Edge signs Edgar bill to legalize freeholders board
Governor Edge signed the bill introduced by Assemblyman Edgar to legalize a Republican Freeholder Board in Middlesex County. The measure becomes chapter 1 of the laws of 1918 and provides for five freeholders plus two appointees to form a seven member board with four Republicans and one Democrat. Assemblyman Edgar witnessed the signing.
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Republican Freeholder Board
Trenton
Edge
Edgar
New Brunswick
Board of Freeholders
Middlesex County
Board of Seven
Good Mothers and Wit from February Cosmopolitan
A fragment from Ella Wheeler Wilcox discusses what makes a good mother and hints that history shows great figures often owe their greatness to a strong maternal influence. The piece references February Cosmopolitan and noble decorations by W. T. Benda, then shifts to a Cleveland anecdote about a college bred son progress in his father’s business.
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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
W. T. Benda
Cleveland
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Are Your Sewers Clogged
The text describes constipation as a blockage of the body's sewerage and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a mild purgative that eases the condition and aids digestion.
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Chamberlain
Sugar shortages and price controls shaped by Hoover
The Food Administration regulates sugar pricing and refining profits to curb costs for consumers. Hoover explains reduced Cuban sugar prices and billing, warns against hoarding, and outlines plans to ship 200,000 more tons to France while keeping retail prices near 8.5 to 9 cents a pound.
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Food Administration
France
Herbert Hoover
Mr. Hoover
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Mig Hoover
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Germany
West Indies
East Indies
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Seaboard
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Cuba
New York
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Rolph
California
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