Policy debate over minimum course and exams in New Jersey schools
A statewide dispute erupts over the uniform examination policy and minimum course system. Critics say the tests prove teacher competence and student readiness, while supporters warn of unequal school resources and threaten reorganization of curricula and administration.
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Trenton
State Normal School
State Board of Education
Frelinghuysen
Wilson
Kendall
Snyder
Jersey City
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Jersey
Assemblyman
Gill
Gov
Deestreek
Atlantic City Man Dies While Waiting on Deathbed Indictment
Risely Barlow of Atlantic City former overseer of the poor dies while seated awaiting death under indictment for alleged 1910 election frauds. He sat through the night in a crouching position proclaiming he wished to die sitting up. Barlow once worth $50,000 and active in politics, saw his fortune vanish after investments and a failed show. The piece also notes a state industrial report on workmen fatalities and German employer practices.
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Atlantic City
Risely Barlow
Barlow
Bartholomew
Third Ward
Paterson Silk Mills Face Mass Strike After Wage Clash
The Paterson Broad Silk Association representing over 150 manufacturers rejects a uniform wage scale demanded by 4000 striking weavers. Mills will close risking 8000 non striking workers’ jobs while weavers vow to stay out until demands are met. Threats of broader action prompt retaliation to seek Pennsylvania manufacturer support.
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Paterson Broad Silk Association
Pennsylvania
Paterson
Parole petition argues mental decline of Belleville Bank robber
Newark attorney Frank A. Boettner filed Hamiltons parole application with the Court of Pardons claiming the convict Samuel A Hamilton serving a term in the state prison for attempting to rob the Belleville Bank is rapidly losing his mental faculties if kept longer in prison.
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Samuel A. Hamilton
Belleville
Frank A. Boettner
Newark
Hamilton
Court of Pardons
Boettner
Sues Over Stop-Over Ticket Privilege Lawsuit
The Pennsylvania Railroad seeks 100 damages from Francis J. McAdams a Camden County board member over a stop over privilege dispute. McAdams allegedly used a six day Camden New York ticket to Burlington on July 20 1910. In Atlantic City a janitor fell through skylights in Bartlett Building but survived after hanging from the vault iron casings.
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Francis J. McAdams
County Board of
Helections
Camden
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
McAdams
Burlington
New York City
New York
Bartlett
Atlantic City
Real Estate Boom and Public Works Across South Jersey
Real estate activity shows building plans and fundraisers across Gloucester to Millville. The Pitman council budgets 10000 dollars. a Millville charity event raises 152.20. Ocean City bank adds a two story expansion. Other items note tomato contracts, synagogue funding, and local legal cases.
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The
First National Bank of
Ocean City
Aked Wit Turns Trespass Tale On Presbyterians
A devout supporter recalls Dr. Aked walking with a friend in the country. They read a “No trespassing” sign and meet a farmer who snarls that trespassers in the field are prosecuted. Aked explains they are Presbyterians and continues walking.
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Dr. Aked
Divine
John D. Rockefeller
Scalp Eczema Healed in Four Days by Cuticura
Mrs H B Cooley reports her daughter’s scalp eczema healed in four days after using Cuticura Ointment at night and morning and then Cuticura Soap. The testimonial notes a large crust cleared, no return signs, and urges keeping the products at home. Sample copies offered from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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H. B. Cooley
Marlboro
N. Y
Fragment from Hampton Magazine on a bishop and purser
A bishop praises a roommate and presents valuables while the purser reassures him that the gentleman also spoke highly of the bishop. The dialogue emphasizes mutual respect and trust between the two men as they discuss valuables.
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Samuel Lavine
Trenton
Hampton Magazine
A Painful Occasion
A humorous exchange about a boy named Tommy Tibbles having a coming out bow after a brief session in the wood shed, his father having released him.
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Tommy Tibbles
Unclear Fragments From Personal Notes on Love and Memory
A set of disjointed lines discusses Mrs Knicker John failing to mail letters and Mrs Becker misjudging a man as suited for statecraft. The writer contrasts affection with doubt, noting how suspicion can ruin love.
Family endorsement for Father John’s Medicine heals throat disease
Ursuline Sisters of Waterville endorse Father John’s Medicine as a safe non-opium remedy for colds and bronchial trouble after a member recovered voice following three bottles. Ad highlights its fifty years in use and warns against dangerous patent cures. Also notes a dramatic fiction vignette Saving a Desperate Man with threats over engagement.
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Ursuline Sisters of
Waterville
Father John
Ursuline Sisters
Ursuline Convent
John
Evil of Idleness Says Labor Builds Virtue and Strength
Darius Ogden Mills argues that work develops all good in a man while idleness breeds evil. He says work sharpens faculties, fosters thrift, and places a person among industrious peers, strengthening the weak and making the strong stronger, whereas idleness leads to demoralizing pursuits.
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Darius Ogden Mills
Strength in Calmness by James Allen
The calm man learns to adapt to others and earns reverence for his spiritual strength. Greater tranquillity increases success influence and power for good. Trade and business prosper as self control and equanimity grow, attracting people who prefer a steady demeanor.
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James Allen
Temperance in Reason and Passion Bridle
Quoted line on temperance as the girdle of reason and bridle of passion. Attributes strength of soul and virtue as foundational themes attributed to Jeremy Taylor.
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Jeremy Taylor
Eye Salve and Remedies Ad In Tubes
An old advertisement lists Marine Eye Salve in tubes at 25 cents and Marine Eye Liquid at 25 to 60 cents. It promotes eye care products, a cold cure with a laxative, and Hoxsie remedies for croup and pneumonia prevention with guaranteed efficacy.
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KW. Qgrove
Hoxsie
Optum
A. P. Hoxsie
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