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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1912
Page
4
The article notes a summer surge in automobile crashes on Monmouth streets with daily incidents and one fatality. It credits driver recklessness and traffic volume for most accidents while praising car construction for limiting injuries. It urges cautious driving to preserve the region’s appeal to motorists from the metropolitan area.
The Red Bank Register and Standard oppose dividing Monmouth County. They argue shore townships pay most taxes yet gain modest local aid, and note inland roads benefit shore travelers more than inland residents. They warn inland towns would not maintain highways to shore standards if independent, preserving shore influence.
A Baltimore party convention shows Wilson delegates remaining united across twenty six ballots over Thursday to Saturday. They reject compromise and press for their principle, backed by broad public support with persistent resolve.
The piece surveys how detection tech like the dictagraph thumb prints and Bertillon system promise to deter crime. It notes bullets’ rifling marks, pistols’ hammer alignment, and enlarged photograph matching to trace murderers. It also reflects on political shifts and Wilson’s standing amid party realignments.
The stray Roosevelt Bryan badges seen in Baltimore stir debate over party alliances, with editors noting their uncoupled sponsorship and the broader clash of reformers in 1908 politics. Observers remark on the pairing as a sign of radical currents shaping the contest.
A fierce speaker declares inner strength that shatters granite and steel. The verse portrays power as a living force eager to break walls and escape confinement, ending with a vow to be free and destructive when released.
A compact reflection on medical wisdom noting that the best physician recognizes medicine's limits and seeks value beyond dose and duration. The adage underscores practical judgment and humility in healing.
A July Malvern Hill clash marks last of the Seven Days with Lee’s main army repulsed. Stonewall Jackson arrives late. In Booneville Mississippi P H Sheridan earns brigadier general by defeating Confederates under Chal mers and is praised as worth his weight in gold. Also notes twenty five years ago royalists greet Count of Paris in exile with Vive le roi.
Prentice has rented the North Brentwood cottage at Monmouth Beach for the summer. Troit, Michigan, is visiting her mother Mrs H B Sherman of Bath Avenue. Mr and Mrs J Howard Slocum of New York were Sunday visitors at Long Branch in a Buick runabout. Mr and Mrs L M T Slocum of Chicago with their two daughters and son are here for a short stay and motored from Albany to Long Branch. Slocum is a former Long Branch boy who has made good in Chicago.
Joseph C. Mertz of Lincroft Middletown died Saturday night of acute nephritis at seventy. Funeral tomorrow at 10 AM at St Catherine's Everett with Rev J F Gough. burial Mount Olivet Middletown. Survived by widow and four children William H Mertz Joseph G C Mertz Jr John Mertz and Mrs Gottleib Mauser. He emigrated from Germany and served in the Civil War.
Walter Rosenberg the lessee of the Parker building vacated the Broadway Theatre yesterday morning. The electric sign furnishings and stage equipment moved to the new theatre under construction on the old St. James Church lot. The last moving picture show was Saturday night and Rosenberg still holds a lease, purpose for use unknown.
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