Mack as Tax Board Clerk Named Compromise Choice
Councilman Edward L. Mack of the Twelfth Ward is likely to be appointed clerk of the County Board of Taxation to fill the Townsend vacancy. The compromise pick satisfies the Republican County Committee and President Caleb Pollard, ending weeks of deadlock among local leaders.
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Edward L. Mack
Twelfth Ward
County Board of Taxation
William R. Townsend
Plainfield
Mack
Republican County Committee
Perth
Caleb Yollard
Townsend
Henry H. Drake
George H. Johnston
Fanwood Township
Pollard
G. Barrett Lit
Rahway Reformatory seeks repairs after ceiling danger
Representatives of the Rahway Reformatory Board told Governor Stokes that the dome ceiling is in danger of collapsing due to lack of funds for repairs. They asked for help to advertise bids, with the governor’s approval and possible use of an emergency fund once bids arrive.
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Trenton
Rahway Reformatory
Stokes
Man Returns Found Wallet Belonging to Steel Plant Owner
Lawrence Prickett a draughtsman at Eastern Steel Company found a purse in a Pullman car on return from New Jersey containing 7500 in gold bonds and 4500 in negotiable paper. He notified a Philadelphia broker and returned the package to the owner by express. The owner rewarded him with a 500 United States gold bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Telegraph
Journal
Pottaville
Lawrence Prickett
Eastern Steel Company
New Jersey
Philadelphia
Express
United States
Steamship Ashore Off Barnegat Reported Safe
Atlantic City reports a small steamship ashore off Barnegat. The Carnegie life savers say the vessel is in no danger and is expected to float soon. They have moved to assist the crew.
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the Journal
Atlantic City
Carnegie Life-Saivera
Barnegat
Wneck Recovers After New Year Attack
Albert Wneck the Polander is reported recovering from a neck stab wound received on New Year’s night. Headly, the assailant Maioh, is in custody. If Wneck recovers, charges of atrocious assault with intent to kill may be pursued.
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Albert Wneck
Be Iene
Allexian
Renee
Maioh
Wneck
Ich
Elisabeth Commercial College Winter Term In Session
The Elisabeth Commercial College announces the winter term is in session with individual instruction. Shorthand, book and English are offered at 101-103 Broad Street. The school is located near the Betacis's Meat Market at 1109 Elizabeth Avenue, opposite City Hall.
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ELIZ
Commercial
Elisabeth Commercial College
Lareet
Tinea
Betacis
Kord
Elizabeth Avenue
City Y
Hadse
Biemend
Weltia
Nine stab wounds fatal Newark shoemaker case
Joseph Avelino a Newark shoemaker was found dead in Irvington with nine stab wounds near the heart. Authorities suspect a Black Hand gang, but no clue to the killers exists as the body was discovered by a local storekeeper.
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Nwark
Joseph
Avelino
Irvington
Taft supporters hopeful as Hitchcock linked to campaign
Telegraph reports First Assistant Postmaster General Hitchcock may take a Taft Eastern and Southern campaign role. Taft boosters praise his energy though split over Roosevelt term talk. Boston scene notes Rollins and other New England leaders backing Taft while some senators shift position.
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Telegraph
Journal
Washington
Hitchcock
Eastern
Southern
Taft
Roosevelt
Boston
New England
Frank H. Rollins
New Hampshire
Oliican
Concord
Rollins
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Meyer
Frye
Maine
Frank Streeter
Winston Churchill
Hale
Gallinger
Proctor
Vermont
Aldrich
Rhode Island
Crane
Bulkley
Connecticut
Highes
Large Registration at Elizabeth Commercial College
The Elizabeth Commercial College reports a large registration enlarge this year with both day and evening schools filled. Evening bookkeeping and shorthand classes overflowed, prompting a new classroom. Winter term is in session and prospective students are urged to enroll promptly.
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Elizabeth Commercial College
Testimony in Screen Law Case Certified
The record shows a counsel for Apotonia Press seeking tenting in a secret trial of his client. Mrs Ciurczak was found clause in a bishops' law matter. The case has been appealed.
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Apotonia Press
Hia
Fied
Ciurczak
Cruiser to Join Fleet in Second Division
The navy plans a cruiser from Magdalene Bay to join the Pacific squadron along with three other ships in the same class. They will form the second division of the first squadron as part of a fleet expansion.
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Journal
Night School Enrolment Arrangements Set By Council
Evening classes to begin January 13 with enrolment and classification in three schools. Courses focus on rudimentary reading writing and spelling with potential stenography if demand allows. Twenty seven teachers plus principals and janitors funded by a 2800 appropriation. enrolment based on applicant numbers and school representation. Classes run Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday evenings with separate times for men and women. Public notice lists enrolment days January 7 9 10 at specified schools.
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Clement
Ocloek
Hersey Street
Third Street
Fifth
Board of Education
Pettibone Free After Not Guilty Verdict
In Boine Idaho on January 4 the jury acquitted George A Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners. The panel retired at 9 50 p m after the detective had presented the case with no argument.
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Boine
Idaho
George A. Pettibone
Western Federation of Minera
Fischer Elected to American Society Officers
Secretary Charles Warren Hunt reports that at the last meeting George C. T. Fischer was elected to an officer position in the American Society of Engineers in New York. The note mentions his association with the Central Railroad of New Jersey and other elected officers.
Annual Meeting of Elizabeth Public Library Trustees
The Elizabeth Public Library and Reading Room Association holds its annual meeting at 16 South Broad Street on Tuesday evening January 14 at 8 oclock to elect four trustees and conduct other business. Members contributing $2 to library support may participate.
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Public Library
Elizabeth Public, Library and Reading Room Association
South Broad Street
Ei Corporation
Retirement of Beattie Backs Seen at Clearing House
Seattle on January 4 reports the retirement of Beattie Backs begun in November. The Clearing House Association notes withdrawals exceed $200000 and total between one and a half million dollars. Elizabeth Mattress Co. advertises bedding renovators at 1143 Washington Street.
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Journal
Seattle
Waab
Koine
Clearing House Association
Elizabeth Mattress Co
Washington, Street
A Sohmer Faro purchase ad at Morrow's
An advertisement notes a Sohmer Faro piano for sale at Morrow's located on 11 First Street. The ad includes stray branding lines and partial contact cues.
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Sohmer Faro Morrow
First Street
Jury Discharged in Powers Case After Deadlock
Georgetown Ky Jan 4 Judge Morrin discharged the Powers jury after a 56 day trial with no verdict. Rumors of intense factional bitterness circulated as jurors requested a walk and juror Renaker doubted a verdict could be reached even in six months. The judge urged progress and hoped conditions would improve.
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Georgetown
Foreman Price
Morris
Renaker
Exclusion of Japs Would Stir Mikado
San Francisco and Vancouver dispatches report rising tensions as Japanese arrivals swell, with 300 new entrants in Vancouver and 1,200 more said to be en route from Honolulu. Viscount Aoki warns exclusion from America would affront Japan, while Washington officials Root and Metcalf confer with the President on exclusion policy and talks with Japan.
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San Francisco
Japan
America
Viscount Aoki
Nippon
Aoki
Orient
Vancouver
Honolulu
Coant
Asiatic Exclusion League
Washington
Root
Metcalf
WANTS NO RENT Across New England Mills Contract Talks
Comptroller Herman Metz of New York warned Ettrick Mills suppliers in Worcester that rent and hours could be adjusted to keep workers from leaving as mills operate on short time. He noted other mills on short time and implied workers might struggle to find work elsewhere.
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Worcester
Mass
Herman Metz
New York
New England
Ettrick Mills
Editor appeals case in libel dispute over attacks on Moltke
Berlin Jan 4 Editor Harden appeals verdict in a libel case stemming from attacks on General Count von Moltke and other Knights of the Round Table figures. The defense is said to have bought a weak argument as Harden sought to denounce both private individuals and political conduct in the series.
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Berlin
Harden
Cape
Gount-Ciino von Moltke
Knights of the Round Table
Knights
Isorala
Iila
Savings Bank Ad Promotes New Year Deposits
An old advertisement from The Journal in Newark urges readers to open savings accounts at Union County Savings Bank noting interest on deposits before a holiday. The copy warns about inheritance tax and encourages saving, referencing locations on Broad Street and nearby avenues.
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Union
New ‘York
Troops Quell Car Strikers at Indiana City
Indiana National Guard battalions patrol Muncie car lines after strikes over a five year contract renewal. One hundred Chicago strike breakers hired. cars resumed with officials approving troop presence. no violence as protests continue.
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Muncie
Ind
Indiana National Guard
Union Traction Company
Chicago
Eauf
W. J. McKee
Indianapolis
Traction Company
Marion strike in sympathy at Union Traction
Marion Ind Jan 4. Local Union Traction Co employee strike halts car movement. Seventy six men out in sympathy with Muncie action, raising regional tension in the transit strike.
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Marion
Ind
Union Traction Company
Muncie
Wall Street Opens Irregular. Sugar Rises on Covering
The New York stock market opened irregular and mainly lower with early declines in Reading Louisville Nashville Amalgamated and others while Sugar tumbled then rallied to above 10 percent on covering. Several issues showed fractional gains or losses by mid session as traders shifted funds from selling to covering. Government bonds were unchanged and other bonds steady as the market ended mixed and confused.
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Telegraph
The
Journal
New York
Union Pacific
Northern Pacific
Reading
Loulaville and Nashville
Amalgamated
Anaconda
Steel
Ontario
Western
Pennsylvania
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
DO YOUR GLASSES
We offer free service for all glasses regardless of where purchased. Elizabeth’s best optical offices are listed at Sun Sorical Manufacturing Co Suite Tl Hersh Building. Also Sughrur’s School of Dancing advertises courses and cleaning and repair services for eyewear and related items nearby on East Giana Street near Broad.
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Elizabeth
Sun Sorical Manufacturing Co
Hersh
Sughrur’s
School OF Dancing
Bulldie
Missing Mount Royal: Hope Dwindles After Antwerp Voyage
Officials of the Canadian Pacific Railway near losing hope for the steamer Mount Royal which disappeared after leaving Antwerp for Portland on December 6. Meanwhile the Allan Line steamer Hungarian was sighted off Portland signaling no sighting of the Mount Royal along the chase.
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Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Mount Royal
Antwerp
Portland
Minister Cooke and companion threaten suicide over elopement
San Francisco reports Rev Jere Knode Cooke and his young partner Floretta Whaley fled Hempstead to marry. He pleads to be left alone, saying public pursuit and ruin of their lives drove them toward self harm as they vow to face the future together.
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San Francisco
Jere Knode Cooke
Hempstead
Litle Floretta
Whaley
Cook
Floretti
Tre
Floretta
Operatives Defiant At Manchester Cotton Mills
Reports from Manchester and other towns say 200000 cotton mill workers vow to stay defiant unless two strikebound Oldham mills end the lockout by January 18. Employers claim market conditions are steady and can endure idle periods, while workers argue the wage dispute justifies continued disruption.
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Manchester
England
Oldham
Gorda Am Land
Americin Mills
Comstock Read of Questionable Literature in Mail
The Post Office Department weighs whether Mrs Elinor Glyn’s Three Weeks is naughty with inspection by Anthony Comstock in New York and a department censor examining the book for possible barring from the mail.
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Journal
Washington
Elinor Glyn
Post Office Department
Anthony Comstock
Sateen
New York
Report on Goldfield Investigated by Presidential Commission
A preliminary verbal report on conditions at Goldfield was made to the President by Herbert Knox Smith and a special commission including Charles Ph. Neill and Lawrence Murray. They recently returned from Nevada and will file a full written report later.
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Journal
Washington
Goldfield
Herbert Knox Smith
Charles Ph. Neill
Lawrence
Murray
Commerce
Labor
Special Commission
Nevada
Illness of Former Governor Horace Boies Reported in El Paso
The dispatch notes Horace Boies former Iowa governor is ill with pneumonia in El Paso Texas, described as unimproved today. The brief item mentions Boies condition and the city location with no further medical details.
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el Paso
Tex
Horace Boies
Towa
Husband Held in Harrison Murder Case
Theodore Whitmore a New York motorman awaits coroner action amid a river swamp murder case in Harrison. He admits the body is his wife Lena Whitmore yet denies involvement. police question his inconsistent statements and seek two male friends and missing diamonds. Relatives confront him in custody and letters signed by the wife prompt expert handwriting analysis.
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Journal
Harrison
Jan
Theodore Whitmore
Tassaic River Swamp
Whitmore
Third’ Avenue
New York
Adams Street
Brooklyn
Lena
Cross
Schenectady
Rodgers
Newark
Jersey City
Harlem
Whitemore
Martin Amithers
Mooney
Whittmore
Union Business College Admission and Catalogue Request
Day and night classes offered at Union Business College entered at any time. F Berriman principal in the Dix Building. Telephone James J Higgins at Firet and Court Streets for inquiries and a new catalogue. Funeral and wedding services also advertised with telephone contact.
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Union Business College
Berriman
Principe
Dix
Telephone
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Jersey
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Black Hand
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Clearing House
Frank Hand.co
Igen Es Feta As
Caleb Powers
Milsabets Daily Journal
Pennaylvasin
Ren Vareree
Muncie, Ind
National Guard
Wall Street
Rippel
United Electric Co
Newark Pass
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Aig
Elizabethtown
Consumers’ Light, Heat and
TB Gees Power Co
Hobo
Pat At
Awy. Co
Egouth
Jersey Gas
Elec
I Trac. Co
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Public Service Cor
Ace
A. Borman
East
Giana Seret
Nes
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East Jersey Street
DR. Estee
Teli
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Firet
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