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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1910
Page
3
A German army officers’ balloon landed between two French forts near Toulon. One officer sustained a broken leg during the rapid descent. French officers assisted and cared for the injured man.
London readers report the English Humanitarian Society condemns Colonel Theodore Roosevelt for his African hunt. The group says the expedition promotes senseless slaughter and robs the ex president of humane recreation. Roosevelt rest remains in Europe with a husky throat and quiet travel. In Kansas a judge sentences Freeman H. Tillotson for kidnapping Marian Bleakley from Topeka, an indeterminate prison term imposed.
A terse dialogue fragment shows a father and child debating money and support. The exchange questions the father's earnings and ability to provide, hinting at strain and disagreement within a family.
Oliver L. Spitzer, ex dock superintendent and former Havemeyer official, testified in the U S district court about a sugar weighing fraud scheme that defrauded the government of millions. He confessed to justice officials, was pardoned, and appeared at the trial of Charles R. Heike and five others, revealing dramatic new details.
Oliver Spitzer details alleged century long fraud at the port involving leaden weights paper paddings corset wire and red signal lights. He says the scheme reduced sugar weight by thirty five to forty pounds per half ton and that payments continued to conspirators including Ernest Gerbracht after discharges. He also says James N. Vail stopped the device when deputy surveyor arrived and that he reported to Le Roy before action was taken. Luther Burbank Wonderberry noted in Boston lecture by Harvard professor East.
Jersey City May 24 Representative Charles N. Fowler Republican insurgent denounces United States Senator John Kean as subservient and a political poodle dog. He claims Kean supports the Aldrich tariff and aims to secure reelection through Republican machine tactics revealing alleged state party secrets.
A restaurant owner says he keeps a list of missing pay checks at the cashier to cover losses. A patron presented a 65 cent check while missing others totaled about $80. After being confronted, the man offered to pay all to drop the matter, which the owner accepted.
Silas laments a thief stealing a full cord of wood on Saturday night. His friend asks if he tried forgetting, and Silas recalls going to church Sunday but leaving when the choir began singing The Last Chord. The anecdote uses humor to reflect on memory and religion.
A M Poindexter of the Monmouth Revolver Club Red Bank shot to set a potential world record with 100 in ten shots 150 for fifteen shots and 189 for twenty with a 22 caliber pistol. He submitted targets affidavits to US Revolver Association Springfield MA for validation and noted ties to prior records.
Charles Strauss purchased the Peters house in Red Bank and awarded remodeling to George Lewing. About 3500 will be spent modernizing the property. The house, once Peters homestead, sits back in the yard. after Peters died nine years ago the land was subdivided and sold.
J. M. Roberts and T. E. Hogler of Eatontown will lay sidewalks three feet from the curb to comply with ordinances. They will avoid cutting trees and will lay the walk around them. The new sidewalk will run beside and join the existing path, appearing about ten feet wide.
The Creoles of Red Bank defeated the Highland Stars by 5 to 4 yesterday. The game was played on the Creoles new diamond on Shrewsbury avenue near Newman Springs road.
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