Scully Puts in ill for Big Canal
Congressman Thomas J. Scully introduces a House bill for a New Jersey canal across the state linking the Delaware River to New York Harbor. Backed by the New Jersey Ship Canal Commission, Middlesex county groups praise the plan as broadly beneficial. Patronage allocations for Middlesex are set at 2,100 dollars, with several clerk and staff positions approved in the House. Senate apportionment to follow December 16. Assemblyman John P. Kirkpatrick had backing for speakership but withdrew under pressure.
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Middlesex County
Trenton
Middiesex
House
Senate
Ramsay
Middlesex
Ssemblyman Jovn P. Kirkpatrick
Origin of Quarantine: Dr Richard Mead and the Queen Anne deathbed
The article recalls Dr. Richard Mead as the originator of quarantine, noting his role during Queen Anne's deathbed and as physician to George I. It highlights his 1721 plague judgment in Marseilles, advocacy for a medical police, and a famous cleanliness maxim. It mentions Mead's ample earnings, collecting habits, and social circle including Pope.
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Richard Mead
Queen Anne
George I
Marseilles
Mead
Tazaretto
Ace
Pope
Matthew Arnold and the Girls as a School Examiner
A fellow inspector suggests some pupil teachers are not all as good as possible. Arnold replies that all the girls are very nice, noting their character over perfection. He gave them excellent marks, indicating high regard for the cohort.
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Matthew Arnold
Arnold
Declination of Independence Praised by Citizen and Expert
A Washington Star quotation recalls a patriotic citizen praising the Declination of Independence as a superb document. The legal expert agrees noting its strength and the irony that no one seems to have been paid for drafting it.
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Washington Star
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Remedy for Women
Stomach liver and kidney troubles, weak nerves, back pain and female ills vanish with Electric Bitters. Eliza Pool of Depew Oklahoma says the remedy raised her from sickness and offers similar relief to others. Guarantee with every bottle 50c and 1.00, available at druggists. Bucklen Co of Philadelphia or St Louis.
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Eliza Pool
Depew
Okla
H. HE. Buckien & Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
The Jericho Story and Its Divine Significance
The article examines the biblical account of Jericho, Joshua, and the Captain of the Lord's host. It discusses the fall of Jericho's walls after seven circuits and trumpet blasts, suggesting an earthquake as the cause, and links this to broader themes of sin, judgment, and the Messianic Kingdom. The piece interprets the event as a foreshadowing of a six thousand year history leading to a thousand years of peace.
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Jordan
Jericho
Joshua IV
Evdeny
Joshua
Rahab
Israel
Professor Wright
Worhing
Messiah
Satan
Estate sale of lands in South Brunswick for debts
Orphans Court of Middlesex County orders sale of nine and thirty five one hundredths acres in South Brunswick Township New Jersey to pay debts. Administrators with the will annexed Joan Everett and Anna J. Jordan will sell December 18 1913 at 2 PM at the premises describing George Road Hubbard Leonard Smith and Jamesburg and Freehold Agricultural Railroad Company lines.
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William Redmond
Orphans’ Court
County of Middlesex
South Brunswick
Middlesex
New Jersey
Geore
Richard
Thomas
Leonard Smith
George’s Road
A. R. Hubbard
Jamesburg
Freehold
Hubbard
Wubbard
Jamesburg and
Freehold Agricultural Rail Road Company
Joan Everett
Anna J. Jordan
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Trenton, N. J
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Middlesex County Orphans’ Court
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Auien
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Surrawaite
Peppler
No. 10
New Holland
Martin
Hightstown
Thomas Peppler, & Son
Hightstown, N. J
B. F. Gunson
Bernard B. Kadetsky
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