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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1912
Page
12
A vintage note extols Horel Astor Tea as a refined blend joining Western hospitality with oriental tradition. It highlights delicate china, polished tables, and feminine courtesy as the setting for tasting a tea that upholds a long-standing standard of goodness in American tea culture.
The Bogton Globe reports a nervous patient in a medical scene where a throat specialist jokes about seeing with a laryngoscope she confesses she did not mend her stockings. An anecdote in Washington recaps Rear Admiral Melville rebuking a worn-glove officer with a humorous cleansing gesture.
The New York American reports a man stumbling up steps and entering home to his wife who holds a waiting telegram. He groans about leaving his glasses in town and is confronted with the telegram’s contents, prompting a tense exchange.
Eighty young work horses and mares priced 125 to 450 per pair or 90 to 200 for singles. Thirty days trial, satisfaction guaranteed. Free shipment within 300 miles of New York with blanket and halter, plus home passage. Not wornout, all in first class condition. Call at 154 East 27th St NYC.
Colonel Roosevelt, amid the tense Chicago convention, deflects questions with a quip about being a better warrior than prophet. He directed battles through a private hotel line, issuing orders by telephone while rarely appearing in public. The special wire connected only him and a single fan at the Coliseum end, ensuring no overheard exchanges.
John Wanamaker, of Philadelphia, arrived from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm II and boarded a special train in New Jersey to Chicago to second the Taft nomination. Delays arose as the steamship lingered in Cherbourg due to a three day strike. Rodman Wanamaker met his father at the dock as the party departed toward the convention.
Baltimore June 1 Judge Alton B Parker of New York appears set to head the arrangement committee for temporary chairman at the Democratic national convention. The committee agrees Parker would be neutral toward all presidential candidates and fit to preside. Charles F Murphy of Tammany Hall reportedly endorsed Parker in New York.
Justice Hughes declares he will not accept any nomination and spends time at Camp Abenaki and in New York telephoning to quash attempts to place his name before the Democratic or Republican convention. A second note reports a body found in a barrel near Equinunk in a murder case involving Sophie Herman of New York. A final item recalls 1708 diarist Richard Byerleyyn lamenting vanishing old time manners and the virtue of simple domestic life.
A fragmented quotation traces Admiral Drake as a youth shaking with fear before battle, later steadied by humor. The text ponders whether Othello could be a lawyer, noting his lifelong role as general of the navy and agency against severe danger.
The Kansas City Times recalls Tennyson’s high praise for Wordsworth Gray and Shakespeare and notes Poe as a preferred American poet. It lists seven of his own songs including Break Break and Crossing the Bar as standout works.
Ler Westbury presided in a unitary court of appeals with Chelmsford and Colonsay, while St Leonards mocked the effort. The text recalls Corsica briefly passing between Britain and France during the Napoleonic era, noting Nelson and George II, then turns to Perseverance as a key to success with a Christian Science Monitor quote on persistence.
An old tale claims the expression arose from a dying Italian student who feigned illness to avoid news for his mother. A widow seeking a cure for her pain visits a closet displaying a skeleton tied to a beauty’s garment, said to be the murdered former lover, leading her to conclude all households harbor hidden troubles.
The university president shows signs of extreme distress with dark eyes pallid lips trembling and a wan expression. His wife asks what troubles him and he recounts a fearful dream that trustees demanded he administer the freshmen examination in some form.
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