Jealous grocer shoots, then dies after attempted murder
In Nuwar New Jersey, Robert Kehr, a Newark grocer's clerk, shot Mrs. Catherine Knable in Orange then killed himself. Kehr, a married man with two children, had harassed Knable for months as she ran a saloon opposite Orange fire headquarters. Knable, a widow, had refused his marriage proposals and faced escalating threats. The gunfire occurred near the saloon as Knable returned inside. witnesses described a second shot in the yard as officers found Kehr's body at a fence line near boarding house.
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Nuwar
N. J
Robert Kehr
Catherine Knable
Orange
Knable
Canfichil Street
William
Kehr
Newark
Kunble
William Wiss
Kerr
Mra. Knable
Exsenbaugh
Robert Haw
Mary T. Mark
Tetreault
Multiple tragedies and incidents unfold in New Brunswick area
A man identified as Kehr killed himself after assaulting Mrs. Knable in a yard, with the right side of her face injured. Other reports recount a fire at Johnson Johnson Proprietary Medicine Works causing significant losses, plus multiple deaths from accidents and suicides in nearby towns.
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Johnson & Johnson Proprietary Medicine Works
New Brunswick
Messrs
Johnon
Jurors paid for Chalkley Leconey trial in Camden
Jury members who covered four weeks of Chalkley Leconey's trial were given 40 dollars apiece by the Camden board. They had already received two dollars per diem and board and lodging at county expense, totaling about 38 dollars weekly with hotel costs at West Jersey Hotel. Also mentions local readers and a Dr King Discovery cure advertised with trial bottles offered free at Nolwan Clayton's Drugstore.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Farmers’ Alliance
New York Tribune
Chalkley Leconey
Camden
Board of Freeholders
West Jersey
Kigen
Nolwan
Clayton
Scudder and Dunham Dress Goods for Children
SCUDDER & DUNHAM offers guidance on dressing children tastefully, noting the difficulty of selecting outfits. The firm highlights a range of fabrics including Henriettas, all wool cloth, serge, Crapo cloth, Armure, and lusters, in black, colors, thick and colored, for various tones and widths.
Plain and flaked Homespuis and striped Serges deal
An item selling fabrics priced at 25 cents highlights plain and flaked Homespuis cluster stripes in Serges Blinded striped and plaid cloth offered at a quarter. The notice suggests a wide range but reads as a brief promotional fragment rather than a full ad.
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the Cranbury, Press
Cranbury, N. J
Deorge W. Burrouchs
Hutelde
The
Pond Machine Tool Company
Planfeld
John Bischoff
Jersey City
Stanisloff Virechkowsky
Pole
Josef Virschkowsky
Perth Amboy
Woodbridge
Poland
Warren County Board of Chosen ‘Freeholders
King
Jit
B. F. Pond
Tenafly
Bergen County
Massachusetts
California
Lynch
United States
Dead Sea
Mount Olivet
John Neidlinger
German Gardner
Hall Street
Neidlinger
South Ruppy
Jeremiah Lynch
Mr. Lynch
Mr. Scott
William Pope
Grace
Z. W. Higginson
Harper's Bazar
Bliga
Essex County
D.dewolf
Memorial Baptist Church
Salem
Baptist Church
South Jersey Institute
Bridgeton
Nelson F. Clayton
First Presbyterian Church
Cranbury
N.J
Mus. H. A. Epaprr
George Far
Musical Instruments
Trenton, N. J
Soloner
Mason & Hamlin
James & Holmstrom
Snedeker
North Warren Street
Masonic Temple
E. T. Cunningham, Jr
RAND
WS. Jemison
Main Street
Mason & Allen’s
Hightstown
Safe Insurance
Aim
Rhodes & Chandler
J. P. Clarke, Rhodes, Chandler &Co
Mulberry Street
Commerce St
Newark, N. J
Bucklen
Rochester
Tay
Near
Rochester Lamp CO
Park Place
Suy
HR. Ly. Dobbins
East State Street
Trenton
Sinclair, Vannest & Co's
Menso
Richard A. Bonnelly
Opera House
Dr. Warner
Thomson's
Ball’s
Royal Worcester
P. D
S. W.davison
East State St
Scudder & Dunham
Cook & Jaques
New Jersey
Dieme
Perry St
J. W. Dignan
Lis Perry St
North Broad
Sensi Ae Bay
F. Lurton
Matawan
Keyport
P.O
City Hotel
Jacob Weldy
Albany and
Neilson Sts
Wm. H. Cooper, Jr
Church ST
Tock OF
J. S
D. Berden
Westminster
GEO. Steck & CO
Plano Eortes
Mras
Tr. Nonox
Hightatown
N.J7
Steck
Forte
Intercor
Monmouth, Middlesex
Burlington, Ocean
Somerset
Hunterdon Counties
GEO. Bteck & CO
Ella T. Norton
Loring & Blake Palace
South Main Street
Levi Dye
Sou Studs
Cornelius Hoagland
Church Street
Peoples National Bank
Etere
A. Craig Voorhees
Peace St
Foot of Church
Ammot
Lavison d& Elarder
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