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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1914
Page
9
Mrs Edward H Emmons of Merchants Hotel celebrates her 69th birthday in the city. Her husband presents white carnations and she plans a short trip later this week while remaining hale and hearty.
Governor Fielder announced plans to actively campaign for a Democratic House and Senate in the next legislature. He will travel counties to build support while he expects Senate control to stay with his party. Slocum will act as governor during the governor’s Sea Girt summer retreat period.
Washington officials said the Interstate Commerce Commission will thoroughly examine every book of J. P. Morgan and Company and the late J. Pierpont Morgan’s personal accounts related to New Haven finances. Examiners will be sent to New York immediately, per commission- Morgan firm offer. The probe aims to challenge former New Haven president Mellon’s testimony about secret transactions and the adjourned Morgan records.
Health officer report on city spring clean up shows 158 rubbish loads dumped at a total cost of 228.35 dollars. Nine districts covered about 6200 houses with varying loads per district from 1 to 47, detailing campaign expenses and disposal effort.
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Kalisch denied the motion to quash the indictments against Frank Patello and Joe Venia for the murder of a fellow countryman known as Tom Green. The case, tied to a brutal October crime in East Bridgeton and alleged black band plotting, moves toward trial as Joe Vanutti awaits a separate proceeding.
George M W Howland a clerk at Lone Branch Banking Company has recovered from appendicitis after surgery at Monmouth Memorial Hospital and returns to work while visiting the hospital daily for the wound dressing. Monthly Musical At Red Bank Tonight features choral and mixed quartets with selections including Coming Thru the Rye.
Agricultural contests among Monmouth county schoolchildren will be highlighted this year with over 400 entries already listed. About twenty girls from rural schools will compete, and every township is represented. County superintendent William B. Duryee will visit farms to offer guidance, with aid from graduates of Rutgers College. Twelve bushels of seed corn have been distributed for the corn growing contest.
The $100,000 stamp collection stored by the postal archives is being arranged for exhibition at the National museum. J. I. Leavey and T. Belote expect a permanent display within a year. The collection rivals the British Museum in scope, with stamps from every government since the era began. Included are the original British force stamp and nineteenth century issues valued up to $10,000. a novel sliding case design is used.
A Scottish report notes a woman leaving her current village home after applying to rent another nearby. She says she stays because the present house is comfortable and well kept, yet she has never paid any rent. The tale mixes humor with customary rural life and a landlord’s surprise.
A dog fancier offers $1 000 for a dog with a long pedigree while a dog lover shares living space with a dog that cannot fetch a quarter but may become a friend, per Louisville Courier Jornal.
The life story of William O. Bradley, Kentucky born senator, highlights his rise from sleeping in his law office with one set of clothes to becoming the first Republican governor of Kentucky. He later joined the U S Senate vowing hemp tariff approval and tobacco tax removal, stringing perseverance through mockery. He once told Mark Hanna that the distance from Frankfort to Washington was the same as from Washington to Frankfort, signaling his resolve.
Timeline of Herman Rosenthal and New York graft case actions from July 1912 through May, detailing arrests, confessions, Becker’s indictment, trial dates, convictions, appeals, and executions involving Rosenthal, Shapiro, Libby, Rose, Weber, Walden, Whitey Lewis, Sam Schepps, and four gunmen.
A New York Tribune report quotes waiters across a popular priced restaurant describing women as tight with tips. One on duty in an upstairs room recalls a nun accidentally leaving a dime for a waiter, which a well dressed patron claimed, illustrating perceived stinginess.
A Yorkshire legend explains the so called devil’s knell tolling at midnight on Christmas Eve. It centers on the bells Mack Tom of Soothill and Black Tom, said to toll for a murder expiation and to mark the moment of Christ’s birth.
London dispatch by Ed L Keen reports John Ward, Liberal Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent, challenging limits of monarchic influence amid Ulster crisis. Ward recalls army split over Ulster and calls for Parliament to decide laws without royal or military interference. He notes sympathy for a limited monarchy and warns of potential republican currents if King George oversteps constitutional bounds. Temple Beth-Miriam services set for May 29 Pentecost observances with sessions May 29 to 31.
Louis Runkel of Westwood Avenue Cottage is ill at a New York sanitarium with a nervous attack but reported improving. He serves as a commissioner of the Long Branch Police Sinking Fund and is an active member of the Long Branch Property Holders Association. Advertise in the Daily Record.
The New York actors' restaurateur Charles Ll. Britting recalls an efficiency engineer who supposedly found a labor saving device. He jestingly praises the man after learning the engineer has married an elderly widow with a million, calling it Easy street. Wald, an actor, comments on the tale.
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