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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1913
Page
16
Farmers business leaders and educators assemble in Richmond to discuss rural schools agricultural credits and marketing. Delegations from southern states participate with sessions on cooperative marketing rural education and county plans.
The National Housewives league urged eastern farmers to increase cattle production to ease meat prices. Mrs Julian Heath of New York spoke of a campaign to boost local supply, while Arthur Leonard of Union Stock Yards traced rising costs to reduced range land and seven years of shortage.
Fashion decree from the Custom Cutters' club in New York declares the "Sausage Suit" to stay in vogue but tighter. Coats shorten and slim, shoulders narrow with no padding, lapels peaked. trousers tighten, knee to ankle narrowing and spring at the foot. Vests rise high, collars notch, home spun fabrics rise in popularity. colors include striped blues browns and grays.
The Italian transaerial society plans mass aeroplane production for the army. Six hundred thousand dollars is subscribed for the project to deliver about 200 aircraft including seven mono planes and sixteen biplanes to be completed in April.
A European observer notes Berlin's swell of American style and business, from towering department stores and Gibson girl icons to American bars and Coca Cola like cocktails. The piece describes how German cities imitate American design, art, and urban life, with Berlin leading a continental shift toward American culture and shoppers flocking to new modern venues.
The Brazil Lloyd steamer Germani cus arrived in New York from South American ports carrying Captain Berndt s taxidermy collection. It includes the golden headed miti ammm of the Amazon and the whistling chigweri of the upper Orinoco. The Warooma Indians fear the chigweris and abandon possessions when they hear its mournful note.
Charles Allen owner of the British cutter Tetris says he and friends may challenge the New York Yacht Club for the America's Cup under international rules. The proposed yacht would be around twenty three meter class, smaller than the Lipton proposal previously rejected on conditions set by Sir Thomas Lipton.
London dealer introduces a shoe watch fashion shown in an Oxford Street window. A gray suede pump features a jeweled watch worn as a buckle with a silver chain. The proprietor says several society women have ordered them and predicts popularity like the wrist watch.
Police in Washington describe William J. Reed of Folsom California as a dangerous swindler sought nationwide. Photographs match a man alleged to have cheated businessmen out of thousands of dollars over a year. Detectives claim Reed can alter his height at will by four inches, causing discrepancy between his six foot one profile and the five foot nine description.
Jones A Stewart, who left St. Louis 37 years ago and was believed dead, returns to find his three daughters after a week of searching. He is 72 and once supervised construction of the Eads Bridge. He cannot recall why he left or his travels, but his identity is confirmed and the family is reunited. He offers no explanation for his long absence. Baseball on a Chicago skyscraper roof features a noon diamond, two teams, a six foot wall, and indoor ball.
A witty exchange from Pearson's Weekly imagines a plan where a man aims to have his wife craft and believe the idea is her own, nudging her to approve through careful insinuation. The dialogue plays on marital cleverness and deception in a satirical tone.
A sportsman stops by a roadside field and chats with a boy about hunting. The boy reassures him there is nothing nearby to shoot, while noting the hunter’s luck with his gun along for the trip.
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