FISH AS FOOD And Other Notes From 1914 Long Branch Paper
News and editorials from Long Branch New Jersey dated June 16 1914 discuss fish as cheaper nutrition with comments by M E Pennington head of the food research lab at the U S Department of Agriculture. It argues natives lack knowledge of edible fishes and calls for an educational campaign and better distribution of this food resource. It also notes discussions on judiciary appointments and a feature on early wireless telephony highlighting a sixty mile wireless talk as a scientific miracle and the challenges ahead for wireless telephony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
M. E. Pennington
Food Research Laboratory
United States
Wall Street Health Waste Reveals Urgent Life Extension Plan
The Life Extension Institute reports alarming waste of lives among Wall Street workers with forty percent needing medical attention, ten percent immediate care, and half to three quarters of a million annual preventable deaths nationwide. It calls for early treatment, personal sanitation, and physical fitness to boost business efficiency and save lives.
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Wall Street
New Life Extension Institute
New York
James J. Lennehan
Irving Fisher
Yale
Institute
United States
Supreme Court rules ICC controls interstate rates over state decisions
The Interstate Commerce Commission is supreme in rate fixing. A Louisiana Shreveport versus Texas intrastate rate case upheld ICC authority to adjust both intrastate and interstate rates to prevent discrimination. The ruling rejects state-only regulation, asserting federal finality to avoid confusion and protect interstate commerce.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Supreme Court
Shreveport
Louisiana
Dallas
Houston
Texas State Railroad Commission
Texas
State Commission
Supreme Court
Minnesota
Red Bank man freed after five dollar fine
A Red Bank man who fired a revolver at another is freed by the Acting Recorder upon payment of a five dollar fine. In Long Branch a woman who fired four shots at a man and into the street is held by the Recorder on a mere one hundred dollar bond.
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Red Bank
Long Branch
The Shadow of Etna Excerpt by Louis V Ledoux
Verse fragment describing moonlit ripples and a freed figure. It contrasts beauty with human toil, noting souls seeing beauty while trapped by daily grind within the wheels of being and the dusty mill-round.
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Louis V. Ledoux
Etna
Putnams
Editorial Blurb Delights Over Garrison’s Cabinet Service
Short and Sweet praises Secretary Garrison as a valued Cabinet member after a concise West Point graduation speech. The columnist notes how Times Change and a magazine complaint about diminishing appearances of little girls and middle aged women reflect changing social fashions.
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Garrison
West Point
N. Y
Atchison Globe
Thoughts Worth Reading Quote by Charles Kingsley
A reflective passage urges avoiding self-centered misery by not dwelling on personal desires or demands. It warns that such focus corrupts everything touched by a person and leads to sin and misery, advocating a life aligned with virtue and acceptance of what God provides.
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Charles Kingsley
Anarchists in Petticoats and Oceanic Discipline
A collage of snippets cites headlines about social trends and maritime crisis. It praises American seamanship after the New York collision but calls for a formal inquiry, contrasts panics in Wall Street with calmer times, and promotes a Danish funded fund for the blind to help new families.
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Wall Street
Washington Herald
Fifty Years Ago Today June 16 Content Snapshot
Fifty years ago on June 16 Grant's army stood on the south side of the James River as General Hancock led a strike on Petersburg trenchworks capturing four redoubts. Lincoln visited Philadelphia for a sanitary commission fair. Twenty five years ago on June 16 Keatsarge sailed for Haiti after defeating the Alabama in 1864.
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Grant
James River
Hancock
Petersburg
Lincoln
Philadelphia
United States
Keatsarge
Alabama
Haiti
Our Private City IJ HIS newspaper nation of readers
Our Private City IJ HIS newspaper boasts a large daily audience and acts as a trusted companion to readers. It positions itself as the sponsor of advertising, inviting legitimate businesses to present proposals to a respectful, prosperous community.
Klines Rheumatic Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Advert describes Kline's Rheumatic Remedy as a distinct, painless relief for stubborn rheumatism without liniments plasters steam baths or electricity. It claims rapid easing of aches and swelling and urges readers to mail orders, with War sale and local druggists listed as vendors.
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Kline
Meyers
Fith Ave
Cooper's Drug Store
Schroeder
Semper Resurgens Poem Echoes Across Skies
The verse speaks of beauty flashing upon the eyes when a magic word is spoken. It references Delos Dodona and cliffs where Lesbian maidens wept, with fates of fishermen and poets. A meteor from a golden area appears in the sky, stirring wonder beyond ordinary pages.
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Delos
Dodona
Queer News Items From Various Cities
York Pa reports a pig shaped like a letter Y with two backbones eight legs four ears and two tails. Pottsville theatre chairs melted varnish as hundreds of women in white dresses were glued to seats. Newport News Va jury averages seven damages by dividing seven summed amounts. A wife forcing her husband to cook breakfast is guilty of cruelty. Minnesota Supreme Court confirms divorce where husband had long made his own breakfast.
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York
Pottsville
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Canter Becomes New Dance Standard At Cleveland Meeting
National dancing masters in Cleveland approved the canter as the new leading step, replacing the lame duck. The wave replaces wiggle and dip, shaping gowns toward lighter skirts. Tangos and maxixe receive limited approval when blended with other steps.
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Cleveland
B. F. Wood
Chicago
The Coronation Stone and a Damaged Suffragette Plot
Historic notes on the Stone of Scone and the coronation chair, detailing its Scottish origins, the legend linking Jacob and Columba, and the chair's woodwork and decorative lions. It recalls the suffragette attempt to damage the chair and the public anger that followed, with reflections on England's monarchy and sovereignty.
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England
David
Israel
Edward I
Scotland
Jacob
Philadelphia Ledger
Columba
Abbey
Iona
Eadward I
Adam
Royal Thrift
Walker
Edward VII
The High Cost of Compliments
A well dressed stranger compliments Mrs. Mary Cammera of Mount Vernon and naps the cow. He pats the animal then feeds grass under her nose and she faints. A chloroform soaked handkerchief is later found in her waist, implying theft amid the strange encounter.
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Mary Cammera
Mount Vernon
Benefit of the Best Light Quote by Emerson
A concise quotation from Ralph Waldo Emerson urges giving people the best possible light, comparing it to how we treat a picture with generous interpretation. The line emphasizes fairness in judgment and perception.
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Ralph W. Emerson
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Benj. Bolastan Bobbitt
F. M. Taylor Publishing CO
Broadway
Chas. L. Edwards
Sec’y
NEW Jersey Telephone
Pennington
Fusti
New Jersey
Circuit Court
Justice Black
Forc
Fielder
Chelsea Avenue Pavilion
The
Bank of Personal Service
Citizens National Bank
Long Branch, N. J
Carranza
Rochester
Hearald
Vanitie
Dennis
Providence Journal
Pretoria
Roberts
Newark Star
Jersey Journal
Areumatiom
Oliver Britton
Norwood & Bath Ave
Newport News
First National Bank
Iosee
N. J
ONG Branch Banking Company
Cook’s Bee Hive
N. E
Cookman Avenue
Main Street
Asbury Park, N. JJ
Hyer & Flock
Undertakers
L. Goldzeiger & Son
Second Avenue
Brighton Ave
West End Court
J. West End
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