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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1912
Page
10
Thieves last Friday night stole a large boiler owned by Ezekiel Olcott of Keansburg and piping valued at 150 dollars. No clues point to the culprits. Olcott works on bulkheads and wharves across the state, and the boiler was at Keansburg Beach for piling operations. Advertise in the Daily Record.
Mrs. Nevada Van Valkenburgh wins a procedural win in New York as her "friendly" separation suit secures information on her husband’s assets without a trial. Her attorney produced four deeds, rendering further examination unnecessary.
June 4 report from New York notes the hotel strike reaching peak disruption but signs of collapse by week’s end. Downtown pickets affect Mouquin’s, Haan’s, St Denis while Astor House and several uptown hotels stay firm. union treasury strains, officers face opposition, and a job rebound is anticipated by Wednesday as many strikers seek old posts. Hotel Men’s association remains confident the tide has turned.
Two men representing the Marconi Telegraph Company purchased about 160 acres at Port Monmouth New Jersey for a testing ground and experiment station. Wireless apparatus will be installed soon under the supervision of wireless expert Mr Binnis. The site is near the fishing village on the Raritan Bay with the nearest Marconi station at Boston.
The board of trade special committee and the doll carnival committee at City Hall agreed last night to merge the downtown and uptown carnivals into a single Long Branch carnival. They urged ending sectional names, favoring a grand Oceanfront event near the broad Atlantic with a coronation in Washington Park, to include all neighborhoods and ensure safe, visible festivities.
M C D Borden, famed as the world’s largest cotton manufacturer and printer, died recently in Fall River Massachusetts. He built and owned cloth and print mills enabling bold moves in 1897 1899 1900 and 1901. His decisive purchases and wage increases stabilized prices and saved the industry with a 750 000 investment in 1899 and 600 000 pieces of cloth in 1899.
In Seattle the United Presbyterian assembly reviews a report stating 57,006,000 Americans are non church members with 12,000,000 children. The committee criticizes courts for legalism and insufficient justice, and suspects corporate influence in judge elections and appointments.
New York markets show butter firm with creamery and state dairy classes quoted. Prices for firsts, seconds, and undergrades vary by grade and source, with creamery extras at 27 b as decline from peak and eggs steady with wholesale and storage packed varieties across regions including Pennsylvania and nearby states.
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