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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
2
Inco rporated. Published by Dale Eaeebe Sunday edition with office addresses in Elizabeth Newark New York and Chicago. Advertising rates listed per word and per line. Funeral notices and general notices mentioned along with delivery terms and city rates.
The legislature debates the Ackerman civil service bill amid party strife. Republicans voting with Democrats to amend and kill the measure draw public ire, while Ackerman argues against an elective commission. Bishop Voss and Governor Guild are noted figures amid wider political and educational debates.
The column surveys signs of revival in industry and rising wages alongside widespread unemployment and rail and steel sector activity. It notes a massive pension bill debated in Congress, aging Civil War veterans, and state legislative debates on civil service reform. It critiques partisan Civil Service fears and mocks a Trenton lobbying scene, while recounting regional game and hunting laws.
A fragmented notice describes rules for conversations between Senators Assemblymen and corporate representatives in New Jersey. It mentions approvals by the Chancellor the Governor and the People’s Lobby and requires discussions to occur in a public setting with at least three trustworthy witnesses present.
Joe Mitchell Chapple in National Magazine describes Congressman Adam Bede as a witty, genial statesman who lightens proceedings with humor. A young book agent misfires in a postcard scene, while Bede jokes about price and usefulness as the agent pitches a three dollar purchase. The piece blends literary reference with satire on agents and ambition.
A string of historical vignettes touches Justice Brewer on public debts, the Braganza royal deaths in Portugal, Ponce de Leon’s resting place in San Juan, a New York auction over Mary Baker Eddy items, Congressman John J. Burnett as the shortest House member, Jeff Davis’s Arkansas parole remark, Nord Alexis’s Haiti crisis, a grotesquely described Haitian envoy, portraits of Washington ministers, and a State Department bribery rumor about Root.
The article explains yesterday’s puzzle solution by selecting the correct fractional readings tied to Uncle Sam money. It shows how fractions of dollars lead to a final total of 11 dollars and 61.76 cents for Rosie, with the final line confirming the amount.
The torn excerpt blends biographical fragments about a War Department figure with reflections on poverty and social mores. It touches on a memorial gesture for a late husband, a nurse hospital plan, and brief, disparate quotes. It surveys Persia’s political religious clash, clerical versus anti clerical factions, and Persian character. The shah faces a difficult position as civil and religious elements intertwine.
A jumble of quotes and snippets from papers shows jokes about money and social airs, a Boston maid image, a Belgian dog saving a master, and a long cadet schedule from Reveille to taps. The passages mix humor, anecdotes, and military routine in a periodical snapshot.
A New York Press excerpt discusses English wit versus humor, noting critics confuse the two and that English wit can misread humor. It cites a Frenchman at a Waterloo medal scene remarking that the medal did not cost three francs, while claiming the French paid Napoleon a higher price.
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