Jersey City Adopts Commission Government In Mayors Chair
The city swore in 5 commissioners under the new plan as ex Mayor Wittpenn and his family walked out. City Treasurer Schumann alone stayed, contesting the legality of the adoption while Fagan was chosen mayor and Fagen named city clerk. An ordinance set salaries at 5500 for the mayor and 5000 for commissioners.
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Schumann
Jersey City
N. J
Jine
H. Otto Wittpenn
New Jersey
Carl G. A. Schumann
Commission
John H. Morris
Mark M. Fagan
Michael I. Fagen
Not My Corpse Says Kiely Asks Who Is Dead
James Kiely a 58 year old bass painter in Kearney New Jersey arrives home to find his supposed corpse, startling his mourning siblings. He had been missing after a job in Paterson and may have been identified by his sister Mrs Christina O'Brien. An unidentified man died from heat in Harrison and was later identified as James Kelly. Mrs O'Brien had the body examined and laid out with candles.
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Kearney
N. J
James Kiely
Kiely
Christina O'Brien
John Street
Paterson
Wanted to wed in Capitol ceremony ends in hotel
William Leonard Hicks sought to marry Lillian Millership in Washington under the Capitol but no permit was signed by the Vice President and Speaker. Hicks also failed to secure a ceremony atop the Washington Monument as a guard demanded a permit.
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Washington
William Leonard Hicks
Lillian Millership
Philadelphia
Capitol
Chicago
Marshall
Clark
Hicks
Washington Monument
Notable Visitors in New York Visit to Mayor Gaynor
Dr Muller and Dudley Field Malone, representing Brazil and President Wilson, arrive in New York for an official visit. They are seen with Brazilian foreign minister Laure 8 Muller en route to City Hall for a call on Mayor Gaynor.
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Laure 8. Muller
United States
Dudley Field Malone
Wilson
New York City Hall
Gaynor
Empress Overcome by Jubilee Gayety in Berlin
Berlin reports the German empress fainted during the Jubilee events after her daughter’s wedding and the emperor’s celebration of 25 years. Crown Princess Cecilie will stand in for the empress at remaining ceremonies. Weather is clear as 10,000 union parade floats and torchlight processions proceed.
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Berlin
Cecilie
University of Berlin
Bavaria
Pillar Hall
Stefansson Arctic Expedition Leaves Victoria for Nome
The Stefansson Arctic Expedition funded by Canada departs Victoria to Nome aboard the Karluk and the Alaska. The mission aims to study Arctic geography flora fauna and potential trade routes while avoiding any impact on indigenous peoples. The crew plans to reach Greenland or Nome by September 1916 with no north pole ambition.
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B.C
Canadien
Ite
Coronation Gulf
Victorian
North Pole
Amundsen
Arctic
Nomdé
Bering Strait
Arctic Ocean
Beaufort Sea
General Market News June 18 Butter Cheese Eggs Potatoes
Market notes from New York report steady butter with varied creamery prices and strong cheese receipts. Eggs show firmer prices for high grades amid steady to higher finished products. Potatoes remain weak with several price bands for No 1 and No 2 categories. Hay and straw hold steady on top grades with timothy and clover ranges. Oats shipments strong, live poultry prices unsettled with prospects lower.
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Western
Best
Southern Best
Pennsylvania
Bermudas
Live Stock Markets Report Price Averages and Trends
Cattle supplies light with market steady. Prime cattle priced at 8.20 to 8.40, good at 7.75 to 8.00, common 6.27 to 7.60, fresh cows 0 to 0.75. Sheep and lambs also light with prime wethers 5.40 to 6.60, veal calves 10.50 to 11, spring lambs 6.00 to 8.50. Hogs receipts 15 double decks, market lower. prime heavy 8.85, 9.05 to 9.10 for various grades, roughs 7.60 to 7.85.
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Enispurgn
Thinking of Her Tongue Transcript Snippet Sparks Wit
A Bos bn transcript presents a terse exchange with the line Is you wife still at home The reply is Well er not particularly The fragment showcases clipped humor and social tone from the source.
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Bosbn
Graft Judge Picked for Rockland County Term
Governor Sulzer set July 14 for an extraordinary term of the supreme court in Rockland County to hear contemplated indictments for graft in highway construction. Supreme Court Justice Isaac M. Kapper of Brooklyn is named to preside. Peter P. Smith, ally of James Shevlin, is designated deputy attorney general to aid the Rockland County district attorney in the cases.
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Sulzer
Rockland County
Albany
Supreme Court
Isaac M. Kapper
Brooklyn
Peter P. Smith
James Shevlin
Genert Carmody
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