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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1913
Page
2
The Monmouth jail, under Sheriff Beecroft appointee Michael Quirk, is clean and well run with orderly cells and adequate meals. Quirk, long a Hollywood superintendent turned real estate man, earns praise from inmates and locals for his health, demeanor, and managerial skill.
The London Chronicle describes women at Monte Carlo as calm, highly successful players who rely on intuition and bold bets rather than intricate systems. It notes husbands assist by placing bets, while women study their own figures and win with stylish calm, claiming luck and skill.
Recollection from Century of Andrew Johnson describing him as impeccably dressed in black frock coat waistcoat and trousers with a silk hat for thirty years and often making his own clothes. He was five feet ten, with broad shoulders, fine features, small black eyes and a sparkling gaze, and he avoided gambling and theater, preferring study and work.
A Chicago Examiner quotation defines a reading woman as any woman who is mused and admired. The brief item presents a cultural snapshot of gender expectations in period journalism.
New move seeks to free Becker amid questions over juror Samuel Haas, Juror No. 12, being allowed to visit home during the trial. Police and court officials dispute permission records while a juror’s conduct is examined and a verdict hangs in the balance.
War ner H Burt of Long Meadow died as the epidemic rages at Massachusetts Agricultural College. The freshman died in the Kappa Gamma Phi fraternity house where twenty students are quarantined. Students urged the college to close and dismiss classes during the outbreak.
A solitary robber boarded train No. 12 at Lincoln Alabama and forced the mail clerk B. L Cragman to surrender registered packages. He fled as the train neared Riverside Alabama, entering rugged country after escaping through an end door.
Mrs Eleanor Lobarry a thirty seven year old widow who had lived at 40 Clairemont avenue for a decade killed herself by shooting twice in the head. The act followed the grand larceny verdict against Edgar R Jackson president of Jackson Bros Realty for about 60000. A will left the residue of Mrs Barry s estate after debts.
Senate approved a measure enabling the distribution of immigrants to interior locations. It would create stations at inland points with a $75,000 appropriation for establishment and maintenance and authorize the commerce secretary to deploy officers to ensure migrants reach their intended destinations.
A wealthy appearing young woman, calling herself Mrs. Abbie EL Moulton, was arrested in Boston for forgery. Investigators tie her to forged checks cashed in New York and Philadelphia, with evidence of a lavish lifestyle and ties to high society.
Michael Gow son, 35, a track repairer, was burned to death when clothing touched the third rail at Park Avenue and Forty second Street. In Grand Central Station dozens of witnesses, mostly women, screamed as Gowson slipped and the live rail seized his garments. Police and workers aided the scene as onlookers reacted with shock.
William Boone Eldred of Wakefield Massachusetts dies at eighty seven after decades claiming molasses extended his life. He began cycling at seventy and reportedly rode twenty thousand miles in seventeen years. He was a descendant of Daniel Boone. A Los Angeles firm built a new submarine which sank at launching due to shifting ballast. cost forty four thousand dollars.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson arrived in Baltimore unrecognized and undisturbed to visit a friend at Jenny Hopkins hospital. She stayed as a guest of Mrs Haris BE Kirk wife of the Franklin Street Presbyterian pastor and was accompanied by her sister-in-law Mrs Annie Wilson Lowe.
A January recap notes Chattle's fifth basketball team with past captains Leo Reisner Howard Burns Frank Heiles George Johnston and Irving Gano. It praises Red Bank and Neptune prep teams, hints at East Jersey League pennant hopes, and mentions school events, exams, and a Pompeii recital.
A Los Angeles Times account recalls Senator Bob Taylor’s early lecture days in Taylor Texas where a crowd forced him into a costly initiation. Years later he drew a large ovation and $800 from a village audience. A Louisville Post anecdote follows about avoiding surgery and the cost of an operation.
A clergy figure expresses anxiety about engaging the public in aiding the poor after a visit. He questions the life of the impoverished and wonders how to proceed, while others debate whether the portrayal is overdone.
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