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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1913
Page
7
The Daily Record lists weekday subscription rates under Fr. M. Taylor Publishing Co with Chas L Edwards as secretary and manager at 192 Broadway Long Branch New Jersey. Directory date shown is Wednesday January 8 1913.
The piece lauds Oscar Underwood as a principled, courageous leader at the head of the House tariff committee. It credits him with preserving discipline amid factional strife, steering constructive reform, and delivering tariff bills of merit despite presidential vetoes. Wilson and Underwood together promise decisive action without political folly.
A Cumberland county Republican Senator Nichols plans to introduce early in the Legislature a mothers and old age pension bill. The piece argues against radical pension schemes due to tax burden and lack of investigations or discussion in the state. It cautions lawmakers from acting without proper study of the need.
The writer argues against Belator Nichols reliance on parcel post to save costs noting that express services pick up and deliver while parcel post only delivers. He insists the notion of free service is misleading and costs are hidden in other ways.
Antonio Zucca urged the Ways and Means Committee to cut olive oil import duties so consumers could buy it at moderate prices. He argued olive oil is a food staple for many Americans of foreign birth and has medicinal value, benefiting digestion and liver health. He urged keeping olive oil on the free list.
An Ossining housewife bought a dozen eggs marked strictly fresh for forty five cents. One egg bore a name and address, prompting a letter to the penman. Indiana replies that the name was written two years ago. If fresh eggs carry such names what about other varieties. Perhaps meat packers cannot write their names.
The New York World calls on readers to repeal the special stamp requirement and to remove the ban on books in parcel post shipments. It argues the restriction serves to undermine the service and protect the express monopoly, hoping the new Democratic administration will overturn it.
The Supreme Court rejects Union Pacific Railroad's plan to shed Southern Pacific stock by distributing the stock to its stockholders. The court warns this would leave the railroad still owning both properties and asks where a decreed dissolution would stand. The opinion draws parallels to dissolution via stock in multiple companies.
The passage notes a distinction like paeco trust and laments the layman’s confusion over legal puzzles. It cites a Treasury calculation that if all United States currency were shared equally each person would have 34.72 dollars, then questions the practicality of such a claim. It quotes Newark Call calling Sulzer a flibbertigibit and questions who can testify to what the phrase means.
The Powers strive for peace and vow to suppress renewed Balkan strife even at the cost of action or conflict.
The piece notes Europe map re ordering is slow though not completely sure and mocks a dead Congress using funding as a perpetual fix.
A clipped quote from the New York Evening Sun argues that railroads justify high rates by claiming cost efficiency. The fragment references anthracite coal pricing and the railroads’ leverage in setting terms.
The Newark Call contrasts Presidents Roosevelt and Taft, describing Roosevelt as domineering and erratic yet able to mobilize top talent, while Taft earns affection from associates and reflects on sustained service and leadership judgment.
A New York Herald excerpt questions the gatekeeping of General Castro's visit and concedes the need for clear legal reasons. It also condemns a paid New York literary bureau effort to shape public opinion for the Panama Canal bill, questioning who funds and benefits from the propaganda.
The Newark Star accuses hidden influence by railroad interests in Washington as they lobby for repeal, labeling their agents recreants and describing covert tactics behind the bid to overturn a decision in the bureau.
The piece reflects on surviving giants of the era around Francis Joseph Habsburg and Gladstone, noting births from 1797 to 1830, deaths through 1888, and ties to Metternich, Napoleon, Bismarck, Victoria, Diaz, and Maximilian. It contrasts age, influence, and lasting legacies across empires and revolutions.
Bertha Braley urges readers in Newark Star to discard outdated beliefs and clutter from the mind and life. She calls for freeing oneself from prejudice doubt and stale convictions by cleaning out the mental garret and abandoning old time notions and dusty relics.
A fragment quotes Elbert Hubbard on ambition and persistence. The text shifts to a mother calling to Lola with Lola replying she is not yet asleep, but one foot is awake, followed by a brief Chicago News tag.
The article cites 17th to 19th century writings as foreseeing modern tech. It notes Strada 1617 loadstone communication resembling wireless telegraphy, Hooke 1674 hearing distance, Swift satire on Mars satellites later confirmed, Lucian moon air drink and inflated aerial ship, with Harper's notes.
A writer outlines dog training basics including stopping when told and resuming on command. He advises teaching the down position with distance recalls and firm reinforcement, rewarding correct behavior with affection and a taste of food.
The article notes that in Scotland up to mid eighteenth century schools ran from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. with two one hour breaks, some opened earlier and stayed until daylight ended. Saturdays mirrored weekdays, Sundays included some work, and holidays were Candles, Whitsun, and a two week autumn break.
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