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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1914
Page
11
A vintage advertisement touts Kline's Rheumatic Remedy as a cure for rheumatism and related ailments. It claims to loosen painful joints and muscles, with sales listed at H.S. Meyers Long Branch Cooper's Drug Store and Schroeder's Pharmacy Red Bank.
Dr. Wilcox urged homeopaths to leave the American Medical Association during the 70th annual meeting in Atlantic City. He charged the old school with political aims to control medical boards and licenses and opposed unity with allopaths. He criticized sexology teaching and condemned alcohol in medicine as degenerative.
In Hammondsport New York a hydroplane America carried ten men and a large load in a violent storm testing the craft’s surface. In Washington Representative Graham urged repealing a Civil War disloyalty punishment statute, drawing praise from southern members as the measure passed unanimously.
West Orange New Jersey becomes the first municipality in the state to own a railroad and competes with the Public Service Railway. Town Treasurer Edward A. McGuirk purchased the line to offset missed taxes on property. Power on the switchback line has been shut off by Public Service Electric due to a power bill, amounting to several thousand dollars. Officials plan to seek a storage battery car from Thomas A. Edison and may operate the road in summer to settle the claim.
Jurspuren June 30 cattle supply 100 carloads market slow on good grades and prime 8.60 to 8.80, fair 7.25 to 7.85, common 6.75 to 7.25, fat cattle 5.50 to 7.00, fresh cows 40 to 76. Sheep and lambs supply 9 double decks market active 2q higher on sheep, lambs 6.50 to 6.50, spring lambs 6 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 60 double decks market 3c lower, prime heavy hogs 5.60, mediums 8.0 to 8.1, pigs 4.50 to 4.80, rag beef 6.60 to 6.75.
Tom Farrell, an American, was killed in Sonora Mexico near Represo on June 26. Consul Hossletter informed Washington that Yaqui Indians are believed responsible. The Sonora state lies in turmoil with robberies and murders reported in five small towns near La Colorade.
The Court of Claims adjourned for summer after clearing its docket. Of 7,830 cases disposed, 6,848 were dismissed for lack of prosecution while 982 were contested. The major decisions involved divisor cases with 720 railroads seeking about 35 million dollars for grain carriage since 1907. The court plans to hear remaining French spoliation and Indian depredation cases next year.
State Attorney General Westcott rules the lightest penalty for driving while intoxicated is a minimum thirty day prison term. Many offenders have previously received fines due to a misunderstanding of the law. The law allows up to six months in prison for drunken motorists.
Representative Smith of Buffalo presented James A. Ross a Black editor from Buffalo and Detroit to President Wilson and urged his appointment as recorder of deeds in the District of Columbia. The president said he would consider Ross with other recommendations from a majority of the Democratic national committee.
An authority urges avoiding meat when back pain appears and urges taking four ounces of Rad Salts daily to flush and stimulate kidneys. The remedy is made from grape acid and lemon juice with lithia and is described as inexpensive and safe to prevent urinary irritation and bladder weakness.
Clinton Sutton of Boonton grafts skin to his five year old niece Rachel Riker after a burn suffered a month ago in a ponte. Passaic clothing store owner Ay Herman Koplow learns he inherits a $20,000 estate from Manus Koplow who died in Minsk at 101. Richard Anderson aids police by spotting a coat thief near Montclair. Detective Lt. John Hanley, formerly of Jersey City Sixth precinct, was acquitted of shooting Harry Lynch last March. Hoboken hearing on Professor Lafayette Talbot’s kiss charge延期ed to Sept 11. Market notes cover butter eggs hay and potatoes with price ranges and receipts.
In Xenia Ohio on June 30 Mrs James Lemin wife of the janitor at an orphans home shot her two children Frederick eight and Ruth six then killed herself. She was found alive and admitted the act but died a moment later.
Observations at 8 p.m. show temperatures across cities with conditions noted. New York 70 cloudy, Albany 64 cloudy, Atlantic City 70 clear, Boston 50 cloudy, Buffalo 70 cloudy, Chicago 60 clear, St Louis 70 clear, New Orleans 78 cloudy, Washington 72 clear.
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