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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
9
April 1998 notice for J. W. Horton Ice Cream Co. details bolded delivery promise across Red Bank Eatontown Monmouth Beach Elber ondy and vicinity with branches and prompt order fulfillment. Phone 216 Long Roh.
March 27 reports describe widespread flooding from Wheeling to Columbus with many dead and thousands marooned. Indiana towns Kokomo Peru Logansport and Lafayette suffer severe want while Ohio towns suffer housing loss, hunger, and roving relief efforts led by Gov Cox and Gen Wood.
In Trenton on March 27 the Legislature voted to extend sympathy and authorize an appropriation to aid flood and fire victims in the Ohio Valley. Mortie Pach at Red Bank opened a relief fund with subscriptions from local residents to support the survivors, encouraging further donations.
A Californian recalls watching a grizzly with a disabled fore paw haul a 1000 pound load up a steep, rocky mountain slope. The bear reportedly carried a 1200 pound cow bone for miles to a narrow trail before being shot near its lair.
A night watchman uncovered pheasant thefts and used a cobbler planned sting. Boots sent for repairs bore different ticket insoles to identify suspects. Two of three men were charged with poaching, the keeper keeping the scheme secret, per the Glasgow News.
A Hawaiʻi newspaper note describes widows in Sandwich Islands branding their departed husbands by tattooing their names on their tongues, a symbolic custom reflecting mourning and memory.
Chronic dispersed waters under Rome rise from ancient aqueduct losses and modern embankments. Pumps drained areas like the Coliseum, but many buildings remain at risk as water seeps under foundations. The Waserlica of Santa Maria in Trastevere is cited amid long known subsurface moisture.
The Santa Maria di Trastevere basilica in Rome suffers foundational subsidence with interior and exterior cracks. The fine arts department underfunded repairs, inspectors report damage including displacing the lateral door and a broken Cardinal Iy Altemps inscription. Efforts to shore, remove vulnerable altars, and plan repairs are noted but dates unclear.
Joseph Lakowski, a 51 year old man from Perth Amboy New Jersey, is constructing a deluxe coffin as a hobby. The oblong box, six feet eight inches long, uses quartered oak from Poland and rests on four metal supports. It features a glass top and asbestos padding inside.
Yale observatory completes a twenty year parallax study of 288 northern stars. The nearest observed fixed star lies about eight light years away, roughly 46 trillion miles, a distance far beyond naked eye visibility.
London Party Chronicle discusses the dangers of a Franco German war and argues Britain should seek a triple alliance with France and Germany. The plan would have Britain join with either nation if the other attacked, and pledge to back the attacked side against any other power.
National committees in France have spent 800000 dollars raised from the public to purchase 170 aeroplanes and train 76 aviators. They have acquired 65 public funding stations across France for civil and military aviation, each station covering at least 25 acres with steeds and repair shops on the grounds.
Branchport holds its third annual gathering with an abundant menu including olives pickles cranberries and roasted meats. The ballroom was festively decorated and committees for floor reception and steward duties were listed with numerous locals named.
Trenton March 27 reporters excluded as conference committees from both houses discuss jury reform bills. Senator Davis leads a private Assembly Judiciary Committee session seeking a compromise to end legislative deadlock. Senator Read criticizes Democrats for the stalemate and urges cross party cooperation on a comprehensive reform bill modeled on other states.
Funeral services for Howard Arthur Patterson of South Orange will be at his late home with burial at Fair View cemetery Middletown. He died after a long illness of tuberculosis age 38, survived by his wife Grace Runyon Patterson, a son Arthur, his father Arthur A Patterson, a sister and two stepsisters. He formerly worked as an attorney for Austin Nichols & Co. in New York.
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