Lawlessness in Prohibition Era Hits New Jersey
Federal Judge John Rellstab appeals to a grand jury urging harsh action against violators of the Volstead Act. He cites millions in illicit gains and calls for indictments of traffickers and officials aiding the crime. The article also covers state efforts in Camden, Morris, and Ocean counties, water pollution controls, and education and absentee voting updates.
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Trenton
Bar of Justice
John Rellstab
Grand Jury
Rellstab
Administration of Justice
Supreme Court
Parker
Hart
Bergen County
Chancery Court
Camden County
Morris
Ocean Counties
New Jersey
New Jersey Briefs Highlight Local Events And Incidents
Gloucester City police recover a car left by the ferry. Cumberland County to appoint Trinnell as county agent. War and postwar topics appear with school enrollments, church activities, road and harbor projects, and local crime sentences. The fleet ending at Gloucester City launches the William Penn, Miss Pollock leads women’s division, and a fatal Pleasantville crash occurs.
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King’s Highway
Mount Ephraim Pike
Mount Ephraim
Delaware River
Turtle Gut
Five Mile Beach
Two Mile Beach
Glassbore
Mary Baker
J. Thompson Baker
Wildwood
Cumberland County Board of Agriculture
Robert Trinnell
Malaga County
Elton R. Wagner
Belmont Fire Company
National Park
South Ocean City
Weakfish Creek
John de Antonio
Sewell’s Point
Haddonfield
Carney’s Point
Pennsgrove
Francis D. Ellis
North Seventh Street
Ellis
Hamilton Avenue
North Bergen
Chesterfield
Forest Hill Park
Charles Norris
North Cramer Hill
Smith
Camden
John Northrop
Vineland
Monterey
Mass
Northrop
Trenton
Bishop Walsh
Church of the Sacred Heart
P. Lane
Horace Hammond
Bertha Troost
Helen Flood
Lbrary Association of
Odd Fellows
Collingswood
Esther Elfreth
Prohibition
E. E. Gebhardt
Clinton
Emma Bourns
State Grange
Mantua
Congress of Mothers’ Clubs
Parent Teachers’ Associations
Atlantic City
Association
Chamber of Commerce
Millville
M.E. Temple
George Dugan
Michael Phifer
City Hospital
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Pusey & Jones Shipyard
Gloucester City
William Penn
Philip J. Duff
South Fiftieth Street
Philadelphia
Fleet Corporation
N Nmber
Sarah T. Pollock
Trenton U High School
Heher
Democratic County Committee
New Jersey
Parker
Mount Holly
William E. Russell
David Bailey
Baltimore
Luke Armstrong
Leslie Cosgrove
Weehawken
Cunard Line
Coroner Dark
New York
M. J. Connor
Holy Trinity Catholic Church of
Bruno Model
Albertina Modes
Washington Street
Hoboken
Lewison
John J. Walsh
Modes
Bordentown Board of Education
Emma H. Carrow
Cream Ridge
Lily Brown
Catasauqua
Dorothea Gernova
Abigail Shopsmith
Shiloh School
Friendship M. G. Church
Jersey City
International Union of Steam and Operating Engineers
Hudson County Board of Freeholders
City Commission
Domestic Tragedy and Domestic Strife in an Odd Exchange
Dialogue captures a domestic rift as Henrietta ignores pleas to share chores and curb late nights. Meekton warns ambition and business preoccupation may wreck the home over suffrage talk. The page also touts Roman Eva Balsam for granulated eyelids and inflamed eyes.
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Henrietta
Mr. Meekton
Leonidas
Roman Eva Balsam
Jerusalem’s fragile rebirth amid ancient wounds
The piece reflects on Jerusalem’s enduring upheaval since Nebuchadnezzar and its 1917 capture by British forces. It contrasts the city’s sacred allure with its naked scars, foreseeing a future of renewal and a bridal restoration after recent turmoil. Burma’s oil output is cited at about 300 million gallons annually.
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Gethsemane
William D. McCracken
Asian Magazine
Nebuchadnezzar
Jerusalem
Mount’ of’ Olives
Garden
Fascination of Mendacity and the Aesop Parallel
A dialogue frames truth and deception as Senator Sorghum discusses public interest. The exchange likens political honesty to Aesop's talking animals, noting the difficulty of engaging audiences with plain truth without gilded fabrication.
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Senator Sorghum
Aesop
Cuticura Ad Promises Pimply Face Solution
Purports Cuticura Ointment to remove pimples and blackheads and advises washing with Cuticura Soap. Recommends daily use to keep skin clear and warns not to forget Cuticura Talcum.
Admitted He Was Loser At Races Then Paid Price
Three men drank wine after poor racing results and swore to obey their wives. Each recounted ridiculous actions urged by wives to break or ruin household items. The night after, their tales revealed the wives expected mischief and the men faced the humorous consequences.
Recipe Mystery Questioning Proven Fame
A dialogue fragment shows Uncle Bill Bottle Top doubting a recipe’s fame while another character defends it as intriguing though unproven. The exchange hints at skepticism about popular wisdom and the allure of an unverifiable dish.
Turnhout Lacemaking School Serves 4600 Children
In Turnhout Belgium a lacemaking school educates 4600 children. A proverb says wise is the man who can conceal what he does not know.
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Turnhout
Belgium
Wise
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