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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1913
Page
10
A bill proposed by Senator Works would place part of the appointive power into a three member commission with a salary of a year. The measure aims to end using public officers as political rewards and would strip senators representatives and loan lenders of their power to nominate candidates.
Jersey City surgeons report thirty square inches of skin needed to graft Elizabeth Simms eight, burned June 11 at 403 York Street. Six donors have offered skin including two local newspaper men and a New York lawyer who asked to stay unnamed. City Hospital doctors aim to perform the operation this week and seek more offers to ensure success.
Joseph Desimone was found dead with a revolver bullet in his right side on Orchard Street near his boarding place in Madison New Jersey. The shooting occurred amid loud firecrackers and no killer or motive is yet identified. A roommate James Palmer and Frank Lawrence discovered the body. Desimone had no known intimates or enemies.
Seven hundred Polish workers at the American Sugar Beating plant in Edgewater, New Jersey, walk out demanding a five cent per hour increase. Two I W W delegates are sent to the plant to organize the strike while others stay at work, as confusion and unclear details linger from the disrupted text.
A Washington dispatch from July 7 discusses President Wilson’s planned summer routines while Congress is in session. It notes his intent to stay close to tariff and currency bills, enjoy golf and sailing, and travel with companions rather than retreat to his summer home. The piece also surveys anti suffragist activity and the politics of Senator Gallinger’s NH seat, plus forestr y reservations becoming national parks and reconciliation moves within the Republican party led by Jim Mann with emphasis on Minnesota Wisconsin and Iowa members.
An OCR fragment advertises White Wool Nap Blankets in extra large and full sizes with pink borders and color accents. Prices show regulars of 4.00 and 3.60, with July sale pricing listed in unclear garbled text. Strong entities include White Wool Nap Blanket and July Sale.
Mohansic State hospital warden John Anley and his wife were arrested as material witnesses in the Peekskill coroner’s murder inquiry into Charles J. Wylie found dead in his hospital bed. Warden and Nolan allegedly drank in Yorktown. Nolan is suspected of involvement. Warden claims Nolan showed him bloodstained pills and led him to beer and whiskey on hospital grounds.
At Chenango County near the Hall in Minghamton on July 7 Mrs. Martin Hunsicker lifted a stick and fought off a large eagle that clutched four year old William. The child screamed as the bird attempted to carry him away but the mother’s quick action drove the eagle off and it flew away.
Hopedale Mass July 7 the strike at the W W draper plant in its seventh week was declared off after many strikers deserted. Flavio Attizzotti and others associated with the W W company had urged an end to the disruption and a return to work following the mass withdrawal of Italian workers.
Windsor Vermont July 7 President Wilson and family with Francie Bowes Sayre and Miss Jessie Wilson depart Harlakenden house for a church service in Cornish New summer capital Wilson plans to stay aloof from state matters and will not comment on political affairs He seeks rest and relaxation away from Washington in a motion filled outing with aides and reporters noting his calm demeanor
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