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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1908
Page
2
The Elizabeth Daily Journal outlines advertising rates for notices and classifieds with charges for cards of thanks funeral notices and resertions. It notes multiple departments and a Broad Street office in Elizabeth New Jersey and United Press telegraph services.
The Journal lists polling places for Elizabeth Registry Day with booths open from 1 PM to 9 PM. Voters are reminded that failure to register means they cannot vote, urging immediate registration today.
A fragmentary historical piece discusses the Eastern Question from Peter the Great to the Crimean era. It notes Russia under Catherine II and Nicholas I sought influence over Christian populations in the Ottoman Empire, the term sick man of Europe, and the 1853 to 1856 Crimean War context with Britain and France backing the Sultan against Russia.
The article surveys Gladstone and Disraeli on the Ottoman Empire, the San Stefano treaty, and Bulgaria's near independence, noting Bulgarian plans under a prince and Austrian occupation since 1878. It links European intrigue to Bulgaria's future and mentions race on political reform in the U.S. election context and Atlantic City conventions.
The Attorney General of New Jersey sues Phillipsburg under a state law granting the Sewerage Commission power to stop municipal discharges into streams used for public water. The action seeks to curb pollution of the Delaware River, prompting broader calls for sewerage reform and potential future county and city cases if the law stands.
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