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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1906
Page
2
The Elizabeth Daily Journal page shows branch offices in Newark and New York with advertising and classifieds sections. It notes circulation details, publication frequency, and rates, including weekly delivery and price per week. It also mentions association with the American Newspaper Publishers Association and publisher groups.
The article details a Republican primary to select a tax assessor for the Eleventh ward. It discusses candidate qualifications, party support, and the importance of selecting a capable official, urging Republican voters to examine fitness and vote based on merit.
Democratic newspapers in New Jersey dispute Governor Stokes’s position regarding Senator Dryden’s candidacy. Col Kuser’s and Stokes’s statements are cited as lacking official authority, with Stokes saying he has not authorized anyone to speak for him. He also notes he would refrain from active campaigning while in office.
The document argues that authority used by the administration will provoke a clash with saloon owners to spur a broader political campaign. It predicts churches and followers will rally to counter, while larger brewers profit from the disruption and many German owned small saloons face ruin.
A jumble of editorials discusses fee increases as permanent revenue for cities, praises Senator La Follette and visits to New Jersey, and cites how state laws and trolley freight rules benefit farmers and local rail and trolley companies, with comparisons to Wisconsin and New Jersey politics.
The New Brunswick Home News editorial argues for reform to curb bribery in elections, restrict campaign contributions, and promote campaigns based on capacity and intelligent votes. It cites past efforts by the Vegislature to suppress bribery and urges enforcement to move government toward being of the people and for the people.
An attorney before the Supreme Court shared a series of light anecdotes from Missouri. He described a local character fond of quietly relieving monotony with peculiar pranks. The remarks highlighted courtroom humor amid formal proceedings.
A Newark advertisement urges readers to seek Life Insurance guidance from Day and Cornish, district agents at 776 Broad Street, outlining confidence in giving sound advice to those unsure where to place policies.
Collects snippets of anecdotal humor and oddities from courts, local signs, and letters. Includes a lawyer's respectful rebuke to a judge, a tanner’s calf tail sign gag, a mail carrier anecdote, a Howard Kansas postmaster tale, and light verse references echoing American journalism of the era.
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