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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1910
Page
7
Frank K. Gano offers to pay for Samose if it fails to work. The tablet supplement claims to build solid flesh and improve strength by aiding assimilation of food. Sold by Frank K. Gano in Long Branch with a personal money‑back guarantee.
Postoffice inspectors raid the offices at 42 Broadway as Christopher C. Wilson and Seth Bogart are arrested on charges of sending misrepresentations through the mails to sell United Wireless Telegraph stock. Bail set at 25000 and 10000, with officers alleged to have profited enormously from sales to 28000 stockholders nationwide.
A U S district court jury found the Philadelphia and Reading Railway and the Lehigh Valley Railroad guilty of Elkins act violations by canceling demurrage charges totaling 231000 dollars against Bethlehem Steel. Bethlehem Steel was also found to have violated the act by soliciting and accepting cancellations. Fines range from two thousand to twenty thousand dollars per count, potentially totaling over three million for Bethlehem Steel and millions for the railroads. Also noted is the launch of the Vanderbilt yacht The Vagrant in Bristol, Rhode Island for Harold Vanderbilt.
Philadelphia readers report C. La Rue Munson’s withdrawal sparks mixed reactions as the Democratic convention nominates Webster Grim for governor with Webster Grim leading 191 votes to 100. The ticket includes Samuel B Price for lieutenant governor and Samuel B Phil Bon for state treasurer, while the platform calls for tariff reform, trust curbs, public land safeguards, and an income tax.
W H Berry pushes compulsory arbitration and campaign expense publication as Oscar C Dewalt laments Munson's withdrawal. Heavily quoted, Dewalt accuses Munson of cowardice citing heart disease. In Pittsburgh June 16 Secretary Knox is named as a gubernatorial candidate with Allegheny county delegates backing him. caucus called.
Richard Parr announces a plan to create an honest sampler project aimed at building wealth, presenting a scheme to become a millionaire through a custom house sampler venture. The proposal outlines steps, funding, and market strategy targeting investors and buyers nationwide.
Washington reports Richard Parr of the New York customs service will be awarded about 1 million dollars for exposing sugar weighing frauds. The final amount to be settled after Taft’s return, following a two hour meeting with Secretary MacVeagh, with Wickersham's opinion backing the legality of the 30 percent limit.
President Taft arrived in Marietta Ohio to attend a college diamond jubilee as four shots fired in a rapid salute caused a panic among hundreds. A Civil War veteran A S Wood was identified as the shooter. One woman fainted in the confusion. Separately Senator Henry Cabot Lodge said he will breakfast with Colonel Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill next Sunday.
Observations from 8 pm report widespread cloudiness across major cities including New York Albany Atlantic City and Boston with temperatures from 62 to 80 degrees. Forecast calls for showers today and tomorrow with variable winds.
Silas Phelps, wanted for the shooting of Deputy Sheriff Haskins, was captured in Munroe Mountain woods after hunger thirst and exposure wore him down. Deputy Shea of Ware seized him as sixteen sharpshooters encircled the area and his brother was alerted. The murderer surrendered after being offered water and food.
A man resembling fugitive Joseph Wendling, the sexton accused in Alma Kellner’s Louisville murder, was arrested by Howard County Sheriff and jailed in Ellicott City. The Frenchman, naming Joseph Beauchamp, was identified after a farmer reported the description matched. He is clean shaven, Wendling once wore a mustache. The report also notes a separate Akron incident of a man found dead beside a locomotive pilot.
New York June 16 Every detail of Mies Alexander's wedding outfit is nearly complete for Theodore Roosevelt Jr The bride wears a white dechent satin gown with empire fusion marines drapery and a moss of orange blossoms The veil is Brussels net with orange blossoms and six bridesmaids wear white chiffon gowns with painted floral panels The bride carries a large shower bouquet of white orange blossoms. bridesmaids bouquets match their dresses.
National League games in New York Brooklyn and Boston produced a mix of wins and a postponed finish. American League saw Cleveland New York, Chicago Philadelphia, Detroit Boston and St Louis Washington results with varied inning lengths and decisive margins. Standings show teams jockeying for position.
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