Long Branch Dispatch Raises Caution On Crossings And Diet
The June 17 1914 Long Branch paper reports on repeated crossing dangers at Bath Avenue and Pearl Street with gatemen misjudgments risking cars and riders. It also quotes a New York City Health Department bulletin urging a mixed diet with meat cereals vegetables fruits and ample water, especially in hot weather, to curb rising death rates.
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Woolley
Bath Avenue
Abels
Pearl Street
New York City Health Department
Prosperity Signs in New Jersey Auto Trade Upward
State reports motor vehicle and driver license receipts rise by 106133.51 to 600335.76 from 1918 to 1914. Traffic growth exceeds twenty percent, contradicting claims that luxury autos fail in adversity. Biden? No. (Note: No political figure appears in source.)
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New Jersey
An Essayist Warns That Urban Growth Brings Scarcity
Historian Guglielemo Ferrero argues modern urbanization harms economies as cities swell and prices rise. He notes Europe and America suffer from urban cost pressures while production outpaces land output, leaving wealthy societies facing scarcity despite abundance.
Protests Against Terminal Charge Targeting Natives and Commuters
The Asbury Park Press urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to review a new charge for all traffic entering the Pennsylvania New York terminal. It argues the levy is discriminatory since through travelers with alternative routes are not billed, likening it to a holdup on natives and commuters unable to avoid the cost.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Pennsylvania New York Terminal
Asbury Park Press
New York Central
Lackawanna
West Shore
Reading
Terminal Station
Grand Central
Chicago
Ten Cent Freight Charge Sparks Jersey Rail Debate
A Jersey freight user sees the ten cent line fee as a hold up since all traffic runs on the Pennsylvania line and urges I C C action. The writer condemns the policy as discriminatory against New Jersey, calls for justice, and praises Governor Fielder and Rutgers for recognition. England’s polo victory is noted with sports hope for America.
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Princeton
Pennsylvania
England
America
Sea bass glut drives prices down at fisheries
Plentiful sea bass off the New Jersey coast sends hundreds of tons to cold storage and cuts wholesale prices to three cents a pound. Yet city housewives pay fifteen cents a pound while wholesalers, merchants, and transporters take large profits. Trenton sees lower prices than Newark as distribution to markets continues.
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New Jersey
Commission
Express
Trenton
Newark
New York
Trenbon Times
The Regular Feller and His Quiet Honor
A poem by Roy K. Moulton in Elizabeth Times extols a Regular Feller who smiles through adversity, avoids gossip, acts rather than talks, and stands by friends when others fail. It praises restraint, integrity, and steadfast support in a small village.
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Roy K. Moulton
Elizabeth Times
Congress May Close August After Quick Pension Fund Vote
Washington June 17 Senator John W Kern said trust legislation would pass to allow a summer adjournment in August. The senate approved the diplomatic and consular bill and then the pension appropriation bill providing 169 150 000 for pensions in two minutes. Senator Ashurst prepared to bring up the Indian appropriation bill expected to last several days.
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Washington
John W. Kern
Senate
Congress
House
Ashurst
Indian
Flee Volcano Region As Lassen Eruption Flares
Forest Supervisor W J Rushing warns visitors away from Mount Lassen craters amid fears of a broader eruption. Reports say Lassen is an active volcano with possible renewed activity, while local Indians interpret the eruptions as the Great Spirit’s anger against white settlers.
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Mount L
Redding
Cal
W. J. Rushing
Lassen
Viviani Cabinet Gains Confidence Vote in French Chamber
Paris June 17 The cabinet formed Saturday by Rene Viviani withstood a confidence test in the chamber of deputies. The ministry was upheld 370 to 137. Ribot failed to win a vote of confidence after Felix Stibot resigned after one day in office.
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Paris
Rene Viviani
Chamber of Deputies
Viviani
Felix Stibot
Ribot
Fifty Years Ago Today in Civil War Feats
Fifty years ago on June 17 Burnside's Ninth corps captured a line of redoubts at Petersburg. At sundown Union attackers were repelled by a counter attack. Earlier, Early with four thousand Confederates reached Lynchburg to defend it from Hunter's command.
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Burnside
Petersburg
Early
Lynchburg
Hunter
Editorial comment on December crusade and suffrage debates
A collection of editorial excerpts critiques December suffrage efforts and militant campaigns. It discusses attitudes toward women’s dress mandates in December, Franco’s cab net recalls, and a warning on suffragette tactics. The piece also questions democracy, presidential power, and partisan influence in U S politics.
Thoughts Worth Reading Be Not Penny Wise and Riches
A compact aphorism discusses wealth and prudence, warning that riches may flee unless they are wisely managed. It suggests letting money work to bring in more when needed. The tone is classical and instructional.
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Europe
America
Bacon
Manufacturers Advertising Aids Dealers And Boosts Sales
A business writer notes that when a manufacturer advertises in a local newspaper it helps every dealer with his goods and invites others to stock up. Increased dealer turnover brings renewed orders for the manufacturer. Manufacturers seeking broader markets are urged to contact the Bureau of Advertising at the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York.
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Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
World Building
New York
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Benj. Boisseau Bobbitt
Long Branch
M. Taylor Publishing CO
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Chas
L. Edwards
Sec’y
NEW Jersey Telephone
Guglielemo Ferrero
Rome
The
Bank of Personal Service
Citizens National
Qeubank
W. J
Fielder
Rutgers
Teddy
United States
Tommy
N. Y. Herald
Flee Volcano Region
John Gibbs Gilbert
Boston
Women's Federation
Newark Star
France
Republic
N. Y. World
London
Washington Star
Pullman Company
Abraham Lincoln
Robert T. Lincoln
N. Y
First National Bank
N. J
Cook’s Bee Hive
N. E
Cookman Avenue
Main Street
Asbury Park, N. J
Hyer & Flock
Undertakers
Montgomery Ward & CO
W. C
Britton
B’way
Norwood & Bath Ave
Waterman
Wert
P. D
L. Goldzeiger & Son
Second Avenue
Brighton Ave
West End Court
West End
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