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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1908
Page
2
A fragment of a Lakewood area paper discusses Y M C A support after damage and recovery, dry options, liquor trade, and New Jersey legislative delays. Mentions Annapolis state house protests, Asbury Park plans for summer, and notable figures including Vanderbilt and Governor Long.
City officials weigh whether El Mora should join Elizabeth as residents push for contiguous territory. Petitioners claim Elizabeth would gain in school funding and taxes while taking on El Mora debt, with estimated annual revenues and a police and street program proposed. Opposition argues financial details must be clarified before legislative approval.
Forester warns Broad Street trees pruned too late risk sap loss and decay. He notes false growth rings from injudicious pruning and urges covering wounds with tar or paint to prevent rot and disease, comparing trees to humans in needing protection and care.
The Newark News notes a muckraking style line about honesty and lifelong learning, urging ethical conduct and the value of experience. It contrasts a hard world with the idea that truthfulness is the best policy, through a reflective, pointed paragraph.
A compilation of opinion excerpts from several papers railing at party politics and governance. The pieces critique political chaos, discuss proposed civil service reform, vivisection legislation, and public commissions, and note shifts in New Jersey political endorsements and appointments.
A collection of clipped quips and exchanges from newspapers including Chicago Record-Herald, Philadelphia Press, and Exchange. It includes banter about treating maids as family, keeping watch on a son, hotel patrols in New York, and reactions to a doctor's visit with peppery humor.
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