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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1906
Page
10
A county Republican Committee clarifies primary rules for September elections. Voters will cast party ballots between 1 and 4 PM with separate boxes for each party. Only those registered for the general election may vote in primaries, selection for party nominees or delegates noted.
A fragment discusses mapping letter codes such as D for Democratic Rt for Diican, TM for Probi and similar conventions for other parties, illustrating how ballot labels used letter representations. The note reflects historical nomenclature and the encoding of party names in election documents.
In Trenton on June 19 Chief Justice Gum ordered former prosecutor William A Stryker to aid Dr Charles B Smith in ousting Robert M Pette from the Washington mayoralty. Pette must surrender all office books papers and insignia to Smith the elected mayor. The Supreme Court held the ten day notification provision compelled action despite a holdover.
Readers may have noticed an advertisement touting a newly popular jelly brand praised for daintiness and ease of preparation. The article notes shoppers and housekeepers favor a delicate jelly that can be made in a minute, with strong sales in grocery trade and widespread appeal.
The 146th Rutgers College commencement will honor Dr William H Demarest as president inaugurated at a day of events including trustees meetings alumni activities and a procession from the college grounds to the Second Reformed Church The ceremony features speakers from Princeton University and Rutgers faculty and alumni with fifty graduates including two from Elizabeth and New Brunswick New Jersey and a final evening program at the gymnasium
Incomplete OCR text describes Southern Railway references, routes and places such as North Carolina, and mentions Washington and express lines. The readable fragments indicate typical railroad notices but lack coherent facts, dates, or actions to specify a clear event or outcome.
General order No 1 from the New Jersey G A R headquarters lists appointments for assistant adjutant general and staff officers, with deadlines for reports by June 30. It also notes new Greek Olympic stamps issued to commemorate the 1906 games and urges posting commanders to select officers who honor their posts.
A humorous fragment notes a roof leak chaos on the top floor with quirky, garbled asides about the Landioni-Nonsense and Enpiasibie. The piece reads like a playful reader snippet from a newspaper page.
A Jubilee rally in Musical Fund Hall featured Gov Stokes presiding, with high notes on prosperity and tariff policy. Delegates praised President Roosevelt and Mayor Weaver as veterans and crowd favorites rallied behind Fremont era memories and Republican unity.
In Mercer County the court opens with Judge Vail presiding for the first time, succeeding Judge Wilbue Heisley. The ceremony marks a transition in the county’s judicial leadership as Sekine reporting notes the morning session.
Fragmented text describes water lurk of alligators with only eyes visible, feeding birds and soil patterns. Mentions reptile huts and birds like leebird, with unclear context about seasonality and feeding behavior. Contains numerous garbled phrases and disjointed imagery from a historical newspaper fragment.
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