Long Branch Rates and City Lighting Reflections
A 1911 Long Branch publication lists postal rates and advertising details while a column laments missed opportunities for the city. Memorial day visitors increased, cottagers stayed longer, and city lighting and street maintenance lagged, drawing visitor criticism of dust and sprinkling neglect along Ocean Drive. The piece notes the challenge of lighting Long Branch’s extensive streets and highways amid limited city action.
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Ocean Drive
Long Branch
The Evils of Sensational Journalism Speak Out
Hopkinson Smith joins critics denouncing sensational journalism as modern assassins of reputations and public trust. The piece argues such press harms national life, defames prominent individuals, and undermines justice through biased reporting and vilification. It also notes Justice Harlan’s dissent on anti trust rulings, warning against judicial overreach and strict formalism.
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Hopkinson Smith
Yellow Journal
Assassi
Yellow journalism and the erosion of patriotism
A reader laments yellow journals for corrupting public sentiment and sowing suspicion. The piece argues sensationalism undermines national pride and plagues growing youths with mendacity and lack of principle, warning that evil seeds take root in readers.
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Ting
Mexico in Chaos Opposes Diaz Quoted Rebels and Robbery
A stark account describes widespread chaos in Mexico with rebels controlling areas, towns looted, homes burned, and fear across cities including the capital. Labor stops, industry stalls, and rural districts deteriorate as bands of former rebels turn to banditry, raising concern of anarchy unless order is restored. The piece also discusses the Supreme Court tobacco case and Teddy Roosevelt’s stance on arbitration.
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Mexico
Diaz
Diplomatic Triumph Inspires Hope for Wartime Peace
The piece extols a suggested arbitration treaty among the United States Germany Great Britain and France as an epoch making step toward universal peace. It argues that a US engagement with Britain and France to avoid war would be a historic beneficent achievement. It notes Americans would welcome such a pact with cautious optimism.
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Germany
United States
Great Britain
France
United, States
Taft ‘Sd
Lorimer's Senate Survival Tactics Questioned
Lorimer has made it plain that the only way the Senate can be rid of his presence is by his being kicked out, signaling a stand about his tenure and possible dismissal.
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Lorimer
Senate
That's Different President Madero Insurgency And Weathering Rainy Days
Editorial comment contrasts Mexican president Madero with insurgent factions and critiques self centered citizens for neglecting preparation. It argues that the burden falls on ablebodied men to meet financial needs rather than blaming others for shortages.
Bryan's Uncharitableness and Taft’s Censure
A critical response to William Jennings Bryan's Commoner claim that Taft would appoint judges to protect trusts. The piece brands Bryan as narrow minded and bigoted, noting Taft’s public censure of clubs for blackballing members and urging restraint in political debate.
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Col. Bryan
United States Supreme Court
Taft
A.nerrow N
Rtcan
Social Club Standards and Clergymen in Debate
Army officers and Metropolitan links aside the text discusses social club membership as a test of manners and propriety, noting that sympathy and conservatism govern who is admitted. It cites World and Paterson Press critiques on church doubts and reform, then quotes poems about optimism and resilience from National Magazine for May.
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Mark
N. Y
Tennyson
Paterson Press
Thoughts Worth Reading Excerpt and Aphorisms
A collection of quoted maxims: Ignorance breeds suspicion, exaggeration = kin to falsehood, peace as natural and war as corruption, and sympathy described as a strong human passion second only to love. The fragment curates sentiments from Alger, Batlou, and Burke.
Bargains on Third Page Read Across Cent-a-Word Ads
Read Cent-a-Word on third page for bargains. This section highlights low price offers and quick buys from local sellers. Shoppers can find varied goods and services advertised with brief notices and contact details.
Landis to Impanel Special Grand Jury in Chicago
A special grand jury will be impanelled before U S District Judge Kenesaw M Landis on June 5 to probe certain phases of the lumber business for Sherman antitrust prosecutions A petition was filed by Assistant U S Attorney Elwood Godman with Clark McKercher present A plan of procedure was outlined in response to prior grand jury activity in oleomargarine cases.
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Chicago
United States
Kenesaw M. Landis
Landis
Elwood Godman
Clark McKercher
Only One Escapes Jail In Wireless Case
New York May 1 Samuel Bogart first vice president of United States Wireless Telegraph company pleaded guilty a week after the trial of President Wilson and other defendants began. He was sentenced by Judge Martin to a fine of 2500 dollars, the only defendant to avoid jail. Bogart and his counsel W T Jerome were pleased with the outcome as the government had agreed not to oppose a fine.
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New York
Samuel
Bogart
United States Wireless Telegraph Company
Wilson
Martin
W. T. Jerome
United States
Girl Burned To Death In Cemetery Fire
In Wilkesbarre Pennsylvania on May 31 a ten year old girl named Margaret Francona burned when a candle flame caught her dress at a Polish Catholic cemetery in Pitts ton. She ran shrieking as flames enveloped her clothing and she died despite attempts to help.
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Wilkesbarre
Pittston
Margaret Francona
Fifty Years Ago Today May 31 in History
The French chamber of deputies approved 200000 francs for a Pasteur institute to combat hydrophobia. President Cleveland reviewed Memorial Day parades in New York and Brooklyn.
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Pasteur Seeran
Cleveland
New York
Brooklyn
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