Saloons' two booths lead to bond for Edward Lewkowita
Edward Lewkowita of 320 State Street faced a grand jury charge for violating Bishops' law by maintaining two booths in his saloon. Recorder Pickersgill set $3800 bond and a $20 fine for improper barroom exposure, with police vowing tighter enforcement on upcoming Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Lewkowita
State Street
Pickersgill
Grand Jury
Charles Quinn
Quinn
Lewkowitz
Burke
Suspect in Hunt for Stolen Horses Transferred to Somerset Jail
Dominick Fitzpatrick alias Jerry Connors, in lockup after Monday arrest by Detective Huff, confessed stealing six horses from Hunterdon Morris and Somerset counties. He was turned over to Detective Totten at Somerville to await grand jury action. Four horses and gear recovered. Huff pursuing remaining property in Jersey City and New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominick Fitzpatrick
Jerry Connors
Huff
Chief Burke
Hunterdon
Morris
Somerset
Totten
Somerset County
Somerville
New Brunswick
Burke
Jersey City
Coddington
State Street
Tager
Fitzpatrick
Polkowitz Brothers
C. C. Wychoff
New Germantown
Sprained Ankle Reported After Jump From Barge
Joseph Garak of 652 State Street sustained a sprained ankle this morning at the Raritan Dry Docks. He was working on a barge and jumped to the planking below. He was taken to Dr G W Tyrrell for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Garak
State Street
Raritan Dry Docks
G. W. Tyrrell
Big Contest at Trainers High School Event Draws Crowds
A large audience attended Trainer's Private School last night for the annual contest across multiple study branches. Prizes of five dollars in gold were won by Miss Eulalia McGuire, Miss Marnie O'Neill, Miss Marie Ryan, and Miss May BE. Gammon, with entries from both day and evening classes. the event showcased strong spelling, rapid calculation, typewriting, and penmanship among out of town pupils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trainer
Eulalia McGuire
South Amboy
Marnie O'Neill
Marie Ryan
Tottenville
Gammon
Trainer's School
Leonsler
P. Olmstead
W. P. Bradley
W. P. Christofferson
Albert Leon
B. McGuire
Miss. A. McGuire
Miss Doris
Miss Jensen
Miss Hematreet
Miss Ryan
Miss McNamara
Glass Day Committee Named at High School
President Arthur LaRoe announces the class day committee for the senior high school exercises. Miss Marguerite Pfeiffer is chairman with Philip Costello Miss Hatella Main Miss Rose Wallace Winfred Barnes and Thomas Garretgon named to the group. Class officers serve as a sub committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur LaRoe
Marguerite Pfeiffer
Philip Costello
Hatella Main
Rose Wallace
Winfred Barnes
Thomas Garretgon
Odd Fellows Invite Rahway Lodge Here
Lawrence Lodge No. 62 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows invites the Rahway Essex County Lodge degree team to come Friday night, April 16, to confer the initiatory degree on several candidates. Many members are expected. social time will follow. Easter post cards and candy offered by Bexton's at 70 Smith Street.
New Smelting Co Plans Activity After Raritan Buy
Interest rises in city over International Smelting and Refining Company purchase of Raritan Copper Works. John D. Ryan confirms control acquisition. plans for immediate vicinity discussed in New York. Copper refinery in city has 26 million pounds monthly capacity. payment reportedly in cash and stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raritan
International Smelting & Company
Cole-Ryan
A. C. Clark
Copper Works
New York
International Smelting and Refining Company
Ceclene
John D. Ryan
Raritan Company
Sounie
Snielters’ Company
Henderson Brothers Push Market and Dance Hall Construction
Henderson Brothers, builders of J. C. Donohue's market and dance hall on New Brunswick Avenue opposite the Bijou, have completed concrete foundations for steel piers and will place the first pier Monday. Most steel has arrived and the building will be nearly concrete and steel to be fireproof, with a formal opening planned for May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Brothers
J. CO. Donohue
New Brungwick Avenue
Bijou
Donehue
Constable Cerbo Arrests Mrs Lapagia for Assault
Constable A Cerbo, newly appointed by the Board of Aldermen, served a warrant from Recorder Pickersgill on Mrs Louisa Lapagia of Richmond Valley 8 S charged by her husband Giuseppe Lapugna with assault and battery. He states she threatened him with an axe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Cerbo
Board of Aldermen
Pickersgill
Louisa Lapagia
Richmond Valley
8. S
Guisseppe Lapugna
No Cause For Scare Over The Contagion
The Board of Health reported no new smallpox cases today and no suspicious cases under observation. Existing cases are well in hand and recoveries are near complete, with normal conditions expected soon. Citizens should rely on facts over rumors as health authorities maintain vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Health
Plainfield Metuchen trolley line history revived by bill
Special to the Evening News outlines the 1871 horse car charter for Plainfield to Metuchen. Despite the 1872 crash and losses, supporters push to extend the five year building window, with endorsements from local boards and petitions from hundreds of residents. The plan links Plainfield to several rail lines and spurs regional development. Assemblyman Von Minden presents the amended bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening News
Plainfield
Plainfield-Metuchen
Elias R. Pope
Union County
Albert L. Runyon
William Flagg
Park Avenue
John M. Board
Metuchen
Carman Parse
Joseph
A. W. Marshall
Messrs. Flagg
Metuehon
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Baltimore & Ohio
Philadelphia & Reading
Lehigh Valley
South Plainfield
Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Jainfield
John W. Murray
von Minden
Piscataway
Choir Concert at Presbyterian Chapel May 20
The Presbyterian church choir will present a concert in the chapel on May 20 featuring excellent music and a reader from out of town. The notice encourages daily news reading to avoid missing important events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Presbyterian Church
Fire at Burns Plumbers Building on New Brunswick Ave
A small blaze broke out in the cellar of James F. Burns & Son, plumbers, 6 New Brunswick Avenue, when a worker struck a match lighting oakum. The fire, aided by smoke, was soon under control after Burns used a cellar hose and firefighters arrived. Damage was trifling. this was the third fire in 26 hours and second alarm from box 36 in 22 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick Avenue
James F. Burns & Son
Edward Scearman
Washington Street
Nasea
Mr. Burns
Beeurman
Burns
New Streets
School Boys Burned in Gas Well Explosion at Bradford
A gas well explosion injures thirty Bradford area schoolboys, with four men burned. The well was shot and ignited gases, leaving many boys with burned clothing as two hundred pupils watched. No girls were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Wire
Bradford
Bradford Hospital
Annual Simpson M E Sunday School excursion to Ocean Grove
The Simpson M E Sunday school plans its annual trip to Ocean Grove and Asbury Park for Thursday, August 26. Secretary William H. Woglom will contact nearby Methodist Sunday schools to invite their participation again this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simpson M. E
Ocean Grove
Asbury Park
William H. Woglom
Confidence in Way Playhouses Run at Majestic
The large crowd for The Old Homestead at the Majestic last night praises Manager Shannon for his conduct. Despite fears of contagion and rumors about amusements, precautions at the Majestic and Bijou reassure out of town patrons and locals alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majestic Theatre
Shannon
Majestic
Boy Harold Moon Found Drowned in Thread Lake
The ten year old Harold Moon, reported kidnapped since February 27, was found drowned today in Thread Lake near Flint Michigan. A reward of 1300 dollars had been offered for his return and police had searched nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Presse Wire
Flint
Mich
Harold Moon
Thread Lake
Fire destroys seventeen firms in Philadelphia block
Fire in Philadelphia burned out seventeen firms in the former Henry Diston and Sons law works block. Loss estimated at $500,000 with temporary threat to the Kensington factory district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Wire
Philadelphia
Henry Diston & Sons Law Works
Kensington
City Hall Third Floor May House Health Dept Office Plan
Aldermen consider remodeling the third floor of City Hall to provide a laboratory meeting room and office for the Health Department and city engineer S J Mason. Merchants plan to light White Way with twenty new lamps funded by local businessmen and a New York firm will price a small plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Health Dept
Merchants’ Progressive Association
Odd Fellows
Great White Way
New York
Is Deere
Aldermen
City Hall
Board of Health
Health Department
City Mneet
J. Mason
Last Visit Of Deputy Hope In Royal Arcanum District
Supervising Deputy Grand Regent Arthur H. Hope visited Rahway to Carteret Council. He will report to Grand Regent Harry R. Ward in Jersey City and present it at the Lakewood session on May 8 and 4. A district membership gain is noted and a new regent will be elected, with Hope expected to be renamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur H. Hope
Royal Arcanum
Rahway
Carteret
Mr. Hope
Opening Up Large Tract Near Gipsytown
Koyen and Ostergaard survey a northwest city tract into lots and streets for graded development and sale. Most northern lots just south of Gipsytown have sold. as new houses rise, the city’s developed area will extend toward Gipsytown with rapid growth and numerous buildings under construction.
South Amboy pottery to become handkerchief factory
The former Broadway pottery between Gordon and Ferris streets in South Amboy is being converted into a handkerchief factory run by C. J. Steuerwald. Rebuilding has started with survey work by Mason & Smith and the structure is being altered and repaired for operation in a few weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Gordon and
Ferris Streets
South Amboy
Mason & Smith
Samuel Locker
C. J. Steuerwald
Officials of Home for the Aged in Session
A meeting of the Board of Trustees and Board of Managers of the Home for the Aged was held yesterday afternoon at Mrs Baldwin's house 179 Water Street. Ways and means to raise funds were discussed and a committee was appointed to devise fundraising methods for the home's maintenance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Trustees
Board of Managers of the Home For the Aged
Baldwin
Water Street
High Street
Aged woman Mary Kramer sent to county jail for thirty days
An elderly woman found near the Simmins property and later identified as Mary Kramer was committed to the county jail for thirty days on Chief Burke’s complaint. Officials seek her origin, as police and Salmon probe her past while she remains notably silent and evasive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kramer
Simmins
City Hospital
Burke
Mary Kamma
Salmon
Cornelius Lyons
Megs. Salmon
New Brunswick
Andrew Jensen
Blace Avenue
Marshall Walters
Trenton
Chicago Wheat Market Collapse Shocks National Markets
New York April 8 report the failure of John Dickinson & Company of Broad Street and La Salle Street Chicago. Liabilities amount to 250000 dollars and a receiver will be sought in Chicago following the suspension of the firm amid the bul wheat market collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press Wire
New York
Chicago
John Dickinson & Compay
Broadsway and
la Salle Street
National Laundry Promises Modern Service in City
National Laundry on King Street advertises full day service from 6 80 a m to 8 p m with prompt delivery and modern appliances. Proprietors LYD and KELLIAN emphasize up-to-date work and reliable deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Laundry
King Street
Kellian
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Tate
Nate
Quiet Town Girls
William Kerwin
Edwin Wilson
Chego
Cody
Beck
Ahern
Rebecca Doris
May W. Gammon
Lyda Little
Hazel Shea
Lillian Martin
Mabel Sprague
Jennie Jensen
Mamie O’neill
Loretta Leahey
Grace Hemstreet
Nellie Poling
Pearl Clayton
Anna McGuire
Helen Powers
Ella Robinson
Miss Quackenbush
Miss Smith
Mamile
O'Neill
Miss Major
Miss Clayton
Mr. Liddle
E. Hanson
Mr. Ahern
L. Nelson
Axel Jensen
L. Peterson
H. L. Tice
R. Dey
Mr. Cole
Mr. Wood
A. McGuire
J. Jensen
G. Hemstreet
Hibbitt
Elizabeth. Costello
May
Jennié Olsen
A. McGuiré
Tice
Elkovies
Rahway Lodge
Bexton's
Smith Street
Agcuses
Sexton's
Lieveth
Joun
Ady
Original Company
Fayette St
Quting
White Way
Smith St
Deputy Hope
Home For
Gall
Amboy Cleaning CO
State St
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