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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1914
Page
5
A Baltimore American quotation notes a hospital doctor needing time to cure mamma’s burns. The response asks the doctor to call the nearest druggist for what he wants and to add it to the bill, illustrating a lighthearted domestic exchange.
A jocular man proclaims a church schism to a colored man-of-all-work, joking that no split exists unless someone has given them a present of it because all money has been spent on a new organ. The quote is attributed to Livingstone Lance.
A Middlesex Falls policeman touring on rounds carries a book opera glasses and note paper. He recalls being teased about birds and flowers until he saw Mr Packard at work and began copying him to satisfy visitors. A Boston Traveler anecdote notes his transformation. The tale also cites jealous wives curious about an automatic typewriter display outside a shop window.
A brief remark on the formidable strength of horses. Wolves and other wild beasts fear their hooves and teeth while domesticated horses also defend themselves effectively against attackers.
Colombo police adopt a new disposal method for worn boots. Cast offs nearing a thousand are hauled to the police hulk in the harbor and dumped in the sea. Previously worn boots were disposed of by police, but new rules require return of boots to headquarters when worn out.
Little Ruth asks her father to sharpen slate pencils on his chin as she sits on his knee, the barber consultation moment highlighting a quaint domestic scene in the exchange.
The Century notes Irish immigrants show high family loyalty with about ten thousand charity cases where the wife leads, displaying high widowhood rates but low desertion or separation among Irish families. It highlights immigrant devotion amid hardship and widowhood patterns.
Washington dispatch outlines Owen bills to cap campaign spending and bar candidates from funding charitable or social causes. Hayden seeks a public building measure amid Senate courtesy clashes while small issues like VP auto pay spark debate.
A Galver ton News observation notes that in families with four daughters the father avoids wearing much jewelry. The comment reflects social habits without naming individuals or places.
Patrick J. Collins, 27, of New York, was shot and probably mortally wounded by William Wall, 26, an insane inmate at the Morris Plains State hospital. Wall, arrested previously in Paterson on theft charges, was trying to escape when he fired at Collins, one of the night attendants.
Governor Melcher appoints Frederick I. Guild of Newark as Essex county prosecutor to succeed Louis Hood. Guild, admitted to the bar in 1878, is a former district court judge in Newark and ex president of the Newark board of education. He is said to satisfy James B. Nugent, former Democratic State Chairman.
Weather report from the United States Weather Bureau lists 8 p.m. readings for New York 60 with rain, Albany 62 cloudy, Atlantic City cloudy, Boston cloudy, Buffalo 64 cloudy, Chicago 60 cloudy, Washington 70 rain.
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