New Jersey Editors Forecast Governor and Senate Picks
A Newark Star straw poll of 100 New Jersey editors from every county shows Vivian Lewis as the likely Republican Governor candidate. For Democrats Katzenbach, Woodrow Wilson, and Silzer vie with many blanks. Stokes or Griggs appear strongest for Senator, while Kean and Murphy trail. Editors see high ability as key for Congress, not wealth.
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New Jersey
Newark Star
Vivian Lewis
Katzenbach
Woodrow Wilson
Silzer
Stokes
Griggs
Kean
Murphy
Baird
Fort
Congress
Dora
The Country's Play Day Memorial Day Tribute
Memorial Day has become the main sports day of the year with baseball tennis golf and races dominating papers. The piece notes the holiday reflects the public urge to be outdoors after a hard winter and spring while honoring those who saved the union.
Reform and higher prices spark debate on election and law costs
Former Governor Stokes argues reform raises living costs while old fraud methods were cheaper. He cites honest elections and pure food laws as increasing costs without boosting seller profits. He notes abortion of laws for labor relief and production costs affect families.
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Stokes
la Bay
Reform laws and child labor in the past and present
The passage notes factory employment of youths in earlier times and then discusses child labor bans under 14 or 16. It argues education and community support raise costs, questions reform legislation's impact on prices, and suggests Stokes' argument will influence the coming campaign as a brilliant concept.
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Stokes
A New Transportation Epoch Debate Sparks Curtailless Flight
The Albany to New York City flight by Glenn H. Curtiss 137 miles at 56 mph, aided by the New York World prize of 10000, is hailed as a milestone but not a commercial breakthrough. The piece argues aviation remains experimental with many challenges before practical air travel.
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Glenn H. Curtiss
Albany
New York City
New York
Dangerous senatorships and bribe-fearing politicians discussed
A commentator warns against buying senatorships citing Lorimer’s scandal as proof a legislator who sells himself cannot be trusted to face consequences. Root says he spoke with Roosevelt about zoology and questions what terms Jungle might have used for Aldrich Cannon Taft Ballinger Wickersham and others in the group.
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Lorimer
Root
Roosevelt
Aldrich
Cannon
Taft
Ballinger
Wickersham
Aviator Cook Makes Real History Before Public Eyes
The World avoided paying Quittus 10000 while the Herald gave Dr. Cook 25000. The aviator achieved historic feats for thousands to witness.
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Quittus
The
Herald
Dr. Cook
Comet Sightings Spark Quiet Night Sky Interest
Residents note the elusive comet finally visible after days of cloudy skies. Astronomers and hobbyists gather with telescopes at local parks seeking a clearer view as anticipation grows.
Editorial Comment on New York Jersey Politics Purity
The piece contrasts political purity in New York and New Jersey, noting stricter NY laws yet purer ballots in practice. It cites Murphi on purity, Denver liquor votes, Peary’s Edinburgh degree, and critiques of Fowler’s Kean excoriation, reflecting cross city tensions and editorial bias.
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New York
New Jersey
Murphy
Empire State
Newark News
Peary
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
Scotch University
Matt Henson
Camden Courier
Fowler charges plot against Kean in Fifth District
Newark Star reports on Republican tensions over renomination and the feud between John Kean and State leaders. It argues Fowler’s critique targets Kean’s Senate leadership and warns of partisan plots, predicting multiple nominations and a Democratic bid if a single candidate isn’t chosen.
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Fowler
Voorhees
John Kean
Senate
Kean
Newark | Star
Bryan Eloquence Suppressed in Nebraska Hall Dispute
A critique notes Mr Bryan’s right to free speech being curtailed as politicians control a hall. It mocks the situation, praising Bryan’s eloquence and lampooning neighbors while referencing a poetic aside about a breeze and a rose. The piece blends satire with social commentary on speech rights.
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Bryan
Nebraska
Niagara
Itch Relief Offer Promises Instant Calm
An ad hawks a soothing lesion made from wintergreen thymol and glycerine promising instant relief for severe itching. It claims to kill the casemajger externally and notes a special trial bottle offered locally, with a history of $1.00 price.
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D. D
Thin Worlt
Songs of Cheer by Kendrick Bangs excerpt
A lyrical excerpt recalling love and reunion from the poem collection Songs of Cheer by Kendrick Bangs. The narrator speaks of meeting a beloved rise in beauty, renewing affection after many years, and declaring lifelong devotion. The tone is nostalgic and romantic.
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Kendrick Bangs
Thoughts Worth Reading From Coleridge Verso
A compact aphorism notes that noble energies arise when all faculties are exercised and sincerity rules the mind, warning that half-hearted effort leaves a person self-mutilated and paralyzed, urging earnest engagement with life.
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Coleridge
Lightning Kills One, Eleven Escape on New Jersey River Launch
A Memorial Day river trip near Yonkers ended in tragedy when a bolt of lightning struck the Eddie B launch, killing Charles Herbert aged 23. The rest escaped unharmed as Captain Colling and others acted swiftly to aid him and summon medical help. The river party had been returning from New York. Nearby in Poughkeepsie a fierce electrical storm blasted Walter Delaney’s home, toppling a painting, tearing the bed, lifting carpets, and filling the house with gas as a fire started in the cellar. Dr Delaney and his wife survived, aided by neighbor Matthew Zimmer who shut off the gas.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Charles Herbert
Herbert
Hastings
Harry Colling
West Brighton
Medawird J. Hevan
St. Mary's Ehurch
FF. M. Lyman
New York
Eddie B
Jervsey
Colling
Habirshaw Wire Company
Lyman
Miss Delaney
Wingston
Dr. Delaney
Communion wine illicit sparks prosecution in Michigan
In Battle Creek Michigan Prosecuting Attorney Howard Cavanagh warned he will prosecute if communion wine is used illicitly by sisters serving in churches. Local opinion holds no exception to wine use with grape juice preferred. A Stamford Connecticut boy confessed to attempting to derail a New Haven road train near the Catholic cemetery by placing ties on May 19.
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Michigan
Battle Creek
Mich
Diay Calhoun Comity
Howard Cavanagh
New Haven
Stanford
Conn
Clarence Scofield
Springdale
Stamford
Brennan
New Haven Road
Catholic Cemetery
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