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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1907
Page
2
Page lists pricing for single copy and weekly delivery. Advertisements show categories for wanted, to rent, notices of weddings and funerals, and cards of thanks with per item charges. Mentions “The Journal” news service and subscription terms, indicating a colonial-era newspaper office setup.
The Sommer campaign announces Sheriff Frank I. Bommer as a strong governorship contender backed by the People’s Lobby in Hudson County and other urban centers. The move is expected to prompt open bidding among other candidates and to test reform grounds within New Jersey politics.
Baltimore health commissioner cites infant mortality in summer and poor mothers lacking clean milk access. He argues wealthy philanthropy often funds monuments rather than direct aid, urging better milk preparation, hygienic care, and support for at risk families. He notes high infant deaths in July and August and calls for urgent municipal action.
Newspapers across the state highlight two recent referendum attempts to gauge public opinion. The People's Lobby platform emphasizes the issue. In one town 3,404 voters exist but only 83 expressed an opinion on issuing 100000 dollars in bonds for ocean front improvements. At South Orange a similar vote occurred.
A collage of snappy remarks notes public figures like Pennsylvania’s governor and Telegraphers’ Union leader President Small. It mocks a Chicago judge who refuses marriage without a job and jokes about Chicago girls’ titles.
A reader from Elizabeth June 26 weighs in on whether beer should be allowed on Sundays. The letter argues for majority rule, notes hypocrisy in prohibiting what one cannot resist, and suggests streets could run with beer if authorities permit it. It ends with a call to let the majority decide.
A reader suggests State Entomologist Smith divert funds from mosquito extermination to address the dam at Balem Pond. The letter argues the move would protect Union county residents with little expense and adds a personal sign-off from P. Minton of Salem dated June 26, 1907.
The press reports severe criticism of Union County Grand Jury and petit juries led by Mayor Charles J. Fisk of Plainfield as foreman. It calls for tougher enforcement of liquor laws and indictments for lax officials, urging sheriffs to act and judges to reform the system to curb corruption.
A Camden Courier summary notes grand juries in Union and Hudson counties criticize excise law enforcement. Hudson jurors threaten indictments against police if officers neglect duties, citing lax enforcement and police-citizen complicity.
The Tren ton Times argues John H. Backes, a nonaligned, self made man with a reputation for integrity from his House investigation, should be nominated by Democrats for governor. He would avoid factional ties and offer a clean administration, challenging Bosses who fear an independent candidate.
A statue honoring the late Senator George F. Hoar is planned for Worcester Mars funded by popular subscription. The dedication date and other details follow in the fragmentary report, noting involvement by a designer Daniel Gench and a reference to Odos Yohon Honda, newly appointed Methodist bishop of Japan in his 69th year.
A garbled 1848 era digest notes diverse items: Roman Catholic progress in New York with an immigrant pastor, a Chinese student blocked from a convention, a tax demand of 300, a U S bravery medal awarded to Miss Guinan of Middletown, N.Y., a claim about a novelist honored by the French Academy, and mentions of nurses from Massachusetts serving in the Civil War, Ralph Hall Caine entering publishing in London, and actress Mrs W G Jones who died in New York after a career beginning in Philadelphia in 1845.
In April May 1860 the Jones vs Johnson land case in the U S Circuit Court before Judge Drummond drew Lincoln and Douglas supporters. After a trial dinner at Isaac N Arnold's house, a toast proclaimed May Illinois furnish the next President, saluted by both camps.
A dialogue snippet from a newspaper page features jokes about railway punctuality and wrecks per week Then exchanges reference optimistic talk and a summer hotel in spring with hopeful tone The fragment mentions Milwaukee Sentinel Chicago Record Herald and Philadelphia sources within a roadside humor context
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