Letter from Fowler foes taint Fifth District campaign
A long political letter addressed to a constituent, signed by Charles W. Fowler, attacks Speaker Cannon and Theodore Roosevelt era Republican figures. It urges support for Fowler and assembly candidates, urging ballot action on popular government and reform measures amid a Newark or New Jersey district political clash. The envelope ink references ballots, platform items, and a push against perceived Republican machine influence.
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Cannon
Kean
Repub Organization
Theodore Roosevelt
Taho
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakotan
Minnesota
Taft
New Jersey
John
Daniel
Voorhees
Herausa
Etter
Fowler
Thet Assembly
Milk Theft Suspect Arrested in Street Incident
A 17 year old, Tony Mow, was arrested on milking a cow without permission near Bayway. Police report he approached the scene quietly, claimed to like warm milk, and faced a judge who dismissed the case after questioning the supposed motives.
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Tony Mow
Miit Waa
Mients
Woman 58 Dies After Threatened Suicide Following Heart Attack
Melancholy over severe heart disease leads Mrs. Henry Bush of 581 East Jersey Street to warn neighbors she might take poison. She was found dead in bed at 6:10 AM after her husband gave water. Doctors say not suicide. investigation notes a lingering heart condition and no evidence of poison. Mrs. Bush, born in Germany, survived by her husband and daughter.
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Henry Bush
East Dersey Street
Parle Green
Bush
Arthur Stern
Mrs. Bush
Germany
Mra. Janse
Matioar
Hospital Nurse Leaves to Wed in Home City
Misa Mabel Dickie, formerly of 544 Adame Avenue, a graduate of the General Howon Institute nursing course, has left Barre to wed A. C. French, a well known railroad man connected with the D. I. & W. The wedding date has not been decided.
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Misa Mabel Dickie
Adame Avenus
Barre
A. C. French
Dickie
Westfield Assessors Flunk County Tax Ratables
A damaged Westfield notice reports the County Board for the Evaluation of Taxes failed to receive expected ratables from Westfield decasers. The misreport disrupted assessed values and delayed county listing, prompting immediate city impact and inquiries into the assessment process.
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County Board
Wealfield
Dalry
Westfield
Father’s Death Reported In Fragmented Local Notice
Unclear OCR fragment notes a father’s death and mentions a date, with incomplete details. The readable parts reference a funeral or obituary item and a local notice, but specific names, places, or actions are not discernible.
Odd Case Sheds Light on Maltreatment Claim
An 18 month old Stopko child at St Elizabeth Hospital shows possible recovery after injuries blamed on Mrs Seropko and Mr Matlosz. Mrs Matlosz, 82, died. case details reveal her ill health and tensions over care of her sick wife. Mr Matlosz declined to comment.
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Stopko
Erie Street
St. Elizabeth ‘Hospital
Amirew Matlosx
Nick
Attenton
Matloas
Btropko
Tate
Gzrupke ‘Toft
Matlosz
Elizabeth Avenue
Says Matloez
Joe
Dre. Stein
Stern Tre Ealien
Elisabeth Heaps
Rahway Robber Sentences and Local Court Actions
The Rahway Court of Special Sessions heard John Kline, a Black defendant, plead guilty to a daytime highway robbery attempt and was sentenced to prison. Assistant Prosecutor Hetfield cited concealment of prior facts. Other defendants, including Connors, Thomas, and Kearn, faced sentences or further trials for breaking and entering, carrying revolvers, and related charges in Plainfield and Rahway, with varied jail terms and remand to facilities.
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Judge Atwater
Court of Special Sessions
John Kline
Rahway
Atwater
Med Can Inns
Har
Mary Galle
White
Steiki
Tor Hetfield
Rive
Witttem
Conmart
Plainfield
Rahway Reformatory
Eencernes
Connors
John Thomas
Painter
Wen ‘Thomas
Taofe
New
New York
Anu
Thomas
City Attorney Opinion Supports Fire Board Salary Authority
City Attorney Connolly's opinion to Mayor Mraving states the Board of Fire Commissioners controls department salaries within the overall appropriation. The council may divide funds into items, but the board may increase officers' salaries if not exceeding the bulk appropriation. The mayor and comptroller should approve the chief's pay, and the board bears responsibility for overspending. Minutes show no further action taken. Committees were announced for several administrative tasks.
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Connolly
Board of Fire
Tard
Cox
J. J. Colling Anid
Mraving
Fire Department
Board of Fire Commissioners
Omaha
Oflcere Iy
Board of Fire Commissionra
Ehi Anment
Tounell
Ana
Hinld Linhin
Hesa Communicationn
Kurtz
Apparatua
Weber
Coline
Collins
Chandler
Collin
Colina
International Court Rules for Great Britain in Fisheries Dispute
The Hague September 7 The International Court of Arbitration has decided in favor of Great Britain on all major points in the fisheries dispute with the United States with one exception The United States will not be excluded from the coast guard regulation but the decision grants Britain authority to regulate fishing on the New England coast and requires the United States to receive two months notice of new regulations
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Journel
the Hague
International Court of Arbitration
Great Britain
United States
Lummasch
Newana
Lad Arrested Over Drinking Incidents at Local Store
John Broger aged 11 or so faced a City Criminal Court judge today charged with entering the shop of Mrs Bertha Arst at 17 South Spring street after being found drinking. The court heard he admitted consuming alcohol and went to the store to sleep. Judge Mahon noted the youth would require supervision.
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Bertha Arst
South Spring Street
John Broger
Joige Mahon
Judes Maney
Meyers
Higuer
Tee
School Plans Discussed By Local Architects
In a brief meeting, city officials and architects reviewed proposed school plans. The discussion centered on site layout, budgeting, and the potential for a new high school building to replace aging facilities. Several attendees stressed timely decisions to avoid delays in the project.
Rahway Hears Judge Runyon on Taft Support
Special to the Journal Rahway reports a Republican mass meeting at the Auditorium featuring Judge William S. Runyon nominee candidate for Congress in the Fifth District. Runyon praised Taft administration, noted Roosevelt and Bryan as national figures, and urged unity to prevent a Democratic House from derailing Republican policy.
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Rahway
Taft
Wiliam SN. Runyon
Runyon
Eures
Theodore Roosevelt
William J. Bryan
William H. Taft
Pilgne
Panama
New York Woman Dies In Gas Suicide At Boarding House
Juliette Erlemann, 25, daughter of Emil and Mrs Erlemann of 427 Spencer Street, killed herself in a Went Fiftieth Street boarding house by inhaling gas. Police say she left home two days earlier for New York, left a note undelivered to her mother, and purchased a nightgown before returning to the room. Her motive remains undisclosed as investigators review the sequence of events and notify her father, a local milk dealer.
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Mile Juliette Erlemann
Emil Erlemann
Spencer Rirret
Wear Fiftieth Street
New York City
Alls
Exlamann
Flood
Rene
New York
John. A. Paters
Boca Vlion
Erlemann
Ainslatheanyees
Miea Erlemann
Misa Erlermann
Juliette Seme
Spencer Strest
Fireman Assaulted at Aeolian Factory in Cranford
Laula Fallo is charged with striking Jamies McCreedy, a night fireman at the Aeolian factory, on the head with a shovel in the engine room. McCreedy suffered a severe head wound and body injuries, was taken home on Johnson Avenue in Cranford, and treated. Fallo, an Aeolian employee, was arrested and held for the Grand Jury.
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Garwood
Laula Fallo
Jamies McCreedy
Aeolian
Hight
McCreedy
Johnson Avenue
Cranford
Mia
Fallo
Aeolian Company
Idge Collen
Grand
Democrats Enter Fight for Cranford Offices
Special to the Journal Cranford Rept. 7 The Democratic Executive Committee met that night and set a local ticket for primaries. No nominations were made. The ticket includes Freeholder J. A. Sperry. town clerk R. Deny m Mach men price Waiter' If. Radat and 8. J. Sant. constables Albert Crane and T. J. Mindenberger. surveyors of highways Ursing and D. T. Plerwony. party convention deletes 8 J. Cox first district J. A. Sperry Second district State convention 8.1. Cox First Winterlet J. A. Sperry Second district Congressional convention RB Cochran First district Kenyon Mesnick Second district County convention 8 JJ Cox First District to A. Sparty Second district. The appropriation arean follows: Roan 6500 sprinkling 500 police 4000 fire 3500 poor 8500 health 300 purposes 1200.
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Cranford
Democratic Executive Committee
J. A. Sperry
R. Deny m Mach
Price
Radat
J. Sant Constables
Albert Crane
T. J. Mindenberg
Cox
Firat
A. Sparty
Alleged Assault Reported At New Point Road
Favroiman rrets of the First palien pre cinct was dispatched after an appeal for garnet a young woman Miss Rosco Mark told police J Lugueta assaulted Miss Julia Bennett and attempted to choke her. The complainant said the trouble arose from family matters and the case was to be heard in City Criminal Court today with no arraignments made.
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Favroiman
Palien
New Point Road
Garnet
Pento Police
Maine
Lugueta
Julia Bennett
Misa Bennett
Emeinat
Crinminm
Malta
Not Prostrated Drunk Mayor Investigates Elly Sweepers
The town mayor confronted a drunken incident yesterday involving a city sweeper near Rivet Street. An examination revealed the man was intoxicated and inappropriate actions led to his discharge. The mayor plans a thorough review and likely seeks a replacement.
Falls From Ladder Injures Newark Wagon Proprietor
Middendorf, owner of a tow wagon on Second Street near Port Avenue, fell from a ladder while cleaning wagon windows yesterday afternoon, spraining his right knee and seeking treatment at Alexian Hospital. He lives at 758 South Twentieth Street in Newark and has resumed the wagon business after weeks away.
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Foward Middendorf
Second Street
Port Avenue
Alexian Hospital
Middendorf
South Twentieth Street
Newark
Dog Attacks Letter Carrier In Street Incident
An unfamiliar report describes a dog attacking a letter carrier during a daytime route. The creature lunged from a yard, leaping over a fence and striking the carrier, who attempted to retreat but was bitten and sustained injuries. Local authorities urge caution around roaming dogs and remind residents to secure pets.
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Cranford
W. Winans
Name Forged in City and County Committee Petition
A man, Hanstein of 67 Crane Street, claims his signature was forged on a petition nominating him for the Republican City and County Committee in the Tenth ward. He says he never agreed to run and did not know of the petition, while a handwriting check shows the signature differs from his own. The case mirrors another irregularity connected to Fowler party delegates and a separate nomination in the Seventh ward.
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Fowler
City Clark Kenah
Viethm de
City and County
Mr. Hanstein
Organization
Jacob Reaver
Westfield Avenue
Towon
Mr. Hanatein
Saseysor
Tenth Ward
Hanstein
Tora
Petiti
Outlon
Hanatein
Fowler Muppenir
Train robbery suspect arrested in St Louis
Police arrest Emil Freund of Chicago and allege he and accomplice Albert Julien robbed a Burlington Pacific Coast train near St Louis. Eyeing the train, they claim to have shot conductor J M Wine during the escape. both men formerly worked as stereotypers in a Chicago newspaper.
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St. Louia
Emil Freund
Chicago
Albert Julien
Slep
J. M. Wine
Fegman
Jona
Unter
Tom
Jullents
Mer
Chicas
Earthquake Shocks Reported in Cleveland and Bergen
Two earthquake shocks were reported with one near Cleveland and another near Bergen. The tremors occurred around 1:50 AM and continued at 4:07 AM, with measurements extending to 6:21 AM. Authorities lack precise distance estimates due to sparse ground records.
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Semgron
Soley Cot Bt
Lnrbanee
Bergen
Lieutenant W Bowers Relicitor General Improves After Illness
Boston September 7 Lieutenant W Bowers Relict or General of the United States who had been ill with bronchitis in the city for three weeks today reported no relapse and is rapidly recovering from his attack once deemed serious.
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Lloyd Bowers
Boston
Lieut W. Bowers
United States
Stock market opens with unsettled trading pace
Telegraph desk reports a hesitant start at the opening of the stock market with lower activity among active traders. Prices drifted, then improved in the second hour as government bonds led gains while other bonds steadied and the market showed a firmer tone. Elizabeth Commercial College advertises shorthand and bookkeeping courses.
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Ime-Hall
Eprnler Uilding
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FOR Conservation
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