A Check on Enterprise and the Reform Idea
A Long Branch commentary attacks a maximum profit law as a radical reform proposal. It argues that minimum wage and profit capping would reduce thrift and efficiency, harming the public, and notes an epidemic of remedies for corporate abuses.
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O'Hara
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Wpon Nor
The New Pipe Dream on Compound Interest and World Trouble
A Kansan criticizes a New York World piece arguing compound interest alone causes financial and political turmoil. The author mocks the 1 percent rate projections, notes vast growth estimates, and defends money kept productive to avert economic peril.
Red Bank finances report dispute and Taft capstone remark
The Kansan critiques selective printing of Red Bank's finances arguing all pages should be published. It cites Sweeney and Hill reports, questions why last pages are omitted. The column reflects on Taft's absence in Washington and a broader note on power's fragility and summer allure.
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Republicans and Democrats urged to seek amendment then vote
The piece argues that both parties should avoid delay on the Underwood bill and push for amendments. If amendments fail, a vote should occur with Republicans and Democrats facing the consequences. It criticizes obstructive tactics as harming business and exposing selfish protected interests seeking to prolong tariff privileges.
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Wilmington News
Despotism in a Free Country Critique of Paterson editor
Paterson editor Scott was not tried for the maximum term of fifteen years under a 1908 New Jersey law punishing incitement to violence. He criticized police authority rather than advocating violence, prompting debates on free speech and government overreach. The New York World questioned the law’s restraint and warned against archaism in enforcing public criticism.
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Red Bank Standard Friday issue omits Ex line
A fragment from the Red Bank Standard teases that the Friday edition printed not a line of Ex but the text is cut off leaving no clear summary of the missing content.
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Red Bank Standard
Law catches up with facts and tainted publicity in politics
Editorials discuss legal standardization of measurements and the need for truthful publicity. The law aligns with dictionaries, ensuring pounds and pints are defined by act. A sharp critique warns lobbies fail to sway federal decisions with money, urging cleaner political influence.
Taxing Your Income Taxing Your Income
Opinion piece urges readers to consider waste and careless buying as a hidden income tax. It questions daily purchasing habits and stresses making every dollar count, with newspapers aiding through advertising guidance.
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Record
Rest and rhetoric collide in a noisy news brief
A mosaic of quoted editorials and verse reflects early 20th century sentiment. Topics range from tainted information and political wearying to legal delays, illiteracy in education, and a poet’s night gaze over London. The clamor of opinions underscores civic concern and cultural reflection.
Thoughts Worth a Reading Remember Socrates on steadiness
A compact aphorism highlights Socrates advice that there is nothing stable in human affairs. It warns against undue elation in prosperity and excessive melancholy in adversity, urging steady judgment.
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Fifty Years Ago Today World War Cavalry Duel in Virginia
June 9 marks a vivid account of a cavalry clash at Treverley Ford and Brandy Stadion in Virginia. Generals Pleason and Stuart directed saber and pistol actions while compact details note Medsonton retreat and Dudley Kavanagh rising as American billiard champion after a 183 run.
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Ruby in the Arm A Burmese-Eurasian Smuggler Tale
A New York Press report details a man in a hotel with a swollen arm revealing a five carat ruby embedded under the skin. The bearer, Kia fa, is described as Burmese-Eurasian, once a bandit leader, now a successful businessman who refused further examination and left the fate of his hidden treasure to his father.
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Jllott
University of Wisconsin
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Tip
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Kia Fa
L Uter
Tech
New York Press
West Long Branch adopts license ordinance for multiple trades
The borough enacts an ordinance licensing auctioneers junk dealers highway hawkers peddlers pawn brokers bill posters scavengers and drivers of horse drawn vehicles and regulates itinerant venders and show conduct. Licenses expire May 1 annually with various fees and penalties for unlicensed operation.
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