The Neighbor's Wife and the Westwood Fire
Elmer confronts his neighbor Watson after catching him abusing his wife Emmeline. A forest fire erupts as Emmeline and Elmer flee, Watson dies in the blaze. Elmer rescues Emmeline and vows a new life together away from the tragedy.
Clear on That Score Harp and Halo Exchange
St Peter questions a golf loving applicant for a harp and halo in a short humorous exchange. The dialogue hints at judgment of merit and language fluency as the applicant defends past performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
St. Peter
Beet Labor Abroad Exposed by Tariff Critique
Article argues tariffs fail to protect American farm workers, citing beet sugar industry as example. It details extensive use of foreign child labor in Colorado and Michigan beet fields, with Russian, Mexican, Japanese, Hungarian, and Polish workers, and notes negative effects on health and schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Miles
Fair Tariff League
Congress
Department of Labor
Department of Agriculture
Warner
Colorado
National Child Labor Committee
Federal Chicken’s Bureau
Lott
Bureau
Michigan
Sugar
Divorce Decree Ended Harriet Ely and Leonidas Ely Union
Chancellor Walker signs final decree in Trenton dissolving marriage of Mrs Harriet M Ely of Trenton and Leonidas Ely of Hightstown on desertion grounds. Married August 9 1902 at Jamesburg. Desertion dated May 9 1911.
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Trenton
Walker
Mra
Harriet M. Ely
Leonidas Ely
Hightstown
Jamesburg
Middlesex County Board of Agriculture Meeting Announced
The Middlesex County Board of Agriculture will hold its regular spring quarterly meeting on Saturday afternoon March 11 at 1 30 P M in the courthouse at New Brunswick. Professor Agee State Secretary of Agriculture will be the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Agriculture
Agee
Middlesex County Board of Agriculture
Court House
New Brunswick
State Secretary of Agriculture
Hightstown Hardware Posts Weather Window and Broadcast Plans
The Hightstown Hardware Company installed a wireless phone in the store and posts daily weather and market news in the windows. Soon they will add a large amplifier so patrons can enjoy broadcasts from multiple stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hightstown Hardware Company
Daily Weather Report
Produce Market
New Factory Incorporation Filed for Monmouth Junction Firm
A certificate of incorporation was filed today with the county clerk by Lock Bolt Manufacturing Company of Monmouth Junction New Brunswick. The firm is capitalized at 100000 dollars and lists John B. Rowland Myron W. Weaver and Charles W. Weeks as incorporators. They plan to manufacture lock bolts nuts washers and similar articles.
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New Brunswick
Lock Bolt Manufacturing Company
Monmouth Junction
John B. Rowland
Myron W. Weaver
Charles W. Weeks
Assembly Ratifies Eighteenth Amendment in New Jersey
The New Jersey assembly voted 33 to 24 to ratify the eighteenth amendment after strong opposition from Democrats and ten Republicans. Senator Emmer Roberts of Burlington County led a pro ratification resolution. New Jersey becomes the forty sixth state to adopt prohibition.
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House
Emmer Roberts
Burlington County
Society of Friends
New Jersey
social notes from hightstown and area gatherings
Mrs Lizzie Schanck and Mrs Martha McDowell visited the Bennett family in Rabbinaville on Thursday. Bordentown visitors Mrs Frank Wolfe and Mr Holmes Pellett with daughter Alda spent Thursday with the Peter Ives in Trenton. William McDowell visits his sister in Plainfield for two weeks. Mrs Edward Caine stayed with her sister in Bordentown. Allen Hyers and family moved into a house bought from James Laird. Eastern Star dance slated March 31 at Peddie Gymnasium from 8 to 12 with Stillwell's Orchestra. Esther Schenck headed to Florida for several months. Emma Mount of Bergen Mills and Clara Gertzel visited Mrs Geo Peppler. Marion Applegate visited sister Bertha Applegate in New Brunswick.
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Elmer
Watson
Westwood
Mrs. Watson
Emmeline
Emmeline Watson
Emmmeline
Lizzie Schanck
Martha McDowell
Charles Bennett
Rabbinaville
Frank Wolfe
Holmes Pellett
Alda
Bordentown
Peter Ives
Trenton
Allen Hyers
James Laird
Peddie Gymnasium
Stillwell
Mies Esther Schenck
Florida
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promises Natural Cure
The advertisement claims Chamberlain's Cough Remedy aids nature to relieve coughs and colds. It states the medicine soothes the lungs opens secretions and helps expel mucus to restore health, with thousands testifying to its benefits.
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Chamberlain
Nature
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Dorothy Whitcomb
Mils
Western Newspaper Union
Yankees
Allentire
Assembly
William McDowell
Mrs John Culver
Plainfield
Edward Caine
Edward Garwood
Emma Mount
Bergen Mills
Clara Gertzel
Geo. Peppler
Marion Applegate
Bertha Applegate
Henry Bosch Company
Grant Everett
IH. IR. Disbrow & Son
Allentown, N. J. and
Cranbury, N. J
George Ade
Cora de ‘Trafford
Hugh de Trafford
Mr. Ade
Notary Public
Charles G. Groves
Office North Main Street
B. F. Gunson
E State Street
Clothier and Haberdasher
Hotel Windsor
Trenton, N. J
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
the Sun Optical Coo
F. C. Leaming, Pres
West State Street
Warren and
Willow Streets
Stacy-Trent
State and
Warren Streets