Suffragists Press For State Amendment In Early Campaign
New Jersey suffragists push for a legislative hearing on the suffrage amendment with a broad campaign. Organizer Mrs Minnie J Reynolds travels weekly across Atlantic City Orange Trenton and Camden delivering speeches and distributing leaflets naming legislators and urging supporters to write lawmakers. County groups recruit members and influence voters in the effort to win passage.
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New Jersey
House of Assembly
Minnie J. Reynolds
Atlantic City
Orange
Camden
Trenton
Pole Tavern Tannery Man Gottlieb Kress Dies After Ice Fall
Gottlieb Kress aged 79 dies at Pole Tavern N J after a January fall on ice caused concussion of the brain two weeks earlier. A long time tanner and trader with farmers in Salem county he operated a tannery established as early as 1783 and emigrated from Germany in 1854.
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Daretown
N. J
Gottlieb Kress
Pole Tavern
Kress
Germany
America
Salem County
Hime
Man in New Jersey Eats Muskrats During Flood Rescue
Hungarian trapper John Kutlick drifted from a haystack in submerged Big Piece meadows after checking traps. His canoe floated away leaving him with two exhausted deer and two muskrats he had trapped. William Closin paddled a rowboat to reach him as the deer swam off.
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Mountain “View
N. J
John Kutlick
Big Piece
William Closin
Kubrick
Lynx Killed in New Jersey After Venison Trap
Marcus Cort, warden from Pike County Pennsylvania, trapped a seven pound Canadian lynx in Sussex County New Jersey on January 13. A dead doe, which as it ran against a fence killed itself, led to the trapping. Cort baited traps with venison, captured the young lynx, and dispatched it with a revolver.
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Newton
N. J
Marcus Cortright
Pike County
Sussex County
Blinds Girl and Robs Her in Red Pepper Attack
Miss Helen H. Jeffries, daughter of R W Jeffries president, was robbed by Arthur W. Colson Jr., son of a Camden policeman, who blinded her with red pepper near a bank in Camden New Jersey on January 18. Colson was captured after a chase and held without bail. The satchel containing $300 was recovered and returned to Miss Jeffries.
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Camden
N. J
Helen H. Jeffries
Richard W. Jeffries
R. W. Jeffries Company
Arthur W. Colson
Colson
Misa
Jeffries
Helen Gould to Wed in Tarrytown Jan 22
New York reports the wedding of Miss Helen Gould to Finley J. Shepard will take place at Carrytown on Wednesday January 22 at 12 30 PM. A small guest list includes relatives neighbors from Tarrytown and Irvington with an elaborate 40 piece Nathan Rank orchestra. A seated breakfast will follow the ceremony and guests include the Duke and Duchess of Wert and their son Prince de Sagan of Paris who sailed aboard the Mauretania.
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New York
Misa Helen Gould
Finley J. Shepard
Miss Gould
Carrytown
Tarrytown
Irvington
Nathan Rank
Shepard
Miss~Gonta
Siser
Prince de Sagan
Paris
Mauretania
Resignation of Rev Sydney Cross at St Pauls Westfield
Rev Sydney Cross quits as rector of St Pauls Episcopal Church Westfield N J after charges brought to wardens and vestrymen. resignation effective Feb 1 he cites focus on literary work and says bishop Scarborough advised delaying. Cross organized boys vestry choir and summer camping trips. he edited St Pauls Messenger. Church officials refuse to discuss charges.
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Sydney Cross
Episcopal Church
Westfield
J. Westfield
N. J
St. Paul's ‘Episcopal Church
Scarborough
Trenton
St. Paul's
St. Paul's Messenger
Crosa
W. Harriman at Muldoon's Sanitarium
William Muldoon who runs a sanitarium near White Plains admits Joseph Harriman nephew of the late Harriman is there. He will not say how long Harriman has been or his condition or how long he plans to stay. Muldoon declines to discuss patients.
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Muldoon
White Plains
Wilam Muldoon
Josep Harriman
Harriman
Slayer Gets Forty Year Term
Edward R. Dickens was sentenced to forty years in the Forsyth penitentiary for the murder of Fred Dorste in Branson. The killing arose from a quarrel between blacksmiths over rates charged for shoeing horses.
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Springfield
Edward R. Dickens
Forsyth
Fred Dorste
Branson
Sipp Fears Death After Phone Threats in Philadelphia
George A. Sipp former New York hotel keeper claims a New York police system intends to murder him. He reports a threatening phone call and says he will testify in writing if killed. Sipp travels with his son and guards, planning to return to New York Jersey City may be next stop. District Attorney Whitman held a direct talk with Sipp and discussed potential cooperation.
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Philadelphia
Sipp
Whitman
Walton
George A. Sipp
New York
New York Police
Howard
Groehl
Atlantic City
Lipp
Mr. Groehl
Tor
Jersey City
Sam Schepps
Curran Aldermante
Hudson
New Jersey
Fox
Louis J Grant
Beach Witnesses Vanish In High Profile Attack Case
The murder case against Frederick O Beach may begin February 10 with his trial anticipated as court officials weigh the absence of key witnesses Charles Woodbridge and his wife. Woodbridge, an English valet, and his wife served Dolan and Mrs Beach, respectively, at the time of the assault on Mex Beach.
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Aiken
Frederick O. Beach
Charles Woodbridge
Woodbridge
Clarence Dolan
Mrs. Beach
Mex. Beach
Mrs Beach
Europe
Weed Ridges
Noudbridge
Mrs Joan Cuneo Drives Auto at Ninety Six MPH
Mrs Joan Cuneo is reported to have operated an automobile at a speed of ninety six miles per hour in a recent city traffic incident. The event highlights concerns over speed limits and driver conduct in busy urban streets.
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Joan Cuneo
Long Island Motor Parkway
Cunéo
Sulzer intervenes in Yonkers Garment Streetcar Strike
Albany reports Sulzer asks public service commissioners to compel Yonkers street railway to operate its cars. Attorney General Carmody cites charter action delays and urges prompt action under Public Service Law sections 51 and 56, noting $5,000 penalties per day for noncompliance.
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Albany
Sulzer
Yonkers
Public Service Commissioners
Carmody
Frederick W. Whitridge
Public Service Law
Public Service Commission
His Smile Old Franks Portrait Query
A studio portrait moment in Chicago with Old Franks resisting a pleasant look. The photographer presses for a smile, noting the subject’s expression and attitude toward posing.
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Franks
Chicago Tribune
Rockefeller Witness Seeks Testimony in Pujo Inquiry
William Rockefeller arrived in Miami with his wife and son as government doctors examined him for throat issues and suspected paralysis. Officials said interviews would end, citing his alleged inability to testify, while he prepared to travel to New York.
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Miami
Fla
William Rockefeller
Pujo Money Trust
Nassau
Slain by Brother in Portland Village Murder
A 14 year old, Edward Sorgron, was found buried under rocks near his Portland home after being strangled and then shot multiple times. Police suspect his 16 year old, mentally challenged brother, who fled town after the disappearance, quarrelling over an errand prior to the crime.
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Middletown
Edward Sorgron
Portland
Tim
Destroy $73 000 in bogus cash and counterfeiting gear
Secret Service officers of the Treasury burned nearly a ton of counterfeit notes and about 100 pounds of pay per of like origin plus a ton or note of counterfeiting apparatus seized in the last two Penre months. The coins valued around 250 000 were turned over to a mandry man for his services.
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Washington
Ino
Secret Service
Treasury Department
Bishop Berry Stricken by Vertigo in Philadelphia Church
Bishop Berry of the Methodist Episcopal Church collapsed with vertigo during services at a Germantown Philadelphia church. Pastor Charles Burns aided him as he reeled in the chancel. He was taken home on West Uptown Street and later to the episcopal residence on Forty second Street, but he says his condition is not serious.
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Ing
Hockefeller
New York
Nasciu
Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Dan
Bishop Berry
Methodist Episcopal
Miese Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles Burns
Berry
Port, Dr
al West Upant Street
Germantown
Tn Fortywiuhth Street
Twoes
Frost Cost Estimated At Thirty Four Million
Official estimates place California frost damage at 34 million dollars following a recent cold wave. California fruit shippers face losses of about 4.8 million and rail lines incur costs of 8 million. Shippers have canceled orders for 80 500 cars with many more likely to be axed. Only a portion of fruit remains uninjured and damage to young trees compounds losses. Vegetable damage may reach 500 thousand dollars.
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California
San Praversee
Dao
Taft Kisses Visitor From Lander Wy
President Taft kissed a visitor named Phylie Wistrand from Lander Wy in the White House with several witnesses. The incident occurred during a formal call, four years after Wistrand first asked for the kiss, causing a mix of surprise and scandal at the mansion.
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Mise
Washington
Taft
Lander Wye
Phylie Wistrand
Red Tape In Germany Bureaucracy Illustration
A Harper’s Weekly illustration mocks German bureaucracy. A Berlin clerk, needing a new pencil, must surrender the used pencil end. a clerk who kept the end is transferred and later told to return it. To avoid reprimand, the clerk buys a new pencil, cuts the end to fit, and sends the piece to the stationery department.
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Germany
Berlin
Bhartts
Stationery Department
Harper's Weekly
Perfume Burglar Escapes San Quentin in Darkened Prison
Herbert Hernold known as the perfumed burglar escaped from San Quentin prison by unplugging a lighting plant plunging the prison into darkness for a half hour. He was convicted in February M11 and sentenced to fifteen years. His affair involved burglary to fund luxuries for women and he carried violet scent. The article notes his father’s death and a separate incident in Long Beach where he started a stove fire while in bed.
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San Frincixco
Jan
Herbert Hernold
San Quentin Prison
Htepsold
Sin Quentin
Parsee Burial Customs And The Dog Stare
A Bombay correspondent describes Parsee burial rites as death nears the priest whispers Zend Avestan precepts, then leaves the room letting a trained dog gaze steadily at the dying person. The dog stare, or sas did, is the Parsee guardian ritual and no human shadow may intervene.
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Bombay
Oie
Tea Medicine and Poison in Garraway’s Broad Sheet
A London Globe note discusses a Garraway’s founder broad sheet praising tea as curing headaches spleen obstructions purifying humours and liver heat. It claims tea prevents fevers agues consumption and colds and expels infection while contrasting Tom Hood’s view that wine is poison. The piece questions whether poison is hidden in canister or grape.
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Britis
Garraway’s
Tom Hood
London Globe
Typhoons Form Only in Tropical, Humid Air
Scientists note typhoons occur exclusively in warm damp conditions within tropical seas. They form when air rises rapidly over intense convective systems and often intensify under calm, humid environments.
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Tropics
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