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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1910
Page
2
Fragmentary timetable text shows New Jersey Central lines with times such as 2.37 and 4.17 p.m. and mentions Atlantic City or Staten area stops. Unclear route details and station notes appear from clipped OCR.
New York December 31 Joseph G Robin the kite lying financier facing grand larceny tried to kill himself by taking one and one fifth grains of hyoscine. He survived after a meal neutralized the poison and told doctors he had intended to die. His sister Dr Rabinovitch administered the drug and hid the vial in her home. He was in custody awaiting indictment and bail.
Justice Swayze affirmed Judge Teneyck ruling Mrs. Caroline B. Martin is not insane under the statute and must answer the murder indictment. Her supporters sought a 1906 act allowing insane prisoners to be moved to an asylum after a court inquiry and medical certification of restoration.
John Henry Thiry philanthropist and father of the school savings bank system in America is confined to his bed at his home in Long Island City with grip. His eighty ninth birthday begins as he remains ill but not considered dangerously ill.
Washington December 31 Baroness Hangenmueller wife of the Austro Hungarian ambassador shows slight improvement after an appendicitis attack. Physicians report no immediate necessity for an operation.
Nyack New York December 31 Former State Senator Clarence Lexow longtime head of the Lexow committee dies at 58 after pneumonia. Born in Brooklyn he moved to Nyack in 1881 served as state senator from 1893 guiding education reform and the police bill and led the Lexow inquiry into New York City government. He is survived by his wife a son and two daughters. His brother Charles K Lexow is counsel for Washington Savings bank which recently closed.
In Mount Vernon Illinois on December 31 bloodhounds trailing a fleeing stranger from Carrier Mills ripped him apart after breaking loose from a keeper. The victim, a stranger, was mauled in an old barn after the chase began when the dogs caught his trail. Soberle the dog owner was exonerated.
Baltimore report says William Strickler shot his wife and nineteen year old stepdaughter Beulah Kile at their home then shot himself. Domestic trouble given as the motive and his condition described as critical with possible death.
Washington reports Republican leaders urge President Taft to organize a political machine to secure his 1912 renomination and bolster party strength. Alaska neglect and naval expansion plans are noted amid broader debates on Roosevelt Cummins and La Follette.
Surrogate Cahalan reports Henry Havemeyer's estate at 17 107 105 with net value after debts and expenses of 15 955 784. He left his wife and three children as executors and trustees. John Stewart Kennedy's estate is valued at 65 558 787.77 with a net of 63 078 456 after administration costs.
A Paterson naturalization hearing featured an Irish applicant who denied any king rules him and a Hungarian who could name the U S president but not New Jersey’s governor. The Hungarian’s application was denied while the Irishman was admitted. Navy Will Play Princeton In 1911
Horace Mack a 77 year old longtime assistant to the treasurer at Cornell University collapsed and died on the campus near Gage College annex. He was among Ithaca's oldest residents and had contributed poems to reading magazines.
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