Cranbury Township poised for large Republican victory this fall
Indications point to a sizable Republican majority in Cranbury Township with a unified ticket. Sheriff candidate Isaiah Barclay draws broad support for integrity and duty, while Middlesex County officials praise Conger’s service and seek re election. Assembly candidates are enthusiastic, capable, and well regarded. The county party has put differences aside to pursue victory statewide.
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Cranbury Township
Isaiah Barclay
Barclay
Middlesex County
Conger
Middlesex
Roberts Case Protest Urges Congress Seat Rejection
A Washington message says W F Cushman plans to lead a movement to keep Roberts the Utah polygamist from taking his seat. Public sentiment across the country calls for Congress to reject Roberts, arguing his admission would threaten public morality and Utah’s pledge to renounce polygamy. The article urges an emphatic, nearly unanimous vote against him.
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Washington
W. F. Cushman
Roberts
Utah
United States
Congress
Roberta
Maz and Express
Union
Anxiou
Thal
Address at Blue and Gray reunion in Evansville
President McKinley closed his patriotic speech at the national reunion of the Blue and the Gray in Evansville, stressing unity and the duty to look to the future. He urged North and South to stand by the nation's future and the government to rely on patriotic citizens.
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McKinley
The
Evansville
Uato
Jeffersonian Democrats Rise in New Brunswick Clash
The piece portrays a sharp intra party clash in Middlesex County as Jeffersonian Democrats in New Brunswick challenge regular Democrats and threaten to dominate the race, while urging a broader look at party stances on currency, taxation, and federal authority. It urges consulting party records to understand past alignments and future directions.
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New Brunswick
Miles Ross
Jefferson
Middlesex
Local notices and events mix in New Jersey town pages
Thursday night escapes from Jamesburg Reform School noted along with Rev John Davis joining Pedricktown Baptist Church. Clinkshoro parsonage repairs, revival services, and Pen’s Neck anniversary plans highlight community life. Long Branch Crematory chosen. Perth Amboy hospital revival efforts and Mulllica Hill Church electric lights reported.
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Jamesburg
John Davis
Baptist Church of
Pedricktown
Burglars Strike Home of Commander Booth at Montclair
Early Friday burglars pried open a side door at the Montclair home of Commander Ballington Booth of the Volunteers of America and stole a silver watch a pocketbook with several dollars and Booths uniform coat. Booth had just returned from Bayport Long Island. police have yet to identify the culprits amid scattered local reports.
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Commander Ballington Booth
Volunteers
Ameria
Montclair
Commander Booth
Bayport
Long Island
Odd Facts From Far Lands And Times Past
A jumble of curiosities notes large umbrellas left on London transit, Rome’s Colizeum, eye lenses growing whole life, and early Reed pens. It mentions a Michigan liquor license bill, a 2600 B C Egyptian artifact, pressed paper floors in Germany, and a pocketbook 53 years old. It also recalls Byron era legends, Newstead Abbey curses, and J Jee of London famed for pigeon shooting and Grand Prix win.
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London
Rome
Germany
Michigan
Turkey
Spain
France
Russia
Italy
England
Austria
Holland
Sweden
Portugal
Denmark
Bowdoin
Newarend Abbey
Byron
Mr. Webb
Newstead Abbey
Col. Wildman
Waterloo
Webb
Newstead
J. Jee
Royal Dragoons
Audalterns
Mr. Jee
Monte Carlo
Diverse 19th Century Notes on Society and Figures
A mix of topics touches on secure letter practices, volcanic electricity studies, Hanoverian lecture plans for artisan training, Berlin park vandalism over tree felling, and Alfred Lyttelton's talents. The scan highlights historic ideas in communication, science, education, urban change, and a prominent English figure.
Notable Miscellany From Global Inquiries and Inventions
A world of curious facts: cities boast 1380 and 600 miles of streets in London and Paris respectively, Mexico reports 42 million in minerals, and one quarter of insanity cases are hereditary. An orphan asylum in St Petersburg is funded by play card taxes, the Chinese tael remains a purely nominal unit, Rhine advertising stirs German papers, and readers worry over locked newspaper pages with wire seals. Foreigners in China use credit chits to avoid heavy coin, and a new salt and pepper box uses a two chamber design to control independent pours.
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London
Paris
Mexico
St. Petersburg
China
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H. Raymond Groves
Peter H. Stults
Abraham Lincoln
the New York Press
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Clinkshoro
Primany Grove Methodist Episcopal Church
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Penn's Neck
Salem County
Mullica Hi
Long Branch Crematory
Long Branch Avenue
Woodbury Sportsmen's Association
Birkhead
Beverly
Perth Amboy
Joseph Nussey
Paterson
North Pourth Street
Mr. Nussy
Leeds
Bound Brook
Simeon and Jude
St. Joseph's Church
Denton
Mainfield
Emma Heel
Lancoln
Court of Quarter Sessions
Mt Holly
Judge Gaskill
West End
Constitutional League
Organlang
New Jersey
Chicago
Pullin
Salem Young Men's Christian Association
Newark
Traction Company
Trenton
Princeton University
College Town
J 5
Mundy
Warren County
Great Meadows
Rutherfords
New York
National Bank
Synodical Missionary Societies
Presbyteria Churches
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Elizabeth
Home Missionary Society
W. E. Honeyman
J. H. Owens
G. W. Va. Cushing
C. H. Langdon
C.D. Blar
J. L. van Dyke
J. E. Curry
M. J. Hand
E. C. Miles
Freedman’s Aid
F. S. Irwin
Elizabeth D. Paxton
Lterature
William Nelson
Young People’s Work
M. Katherine Jones Bennett
New Jersey Universalist Convention
New Jersey Young People’s Christian Union
Jersey City
Fridry
C. C. Blauvelt
Hightstown
H. E. Bowles
Hamilton
Edward G. Mason
George Hough
Charles HH. Vail
J .A. Pairehilds
A. J. Newberry
H.R. Rose
Herbert J. Greason
Boston
North Elizabeth
Striday
Ryan
Atendance
Seth Lovell
South Wales
Rebbecca Lovell
West Philadelphia
Evergreen Cemetery
RE. B. Cobb
Second Presbyterian Church of
Vineland
James Albert Grimes
Old Grimes
Grimes
F. B. Grimes
Keene
N. H
South Jersey
Franklin Murphy
Republican State Committee
Sessex County
Essex County
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Hawksworth
Mr McCarter
Mr Russell
Omni
Mro McCarter
Hawaii
Hanover
Empire
Berlin Thiergarten
Berlin
Alfred Lyttleton
Cambridge
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Ould
Dir. King
Chest
Ling
von N
Clayton Druggist
Donnelly
Mien
Best Underwear
OPERA
Trenton, N. J
Ave
Dobbins
the Hatter
East State ST
German American Insurance Co
Frank A. Brown
Cranbury
A. J
Applegate’s
Clothiers
Coodwin
J. H. Goodwin
Callenar
Snedeker & Co's
N. Warren Street
Masonie Templa
Muste Blore
Tam
Edward Schaffer
N. J
Liverpool
London & Globe
North America
North British & Mercantile
Queen
Caledonian
Commercial Union
Standard
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Monmouth County Mutual
Peppler
Ghat
Thomas Peppler
Luke
Bergen & Rue
Thomas Mason’s
Main St
Hightstown, N. J
Wien
RMILL
Smechanic ST
Davison’s
Lehigh Coal
B. D. Davison
Jamesburg, N. J
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