Delays in Choosing Post Office Site Provokes City Protest
The Treasury Supervising Architect delays final site selection for the new post office amidBroad Street opposition. Assemblyman Meeker travels to Washington to seek public input as talks continue on the Williamson corner site, with notices issued for postponement and government review.
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Teasury Department
Williamson
Westfield Avenue
North Broad Street
Broad Street
R. Meeker
Washington
Meeker
Treasury Department
Jonel Taylor
Federal
Aid
Oor
Wilbargon
Ted Beta
Williammom
Itroad Street
Tate
Inase Wy
Ingen
Aly B
Jameon
East Road
M. Kellogg
Thia Fn
Paiblie
Lamp hurled at wife sparks hospital blaze
Mrs Husk of 230 Port Avenue was brought to Elizabeth General Hospital with burns after her husband, in anger, buried a lit lamp on her head last night near midnight. Police Officer Styler and Doheny summoned an ambulance and arrested Huski, who lives in a Central Railroad house with six children, as neighbors reported the row.
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Husk
Port Avenue
Elizabeth General Hospital
Styler
Doheny
Huski
Ape Bell
Z Huski
Bills of Interest to School Teachers in Senate
In Trenton on March 12 two Senate bills drew teacher attention. One raises the pension for retired teachers to six tenths of their last five years average pay, with compulsory membership in a reorganized retirement fund. The other offers retirement after at least six years of service at half the last five years average salary, conditioned on twenty years’ service and Board of Education employment.
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Trenton
Senate
Wakelee
Hutchinson
Uty
Board of Education
Restraint Bid Challenges Rival in City Writ Case
Fragmentary OCR text shows a writ of certiorari proceeding in Batoniay city court. It references attempted restraining of a rival and a corporation, with unclear details on the heating of the application and writ actions in the court.
Baltimore Weather Event Sparks Electric Display
A vivid electrical storm over Baltimore lit up the sky with torential rain and bright flashes. The spectacle lasted several minutes and was followed by rumbling thunder, described in colorful but fragmentary terms from the report.
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Interpala
Adame Obituary Notes Local Man's Death
Obituary fragment recalls Frank Adame of Urkuk Adgtes, a city resident for thirty years, son of Mate Lot, with limited readable details on his death and home life.
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Frank Adame
Urkuk Adgtes
Os Ae
Mate
Collins Elected Brigadier General by National Guard Officers
General Collins elected Brigadier General in command of the Second Brigade at the Tren ton armory. Twelve officers attended in dress uniform. Colonel Mather withdrew. Collins received nine votes and accepted with thanks amid applause. General Wanser presided with Major Leon Manton as clerk.
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Dennia F. Collins
Trenton
Hest
National Guard
P. Farmer Wanser
Vision
Wanser
Leon Manton
Second
Landon Abalone
Rhivers
Priep
Mathers
Mather
Wanters
Martin
Price
Col
Collina
Collins
Col. Colina
Col. Collins
Andre
Hig
Lar
Fire destroys large factory in New Brunswick
A massive blaze engulfed a five story factory in New Brunswick, described as one of the country’s largest structures. The fire tore through a long warehouse area, extending nearly 200 feet and prompting rapid emergency response. No full details on casualties or causes are provided in the fragmented account.
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Aras
On Trail of Marvin Boy Kidnapping Probe
Jersey City resident Edward Duddy reported seeing Horace Marvin the four year old boy in Dover Delaware in the custody of a woman at a trolley station near the PRR terminal. Detectives and police pursued the suspect who arrived on a Pennsylvania Railroad train. witness described the woman as about 210 pounds with jet black hair blue eyes and a black outfit with a red turban hat.
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Jerey City
Edward Duddy
Morgan Street
Jersey City Evening Journal
Horace Marvin
Dover
Del
PH. R. Terminal
Duddy
Greenville
Pennsylvania Railroad
PRR
Dunkly
Evening Journal
Publishers Press
Deynagh
Dream Foretold Brother’s Death on Rail Line
Plainfield March 13 Honey Warl James a Central Railroad brakeman on the Jersey City to Remercille passenger run was killed at Somerville at 2 o clock this morning. He dreamed early of his brother being struck by an engine and woke his wife to tell her. Soon after a telegram arrived confirming the fatality.
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Plainfield
Honey Warl James
Thin City
Central Railroad Company
Jersey City
Remercille
Somerville
Elizabeth
Intel
Ambrose Jameas & Har
Somerset
James
Battleship Jena 18 A Total Loss
Toulon reports the battleship Jens suffered a severe explosion and is a total loss. About 200 men are dead or missing, with numerous others injured and hospitalized. Official figures place dead and missing among officers crew and laborers around two hundred, with hundreds more wounded but not fatally.
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Toulon
Jens
Unis Siterpoon
Marine
Maya
Ite
Howea
Membare
Fey
Soll
Winty Imea
Bhut
Forty Men Buried in a Tunnel Landslide
New York reports that forty laborers were buried in a tunnel landslide in Panzeytraria. A fellow worker’s quick digging saved forty men, with ten others killed or seriously injured. Rescuers battled debris as the trapped men were uncovered, one Italian reportedly killed in the collapse.
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New York
Diggsout
Panzeytraria
Abelandlie
Seth
Stock Break Halts Rally as Markets Crumble
New York March 13. a sharp stock market reversal sent prices plunging one to ten points in the active list. The collapse followed Berlin and London market weakness, with Union Pacific dropping to new lows and Reading, Northern Pacific, and Great Northern sinking. A Cabinet meeting at the White House yielded no statement, fueling speculation that Cortelyou would announce a plan to handle customs receipts and bank reserves.
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Wall Street
Berlin
London
Washington
New York
Coimendont
Welt
Olth
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Reading
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Great Northern Oregon
Crisis in Thaw Trial Delicately Balanced at End
New York March 13 The Thaw trial reached a hinge moment as both sides urged no adjournment to finish their cases. Prosecutors and defense argued over insanity versus premeditation while Jerome aimed to undermine the insanity plea by introducing the Evelyn Nesbit affair claims and the Paris interview to sway the jury on Thaw's sanity at the time of the Stanford White shooting.
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New York
Thaw
Harry Thaw
Xo Delicate
J. C. Smith
Stanford White
Jerome
Wlore
Hamapell
Evelyn New
Branfont White
Evelyn
Abe
Harry
Banda
Tim Tor
Kill- Whitecourt
Sele Jon
Paris
Train Plunges From Bridge in Pittsburg Disaster
In Pittsburg on March 13 a West Pennsylvania train crossing Deer Creek bridge near Harmerville Station collapsed after heavy rain. Engineer J B L Mikesall 25 Allegheny, Fireman Willing J Cantwell 21 Darlington Vs, Brakeman J M Johns 25 Freeport Pa drowned. Seven freight cars toppled into the river. bodies not recovered. all traffic on the division suspended.
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Pittsburg
J.bl Mikesall
Allegheny
Willing J. Cantwell
Darlington
J. M. Johns
Freeport
Deer Creek
West Pennsylvania Railroad
Harmerville
West Pennsylvania
Builders clash on open shop trigger big city strike
Washington March 13 The Manter Builders Association and the Structural Building Alliance have locked horns over the open shop issue triggering a potential large scale strike. The dispute stems from a paragraph in the agreement with Master and Journeymen Plumbers who had been at odds for eighteen months. Several thousand mechanics could lose work if not settled this week.
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Washington
Manter Builders’ Association
Structural Building Vere Alliance
Horna
Japan to Send Warship to Aid Dakota Wreck Salvage
At the British Admiralty request Japan will dispatch a warship to anchor the wrecked American steamer Dakota of the Great Northern Pine near Mojini Light House, forty miles from Yokohama. Tendon underwriters fear heavy losses if the Dakota becomes a total wreck, a possibility given the conditions.
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Andon
Japan
Mojini
Yokohama
Admiralty
Fritz Scheel Death Shocks Orchestra World
In Philadelphia on March 13 Fritz Scheel renowned orchestra leader died at a late hour from pneumonia. His death halts a storied career guiding major ensembles and conducting famed programs across the nation.
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Fritz Scheel
Philadelphis
Frits Scheel
Daa O'Dlock
Bunbber Subbed For Bout Pele Mentioned In Ragged Text
Fragmentary OCR passage mentions bout and names with scattered words. Vague references to people, locations, and an address surface, no clear event or full details. The readable items point to a repair offer and a price but lack coherent context.
Bloom Bill Crushed in the Assembly Debate
Trenton March 13 in the long postposed vote on the Bloom excise bill the Democrats failed to muster liquor interests votes with seven Democrats joining Republicans in opposition the tally 34 to 36 Buxton Morristown abstained the result marks a campaign opening as speakers defend the American Sunday and local option amid party splits in the New Jersey Legislature.
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Trenton
Buxton
Morris County
Young Men's Christian Associaton
Morristown
M Esrle
von Blarcom
Asure
Slou Deraxd
Marte
Charles H. Blok
Mercer County
Mans
Uetle
Germany
Barber
Klenert
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