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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1908
Page
2
The passage details advertising rates for Wanted and To Let listings, Resolutions of Respect, Cards of Thanks, and wedding and funeral notices. It notes minimum charges and per word rates, and mentions The Journal’s memberships and telegraph news operations.
The article surveys New Jersey and other states on sending U S Senators as national convention delegates. It contrasts Massachusetts practice with Connecticut traditions, notes opinions of officials, and discusses views on capital punishment and local civic measures. It mentions Arbor Day, school observances, and political figures like Governor Stokes and County Chairman John Rotherham.
The text notes diverse items from a mayor’s handling of anarchist issues to Morgan resolution politics and Parisian events, mentioning Paterson, McBride, Thor Thomason, and Prohibition tensions in Joliet Illinois, with vague notes on Italian engagement and Carnegie danger signals.
Rear-Admiral Robley D. may live in Santa Barbara area after retirement next August. Waldorf Astor pledges 41,000 to Oxford once a fund hits 500,000 from May 1907. designer Donald B. Lard praises the salmon industry. Thoraday saw Thor? Thoraday age 10 in Seattle. Maine birth, coast work on Camerion built. Prof Prentiss of Princeton to teach classical Greek studies in Athens 1908-9. Ambtone Petry of Chicago joins Order of St Gregory the Great for church work. Mika Helen F. Manner of Brooklyn to receive 100 monthly Carnegie pension. editor of The Library Journal resigns for health. Fov Sothern to perform in New York a verse drama The Weakness of Man by John Allen Wyeth.
A Western Massachusetts court heard a man on trial for complicity in a summer crime. An exchange over an alibi exposed the defendant's evasive claims as the attorney pressed Yale as a lie. The judge considered contempt, while the defense sought context clarifying a misdated alibi. Nearby notes describe Spokane prominence and travel chatter involving a public announcer and regional trains.
The Note and Comment pages discuss Anti-Saloon League rhetoric amid a local option fight, a contrast in statements by Rev. Scudder and state league leadership, and J Frank Burke’s response. It then notes a one cent fine contrast for Standard Oil, Easter lily prospects, marriage attitudes, and praise for Grover Cleveland on wildlife protection, ending with a cautious view on municipal water supply ownership.
City authorities pursue a purchase or condemnation action against the Paesaica Water Company. The Paterson Call notes the possible direct buyout or legal proceedings to obtain control of water services.
A fragmentary humor column mocks toasts at a firemen dinner and a string of quips from various newspapers. Jokes touch on insurance, spirits, sailing, politics, and a hospital visit, with characters named in a rapid-fire collage and stray lines from multiple sources.
A fragmented dialogue shows Wiener Salonwitz and Ulatt discussing a traveling salesman named Smith. The exchange centers on staying solvent by offering low prices to avoid bankruptcy as the salesman emphasizes selling cheaply to avoid losses.
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