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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1898
Page
2
The column reflects on the Maine explosion as a terror causing event and discusses Assemblyman Weller's bill to tax bachelors. It cites 1890 census figures showing high unmarried male and female rates, argues bachelors pay little direct tax, yet influence votes. The piece weighs economic implications of such a tax.
A religious appeal argues blindness robs Christians of duty as voters. It condemns saloons for wrecking church work, causing disease and loss of members, and urges Christians to vote against liquor manufacture and sale. Grover Cleveland buys John Snook farm near Princeton after sheriff sale, shielding the farmer’s home and sparking talk of a game preserve.
The Grand Lodge of New Jersey plans its annual session in Glassboro on March 16. The Pennsylvania Railroad expands Camden to the sea with double lines now laid and trains running. Senator Sewell pushes petitions for liquor prohibition in government buildings. Asbury Park seeks funds via $10 and $50 stock shares at 5 percent interest to build a Congregational Church. Clarence Doyle is sentenced to ten years and three months for second degree murder in Mercer County. The State Republican League holds a Taylor Opera House convention on March 81 with Gen. Griggs guest of honor. Continental Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution backs a Washington Rock memorial near Dunellen. New York capitalists plan a passenger steamship line from New York to Lewes stopping at Atlantic City and Cape May, with landing at Capt. Young's pier. Also an ad for Lo-mo piles cure and Cranbury Coal Co offering Lehigh coal at low prices.
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