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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1913
Page
2
James Northcote the English portrait painter impressed Hazlitt with sharp wit and blunt remarks. He mocked royal pretensions but kept a gentle disdain for empty prestige. His frank talk pleased the Prince of Wales and earned compliments from Sir Joshua Reynolds.
Captain H A Wilson narrates a dramatic encounter from A British Borderland as he and a gun bearer confront seven lions by the Mara river. After the first shot felled the dominant male, a second bullet killed another. the remaining lions, all lionesses, retreated while a snapshotted is taken. Theodore Roosevelt.
The Tennessee estate of Mrs. Caroline Cloth, valued at about $1,000,000, faces a contested will tied to a watermark. Bruce Garrett seeks a $250,000 legacy, while challengers claim the watermark proves forgery, with experts debating the Regent Linen mark and its 1900 introduction.
Prominent Boston naturalist painter Joseph Knowles will enter northern Maine forests naked and empty handed for three months to live like primeval ancestors. He aims to craft his own shelters and tools, snare fish, and endure from July 1 to October 1, observing every move as a test of life in the wild. Syvenles, famed for wildlife paintings, backs the experiment.
Mayor Wiggerald proposes government price support to cut living costs by seven cents on many items. The plan targets reducing prices from ten cents to seven cents and aims to ease daily expenses.
President nominates Thomas Nelson Page for the ambassador to Italy. The appointment moves to the Senate for confirmation.
J E Thorley wife and sister Mrs Ellison and chauffeur escaped serious burns as flames erupted under their Wrench car two miles north of Hopewell Junction. The $13 000 vehicle was destroyed en route from New York to Albany after gasoline leaked and ignited. Mrs Thorley suffered burn on the hands.
Camden officials opened five bids for a municipal electric lighting plant led by Atlantic Construction and Supply of Atlantic City at $413 000 for an overhead system. Another bid of $65 400 called for underground conduits. Authorities had estimated total plant cost at $500 000.
An excerpt discusses insomnia attributed to active brains at night and proposes a sloping bed to drain excess blood from the head. It references Eliza Jane and a dialogue about diligence with needlework from a schoolmistress, plus brief mentions of plays or sketches and a playful exchange in a Boston Transcript item.
A terse exchange highlights a judge remark about a beggar and a passerby’s reaction after a quarter changed hands. The vignette contrasts reluctance and abrupt departure in a moment of public judgment.
The Christian Science Monitor notes the debate over phonetics, comparing Am and am to pro and program. It argues against pronouncing program with the extra French ending and questions why telegram is not shortened similarly.
Washington dispatch notes state rights and popular sovereignty loom large as issues in railroad and corporation regulation. Debates over Barnhart Bourne law and publicity rules hinge on publishers duties. Morality talks from Bryan and Daniels color the administration while Witherspoon eyes Christmas break.
In a Washington vs Chicago game a live snake caused chaos in the fourth. Dahlen and Everett plotted the prank, the snake hid in Everett’s pocket, and Tucker’s misplay led to Chicago scoring four runs as the inning ended.
A mosaic of reflections urges readers to seek sunshine, weigh debits against credits, and act with honesty and courage. anecdotes about a gray haired lawyer, a bank cashier prank, and a Highland recruit with a wooden leg illustrate patience, prudence, and practical humor in daily life.
It was Springer's afternoon off and he told his wife he would take the children to the zoo. She reminded him he had promised to take them to mother's, and he replied that it would be the same for the children.
The Washington Star notes that people seek quiet talk about weather and remarks it as not in the department of agriculture. The line suggests weather as a universal icebreaker beyond official domains.
The Baltimore American editorializes that the executor is energetic in carrying out the testator’s provisions and appears to be actively working with the will, signaling diligent administration of the estate.
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