’s body, with a ten dollar check reportedly included in the envelope.
The Boston Globe cites the term billion and its meanings in Britain France and the United States as a thousand millions or four billion. The piece critiques speech clarity and prefers a speaker with a mild impediment.
A well dressed woman driving an electric runabout heard cries near Hamilton Street pond. She used a plank and rope to pull three children to safety while a fourth, Minnie Kough, 9, drowned. Dennis Rosin then dived to recover the body after several attempts.
A fragment from a era piece describes a violet crimson sunset over Scottish mountains and silver sea, then shifts to excerpts from A. Keith Fraser on mortality and health rules, and a note on medieval Spanish fashion with mitered headdresses for women of quality.
The Christmas exercises at Mrs. Mary Cannon's private kindergarten on Franklyn Avenue featured a candy and bird adorned tree, Santa Claus arriving by airship, children performing songs and dances, and gifts for mothers and calendars for fathers. Dozens of attendees included families and local residents as the event closed with Santa departing at five.
A Washington Star excerpt jokes about universal equality failing in Crimson Gulch with Three-Finger Sam noting equal chances cannot exist where four aces are involved. The reflection shifts to a Pagan advice line urging self-control before Marcus Aurelius contrasts good and evil and comments on wrongdoing.
The text defines Drumtochty and Logiealmond as an estate about eight by four miles, located twelve miles north of Perth at the Grampian Hills foot. It notes the only village-like area in Logiealmond is Harrietafield hamlet, where Mr. Watson resided.
A brief notice promoting advertising space in the Daily Record. Claims the ad will pay off for advertisers without providing specific rates or deadlines.
A postponed Red Bank hearing before Justice Harry C Badeau addressed Joseph Reilly's suit against Mrs Mary Woolston Sutton to compel payment of fees linked to the Lewis case. Judgment was delivered for $57.16 plus $8.95 costs, amid objections over an alleged $14 overcharge for stenography and word count disputes.
A burned memory recounts a district attorney in Alaska during a major trial balancing bold native oratory with limited schooling. As he neared the end he leaned forward and implored the jury to retire and mete out justice as she deserves to be met.
The text explains imperial and metric ton distinctions, noting that Britain uses a ton of 2240 pounds, and the US Canada ton is 2000 pounds. It also mentions that stone and rock are often priced in long ton terms of 2240 pounds.
Ants observed in Dalmatia reportedly chew seeds into pulp form it into loaves and bake them in the sun, then store the bread for later use. The unusual behavior highlights insect adaptation and potential food processing.
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