Roosevelt nomination Likely. Fort weighs in from Long Branch
In a Chicago convention preview, former New Jersey governor John Franklin Fort states Roosevelt will be nominated unless thwarted, but he doubts a Roosevelt bolt. He says the old guard resists change, while Roosevelt boosters have gained party control, complicating the path to victory.
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John Franklin Fort
Chicago
Roosevelt
New Jersey Mortgage & Trust Company
Long Branch
Patent Medicine Dangers Highlighted by New Jersey Doctors
The Medical Society of New Jersey at Spring Lake warned that unregulated patent medicines harm individuals and communities. A physician argued that uneducated sellers use medical formulas to profit, undermining licensed practice and demanding stricter legislation and accountability for makers of proprietary remedies.
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Medical Society of New Jersey
Spring Lake
Regulation of patent medicines and public protection
The speaker argues that people must rely on their own judgment to avoid being robbed or poisoned by patent medicines, but condemns laws or the lack thereof that permit such illegitimate sales. He asserts it is reasonable that authorities should curb these practices by every legitimate means.
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Roosevelt
Taft
New Jersey
East
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Middle West
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Courts skew toward corporate doubt in trolley alight cases
A New York Times excerpt argues courts err in blaming pedestrians who alight from backward facing trolley cars, urging cars to stop fully for safe disembarkation. It notes negligence should fall on employees when cars fail to stop, and criticizes judges for favoring corporate doubt in injury decisions.
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New York Times
Guarding Against Emergencies at Chicago Convention
Appointment of 1200 deputy sergeants at arms to aid police aims to curb violence at the Chicago convention. More Taft aides than Roosevelt delegates, with threats of removal for disorder. Taft leaders push for a regular nomination, undeterred by possible clashes.
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Husky Taft
Roosevelt
Roosevelt Pulls the Ticket Through in New Jersey
In New Jersey Roosevelt supporters secured 248,219 delegate votes with Colonel Roosevelt receiving 61,297 preferential votes. Fort led the Roosevelt ticket with 63,233, Brigge topped Taft delegates with 47,896, while Murphy trailed at 47, ... The split shows many voters backed delegates but not presidential preferences, yet Roosevelt’s delegates carried the state.
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New Jersey
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United States
Brigge
Taft
Murphy
Trenton
Water content in foods astonishes readers insight
The Philadelphia Record cites that strawberries are 89 percent water and 5 percent sugar with cellulose and seeds, while Popular Mechanics notes beef billing water content around 60 percent of the price. Pigeons show about 70 percent water, poultry 65 percent, geese as low as 28 percent, and fish range 40 to 80 percent by type.
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Philadelphia Record
Popular Mechanics
The News Snippets of Public Figures and Events
A satirical review touches on water in foods, Senator Lorimer and resignation, Lillian Russell's possible fashion impact, Morgan as a financial king, and the Amboy strike riots. It reflects opinions on politics, entertainment, finance, and labor in a bustling urban context.
Editorial Comment Not Much Question in Chicago Gathering
Editorial from Hartford Times questions if Chicago gathering will form a platform or obituary. It cites Chicago News quip about an old fool and a joke about a fool girl. The piece references four battleships heading to Cuba to quell a so called opera bouffe rebellion and asks if such force is needed to crush a butterfly or brain a gnat.
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Hartford Times
Cuba
Philadelphia Record
Roosevelt Words and Music Credit Controversy
Readers debate political idea alignment with Roosevelt and Cannon. The Hartford Times notes skepticism changing to belief that Roosevelt authored the political stance, while Uncle Joe Cannon is cited as predicting this alignment.
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Joe Cannon
Roosevelt
Hartford Times
Meaning of affinity and organ bequests in law
The piece discusses legal affinity as marriage based kinship, notes Carrel’s organ transplant prophecy and advances, and mentions bequests of organs to scientific institutions. It references Jafet Lindeberg, Ed Chilberg as a mine financier, and Ballinger connections in Alaska.
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Alexis Carrel
Rockefeller Institute of Research
Medical Association
Atlantic City
Carrel
Newark Star
Jafet Lindeberg
Alaska
Ed Chilberg
Richard Achilles Ballinger
Lindeberg
United Ee
Chilberg
Lindeberg case ends as new officials take Nome post
The Nome indictments against Lindeberg were dropped after new U S officials arrived as the old district attorney and judge left. Attorney General Wickersham later met Lindeberg, while another Taft delegate, L. P. Shackelford, remained active. A college-charged political note follows about Guggenheim ties and Alaska appointments.
Thoughts Worth Reading Anonymously Quoted Maxim
A compact aphorism argues that making repeated mistakes reveals a lack of learning rather than intelligence, attributing the saying to an anonymous source. The note invites reflection on personal growth and the persistence of errors.
The Logic of Wilsons Nomination
The Passaic Herald editorial argues for Woodrow Wilson as the Democratic nominee, stressing independence voters and broad geographic appeal. It contends Wilson can unite the East and Midwest, confront tariff and trust issues, and stand free of special interests to serve the American people.
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Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Passaic
Seven Boys In Freehold Court For Theft Suspects
Judge Foster devoted substantial time to juvenile cases in Freehold on Thursday. Seven boys were tied to two thefts at Asbury Park. four discharged, three ordered to return next Thursday. Arthur Huff, twelve, from Red Bank, faced charges for breaking and entering the Brower Sisters’ kitchen, jam theft, candy theft from Hubbard’s wagon, and stealing rubber. Huff, known to the court, had been paroled nine months earlier. Judge Foster considered sending him back to the State Home for Boys, but the matter was postponed at attorney John L. Conover’s request.
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Freehold
Asbury Park
Arthur Huff
Red Bank
Brower Sisters
Hubbard
As Huff
John L. Conover
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