Right Word Divides Long Branch Dissensions
A July 8 1913 issue from Long Branch New Jersey discusses political rifts in the Republican party led by Governor Stakes and party leaders amid accusations of arrogance public opinion contempt and special interests. It contrasts the old organization with the new party and critiques reliance on flattering rhetoric to heal the split. The column also condemns gossip and the poisoned tongue highlighting the harm of anonymous letters and scandal mongering.
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Pereda
Mr. Stokes
No Mo Malice Found in Statement Says Accuser
Quotes harsh criticism of those who claim no intent to harm insisting such people lack ethics. The speaker calls them moral cowards avoiding responsibility and accuses them of injuring others through denial.
Three Remedies for High Cost of Living Highlighted
The Chicago Journal urges first abolishing consumer taxes that aid trusts, then simplified distributing systems at community and private levels, and finally individuals must curb wasteful housekeeping and extravagant buying through strict business methods and education.
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Washington
Chicago Journal
Love or Lunacy in Modern Matrimony Provokes Debate
Chicago psychiatrists in a convention call love a high type of dementia and urge considering it secondary to marriage. Dr H R Morris notes love is evanescent and unreliable while warning against accusing healthy women of insanity for admiring a man as a tin god.
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Chicago
H. R. Morris
Warn Reckless Drivers by Citizen Reporting System
A Newark News idea suggests citizens mail a letter to Commissioner Lippincott with offending car numbers to trigger a record and possible warning. The approach targets thoughtlessness and recklessness, offering a nonformal remedy before harsher actions. The column notes tax reform debate and critiques a proposed marriage tax cut as unlikely to win broad support.
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Newark News
Errors not grave but invite criticism amid war news
The passage argues that although mistakes occurred they are not serious, yet critics seek punishment. It notes sensational Balkan reports invite credulity and warns drowning and automobile accidents have risen in a week, urging attention to avoid heedless rhetoric.
Gettysburg After Fifty Years in Verse and Verse
A long reader poem reflects on Gettysburg's memory and the Union’s endurance fifty years on. It honors fallen soldiers, recalls the Great Battlefield, and invokes Old Glory and Promethean fire as witnesses to freedom’s ongoing renewal. The piece closes praising national unity and continuing reverence.
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Gettysburg
Cup's Hill
Richard L. Johnson
Thoughtful reflection on wealth and aging from Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie argues wealth undermines happiness in old age when money becomes a man's god. The richest, fixed on gain, are like flies on a wheel, unable to stop and facing a hollow, miserable end as they leave wealth behind for others to quarrel over.
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Andrew Carnegie
Suffrage Hikers Begin New Jersey Campaign
Three young women from the Women's Political Union of New Jersey travel in a decorated wagon from Newark on July 4 to cover forty one towns through July seeking support for the woman suffrage amendment. Rose Weiss May Walsh and BE Hylands speak in each town as they tour at their own expense.
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New Jersey
Newark
Women’s Political Union of
Rose Weiss
May Walsh
BE. A. Hylands
Long
Miller Improving After Illness
Lester G. Miller of Campbell Avenue Campbell City has improved after a serious illness. He recently returned home from Falls, Pennsylvania. Mrs. Miller visited him Sunday and noted his progress. He is a member of the Asbury Park Letter Carriers' Association and brother to Patrolman W. E. Miller.
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Lester G. Miller
Robert J. Miller
Campbell Avenue
Mr. Miller
Asbury Park
Falls
Robbery at Red Bank Home Targets Silver Chest
The Red Bank residence of J. D. LaMarch on West Front Street was robbed Sunday morning. County Detective Elwood Minagh is handling the case. Rumors say a chest of silver was stolen.
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J. D. LaMarch
West Front Street
Red Bank
Elwood Minagh
West Long Branch Council Meets In July 1919
West Long Branch Borough Council met at 8 10 p m with Mayor Poole presiding Present were Councilmen Beach Brand Golden Slocum and Wright The street committee reported good street condition though Wall street unfinished and signs ready at Locust and Cedar The two week follow up with Long Branch on Oakwood avenue and Whale Pond Brook Road was noted The Firemen were allowed access to the council chambers by keeping the door open The Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company was referred to the Borough Solicitor for action Bills totaling 188 66 60 00 20 83 2 09 50 00 31 38 9 50 24 5 78 24 5 50 1 00 60 0e were approved and warrants issued The contractor Frank Byram was asked to finish Wall street by July 17 1913 The motion passed with all five present voting yes and Councilman Cooper absent The meeting adjourned Frank A Poole Borough Clerk
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West Long Branch
Jalyard
Borough of
West ‘Long Branch
Poole
Beach
Brand
Golden
Slocum
Wright
Wall Street
Locust
Cedar Avenues
Street Committee
City of Long Branch
Oakwood Avenue
Eatontown
Whale Pond Brook Road
Councilman Beach
Atlantic &Pacific .Tea Company
A. D. van Note
Frank A. Poole
George L. Gibbs
F. A. Beale
Ahan Gifford
Lacour, Cranmer & Co
F. M. Taylor Pub. Co
Wm. Tulley
John Guire Co
John C. Clark
Cloughley, Nicholls & Co
John C. Disbrow
W. H. Woolley & Co
Councilman
Frank Byram
Cooper
Port Hudson Surrenders as Banks Advances in 1863
Fifty years ago Port Hudson fell to General N P Banks after Confederate defenses collapsed amid heavy rain in the Potomac valley. Meade's infantry slowed in pursuing Lee's retreat while Morgan's raiders, about 4000 men with ten guns, crossed the Ohio into Indiana. Twenty-five years ago a locomotive engineers strike threat arose over arrests tied to alleged dynamite plots.
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Port Hudson
N. P. Banks
Potomac Valley
Virginia
Meade
Lee
Morgan
Ohio River
Indiana
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Rochester Union
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