Fight for Hudson County Chairman Battle Builds After Harmony Fails
In Hudson County political strife hinges on the Friday night county committee vote for chairman. Colonel Dickinson heads a coalition including federal officeholders and customs workers, opposing Sheriff Kaiser and County Clerk Rotherham. Bayonne may split as Garvan backs Rotherham, while others tilt to Dickinson, signaling a pivotal struggle with high stakes for control of local party machinery.
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Jersey City
Horace Roberson
Bayonne
Provisional Harmony Committee
John Franklift Fort
Hudson County Republican Committee
East Orange
Trenton
John Kaizer
John Rotherham
Nome
Rotherham
Hudson County
Colonel Dickinson
Mayor Fagan
County Committee
Kaiser
Dickinson
Sinewas
Royal
Customs House
Pierre Garvan
Egyptian Tomb Homes Welcome Local Families in Luxor
Harriet Quimby notes in Leslie's Weekly that Egyptian families occupy excavated tombs as homes. Iron vaults serve as durable, cool shelters. children play with mummies and mummified remains while chickens roam the mud dwellings. Tourists are rarely shown these dwellings.
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Egypt
Luxor
Harriet Quimby
Leslie
Prudential Reports Big 2007 Year For Company
Prudential announces 2007 was exceptionally good with record income, increased m asers, and largest policyholder payouts in company history. John F. Dryden notes lower expenses, stronger agency force, 26 000 free policies issued since April, and strong advertising and public support.
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Prudential Insurdnes Company
Prudential Agency
John F. Dryden
Prudential
Leavitt Names Hall Sergeant at Arms for Senate
Senator Harry D. Leavitt announced former Councilman Guadaloupe A. Hall of the Tenth ward as sergeant-at-arms of the Senate. The post pays $700 yearly, succeeding Captain Joy F. Lovett. Also named as Senate file clerk is J. Macanes Berrien of Lawrence Township and James Tallon Jr. of the First ward as pages.
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Trenton
Harry D. Leavitt
Guadaloupe A. Hall
Tenth Ward
Senate
Senate Republican Caucus
Mercer County
Farmer
Hall
Joy F. Lovett
Lovett
Foyfr
Ator Leavitt
J. Macpanes Berrien
Lawrence Township
Ferk
James Tallon, Jr
First Ward
Proctor's Theatre Hosts Notable Tonight Show
Tonight at Proctor's Theatre a top basketball game promises a finish with clean play. A vaudeville show features new acts including singing dancing sketches and monologues with Reed Sisters noted for songs and dances. Try outs for the evening are many.
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Therr
Proctor’s Theatre
Reed Sisters
Elizabeth
The End of the Trail at the New Lyceum Theatre
Lincoln J. Carter presents The End of the Trail at the New Lyceum Theatre with both matinee and evening showings yesterday and again tonight and tomorrow. Happy Hooligan's Trip Around the World is slated for next Thursday through Saturday at the same venue.
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Lincoln J. Carter
New Lyceum Theatre
Poets of Power: A Brook Becomes a Poet’s Mighty Stream
A fragmented passage extols how a mountain brook is transformed by a poet into a mighty, transcendent force. The poet channels the stream through steel, across chasms and deserts, granting it vast strength yet also provoking critics who claim poetry’s age is past.
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Jer
Pinafores
Graveyard of Gold in Mahometan India
The essay notes India houses 60 million Muslims who store wealth in gold and jewels rather than banks. It cites imports of gold far exceeding exports by about a billion dollars in forty years, with money hidden in underground caches. It also quotes the New York Tribune on gold flowing into India and banks lacking public trust.
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India
Thomas Jefferson American
Palhlet
Toney
Love or Hate in a Confused Political Exchange
A fragmented dialogue hints at motives behind pursuing office with phrases about love of country. The garbled quotes reference Farner and unclear figures, suggesting a political discussion submerged in unclear text. The piece reads like a clipped, partial courtroom or editorial exchange with muddled attribution.
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Farner Jaar Tonsel
Yves
Cranford Man Robbed by Thug in Late Night Attack
Cranford on January 7, William Roach of William Avenue was knocked down by a man described as a colored thug as he walked home shortly before midnight. Roach recovered and pursued the assailant, who fled into nearby woods. Roach suspects attempted robbery.
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Cranford
William Roach
William Avenue
Dinner honoring Count and Countess Senni hosted locally
B H Campbell of North Broad street gave a dinner last evening in honor of the Count and Countess Senni of Rome. Guests included Mrs. James Gayley, Miss Annie Beaston of New York, Miss Margaret Risphesa Levey, Mrs. and Miss Allen, James P. Thomas, and Bartram Woodruff of this city.
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B.H. Campbell
North Broad Street
Countess Senni
Rome
James Gayley
Annie Beaston
New York
Margaret
Risphesa Levey
Miss Allen
James P. Thomas
Bartram Woodruff
City
Madam Butterfly under Miss Correll at Y M C A Hall
Bias Grace Violet Correll will portray John Luther Longs Madam Butterfly at the Y M C A Hall on Tuesday January 28. Correll spent years in Japan and studied Japanese customs, praised by Long for her sympathetic interpretation and human portrayal.
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Bias Grace Violet Correll
John Luther Long
Madam Butterfly
Y. M
Hergyork
Annual Meeting of Elizabeth General Hospital Groups
The Ladies' Aid Society and Blake Memorial committee of Elizabeth General Hospital plan their annual meeting at St John’s Chapel Broad Street on Thursday at 2 30 P M Reports of the year will be read and officers elected for four collectors and various committees The public is invited. Funeral of Mrs Mary McMeel held at Holy Rosary Church Father Smith offered two masses for the repose of her soul Interment followed at Mt Olivet Cemetery
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Blake Memorial
Elizabeth General Hospital
St. John’s Chapel
Broad Street
Flower Mission
Haneral
Edward McMeel
Mary McMeel
Holy Rosary Church
Father Smith
Mt. Olivet
Easy Beality and the Heinz Wienerschnitzel Burglar Tale
Max Goldberger, author of The Land of Unlimited Possibility, praises America's future during a Milwaukee visit. A banker cites his optimistic view of U S financial and political stability. The tale ends with a humorous misdirection about a burglar, cited from the Los Angeles Times.
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Max Goldberger
America
Germany
Goldberger
Milwaukee
Heinz Wienerschnitzel
Heinz
Young Kaiser Uses False Name at City Hospital
Nine year old George Kaiser of 1090 Elizabeth Avenue vanished from home and was found at General Hospital. He had arrived December 30 with a note from Dr M A Shangle and used the name George Langer and address 617 Cameron Place. Parents claimed him after two visitors alerted his father. Hospital officials seek explanation for concealment of identity.
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Cameron Place
George Langer
Patents Granted to Jersey Men for December 31
A Journal list of patents issued to Jersey men includes entries for B. J. Aiken of Orange with a phonograph. L. K. Bohm of Jersey City on straw paper pulp. H. T. Brown of Moorestown on a collapsible box. J. Barry of Ridgefield Park on a telegraph receiver. S. M. Case of Newark for eraser cleaning apparatus. F. M. F. Cazin of Hoboken on filament manufacturing for lamps. K. D. Cooke of Monmouth Beach on butter fat extraction. L. J. Dee on a cooking utensil. J. Hicks of Summit on a machine. J. W. Kelly Jr. of Camden on a telephone dictating system. H. Koch of Rahway. P. J. Leavens of Vineland. A. McGonagle of East Orange on heating systems. M. A. Metzner of Perth Amboy on conveyors. T. S. Miller of South Orange on disinfection. W. Schumacher on automobiles. J. J. Breinharter of New York on a generator. G. W. Swift Jr. on paper boxes. R. Varley of Englewood on explosion engine components. A. Weinraub of New Brunswick on a telephone directory. E. F. B. Witham on core box filling. and the Consolidated Rubber Co. of Trenton on rubber fixtures and billiard ball labels.
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Newark
F. M. F. Cazin
Hoboken
K. D. Cooke
Monmouth Beach
L. J. Ae
J. Hicks
Summit
R. T
G. W. Swift
Borden
Taduetion Col
R. Varley
Englewood
A. Weinraub
New Brunswick
Curt Protector
Whinery
EF. B. Witham
Newark Rubber Fruit
Consolidated Rubber Co
Trenton
Newark Billiard Ball and Manufacturing Co
Premier Cullinan diamond claims rival natural gems
The Premier Cullinan diamond claim boasts the largest gem seen, valued around 2 000 000 by an international syndicate. Meanwhile chemists Berthelot and Moissan report producing real diamonds and rubies in laboratories, yet lab gems remain far pricier than natural stones.
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Cullinan
Wales Lagculinan Artes
M. Berthelot
M. Moissan
St. Nicholas
Confederate Soldier Recounts Half-dollar Shelter Odysseys
Harvey D Wade, a Franklin leader, recalls selling his last coat for two silver half dollars to survive after the Confederacy fell. He journeys to Shreveport and back to Franklin, resolving to become a productive citizen with only 50 cents as a starting point, never parting with the cherished coin.
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Shreveport
Harvey D. Wade
Simpson County
Franklin
Odds Against Eleven Heads in a Row, From Pearson’s Weekly
A discussion of coin toss chances by Professor Kari Pearson. He and a pupil tested coin flips and ticket draws, illustrating that runs of heads, though unlikely, follow mathematical chance. The article reinforces that past tosses do not influence future outcomes and explains the gambler’s fallacy.
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Kari Pearson
Hifhaim Maxim
Monte Carlo
Cranks
Hess
Eithet
Pearson’s Weekly
His Counting Habit Sparks Home Dyspepsia Joke
A London Mail quip notes a wife blaming her husband’s ten count for quarrels. Since he has dyspepsia, she jokes that home feels like a constant arithmetic routine. The brief exchange highlights domestic humor and a stomach complaint.
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London Mail
Desirable children's coats in red or blue twill flannel
Very appealing 2 to 6 year old cats style coats described as nearly made in red or blue all-wool twill flannel. Double-breasted with large white pearl buttons emblems and turn over cuffs lined throughout priced at 2.28.
Special on Women’s Union Suits at Half Price
Bargain offer for 75¢ union suits dropped to 49¢. The heavy ribbed fleece garments come in two in-demand sizes and promise warmth for winter wear, attracting shoppers to this limited sale.
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C. B
Sorosie
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South Orange
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O Peterson
L. M. Reuter
W. Schumacher
Camden
Ety Rator
J. J. Breinharter
Nework
ROSSI
Ayer
Ases
Archimedes
Barnsley
Sternberg & CO
Market Street
Jaehnig Gas Fixture Co., Inc
Worsins
Morris Ves
Geuth Orange
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