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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1908
Page
2
In Morristown, at the First Baptist Church service, Rev. Oliver C. Horsman read resolutions urging local option legislation. A church vote followed with most supporting the measure, while a deacon and a trustee objected saying church services are not for politics.
The article explains new blanks issued at the start of the month to track pupil absence, with details required from 6 to 16 year olds. It justifies doctor certificates for illness, signs of the law, and explains the attendance data from 1906, noting lost state funds and the aim to improve education.
The excerpt traces sugar cane’s spread from Arabia to Europe and the Americas, noting historical routes via Saracens and explorers. It then pivots to a critique of unequal society in America, quoting Owen Wister and contrasting true democracy with aristocracy, followed by short humorous vignettes about class and value from comic exchanges.
The readable text lists various banking items including unsecured and secured loans, bonds, cash items, notes of other banks, fractional currency, and legal tender notes. It references national banks, state banks, reserve agents, and a banking house with scattered figures such as 150 287 42 overdrrafta, 20 000 bonds, and 8 800 OC.
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