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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1907
Page
1
The prosecutor contends many so called inns and taverns operate as drinking saloons, lacking true inn status and required screen views. He cites 1906 law and Elizabeth excise rules, noting about 189 places classified as inns but only about a dozen truly fit the category.
Residents discuss proposed Magnolia Avenue from Trinity to North Broad Street at a City Hall open meeting. Attendees express concerns about traffic, safety, and neighborhood impact. Officials outline steps and next hearings scheduled for the plan review.
Fragmentary notes describe a plumber strike disrupting local work. The garbled text hints at workers withholding service and possible union action affecting utilities and daily life.
The Journal offers a personally conducted six day tour to the Jamestown Exposition in Norfolk Virginia and other points of interest as a reward in the popular voting contest. Seven Union county girls or their friends may cut out ballots starting in today’s issue.
The Journal outlines a contest where seven guests will join a trip funded by The Journal. Entries open from a stated date and the first ballot appears on page seven. One winner from Elisabeth will be Triated Jay, with votes casting by Truly. Departure from Elizabeth is planned later with candidates from Elisabeth and other points.
A four district ballot plan selects contestants from Elizabeth and Union County towns along the Central and Pennsylvania Railroads. One winner per district and a timely coupon system lets readers vote, with entries to close July 24 noon and results announced July 26 in the Journal.
Sheriff John C. Kaiser of Hudson County is jailed on gambling charges after a 5 am arrest in a saloon. He and two others posted bail, with Kaiser awaiting grand jury action. The incident inflames local GOP tensions between Mayor Mark M. Fagan and Secretary of State Samuel D. Dickinson amid ongoing party power struggles.
A Northern Pacific North Coast Limited train was held up at Welch's Spur near Butte Montana by five highwaymen. They killed the engineer Frank Claw of Butte and wounded a fireman as they tried to reach the express car carrying about $100000 in currency from Seattle Portland and Spokane to the East. Police and railway officials report the robbers fled into rugged country after the attack.
London reports momentum toward Irish self government as Augustine Birrell outlines potential administrative reforms. Observers note taxation and governance issues, with Irish leaders and ministers weighing the approach and its prospects.
A fog caused the collision twenty miles east of Wheeling West Virginia between the New York and Chicago Express on the Baltimore and Ohio with a freight train. Four were killed and eight injured with many more slightly hurt. Names include engineer W. Reiley and express messenger J. L. Painter among the dead and injured. All the injured were expected to recover.
Harold B. Jones, 17, ran away after a termly order to leave home. With an accomplice he robbed two trolley conductors, then fired at himself, dying at Presbyterian Hospital. Accomplice G H Feedin was later captured and Jones held on highway robbery charges in $1,000 bail.
A deranged man in Frisco killed six members of one family on Pierces and Osk Streets during a morning rush hour. He barricaded himself in a house, resisted arrest for an hour, and was beaten into submission after his capture. The incident left a corpse count of six from a single household.
In May term opening Judge Swayze charged Elizabeth Grand Jury on excise law noncompliance, Sunday liquor sales, and recent violence including the Thorn murder and Buckley shooting during a hodcarriers strike. He defined inns taverns and hotels, and warned indictments for disorderly houses if boards fail to enforce public view.
Trading on May 1 shows Fractional declines with general losses across rail and industrials. Union Pacific experiences pressure, slipping to 146 before partial rebound, while government bonds hold steady and overall sentiment remains cautious.
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