Mosquito Fight Report Urges Better Drainage and Monitoring
The New Jersey State Entomologist J B Smith details the Agricultural Experiment Station annual report noting $20,000 for drainage work, $4,542 unspent, 17,620 acres drained, and 2,394,174 feet of ditches built. He cites 1908 as abnormal for breeding mosquitoes and stresses guarding shallow pools, dumps, and sewage sites to curb future outbreaks.
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Trenton
Agricultural Experiment Station
New Brunswick
John B. Smith
Mr. Smith
Renee
Smith
Hackensack Meadows
Jersey City
Bayonne
Newark
Elizabeth
Lyons Farms
Je City
Newitt
Dueset City
Verein Society Elects Officers
Paul I Marz was elected president of the German American Central Verein at the annual officers election held in Turn Hall. The largely attended meeting included three delegates from twenty four societies, representing about 2,200 German Americans, with naturalization aid and laws briefing for new arrivals. Elected officers include president Paul I Marz, vice president J R Kraus, recording secretary E German, financial secretary A Mamstedt, and treasurer E Schumann.
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Paul
Merz
Paul I Marz
Central Verein Society
America
Ident
J. R. Kraus
Etary
E. German
A. Mamstedt
E. Schumann
Husband Freed In Disorderly House Case
Edward Conover, a colored man from 4 Sayre row, was discharged after arraignment in City Criminal Court before Judge Mahon. His wife Mrs. Conover, alleging assault, claimed he struck her eye and that she fell against a hot stove. Police testimony referred to her “shady reputation” and alleged that her home hosted mixed gatherings.
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Edward Conover
Sayre Row
City Criminal Court
Mahon
Conover
Fritz
Guinee
Phen
Melman
McG@rail
Brogan
Three Christmases Observed By Various World Peoples
A brief note explains why multiple Christmas days exist. It traces the church’s early silence on Christ’s birthday and how the correct date remained unknown through the second century as church fathers shaped the observing date.
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Christ
Confident Citizens or Strangers for Opinions
An old text discusses whom to trust for opinions, comparing fellow citizens to strangers. It includes a testimonial about Deans Kidney Pills from Charles Marsh of Elsabeth New Jersey and notes on Christmas Epiphany dates and shifts in calendar history across Christian churches and regions.
Princeton Class Secretary Ponders Answer List Item
A Princeton college secretary distributes annual question lists to the class, asking members to answer “Are you engaged?” for tabulation in the university annual. The fragment hints at uncertainties and drafts titled in Harper’s Magazine prose.
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Princeton
University Angual
Harper's Magazine
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Berry & Company
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Suix
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Broad Street
Charles Marsh
Mortis Avenue
Elsabeth
N. J
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Dean
Olver & Drake's Drug
Foster-Milburn Company
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Rome
Liberius
Antioch
Jerusalem
Alexandria
Christendom
Gregory
Artistic
China
Sahayabel Eam
David Gordon
Westfield Ave
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L. D
Telephone
Blume Son
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Gentle & Yards
Broadway
Cer
Seventh St
Fred B. Bassett
Broad. Street
L. Dies
Sternberg & CO
Market St
Second Street
Elizabethport
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