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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1913
Page
3
A witty Englishman at a London dinner party longs for quiet smoking but faces lingering hostesses and dim candles. He jokes about extinguishing a smoking taper, while other tidbits note a debate figure Uncle Bob Caldwell in Tennessee and curiosities about a fruit imitate mammal, the caguan, observed by explorers.
Schiff of Kuhn Loeb & Co described how underwriting syndicates formed to issue bonds operate and take over securities if selling fails. He said banking houses avoid undue interference, noted rivalry with Speyer & Co, and discussed bank involvement, director borrowing, and minority stockholder representation.
The report references Jacob Schiff linked to a New York group and mentions securities ethics, a trust, and related conduct. It notes witnesses and associates in a broad legal or financial context without detailing specific actions or outcomes. The fragmentary text hints at a political or legal inquiry involving named individuals and entities.
Albany January 17 The state barge canal creates vast water power but development is underfunded and uncoordinated. surplus waters along the canal could be used for municipal electric lighting and heating, at lower cost than private firms, if laws allowed towns to exploit hydraulic power.
New York prosecutors prepare to indict two lawyers over a police corruption scheme. Witness bribery attempts involved $700 to George A. Sipp via intermediaries. Funds were routed through a chain ending with Sipp, while a larger sum allegedly targeted keeping him from grand jury action.
District Attorney Jonathan Wilson announced Gibson will be retried for the murder of Rosena Mensick Szabo on Greenwood Lake. Two Orange County murder cases precede it, with a likely May trial date.
Albany reports a record for winter steamboat service as the Trojan sails to New York marking near three centuries of navigation since 1810. The Chr of Neptune's last trip on Jan 17 iced up, ending the season.
New York reports a stock exchange seat sold for 51000, the lowest since 1908, after a decline from 55000 and a late November price of 63000. The transfer list shows Drayton Burrill to Arthur M Peek, with telephones mandated in every elevated and subway station per a bill by Assemblyman Greenberg.
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