Reform Bill Jury Lists Drawn by Sheriff in New Law
The article outlines Governor Fielder's jury reform plan requiring sheriffs to prepare lists of 500 grand and 700 petit jurors for first class counties, with 200 and 300 for others, and to deliver them to the Supreme Court Justice 30 days before term. Names are numbered, drawn by lot, and treated with safeguards. debates consider panel size and foreman selection. The piece also notes a Red Bank debt controversy and political speculation around Republican leadership and an expert report due for clarity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fielder
Supreme Court
Tos
Bill Penne
Johnson
Red Bank
Sweeney
Republican Council
Bill
William Ananias Sweeney
The
Standard
Red Bank Hears Hill Audit May Justify Delay
The piece argues the Hill audit will show spending was justified and that the Council delayed publishing the report. It condemns exploiters of a tangled Bank finances and urges publication of the full findings along with praise for the Pul motor story.
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Red Bank
Hill
Council
Fled Bank
Republican Machine
When Flies Are Most Dangerous
Destroying flies at this season is vital as one pair can produce 6,698,720,000,000 descendants in a summer. If two flies had ample food and reproduced, by summer’s end your home could be swarmed by about 5.7 quintillion pests. Killing flies now reduces disease and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. L. Toward
United States Bureau of Entomology
The Absurdity of a War Scare
Carnegie argues there can be no crisis or war with Japan, calling the issue an international question and urging strict immigration controls. He notes Japan and Britain are bound by practical limits, and that the U S could offer greater privileges while avoiding war, insisting no conflict is likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thous Wanda
Carnegie
Japan
California
Great Britain
Australia
New Zealand
Canadians
British Columbia
Britain
Governor Sulzer Pushes Direct Primary Bill in New York
Governor Sulzer leads a long campaign to pass a direct primaries law aiming to widen state control and even abolish state conventions. He has drawn attention from his earlierStock Exchange regulation proposal, while California Governor Johnson and other Progressives oppose referendum use on favored measures.
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Sulzer
New York
Stock Exchange
Johnson
California
Unclear 1913 Weather Mention in Local Paper
The fragment questions a private paper’s role in reporting local events like a postmaster appointment while asking how the 1913 spring weather was described, implying a meteorological note within a partisan publication.
Two Faced Men and Mirth on Public Life
A collage of editorial views and columns from the era. It covers political duplicity, the lure of power, and public misconduct. It contrasts reformist sentiment with examples of self interest in governance and business.
The Last Renegade Steer Ends the Old West
From the Denver Republican a cow herd tale recounts a grizzled foreman named Texas Bill urging the crew to finish a fight with the final renegade steer. He recalls time when horns spread thick as scrub oaks and the Shisholm trail echoed with cowboy songs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Bill
Shisholm Trail
The
Denver Republican
Thoughts Worth Reading by Berton Braley
Epigraphic excerpt attributes to Berton Braley declaring Discontent as the engine of Progress. The passage frames invention and reform as forces opposing greed tyranny and privilege, portraying doubt change and progress as central motives in history and human achievement.
Judgment Hints From the Bench on Simple Sentences
A courtroom exchange features a defendant pleading liquor as the cause of his act. The judge quips about his grammar and offers a six week sentence to study sentence construction, delivering the remark in a firm yet humorous tone.
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Cnitizens National Bank
Long Branch, N. J
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Turtles
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Nicholas of
Monenegro
Columbia Star
Florida Times-Union
Norfolk
Virginian-Pilot
Chicago News
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New York World
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Leslie
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New England
Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange
Louis D. Brandeis
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Exchange
America
Elizabeth Times
Daniel Drew
Rio Grande
Apdales
Berton Braley
Meowphis
Vicksburg
Vuebla
Record
L Theatre
Coning Minday
Awensee
Hotel Directory
Price's Hotel
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Shrewsbury
Qelisle
Allaire
DE Lisle
First National Bank
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ONG Branch Banking Company
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White Street
Red Bank, N. J
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