29 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Jersey City News
Location
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1902
Page
1
Jersey City’s Democratic weekly notes a slow legislative start with no major bills. It discusses tax bills and highway takings, cautions on state money for mosquitos, and questions Governor Murphy’s resolve amid partisan pressures.
In a debate on taxation and street ownership, lawmakers face scrutiny as the Republican majority resists local tax advocacy. The article notes political pressure from Tanant and calls for accountability, while elsewhere New Jersey’s public support for a battleship gift underscores patriotic sentiment and legislative debates over funds and civic pride.
The Sourral argues Mayor Fagan's marriage to her father in law was legal but defies US life and decency. It criticizes District Attorney Jerome's policing as abnormal, and notes editorial sympathy shifting among conservatives. The city excise board granted two items but remains unsure of their identity and alignment.
The piece defends Mayor Fagan and the Street and Water Board against Journal criticism of paving work on Summit Avenue. It notes a minor water pipe job delayed by frost and ground conditions, arguing no fault by the boards. It questions the need for a sensational trial and defends the boards against alleged political motives behind the coverage.
Newark Evening News reports Jersey City Mayor Fagan argues for marriages within prohibited degrees of relationship not void but voidable, claiming ceremonies are not illegal. The piece notes New Jersey Crimes Act 1898 defines incest as penalized by fines up to 1000 dollars or up to five years hard labor, with civil court dissolutions only.
A historical ad-like text claims Hood's Sarsaparilla cures irritable digestion taste issues bad breath mouth tenderness and heartburn with many permat ent cures. It emphasizes a waverable condition improving after using the product.
The Newark diocese publishes Lent regulations beginning Ash Wednesday February 3 detailing fasting abstinence rules for the Lenten season. It covers meat allowances on specific days, fish avoidance with meals, permitted dairy, egg and butter use, exemptions for the ill and elderly, dispensation powers of priests, plenary indulgence provisions, Holy Week ceremonies, and a Holy Land collection to be taken in all churches with a divinely sanctioned indulgence for proper observance.
The Onward Council of Daughters of Liberty held a social session at Arcanum Hall on Juckeon and Ottekan avenues last evening. Representatives from Putnam, Custer, Loyal and Columbia Connells, Many States, and civils attended and spoke on the council’s work. Russian refreshments were served afterward.
Friends of Mr. Frank Yaeger of No Grove Street held a surprise party at the Avenue House on Sunday night for his thirty second birthday. About a dozen young people attended and enjoyed the evening's entertainment.
Trenton January 2 A day off and adjournment of both houses ended a week of the session. Lawmakers anticipate a lively advance with key measures on Passaic pollution and canal abandonment. Other proposed bills include speed limits, street crossing rights, reporters’ salaries for state books, housing occupancy rules, and pension fund allocations for soldiers and their wives. Local boards and state boards push for new commissions and professional licensing hikes.
Residents plan to travel to Brooklyn tomorrow to protest a contract awarded to the New Jersey Agricultural Society for a crematory to handle dead animals from Brooklyn. They warn that choosing Harrison as a dumping ground will invite costly legal and civic battles and damage to property values.
Mrs. Margaret Kinsey of Genesee County Michigan reports long suffering cured by Peruna saying she needs no more medicine and will never be without it. Her husband also benefited after years of cough. Congressman J H Bankhead endorses Peruna as a tonic and catarrh cure. The advertisement claims Peruna reaches mucous membranes and cures catarrh, with a free booklet offer from The Peruna Medicine Company Columbus Ohio.
Reports indicate a New Jersey based corporation will be organized to cooperate with United States Steel Corporation, handling coal and coke assets from the Hoabontas Coal Company. Thomas Lynch as probable head of the new entity. Publicized annual meeting set for February 17 with Schwab and Gary leading the board.
A Palma Club event on Jersey Avenue and Bright Street featured ladies visiting the clubhouse. Guests toured the building, enjoyed billiards on the second floor, danced on the top floor to a string orchestra, and watched a bowline match on the ground floor with lively scores reported by the tutor.
Madison Avenue residents protested an arc shade erected in their area arguing it blocks light. After a smaller shade was removed yesterday another larger shade was installed. They have appealed to Captain McKalg of the Communibanenue station to have it removed again and demand the shade be revoked.
Sergeant James Hopkins of Montgomery Street notional edition house becomes a grandfather after his daughter Mrs Mann of Wilken Street gave birth to a son Monday afternoon. Grandpapa is overjoyed.
A parish reception for St Patric e Church of the Five Bells will be hosted in the city area. A joint committee is coordinating the event and invites attendees, with about one thousand seats expected for the reception and related activities.
In a fragmentary entry from the St. Aloysius parish, readers are invited to a local church event described as a jodder of the area. The note references community involvement led by the ladies of the parish with plans to convene at the church, and hints at broader social activities coordinated by church members.
Mrs Eljan Bocarshy, mother of Police Justice James J. Mershy, died Sunday of pneumonia and was buried yesterday in the Catholic Cemetery West Side, Corvines nearby. Funeral services were held at St. Catholic Church Lafayette, the home of Moelian viticutling. Mrs was the wife of ne Tor.
A jumble of petitions and notices from Washington includes Loutensinger urging suppression of liquor traffic, names of towns sending petitions for Chinese exclusion laws, and calls for reprominent officials. Rep Howell and Towdenslager are mentioned with reappointments and posts. The piece notes a recent New Jersey harbor and river improvements briefing and a Newark Paterson visit that informed a House committee.
Bergen Republican Club met last evening with Counselor Willam H. Spier outlining trolley transfer questions. He criticized prior administration’s handling of transfers and urged a citywide petition to pressure the traction company for reassessment and improved service.
Notice of public sale by the Jersey City Clerk and mayoral authorities detailing a bond and land sale in New Jersey. Includes names such as Jennie Bundersom and William J. Muntaemery, with dates and amounts, and references to heirs and creditors seeking claims within specified deadlines.
Fire damage at Police Headquarters after a Saturday evening blaze prompts estimate by George H Jones. Newark Fire Insurance Company adjuster surveys the wreckage and orders repairs by Carpenter Jones Beck and others. Police Chief Murphy says the city will pay no cost for the restoration.
A fragment from a Furth ward report notes the Patrick Gavan Association held a ball or social event. The text mentions participants, possibly local attendees, and a chaotic description of the evening's proceedings with unclear names and outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests a social club event in New York with attendees possibly named Gagan and Willi Wh. Details are garbled, but references to a reception and attendees appear. Further readable names and concrete events are not clearly extractable from the fragment.
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