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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1913
Page
7
A Long Branch newspaper piece discusses reactions to President Wilson and Taft’s remarks urging support and civility toward Wilson. It highlights a peaceful political climate shift, notes Wilson’s broad support, and cites McAdoo on automobile crime prompting stricter chauffeur licensing and fingerprint checks.
An editorial reprint from the Jersey City Journal in the Trenton Times urges a New Jersey law to regulate osteopathy. It warns against quacks posing as osteopaths and calls for protection of the public and legitimate practitioners from unfair competition amid regional moves to crack down on unlicensed healers.
The Staie Medical Board urges passage of legislation to ease restrictions on osteopathy. The writer says osteopathy has proven its value and should develop freely, controlled by supporters, not by hostile critics who previously attacked homeopathy and the eclectic system.
Citizens lament two weeks of torn up Second Avenue and piled debris as new trolley tracks are laid. Old rails sit along the street while pedestrians risk danger, and residents urge faster completion and removal of rails to restore full street access.
The piece notes salary boosts for Hilles from 7500 to 20000 while Taft remains wealthy, questions U S views of Mexico and China, and laments the hard luck of Mercer Morris Bergen Union and Sussex Freeholders who lost offices before taking them.
The piece contrasts political reformers and advocates with calls for clear ethical standards. It notes frequent cries of reform yet laments lack of solid plans and the danger of placing comforts over public welfare. It ends with a poetic vision of spring led by a youthful March and the Gulf shore.
George Low, famed for being shot into the sky in a giant rocket, narrowly escaped death. He previously rode a motorcycle into a river at Sea Bright, climbed buildings, leaped from the Statue of Liberty torch, flew from planes, and exploded a balloon, all for pay in moving pictures. The piece condemns such dangerous spectacles as civilized taste declines.
A collection of short editorials and commentary contrasts government handling of crises with other nations, notes suffrage debates and protests by workers and women, and cites English suffragettes and American political figures. It reflects varied public opinion on equal rights and political reform.
A ragged passage blends hyperbolic praise for a novel with an odd anecdote about Mrs Mulligatawny and a carpet inquiry. The text references reviews calling the work astonishing and triumphant while recounting a domestic scene of a wife discovering cigar ends and burnt matches in a dining room carpet.
A collage of brief, unsettled vignettes and quips from various papers. Witty lines feature a chalked train delay note, Scrooge and a tiny postage stamp, and a noisy lodger’s fears. Minor scenes from Baltimore Detroit Puck and Boston annotations hint at public notices and playful adages.
The piece reports that Senator La Follette, though a Republican, aligns with Democratic criticisms of Roosevelt Taft and Wall Street influence. It notes accusations that trusts grew under Roosevelt and that McKinley Taft era financial control rested with fourteen men. It mentions Taft’s $6000 annual pay being discussed by newspapers.
John P. Fallon urges readers to seek value in every purchase and to use daily newspaper ads in The Record to find the best deals in Long Branch. Emphasizes careful spending and saving to ensure value received and future independence.
A compact reflection notes that enduring truths from nature echo timeless wisdom attributed to Juvenal, suggesting recurring insights into human conduct and the value of thoughtful observation. The piece ties classical insight to everyday contemplation.
Fifty years ago on March 19 a Confederate loan of 10 million dollars in Europe closed at 90 percent of par. Prémiums ranged from 2 to 50 percent. A Confederate States bank was proposed in London with a capital of 10 million to finance trade operations in the Confederacy. Twenty five years ago on March 19 the United States Supreme Court confirmed the Bell Telephone patents.
At Onward Council No 98 meeting Red Bank juniors agreed to purchase a site on Monmouth Street near Pearl and Maple for a proposed American Mechanical Hall. The lot, 100 by 155 feet, includes a dwelling and barn and is valued around 9000 dollars. The plan is a three story brick building with two stores on the first floor offices above and a lodge room on the third.
A reminiscence recalls Joel Chandler Harris at his desk when a veteran reporter asked about spelling graphic with one or two f. Harris answered with gentle humor advising restraint and word choice.
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