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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1910
Page
4
A discussion on railroad rate increases and the push for ICC approval stalls in Congress. Proponents fault presidential and attorney general blocking tactics while railroads must show justification for hikes. Public utility duties and local Long Branch project delays cited as urgent issues.
William P. Martin, Progressive Republican candidate for Governor, charges that three Republican Legislatures caused railroad rate hikes. He cites a 1907 Republican platform pledge for a strong utility commission and argues the Martin bill and subsequent public utilities law fail to empower regulation, with July 4 as the law’s start date.
Washington June 1 A bill to let Telepost Company enter Washington was blocked by Senator Kean after Senator Paynter reported it. The measure was placed on the calendar and may not reach action next winter. The piece notes how the trusts would miss Kean at the National Capitol.
A Hearst editorial slams Roosevelt for his London diary remarks, accusing him of meddling and military bias. The piece defends Roosevelt as a schoolmaster figure criticizing Britain's colonial policy while describing the jackal press attack. A Bergen County couple walked sixty miles to wed, described as a notable stunt.
The readable text contrasts future walking distance for being unmarried with current good weather, suggesting a light, reflective mood without concrete events or names.
An editorial quips about a scientist grafting a rooster comb onto a rabbit and questions the movement of the hair, arguing a long cited odd linkage between combs and hare in a satirical note. It contrasts with tax costs for wars and U S presidential travel expenses. It also recounts campaign chatter around a state US Senate race and a curiosity about Aaron Burr.
Fragmentary reminiscences recounting Burr and Marshall with President Jefferson, then a courtroom scene where a judge delays sentence for a hungry girl Mary Maguire who stole bread to feed starving kin, as onlookers pay up for charity.
Local items report visits and returns of residents in New York and Oceanport cottages. Names include Mrs Thomas Williams L H Ross Peter Hauck Jr Edward Wasserman and others with notes on health, moves, and social events. The strawberry festival proceeds at Oceanport church and speedway sidewalk work are mentioned alongside a move to Red Bank.
A Massachusetts Technology advertising blurb quotes President guidance about future wealth from new scientific applications. It emphasizes avoiding waste in industrial sectors and cites advertising in Giudrmy Mevord.
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