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Newspaper
Elizabeth Daily Journal
Location
Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1908
Page
2
The notice details advertising offices in Elizabeth Newark and New York with rate information for single-copy delivery and weekly charges. It lists rate minimums for advertisements under categories like Wanted To Let For Sale and wedding notices, and notes telegraphic news sourcing and publication times.
A list of Republican nominees including William I. Tapt for President, Jamer 8. Eisenman for Vice President, Charles N. Fowler for Congregeman, Ernest R. Ackerman for State Senator, and assemblymen Carlton A. Pierce Albert F. Kimstein Augustus W. Schwartz. Also named are sheriff Robert J. Kirkland coroner Adolph Degenking mayor Victor Mravlag and several ward council and board of education candidates with numerous names across wards.
A Jacal church sermon denounces bad citizenship among good men connected to city politics. The piece argues that brewers and corrupt officials threaten municipal progress, urging vigilant prosecution and reform to safeguard clean, orderly government and ballot integrity. It cites Bryan era ideas on bank deposits and insurance, warning of factions resisting civic duty. The essay labels the struggle as the enduring “bad citizenship of good men” in a heated municipal campaign.
Readers in Elizabeth voice views on the 1900s presidential race, Hughes and Bryan, the economy, banking, and business plans. They raise questions about campaign honesty, municipal interests, and a demand for clear explanations. A contributor questions election conduct and civic duties. Another letter asks about naturalization and voting rules for residents under 21.
A reader laments filthy sidewalks under the Mary Street bridge of the Pennsylvania Railroad and dirty streets near East Grand Street, blaming street maintenance and seeking accountability before the mayoral election. A separate letter condemns the condition of School No. 1 yard, noting worn shoes and torn clothing as children arrive unclean and urging action.
A flier campaign urges rapid bank organization with a full state guarantee, claiming no risk to depositors and profits for promoters. It touts large deposits in short time and demands responses by enclosing stamps. Also includes inquiries on alien voting rights and national anthem debates in editorials.
Miss Mathersturtevant is admitted to the Jefferson City bar with a record of scholastic excellence. She led as valedictorian from high school and earned scholarships at Baker University, Kansas City University, Namaenratons, and the University of misq Nant. Charlotte Archer, a Cherokee, is named assistant superintendent of Mayes county Oklahoma Kehoola, after Cherokee Female Seminary training. She serves on the Cherokee Board of Education, the first woman in that role. Dr Alexander Schaefer studies animal vision, noting eyeball size as key to sharpness, ranking bovine sight first, followed by humans and horses, then sheep. Five women join the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research as scholars or fellows, including Miss Nellis Gald thwait an, Miss Maud L Menten, Miss Mahal P Fitzgerald, Miss Wollstein, and Miss Bertha L Barker.
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