Elizabeth Lodge Elks observe 31 departed with address and lights
Congressmen and Elks honor 31 deceased members at Proctor's Theatre with a solemn service. Attar Miss Anna Hopf opened the program and the roll call ended in total darkness as each name was read. Congressman Fowler urged citizens to cultivate good citizenship and education as the nation’s backbone.
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Elizabeth Lodge of
Elka
Proctor’s
Grand Lodge
Anna Hopf
Liebertreun
Liszt
Samuel 8
Cohen
Saloonkeepers Criticized by Father O Neill at Pulpit
Rev. Father O Neill, rector of St Marys Church in Washington Avenue, denounced saloonkeepers from his pulpit yesterday for selling liquor to men who have already had enough. He cited drunken men wandering streets and entering neighbors homes on Saturday nights and Sunday mornings, urging a law to curb sales to intoxicated patrons.
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Father O'Neill
St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church
Washington Avenue
Father O'Neil
City seeks 150 percent tax hike on Elizabeth property
City Attorney Connolly files petition with the County Board of Taxation to raise the valuation of the Mulford Coal and Wood Co. site on West Grand Street from 20 to 50 per foot for the first lot and from 1,800 to 4,450, and 3,350 to 8,400 for the adjoining lot. The move, opposed by property owners, aims to offset prior tax reductions and is signed by Mayor Patte Ryan, Comptroller Peter Bomvett, and City Clerk John F. Kenah.
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Elizabeth
Charity Q. Mulford
Mulford Coal and Wood Co
West Grand Street
Mulford
County Board of Taxation
West Grand Treet
Connolly
Deal
Neefus
Thenty Board
Patte Ryan
Peter Bomvett
John F. Kenah
New York Musicians At Town and Country Club Benefit
Kozlarsky the boy pianist returns with Carnai Paul Dufault tenor soloist Walter Damrosch and the New York Symphony Society plus the von Ende string choir at Town and Country Club Thursday evening December 10 at 8 15. Two more concerts follow February 4 and April 15. Proceeds benefit Earner Asylum of the city. Single and course tickets on sale at Oliver Drake Co. Store.
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Kozlarsky
Carnai
Paul Dufault
Downtown Club Meeting Postponed to Tomorrow Evening
The Downtown Republican Club will hold its annual meeting tomorrow evening at Grand Army Hall to discuss reorganizing and campaign planning. Members wishing to continue must present their names tomorrow night. Levy's announces a large toy and doll department at the annex. Kent's Storage Warehouse offers locked rooms for storage on East Broad Street.
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Republican Club
Grand Army Hall
Annex
Levy's Department Store
Eos Ist
Kent
East Broad St
Nveneel Ieee
Reverend Taft Announces Retirement From First Congregational Church
The Rev. Dr. J. N. Taft, pastor since 1906, tendered his resignation at the morning service with pastoral relations to end next April. He indicated retirement from the ministry though plans are not definite. In his sermon he offered counsel from years of observation and noted the church's goal of becoming debt free. The sermon and related services drew friends who will miss his departure.
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J. N. Taft
First’ Congregational Church
Taft
First Congregational Church
Firsé
James
A. O'Connor
New York City
Roosevelt
J. M. Dudley
Prominent Plainfield Man Dies By Suicide
William H. Murray 87, longtime Empire Trust teller and Plainfield resident, shot himself Saturday afternoon after leaving a New York train at Westfield. He died in a carriage he rode in, with no stated motive. Murray served in the Spanish War and was a member of several societies. he leaves a wife Hattie, his mother, and brother C Everett Murray.
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Plainfield
William H. Murray
Empire Trust Company
New York
Westfield
Murray
Tom
Irene ‘Y
Goshen
Trust Company
Elizabeth Commercial College and Local Advertisements
Fragmented notices list Elizabeth Commercial College offering shorthand bookkeeping English at 207 Broad Street with E McMickel as principal. Also references Elizabeth Mattress Co, Jefferson Avenue, and a general ad for fine furniture from Mimanus Bros. plus Plainfield Journal items and Union News Company stations.
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Journal
Plainfield
Santee Ceet
Beeton
Union News Company
Comerat Rattread
New Jersey Congressmen Prep for Final Terms at Capitol
Representatives from New Jersey arrived early as Congress opens. Republicans celebrate two more years in power while Colonel Le Gage Pratt of Newark and Eugene Leake of Jersey City prepare to retire on March 4. Major William H. Wiley vows to rejoin the House after March. Democrats hint Pratt’s successor may ease his exit after not backing the party’s presidential candidate.Continued on page Highth.
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Journal
Washington
New Jersey
Congress
le Gage Pratt
Newark
Eugene Leake
Jersey City
William H. Wiley
Pratt
Leake
Man Killed by Auto in Plainfield. Floyd Cooper Arrested
Plainfield December 7 A Westfield man Floyd Cooper owner and driver of the automobile that struck Jonathan Randolph 46 of Jefferson Avenue Newark road as he stepped from a trolley car. Randolph died at Muhlenberg Hospital. Cooper held without bail in Plainfield police custody. Coroner inquest adjourned due to illness of Assistant Prosecutor Hetfield.
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Journal
Plainfield
Floyd Cooper
Westfield Avenue
Westfield
Jonathan Randolph
Jefferson Avenue
Muhlenberg
Cooper
Donaldson
Linden
Council
Hetfield
Voper
W. A. Codd
B. Frank Cornell
Cyrus F. Boice
Noah W. Pike
John K. Farge
Theodore
J. Shirley
Clarence V. Rittenhouse
Randolph
Dunellen
Stogp-Ervader
Death mystery in tenement stairway fall shock
Anthony Orlof ski a Polish man died from a fractured skull after being found unconscious at the foot of a Wall street tenement stair. Police arrested four house inmates and a widow visitor Sophia Poluski as detectives probe possible foul play or a drunken fall.
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Mytery
Anthony Orlofski
Thia
Orlofski
Wall Street
Andrew Grazinkaas
John Orlofaky
Teddy Bueas
Mike Charlodonis
Sophia Poluski
Olice
Orlofuki
Mia
Poluski
Orlofshi
Tenney
Cowboy
Kirk
Moran
Orlofaki
Wall Street House
Memorial services for Marquis Panciatichi Liaramtola
Memorial services were held at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Roselle Park for Marquis Bandino Ximelea Panciatichi Liaramtola who died at Aldene on November 29. The church featured a catafalque, a solemn high mass, and music by Chopin and Gregorian chant performed by local clergy and musicians.
Rare operation at Alexian Hospital succeeds for Benjamin Smith
Benjamin Smith of 864 Elizabeth Avenue underwent a delicate and dangerous stomach operation at Alexian Hospital this morning. Doctors removed an obstruction at the stomach outlet into the intestines and successfully completed the procedure. The operation is described as a rare and fatefully timed success for the patient and medical team.
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Benjamin Smith
Elizabeth Avenue
Alexian Hospital
Smith
Governor to Deliver Exhaustive Report Next Monday
Mrs Emily EK Williamson of the State Commission on Dependency and Crime said the panel will submit a full report to Governor Fort next Monday. She refused to discuss recent disclosures at the State Home for Girls noting dark rooms and corporal punishment, and cited the governor’s instruction to refrain from comments until the report is read.
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Emily EK. Williamson
State Commission On Dependency and Crime
Governor Fort
Girla
Hotel thief caught after confession in Brooklyn scene
Nicholas Stondt of Brooklyn, arrested by Officer Denman for larceny of 47 dollars from a hotel guest on Trumbull street. Detectives traced hidden money to a Third Street lunch wagon, where most of the cash was recovered. Stondt confessed after questioning. authorities await grand jury action as John Smith files a complaint.
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Ginder
Nicholas Stondt
Brooklyn
Denman
Trumbull Street
Murphy
O'Brien
Third Street
Herman Deichman
Stoudt
John Smith
Smith
Pites
Well known Jersey City banker Edward F C Young dies
Edward F C Young died at his Jersey City residence aged 74. A longtime banker in New Jersey since age 17, he held interests in numerous banking and manufacturing ventures across New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Ohio Kentucky and Mexico. He leaves a widow a son Edward L Young and a daughter Mia George T Smith of Jersey City. Funeral at St John’s Episcopal Church Wednesday afternoon. Born January 25 1835 on a Morristown area farm, he was English in descent and a great grandson of Rev. John Young who settled in Connecticut in 1638.
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Journal
Jersey City
Edward F.C. Young
Mr. Young
New Jersey
New York
New Jerney
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Kentucky
Mexico
Edward L. Young
Mia
George T. Smith
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Morristown
John Young
Connecticut
Christmas Suggestions and Local Store Listings
Christmas suggestions urge early shopping at Levy's department store and C. Mair & Son framing shop in East Jersey. Frank Hand Co showcases loaded batteries and gas heaters on Third Street. McManus Bros promotes a wide array of non breakable toys and mechanical playthings.
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Levy
Levy's Department Store
Bond
C. Mair & Son
East Jersey
First
Second Streets
Frank Hand CO
Ouana
Cosant Aah
Third Street
McManus Brob
Finob
Carnegie May Help Elizabeth Library Fund
Elizabeth may receive a Carnegie Library gift of about 150000 dollars to build a new library and sustain it perpetually. Mayor P J Ryan weighs calling a meeting of the newly appointed Library Commission to explore the gift and terms, with two commissioners not yet qualified and a potential meeting planned for tomorrow or Wednesday night.
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P. J. Ryan
Library Commission
William J. Magie
John P. Reilly
Torrow
Athough
Carnegie Library Fund
Carnegie
Carnegie Fund
Elizabeth
Ryan
Wall Street price movements show irregular trading
New York on December 7 reports uneven price action as buyers accumulate on weekends while the market remains largely professional. Great Northern and Harriman stocks rise, Southern Pacific up, Union Pacific gains, government bonds firm, trading remains chiefly professional with broad demand and strong traction tests.
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Journal
New York
Great Northern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Former Cornell Student Suffers Sprained Ankle In Roselle
Frederick Hobbs a former Cornell student and Pingry School graduate was playing football on Fourth avenue Roselle Saturday when he sprained his right ankle fell into a ditch and lay unseen until companions searched for him. He was found in great pain and carried to a nearby house then to his home for medical care.
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Frederick Hobbs
Cornell
Pingry School
Fourth Avenue
Roselle
Hobbs
Hotel Lashell burns at New Jersey resort
Fire destroyed the Hotel Lashell in New Jersey with about forty guests escaping in night clothing. Mrs. Elizabeth Graham of Winkinge burg Pub was fatally injured after leaping from a fourth story window with multiple injuries. A Jewel loss and hotel alarms were reported as responders fought the blaze.
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Atlantic City
Lashell
Elizabeth Graham
Winkingeburg
Sueital
Fieselehitet
Pittsburg
Feateo
Beete
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Westfield Hook
Prancis
Vreoti: Eztisage
Elizabeth Mattress CO
Jefferson Evenvie
Weeeiliy
SHR
Mimanus Bros
First Ae
Loudenslager
Cannon
Plaineld Police
Abe Woods
Virginis
Jooee Wolly
J. W. Blakely
Broad Street
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Union
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H. Terminal
Marquis
Edward F. C. Young
Commission
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