Successful Auto Reciprocity Plan Gains State Support
The New Jersey Motor Vehicles Department under Job Lippincott seeks reciprocal punishment for out of state offenses by coordinating with neighboring states. A New Jersey registered car tied to a Connecticut crash prompted action when drivers fled back to New Jersey. The plan aims to revoke licenses in states where offenses occurred, showcasing cross state cooperation and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincott
Motor Vehicles Department of
New Jersey
Trenton
Connecticut
Whiting Motor Company
New York
Belgium backs broad ballot use and primary voting duty
A Philadelphia Record commentary argues Belgium favors universal ballot use and urges compulsory voting for primaries. It criticizes neglect of election day duty and primaries, blaming public ignorance for low participation and stressing the vital role of voters in all elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Vergauwen
International Navigation Congress
Blankenburg
Philadelphia
Education urged to curb political apathy and voting
The piece argues that coercion is ineffective and education is the cure for political apathy. It cites May traffic deaths in New Jersey, noting seven children and two adults killed and eighty-two injured, blaming contributory negligence and urging parental caution for children in streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Fats
Trenton
Otto
Ideal Husband Rules Clash With Real Life in Boston Tale
A Boston woman betroths a Harvard instructor via a justice of the peace and outlines perfect husband traits. The rules ban smoking drinking meat meat, support woman suffrage, and deem the man socialist and selfless. The piece contrasts fantasy with reality, noting Richeson’s near-ideal yet unmasked conduct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard
Philadelphia
Making Men Over at Atlantic City Medical Meeting
At the American Medical Association session in Atlantic City Dr. Carrel described preserving tissues and organs from fresh corpses in cold storage for transplant use. He showed sealed tubes of skin cartilage vessels and even a chicken heart stored for months and imagined transplants from identical organisms. Governor Donaghey of Arkansas pardoned all women convicts, arguing prisons off er no fit environment for them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Medical Association
Atlantic City
Carrel
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
Donaghey
Arkansas
Arkansas Governor's sentimentality fuels potential feminine crime
A fragment notes a woman poisoning her husband due to love for a younger man and muses on whether more dangerous criminals of either sex will emerge, blaming the Governor's sentimentality. It also mentions Senator James A. Martine and Senator Frank O. Briggs as leading delegates on the Wilson and Taft tickets, with a sidenote about the Chicago steam roller continuing to operate unless it blows up.
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Arkansas
James A. Martine
Wilson
Frank O. Briggs
Taft
Chicago
Editorial Fragments on Politics and Morality
A compilation of editorial notes and columns discussing political figures and parties. It cites Roosevelt and Barnes, critiques pensions for Admiral Schley, and debates marriage health certificates while lampooning legislative overreach and the role of public opinion in governance.
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House Committee On Pensions
Schley
Admiral Schley
House
Newark Star
Land of Heart's Desire Poem Quotation by Ethel Halbot
A lyrical excerpt from Harper's Weekly by Ethel Halbot evokes memory and longing with imagery of northern love and a ship ready for voyage. It contrasts summer dreams with a silent captain and a dawn departure, hinting at courage, companionship, and pursuit of a desired homeland.
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Ethel Halbot
Harper's Weekly
Letters Uncalled For at Long Branch Post Office
A list of unclaimed letters at the Long Branch post office dated June includes Mrs. Mary Andrews Miss Lillian Aplegate Henry E. Ausin Miss E. Brown and many others. A. T. Woolley Postmaster signs the notice.
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Long Branch
Mary Andrews
Lillian Aplegate
Henry E. Ausin
E. Brown
Fred Brown
Nicholas Bruno
Chas. H. Cherry
George W.clark
Albert Covert
M. Crawford
Davis Dain
Ivan W. Dowd
James Douglas
John J. Duffy
M. Dubinsky
Frank Emmons
Edward Feist
Ella Fitzsimmons
Joshua Frances
Willard Gatewood
James Gilkinson
Robert Gilkinson
BE. A. Godfrey
Pietro Grande
Carlo Graziano
James Healey
W. H. Holton
Robert Holloway
Magele Howland
Hyand
Gilbert T. Hyer
E. Jamison
John Johnson
Robi. L. Johnston
James H. Lane
Morris Lisey
John Lynch
A Perfect Gentleman Exchange Dialogue
A brief quoted exchange defines a perfect gentleman as a man who listens before interrupting with advice. The dialogue features a father and child discussing manners and thoughtful listening.
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Elmer
Papa
Mr. Broadhead
Halifax Gibbet and the Early Guillotine Tradition
A compact note on the Halifax gibbet, an ancient England guillotine-like device used on Gibbet Hill, its stone scaffold, and its influence as a forerunner to the French guillotine. It outlines its history from 1650 through later tides of fame and mentions Dr Guillotine and Dr Louis.
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England
Hardwick Forest
Halifax
Taylor
Sharpe
Heaven
Scotland
Regent Morton
Edinburgh Antiquarian Museum
Lord Argyl
Louis
Louison
Meerschaum Mines of Nemlau Heads of Two Millennia
Meerschaum mines at Nemlau claim to have 2000 years of operation with around 5000 miners. Miners work primitive pits yielding red earth containing magnesite and nuggets up to walnut size. Most output goes to Vienna for European distribution, with the finest selections sent to the United States.
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Nemlau
Nemiau
Kahe
Mihalitch
Sea
Marmori
Eski-Sbebr
Vienna
United States
Well and Truly Laid Royal Table In Ceremony
The article describes the ceremony of laying the British royal table with a sequence of roles. Upholsterers position the heavy Flaxman service for George IV, table deckers set the napery and royal arms, yeomen of the silver pantry place the silver, then deckers arrange flowers, concluding that the table is well and truly laid.
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George IV
Pay of Surgeon In Ancient Times
A London Globe account notes high honors for ancient surgeons. When Darius injured his foot, Damocedes, a renowned physician, cured him after another failed attempt. The king presented him a vase of gold with pearls from court ladies. a eunuch dropped it and slaves recovered the pearls.
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Darius
Hystaspes
Damocedes
London Globe
Andrew Carnegie Targets Frivolous Youth At Washington Dinner
The ironmaster Andrew Carnegie praised thrift during a Washington dinner. He derided youth on small salaries who ride taxis buy roses for women and wear London clothes. He called their only redeeming feature their pawn tickets.
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Andrew Carnegie
Washington
London
Buccaneers and the Mist on the Moor
Poetic fragment recalls mist rolling over moors and sea winds foretelling rain and hot winds that swept the plain, with a nostalgic shout to a remembered friend and shared adventure.
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Hallow Sea
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Dany Recorp
Benj. Boisseau Bobbitt
F. M. Taylor Publishing CO
Chas, L. Edwards
Sec'y
Broadway
NEW Jersey Telephone
Children
Boston
Richeson
Itizens National Bank
N. J
Rochester Times
New York American
Teddy
Ohio
Mr. Barnes
Washington Star
Roosevelt
Lincoln
Milwaukee Sentinel
Topeka
Kansas
Cleveland
Illinois
Dean
St. Paul's Cathedral
New York World
Bost
F. Shhulz
Europe
London Times
Ireland
The
Daily Record
Meerschaum Mining
Red Bank ‘Trust Co
Red Bank, N. J
First National Bank
Long Branch, New Jersey
H. W. Green & Bro
New Jersey Mortgage &Trust Company
NEW Jersey Mortgage & Trust Company
Long Branch, WN. J
Richard R. Hughes
West Long Branch
West End
Wm R. Warwick
Long Branch, N. J
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