New Jersey raises state salaries and school posts in 1906 budget
The Trenton legislature considers general and supplemental appropriations with a 223,093 increase in the main bill and 26,416 in the supplement. Auto, road, and court funding rise, plus 300,000 for Rahway reformatory wing and 50,000 for Vineland Soldiers Home expansion.
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Trenton
Senate
House
Automobile Department
Circuit Court
State Department of Public Roads
Passaic River
Sea Girt
State House
N. J
State Reformatory
Rahway
Soldiers’ Home
Vineland
State Home
State Departments
Essex
Morris Plains Hospital
Spring Styles in Lumber Trade Highlight Red Cedar Use
The article notes spring trends in lumber with hem lock framing lumber still dominant while spruce and yellow pine are in demand. Red cedar emerges as a favored siding and shingles material, with interior trim highly customizable. Prices remain affordable, and customers are urged to visit the mill fashion center for matching styles.
Lincoln Engine Company endorses Baker for chief and Mullen for first assistant
At a meeting in Lincoln, endorsements were announced for Baker as chief, Mullen as first assistant, and Mead for second assistant. Other companies, including Washington Hose, Protec tion Hook and Ladder, Eagle Hose, and McClellan Engine, backed Baker, Mullen, and Mead in varying combinations amid ongoing discussions of the second assistant post. Nearby, a separate report notes a suicide near New Brunswick on the Pennsylvania Railroad and local wrestling results.
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Lincoln Engine Company
Thomas’ Baker
Eugene Mullen
George Mead
Washington Hose and Chemical Company
Mullen
McClellan Engine Company
Baker
Protection Hook and Ladder Company
Mead
Eagle Hose and
Contracts Awarded for County Stone Road Repairs
The Board of Freeholders awarded contracts during a special morning meeting for supplying and spreading stone on ten roads and delivering stone on cars at eleven locations. Delaware River Quarry Company won the car deliveries at all eleven sites and also secured four road contracts including Metuchen Perth Amboy and related routes. I G Upton and Garrison & Gray earned several road contracts, with bids listed for each road and location.
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New Brunswick
Board of Freeholders
Delaware River Quarry Company
Lambertville
Metuchen
Woodbridge-Perth Amboy
Metuchen-Iselin
Carteret Road
I. G. Upton
Orange
Perth Amboy
Garrison & Gray
Dunellen
Stelton-New Market
Bound Brook-Dunellen
J. Y. Wilson
Metuchen-Oak Tree
New Durham
Park Avenue
Hightstown
Reid's Corner
Cranbury
Lower Jamesburg
Dayton
Monmouth Junction
Plainsboro
Old Bridge
Sayreville
Frenean
J. G. Upton
Michael Jelin
Brunswick-Metuchen
Woodbridge
Stelton
New Market
Carteret
St Michael’s steamer breaks down in Tottenville tow
The St Michael's, a New York and New Jersey steamship, drifted ashore after a breakdown near Tottenville while en route to the city. Tug Arthur Kill towed the vessel to port and it will be moved to a dry dock for repairs with another boat expected to take its place.
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St. Michael's
New York and
New Jersey Transportation Company
Tottenville
New York
Arthur Kill
Arthur Kill Towing Company
St. Michael
St. Michael's Place
Grand Jury to Be Charged Next Wednesday
Special to the Evening News reports Justice Fort plans to charge the grand jury next Wednesday in the Glatt and May case. F L Larkins offers plumbing, steam, hot water and hot air heating on monthly payments at 357 State Street. $10 per month.
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Evening News
New Brunswick
F. L. Larkins
Ashes Fall as Naples Disaster Hits City and Bridge Jump
Naples reports ashes still falling from Vesa causing several houses to collapse and widespread panic in Sarno a city of 10 000 inhabitants said destroyed after a jump from the East River Bridge in New York Nathan Isaacson leaped from the bridge this morning but was saved by a ferryboat in time
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Naples
Vesa
Sarno
East River Bridge
New York
Nathan Isaacson
East River
Maxim Gorky Arrives in New York to Spread Unity Doctrine
The renowned Russian writer Maxim Gorky arrives in New York aboard the Eidser Wilhelm der Grosse amid fanfare, declaring his health poor but intent on spreading the union of all men as a comrade family of free workers and preaching socialism as a religion of liberty. He criticizes Russian politics and Count Witte, hints at visiting across the United States, with Mark Twain among expected guests at a dinner in his honor.
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New York
Alexei Maximoviteh Tiestikenl
Maxim Gorky
Steppes
Storky
America
Apostle
Poina Gordyeff
Gorky
Social Democrats
Russia
Count Witte
Mark Twain
United States
Masons In Demand As Building Boom Spreads
In nearby towns masons and bricklayers have left the city due to a building surge. Henderson Bros reports difficulty staffing the Goldsmith building on State Street near Jefferson, while other contractors report similar shortages.
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Thomas Henderson
Henderson Bros
Goldsmith
State Street
Jefferson Street
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Mary E. Vaughan
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Charles Dietz
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Sewaren
South Amboy
Staten Island
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Lettel
France
Monsieur Sam
Lincolns
Freeholders Mead
Here
Pennsylvania Railroad
Roundhouse
Moke
Harry Burns
Sweet's
Central Pleasure Club
Hulzheimer
Decker
ST. Michaels
Sexton
Mullins’ Sanitary
Condemus Whitte
Sock
G. A. Sorenson
Puller & Warren Company
N.S. Kellogg
Jer & Warren Company
John H. Textorious
Fuller & Warren Pany
Incree
Textorious
Masespust
Colyer
T Fi Walker
Jennie Ey Mises
Grace Hawk
Mabel Abbey
Miss Hawk
Miss Abbey
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Whke
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Anton Jensen
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Evoy
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