Passing of New Brunswick editor Babcock noted
The obituary recalls John F. Babcock of New Brunswick a pioneer editor and public official. Born in 1825 in New York City he built the Fredonian at age 27 and led New Jersey journalism. He served as editor proprietor and key figure in state press groups and politics, shaping journalism in Middlesex County.
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Jobe F. Babcock
New Brugewick
New Jersey
Babcock
New Brunswick Fredonian
Middlesex County
Fredonian
John F. Babcock
New York City
Dansville
N. Y
New York
Home Journal
Horace Greeley
New Jersey Senate
Stele
New Brunswick
Garfield
Arthur
Joel Parker
Washington news notes on state events and diplomacy
Summary of a Washington page describing unveiling ceremonies with flags and a bronze hero statue, President, Senator Lodge, and Lord Pauncefote announcements. Reports on Hoar Philippine bill speech, other notable Senate addresses, and plans for public buildings funding. House routine work includes 105 pension bills and Rochambeau statue events.
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Mitwad
Washington
Lodge
Gand
White House
Lord Pauncefovne
United States
Lord Paurcefote
Washinton
Hay
Herr von Holleben
Senate
Hoar
Bacon
Beveridge
Paterson
Burrows
Spooner
Bailey
Pettus
Clay
Mitchell
Oregon
Thurstday
Capitol
United States Senate
Portland
House of Representatives
House
Rochambeau
Lord Pauncefote
Samney Alia
Congress
Palma Calls For Cuba Reform Before Any US Treaty
President Palma, in a Vera Cruz interview on his future policy, said no treaty with the United States should be made until Cuban duty reductions are known, insisting the cut exceed twenty five percent. He favors diversifying Cuban agriculture beyond sugar and tobacco and would dispatch experts to Washington to study farming methods. He who wishes to secure the good of others has already secured his own.
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Palma
Vera Cruz
United States
Washington
Saxtoonanel College
Honevon
Star Monthly
Ubis
The Price of Private Speech in Longstanding Ties
A reflection warns that freedom of speech can harm harmony in long standing friendships. Idle curiosity about others private affairs breeds discord and resentment, while courtesy and tact sustain easy, gracious interaction despite differing opinions. A person of fair dealing remains agreeable even with divergent tastes.
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Teck Ieee Defereuve
Cranberry Lake Project Stirs Sussex County Officials and Farmers
The Lackawanna H railroad leases Cranberry Lake and begins improvements to turn the water into a modern resort. Forty acres on the north shore are acquired, with a single span to the bluff for a hotel, boarding house, and travel pavilion to open next month. Farmers oppose the plan amid legal questions on Roe Lake and ark bill constitutionality.
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Lackawanna H Railroad
Cranberry Lake
Sussex County
Coney Island
Roe Lake and Ark
To Rule a Husband If You Please Be Amiable and Devoted
A dated essay argues that a wife should pretend to please her husband and cultivate amiability devotion and beauty as rewards for his favor. It cautions against perceived independence and likens it to a gaslighting joke about returning tickets, attributed to Max O Hall.
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Trishman
Max O'Hell
Hold The Wire Habit Should Be Stopped
A Chicago Tribune item decries a common practice where a caller makes a colleague hold a line for a waiting recipient. It argues this selfish delay wastes the other person’s time and urges the offender to either take the call himself or secure a direct line.
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Chicago
Jones
Chicago Tribune
Milkmaid's Recreation Ends With Undaunted Cow Refusal
In Camden's annexed district St William s P K K Church hosted a Milkmaid s Recreation. A calm cow was brought to the door to enter the celebration but balked at crossing the threshold. The animal refused to move indoors, prompting laughter from the crowd and consternation among the King's Daughters who had planned the prank.
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St. Wilfred's P Kk
Camden
Salary increases for New Jersey presidential postmasters
The department announced July 1 pay raises for several New Jersey presidential postmasters including High Bridge Helmetta Jamesburg Mays Landing Mount Holly Newark Ocean City Perth Amboy Plainfield Port Oram Riverside Riverton Rockaway Smithville Swedesboro Woodbury Woodstown Decressex Phillipsburg and Toms River with varied amounts.
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New Jersey
High Bridge
Helmetta
Highstown
Jamesburg
Mays Landing
Mount Holly
Newark
Ocean City
Perth Amboy
Plainfield
Port Oram
Riverside
Riverton
Rockaway
Smithville
Swedesboro
Woodbury
Woodstown
Toms River
Fears for Woodbury strawberry crop alarm growers
Growers around Woodbury fear crop losses as old beds lack soil moisture to expand fruit. Rain is badly needed to save the harvest. The Fresby sterian Church assembly adjourned on Mohday with next meeting planned for next year in Angelos, Cal.
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Woodbury
Mohday
Mn’ Manuel ‘Church
A Angelos
Cal
Poem and church notes mix from New Jersey meeting
The text presents a poem read by Mr Gilder at the Society of Colonial Wars of New Jersey in Princeton. It follows with observations from Walter L Hervey on parental guidance and remarks on Dr Henry Van Dyke’s potential role as Presbyterian moderator. Reports cover the Presbyterian Assembly in New York, seminary commencements, and relief efforts by the United States Army in Caribbean missions.
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Richard Watson Gilder
Mr. Gilder
Society of Colonial Wars of
New Jersey
Princeton
van Dyke
Christian Register
Henry van Dyke
Eoning
General Assembly of
Presbyterians
Dr. van Dyke
General Assembly
Presbyterian General Assembly
Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church
New York
Henry Collin Minton
San Francisco
United States Army
Martinique
St. Vincent
New York City
Springfield
Union Theological Seminary
McGiffert
Jesus
Rainsford
St George's
Vincent Noll
The
Presbyterian Church In
United States
Home Missionary
Carnegie Hall
Central Church
Princeton College
New York University
Land and mortgage transactions in Caldwell and Livingston areas
Public records detail interwoven land transfers and mortgage actions. Names include Pearce, Hoffman, Best, Rupert, Boyd, Hart, Vanderhoof, Drexel, Taylor, Harrison, and others across Caldwell Verona Livingston and surrounding roads, with values from 82 600 to 2 650 and multiple cancellations of mortgages and notices of property boundaries along Per sonette avenue Myrtle avenue and Pomp ton Turnpike.
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Joto Rupert
Clairmont Avenue
Verona
Mintonyeetus
Mary A. Test
Caldwell
Roint
Age Dairy Cor
M. A
Harkey
James H. Harkey
Caldwell and
Livingston
Jared Harrison
William F. Hart
Verona Building and Loan Association
Personette Avenue
Alice Johnson
Willam H. Riker
Alto
William Welshman
Coldwell
Pier Road
Elizabeth M. Gould
Peabody Land and Loan Compay
Cuntain Road
John Richerich
George H. Vanderhoof
Jerty
Myrtle Avenue
James
Campbell
Herman Wendell
B. C. Kent
Newark
Hoo
Edwin EK
Tayloret
Caldwell Building and Loan Association
Veroena
Pompton Turnpike
Cedar Grose
Little Falls
Kiston M. Harrison
Cyrus B. Crane
J Harrison
Charles 5
Bush
Elijah Pearce
Farmersville
Fairfield
B.C. Pearce
Gertrude Morgan
John Wilson
Forest Avenue
Canfield
William N. Hasler Et Ax
Hillside Avenue
Hatfield Street
John Espy
Grove Avenue
J. L. Goble
Civil Service exams and a call for virtuous youths
The Civil Service Commission outlines yearly exams held March or April and September or October with special intervals as needed. In 1896 forty five thousand seven hundred twelve sought qualification, thirty thousand six hundred sixty passed, and seven thousand eight hundred seventy served. education ranged from common school to college across six hundred sixty six appointees. A Newark Post Office exam is planned for July with age and character requirements and postmaster contact for information.
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Farm Journal
Commission
Union
Civil Service Commission
Newark
Carrie App
Washington, D. C
Connecticut town school progress in East Lyme report
The State Board of Education report highlights East Lyme school improvements over six years under town management. Gains include trained teachers, a high school grade, better grading and attendance, active supervision, improved sanitation, higher scholarship standards, and stronger community engagement. Costs rose with added high school and maintenance, yet the real value exceeds dollars.
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State Board of Education of
Connecticut
East Lyme
Speier
Royal Titles Listing Reflected in Elmira Ad
The Elmira Advertiser notes a long string of royal and noble titles including King of Spain King of Castile Leon and Aragon Archduke of Austria Duke of Burgoyne Count of Flanders Tyrol and Barcelona and sovereign of the Order of the Golden Fleece among many others as part of a historical or ceremonial listing observed in the paper.
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Alphonse XII
Leon
Ferdinand
Marie
Jacques
Isidore
Pascal Antoine
Spain
Castile
Leon d
Austria
Duke of Burgoyne
Brabant
Milan
Hapsburg
Flanders
Tyrol
Barcelona
Biscay
Moline
Order of the Golden Fleece
Order of the Black Eagle
Order of the Annunciation
Order of St. Andrew
Order of the Elephant
Elmira Advertiser
Case of Sains Develops in Newark Tenement
A tenement at 1 Passaic Avenue Newark reports a vaccination incident after Mrs Maggie Braney bought carbolic acid as a disinfectant and used it as smelling salt. Acid irritation caused a nose spot then itchy vaccinated arm leading to illness and removal to Isolation Hospital.
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Passaic Avenue
Newark
Everbody
Maggie Braney
Little Rock Schools Install Green Blackboard Eyesafety Proofs
Little Rock Arkansas public schools adopt green blackboards touted as easier on the eyes. Inventor Mr Parshall claims the boards will rest strong eyes and cure weak vision in children, improving classroom comfort.
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Little Rock, Ark
Mr. Parshall
National Conference of Charities and Correction Opens in Detroit
The National Conference of Charities and Correction began its spring session Wednesday in Detroit Michigan and will run through the following Tuesday. Local officials and social reform leaders are expected to discuss welfare reform and public service issues during the gathering.
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National Conference of Charities and Correction
Detroit
Michigan
David Bennett Hill to keynote Cook County Democrats picnic
David Bennett Hill of New York has been asked to be the guest of honor at the Cook County Democracy of Chicago annual picnic on June 7. The frost of the week in Sab in county killed many a sweet tomato bed left uncovered.
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David Bennett Hill
New York
Cook County
Chicago
Sabin County
Ingenious Jerseymen Patents Granted Last Week
A list from C A Snow Co patent attorneys reports New Jersey inventors granted patents last week. Named are G B Adams Irvington with a gas service fluctuating device. G A Breese Newark coating machine. F E Brundage East Orange horse collar. many others including J Hackenberg Hoboken celluloid, R F Hall East Orange lead press, J W Hodges Jersey City swan trap, J G Kea Paterson heel for shoes, C W Wagner Camden reversing gearing, and a cover for closing bottles or jars.
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New Jersey
C. A. Snow & Co
Washington
de Cr
G. B. Adams
Irvington
Clasp
R. N. Baylis
Eoglewoon
G. A. Breese
Newark
FE. L. Brundage
East Orange
T. A. Curtis
J. Hackenberg
C. W. Wagner
Camden
A. F. Wilson
Clayton
Local Farmer Claims Wolf Shot After Fowl Thefts
Luther Hunt of Riegeleville shot a wolf prowling near his beanery recently. Farmers nearby report large losses of fowls believed stolen by the animal, a rare sight in Hunderdon county in many years. The wolf is thought to have escaped from a show.
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Luther Hunt
Riegeleville
Vicinty
Hunderdon
The Path to Respect and Work Ethic for Boys
A fragmentary Advance article urges boys to adopt industry and self discipline. It emphasizes avoiding loafing and coarse companions, valuing honest work, and pursuing skilled trades. It advocates trade education and the creation of manual training schools to prepare youth for practical livelihoods.
Erin Rail Company Cuts 100 Shopmen and Crews
A further reduction of the Erin Rail Road Company's working force reduces shopmen telegraph operators and pushed engine laymen by 100. All cash crews between Port Jervis and Scranton are idle with more cuts expected.
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Erin Rail‘road Company
Port ‘Ervis
Scranton
Calendar spelling riddle with month initials match
A playful note states that January and October share the same first day of the month in the same year, and similarly April and February and March and November begin with the same initial letters, suggesting a pattern of month name quirks.
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Wiplember
Ber
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