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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1908
Page
2
A compact summary of a newspaper page noting staff and bureaus in Elizabeth Newark New York Chicago and Lansing. It lists pricing for ads notices and classifieds while touching on varied items from Longboat marriage Cuba political crimes and The Journal’s telegraph news patching. It references Roosevelt Hains Taft and Kaiser like curiosities and mentions education welfare and patents amid journalistic flair.
The fragment laments modern labor issues and cites Carnegie on profit sharing as a solution. It mentions wage concerns in steel making and hints at political and royalist themes, with scattered references to cities, states, and antiquarian interests.
The piece notes coal’s role in winter warmth and the rising cost of fireside comfort. It highlights a Lehigh Valley Coal Company school for miners focusing on safety and self preservation, prompted by a 1906 1907 mining death rate comparison.
A citizen letter criticizes the School No. 3 project in Elizabeth, citing expert testimony from murder trails, alleging improper lumber grading and size reductions of iron beams and timbers. The writer urges the architect to enforce specifications and for the city to receive full value.
A humorous exchange features a tense moment between a customer asking for hair retention and a new clerk suggesting a cigar box. The joke unfolds with a child named Frank explaining a classroom incident about a lump of clay and a teacher’s prohibition on throwing stones.
The piece details Standard Oil’s new Linden refinery near this city, noting rapid construction, quiet development, and the company’s reputed efficiency. It praises the organization and its business handling, calling the refinery a credit to Standard Oil methods and noting it attracts attention from New Jersey residents.
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