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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1911
Page
5
The ad touts TIZ as a universal cure for tired aching swollen and sweaty feet with corns callouses and bunions blaming powders for pores and claiming fast relief. It features testimonials from A F Creutzer of Chicago and asserts one-shots 25 cent price and mail order availability.
Princeton trustees announce Mrs. R M Sage adds 65 000 to her 398 000 gift to finish part of the quadrangle at the northwest campus, with the buildings named Holder hall at Mrs Sage's request.
Explosion of smokeless powder in the pressing house at the Picatinny government powder depot in Dover New Jersey on June 15 burned four men severely. The building was demolished. Injured are John L. Sullivan Dover Otto Cross Thomas Cassion and John Paul Wharton.
Secretary Knox told the Hamlin committee that recent scandals trace to past administrations and not his tenure. He discussed a $2450 voucher for a Rosenthal portrait of William Day and a related $1600 transfer to John Hay for confidential Chinese affairs.
A $10,000 prize from an anonymous donor is offered to Mrs. James B. Martin wife of Harvard aviator. She contemplates duplicating Charles A. Hamilton’s New York to Philadelphia flight. After completion she must fly over the entire city and land at Point Breeze or a park.
In Boston a plea of guilty ended the trial of Rev Norman Plass founder of the R Innvestment Co after he testified alleging mail fraud. Charles H Brooks president and John S Trapheggn assistant treasurer pleaded guilty to technical fraud. All three face fines rather than prison. Plass once led Washburn College in Topeka Kansas.
New York June 15 Incorporators of General Banking company Saar Incorporated announce a bread and baking industry merger joining twenty-one concerns. They deny any monopoly aim noting the dilly drill baking company has been acquired and competition remains open to many others.
A New York World report counters the belief that blowing wind instruments harms health. Data from Rogers and sources show wind players average 63.5 years versus 62 for string players, with trumpets and cornets reaching about 69.1 years, and flutists the shortest at 61.2 years.
Industrial ventilation studies cited show dramatic gains. A Berlin Ontario shirt firm doubled business and boosted wages by 50 percent while cutting staff by 20 percent. sickness absences fell one third as 430 workers did 90 percent more work in a year. Massachusetts study finds female telephone operators missed work far less after improved ventilation, from one in twenty to one in fifty daily absences.
A Toledo Blade reader quips that happiness lies in pursuing a goal rather than seizing it, while a philosopher argues the opposite about contentment and achievement. The exchange reflects a playful clash between ideal and practical attitudes.
A reflection on human sensitivity noting that even tiny words affect the mind as a bird's touch on a distant tree. The quote attributes the idea to Lew Wallace in Ben Hur and emphasizes mental responsiveness to language.
Yonkers Statesman and Chicago Record Herald weigh in on wisdom and gender roles. A punning exchange questions why women favor smaller shoes and men larger hats, riffing on Cervantes and the idea no man is born wise.
Washington announces hearing in Lorimer probe will begin Thursday of next week after Senator Lorimer asks for postponement due to counsel Elbridge Haney's absence. The committee considers hiring two attorneys with John J. Healey of Chicago likely to serve.
A Brooklyn Life quip features Tommy visiting a neighbor. At dinner the hostess apologizes for soiled linen, and Tommy replies that their own table at home is worse, delivering a dry, humorous contrast.
Reports from New Orleans and Central America describe heightened vigilance for filibustering and possible revolts. Estrada's visit to Guatemala City and talks with President Cabrera fuel speculation of arms shipments and a broader upheaval across the region.
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