Probers Split on Beer Tax and License Fees Plan
Plainfield December report shows two excise reviews, a majority and a minority by Commissioners Whitbeck and Howe. Disputes center on a 50 cent per barrel beer tax, a $1000 city license fee, Sunday sales, and state licensing reform including local elective boards and court revocation powers.
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Plainfield
Caleb W. H. Whitbeck
Hackenseek
John Howe
Newark
Messrs. Howe
Whitbeck
Burndey
Howe
Messrs. Whitbeck
Court of Common Pleas
Whitbeek
Fisk
Homme
Dean's Kidney Pills Promoted for Kidney Health
An advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for weakened kidneys and related backache headaches and urinary issues. A Roselle New Jersey resident testifies after three boxes cured illness, urging others to buy from Foster Milburn Company in New York as sole agents in the United States.
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Dean
Mia
Christ
Wolffe
Lving
Prosper Avenue
Roselle
N. J
Enya
Oliver & Drake
Foster, Milburn ‘Company
Bus
New York
United Staten
Cross State Trolley Revival Sparks Transit Hope
A proposed Lake Hopatcong to Morristown trolley line shows renewed life after election signals. The 5 mile line aims to run to Elizabeth with sections laid near Denville and Morris County. lenders’ limits slowed progress, but revival suggests possible travel from Phillipsburg to Jersey City on the overhead route.
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Lake Hopatcong
Morristown
Wharton
Denville
Lackawanna
Morris County
Phillipsburg
Jersey City
Inaugural Taft Fund Drive Seeks Wide Donor Base
District treasurer 3 elice F. Norment seeks broad support for Taft inaugural funds with small gifts welcomed. Names of donors withheld until Iman Stellwagen returns from New York. Early contributions include several who backed the event four years ago.
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Washington
Tannetree
Taft
Norment
Fashion Talk Sparks Social Stepping Stone Gossip
A clipping quotes a society chatter about a stylish woman named Yves and her status in high circles. The remark includes a sharp aside about how her two year old baby may not recognize her, illustrating tense social distances within the elite.
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Yves
Cleveland
Leeders
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Miss Johnson
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VU Childrens Morris
Fricke
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Elizabeth Avenue
Wouter
Wonder Worker
Orabain & McCloskey
Laggren Bros. Co
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Eectrical Construction Company
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Phoenix
India
Merode
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Skinner
Smyrna
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Signet
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Watchmaker & Jeweler
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