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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1913
Page
8
In a 1918 satirical piece, Old Pap Pinkham declares Jericho’s peace after quelling a political clash. He lists mock charges against him, offers humorous defenses, pins a contrived assassination night on Moses Schermerhorn, and ends promising no recall while resting in Eagle Hall.
A dialogue notes a growth removed from the Hoaxer’s head during an operation yesterday. The exchange shows surprise at recovery and the Hoaxer confirming only a haircut was needed, with Easymark commenting on the quick return.
Mrs Binks asks for a shirt for her sick husband but declines stiff fabrics due to a doctor's instruction to avoid starch. A clerk confirms the order with a polite exchange reflecting domestic humor.
A hopeful exchange reveals a sister changing a ring from one finger to another, hinting at an engagement. The moment underscores reluctant anticipation and a quiet turning point in a family scene.
Agriculture officials announce the removal of a 191? exemption, bringing meat and meat products under the pure food and drugs act. The change allows seizure of spoiled or adulterated meat in interstate commerce and requires proper labeling and labeling enforcement by manufacturers.
A May 30 1861 letter from Henry C. Russell of Pottstown Iowa sent from Fort Washington was mailed by a comrade but never delivered until recently. It describes a piece of Col. Ellsworths shirt from the Alexandria Marshall House incident and notes Russell died about five years ago. The sealed letter was found among old papers and delivered through the U.S. mail after decades.
Zurich reports a childless Swiss couple, Maggi and his wife Maager, aged 41 and 35, wealthy with estates around 10 million, ended their lives together by gas in their bedroom after years of marriage, their deaths discovered next morning.
In London the Pankhursts and Lawrences including Mrs Pankhurst Christabel and Mrs Tuke were condemned by the king's bench court to pay 1840 in damages to west end shopkeepers for property damage during suffragette raids. The case is a test ruling, implying many similar suits may follow.
Chicago has ruled that trotters and tangoera will be endured if they keep half a foot apart. Washington society girls adopt the wishing sat and must wear it until a wish comes true. A referendum is ordered in Tolu Kansas on an ordinance banning dogs at large. A New Jersey man offers a trap to keep files off the president drawing them half a mile to their doom. A woman walks from New York to San Francisco aided by nuts as key provisions. A French aviator claims 11179 miles per hour which would cross the Atlantic in twenty seven hours. A Ferndale New York woman attempts a spank provoking an oil stove fire destroying twelve businesses and three homes. loss $75000.
Surgeons at Medico-Chirurgical hospital in Philadelphia plan to remove part of the pituitary gland in John Michael, a boy not yet fifteen, who at six feet seven inches tall outgrows his body. Doctors say the procedure is delicate but not dangerous and will not affect mental abilities.
O L Rodman of Ravena Ohio reports a Scotch collie traded her seven pups for ten chicks with a barred rock hen. Both animals were in a kennel near the coop when the swap occurred. That night the collie mothered the peeps and the hen cared for the pups, and Rodman chose not to interfere.
Illinois Senator Hugh Magill Jr proposes a national holiday to honor the 50th anniversary of Lincoln s Gettysburg Address. The resolution asks President Wilson to proclaim Wednesday November 19 1913 as a day of national thanksgiving and dedication with Springfield as the movement s starting point.
Civil War veteran Bennett Britton of Plainfield New Jersey recently celebrated his 100th birthday at home. He was born in Paterson New Jersey and plans to attend the veterans reunion at Gettysburg indicating his long life and continued ties to Civil War commemorations.
Guglielmo Marconi testified in New York during the injunction and bribe suit between the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America and the National Electric Signaling Company. He traced his rise from a curious boy to her groundbreaking wireless inventor, defending his patents and denying copying from Popoff or Hertz.
A mother was asked to sentence her 13 year old son Joseph after he was found guilty of snatching a pocketbook from a woman in Chicago. Judge Pinckney presided as Anna Burek heard the case and approved the mother’s harsh punishment demanding restitution and strict curfew until maturity.
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