Trolley hopes rise in Sea Bright and Long Branch
Sea Bright residents push for trolley extension to connect with Monmouth Beach and West Long Branch, hoping for cheap fast travel and more business. The piece notes patience and community effort, plus talk of Atlantic Coast Line tracks reaching Monmouth Beach and possible Sea Bright access, with town-wide awakening seen as key to success. It ends with a humorous note on Biblical repartee from Justice Jeremiah Black.
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Sea Bright
Red Bank
Monmouth Beach
Galilee
Oakhurst
West Long Branch
Branchport
Shrewsbury
Long Branch
Broadway
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic Avenue
New Jersey Southern
Second Avenue
North Long Branch
Rumson
Historic Highlands
Atlantic Highlands
Old First Church
Jeremiah Black
Pennsylvania
Moses Hampton
Moses
Tower Court
Hampton
Jeremiah
On the Rack and the History of Torture in Courts
The phrase putting a witness on the rack traces to ancient courts. A wooden frame tied wrists and ankles to rollers, which were moved to stretch the body for questioning. The method aimed to force memory by painful tension, a warning against revealing too much knowledge.
Wilson begins moves to amend New Jersey corporation law
Governor Wilson focuses on reform of the New Jersey corporation act after the Democratic platform calls for eliminating abuses. Chancellor Walker and Judge Van Sickel have been tasked to review the law, with further meetings planned. Leon R Taylor supports reforms and appears as a potential assembly speaker. Senator Overman and Henry Esterly visit Trenton advocating cabinet appointments.
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Princeton
N. J
Wilson
New Jersey
Edwin R. Walker
Bennett van Sickel
Senate
Assembly
Leon R Taylor
Taylor
Statehouse
Lee
Overman
North Carolina
Trenton
Josephus Daniels
Henry M. Esterly
Portland
Ore
Joseph Teal
Interior
Wilson to Celebrate Birthplace Birthday in Staunton
President elect Woodrow Wilson plans to begin his birthday by sleeping in the same bed he was born in Staunton Virginia. He will leave December 27 and arrive that night to rest in the Presbyterian parsonage where he was born. A jubilee is planned for his sixty sixth birthday.
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Princeton
N. J
Woodrow Wilson
Staunton
Presbyterian Parsonage
Dragon's First Woman Mayor Wins Warrenton Ore
Warrenton Oregon elects Christ Munson mayor by a margin of sixteen votes making her the first woman to hold that office in the state. She led the citizens ticket and was chosen on December 20.
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Dragon’s
Warrenton
Ore
Miss Christ Munson
Miss Munson
Oregon
Citizens
Former Sheriff Hayes Denies Graft Charge Before Aldermen
Former Sheriff Nicholas Hayes testified before the Curran committee resuming its probe of New York police affairs. He called the Balnes law hotel keeper George A. Sipp’s graft accusations unqualifiedly false, saying he had risen from a sickbed to attend and appeared pale and trembling on the stand.
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Nicholas Hayes
Curran Committee
New York
George A. Sipp
Balnes Law Hotel
Sipp
Hayes
Despondent father of six shoots self in Burlington home
Hzekiel McDermott a 40 year old telegraph operator at the Burlington Pennsylvania Railroad station shot himself in his third floor room as he feared he could not provide Christmas gifts for his wife and six children. A son found him unconscious. Dr. James Mac Farland transported him to county hospital where he lies dying.
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Burlington
N. J
Hzekiel McDermott
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
McDermott
James MacFarland
Newark Fears Strike War In Express Company Turmoil
Newark New Jersey December 20 Chief of Police Corbit assumes direct control as drivers and handlers at local express firms strike. Police deploy mounted and foot officers to express offices and key locations with extra reserves ready to move. Wagons move under escort and no trouble is reported.
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Newark
N. J
Corbit
No Successor to Leeds Vacancy Won't Be Filled
Gloucester county will have no representative in the New Jersey Assembly next session. The Board of Freeholders again refused to ask Governor Wilson to order a special election to fill the vacancy caused by Edward C Leeds death shortly after his election. They reasoned that direct representation would not justify the extra cost in a Democratic assembly.
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New Jersey Assembly
Trenton
N. J
Gloucester County
State Assembly
Moving pictures of a wedding delight Chicago crowds
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a wedding film that captured the moment the bride was knocked senseless by an old shoe, with the scene deemed splendidly natural.
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Chicago Record-Herald
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New Brunswick
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