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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1914
Page
5
The senior class held a meeting on a planned school gift with several ideas discussed and none revealed yet. Examinations began for seniors while the schoolyard and surrounding areas show drought effects and people take note of new positions and feats.
Students face final exams as high school careers near completion with seniors wrapping up their studies. Teachers note the upcoming culmination and urge focus for the remaining tests.
United Press reports from Vera Cruz that Mexico plans a nationwide election July 5 under Huerta. The piece rails at flawed Mexico election laws, mocks Juan Martinez as a worker voter, and criticizes party structures and the outgoing Diaz-era dominance.
The account describes how Mexican bosses and officials manipulate elections by certificate voting, coercing Juan Martinez into a rigged process. Francisco Madero, just elected, tells journalist he will reform secret voting, but fails to implement changes amid political pressures.
Captain Bartlett reports the Karluk sank after a 1912 ice drift near Herald Island. The 24 crew abandoned ship, with 10,000 pounds of supplies saved on the ice and companions later reaching Wrangel Island. Bartlett led a 600 mile solo over ice to seek help, while Stefansson’s expedition supported Canadian Arctic aims.
A French scientist introduces at the Academy of Medicine a person wrapped in garments with hidden sex. Removing bandages shows a woman with a waist length beard and boxer like muscles, attributed to extraordinary hormonal changes. The speech at the event is dismissed as of little value.
The sermon by Fred B. Harris at St. Luke's Church centers on the phrase one thing have I desired of the Lord. Harris urges a life of divine service and sainthood where every act becomes an offering to God, stressing the boundary between sacred and secular should vanish.
A lobster caught off the New Brunswick coast weighs about 25 pounds or more with a maximum length of 84 inches from tail tip to claw end. Measurements include telson rostrum 10 inches, carapace 9 inches, girth 16 inches, crusher claw 14.5 inches girth and 11.5 inches length, cutter claw 10 inches girth and 11.125 inches length.
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