Long Branch Daily Record 1910 War on Indian Lands
A Long Branch Daily Record item recalls a 1910 political controversy over the sale of coal and oil lands belonging to Indian tribes in Oklahoma valued at 30 million dollars. It discusses lobbyists pressuring President Taft and officials, Gore’s resistance, and Senator Kean’s stance, ending with a prompt question about New Jersey readers’ view of their senior senator.
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Oregon
Senator Kean
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Roosevelt
Taft
Ballinger
Gore
Hale
Aldrich
Secretary of the Interior
Senate
Kean
House
New York City Bans Smoking Automobiles Today
A Board of Health ordinance goes into effect in New York City prohibiting smoking automobiles. Chauffeurs of smoking cars face arrest, a mid dime misdemeanor charge, and possible fines or imprisonment. The rule targets nuisance rides along Ocean Drive at Long Branch and aims to curb air pollution from smoky engines.
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Board of Health
New York City
Long Branch
Ocean Drive
Bluffwalk
Truth From the Tomb Attacks McKinley and Others
The piece cites Tom Platt and Speaker Reed to allege hypocrisy in Garfield Harrison and McKinley. It accuses McKinley of war decisions for political gain and private gain, contrasting piety with deceit and ingratitude. It portrays him as weak yet shrewd, compromising principle for expediency.
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Tom Platt
Garfield
Harrison
Reed
Congress
McKinley
Prin
Not a Question of Penalties in Extradition Debate
The Newark News notes Italy has no wish to restore capital punishment despite agreeing to extradition. The piece argues divergences between Italian and U.S. legal systems matter, noting lifelong solitary confinement can be harsher than execution, and cites Senator Drean as involved in the discussion.
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Italy
Newark News
Last month of no license mortgage in Jersey New York Press
The piece reflects on the last month of license-free mortgage conditions and trolley passes, noting tax and legislative actions. It discusses a proposed $160,000 Long Branch school building, taxpayer input, and school authority power. It mentions Roosevelt, New York politics, and a New York Legislature rebuke, plus a Charlton murder case and alienists.
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Jersey
New York Press
Heisley
Long Branch
Remembering the Maine and a Reed explosion claim
A column cites criticism of patent medicines and recalls Thomas B. Reed’s 1899 Palm Beach remarks disputing external cause for the Maine explosion. It quotes Reed’s assertion that Spaniards did not blow up the Maine, claiming internal causes and alleging political manipulation before the Spanish American War, with commentary from the New York Sun and New Jersey Monitor.
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Maine
Thomas B. Reed
House of Representatives
Ave Maria
John B. Lamb
Indianapolis
Reed
Palm Beach
Pla
Lamb
Indiana
New York Sun
Board of Inquiry
Admiral Sampson
Naval Committee of the Mouse
Amos J. Cummings
McKinley
Congress
Spain
White House
Congres
Mark Hanna
Stephen B. Elking
National House
Editorial on Halley's Comet and Jefferson Davis statue
The Boston Post mocks a Senate panel on costs blaming Halley’s Comet. It notes a Capitol vacancy for Lee’s statue harms sectional memory, commends restoring Jefferson Davis to Cabin John Bridge, and argues Lee should be honored in Statuary Hall.
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Select
Senate
Halley
Boston Post
Capitol
Lee
Jefferson Davis
Cabin John Bridge
Statuary Hall
Love's Miracle Brightens Earth and Heart
A lyrical meditation on spring and love, praising love as wondrous as dawn, dew, and moonlight. Florence Earle Coates echoes in Harper's Magazine, pairing nature’s beauty with the evanescent ecstasy of longing and immortal emotion.
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Dells
Florence Earle Coates
Harper's Magazine
Thoughts Worth Reading Quote Summary
A reflective musing questions the value of mature thinking and contrasts miracles with personal capability, noting no one rises from the dead yet many rise from nothing and asserting inner power to lift a hand as a strange force.
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Carlyle
Baseball Results and Standings in National and American Leagues
National League results include New York defeating Brooklyn 2 0 and St Louis beating Chicago 18 9. Boston defeated Philadelphia 4 1 in game one and 4 0 in game two, while Pittsburgh won 8 4 over Cincinnati. Standings show Chicago leading with 88 wins, New York 82, and Brooklyn 80, with Philadelphia and St Louis behind. American League games list Detroit over Chicago 6 3 and Cleveland over St Louis 5 0, with standings led by Philadelphia and New York. The Tartar's Foot described with neutral historical context.
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New York
Brooklyn
Batterles
Crandall
Meyers
Rucker
Bergen
St. Louis
Chicago
Harmon
Philadelphia
Ferguson
Raridon
Moore
Moren
Jacklitsch
Pittsburg
Cincinnati
Adams
Gibson
Beebe
Rowan
McLean
LPO
Louis
Wooklyn
Bobton
Secnness
American Se Caine
Detroit
Walsh
Lange
Payne
Summers
Strand and Stanage
Cleveland
Young
Easterly
Bailey
Ray
Allen
Killifer
Detroit Kane
Boston
Washington
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Boisseau Bobbitt
Daily Record
Long Branch Record
F. M. Taylor Publishing Co
Chas. L. Edwards
Sec'y
Broadway Long Branch
Ees
Decora
BILES
Ciple
Republi
Sast
Drean. Ime
Reno
Atlantic City
Charlton
N. Y. World
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Evening Mail
Straus CO
Broad St. Red Bank
Equitable Employment Office
The
First National Bank of Long Branch
N. J
United States
Citizens National Bank of Long
Baseball
the Prudential
NEW Jersey, Mortgage, and Trust Co
Augustus Chandler
Matthias Woolley
Scobey
A. T. Woolley
Treas
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
H. W. Green & Bro
Portaupeck
Shrewsbury
Portaupeck Realty CO
Broadway
Murray Hill
Duff & Campbell Telephone
West End
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