British government rules out immediate dissolution of Parliament
London December 12 British Premier Asquith announced that Parliament will not be dissolved now. Ministers will meet in the next session with a strong program led by the budget. He defended Liberal legislative work and urged the House to accept the veto as the dominant issue while declining dissolution.
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House of Lordelasne
London
Asquith
Avapeeeh
House of Forde
Tasue
Real estate transfers reported for several city blocks and lots
The real estate transfers list multiple pairings including Paul C. Bingel to Sadie Wagner for lots 337 and 338, block 314-G on Col gate avenue and Tube Diamond to Joseph Mattenes CI for lots 9 10 11 and 12, block 116 on Lehigh avenue. Annie R. Smith to Emil Koyen for lot 30 block 3 on High street. Gisella Buynofsky to Samuel Gus sow for lots 141 and 142, block 186 on Convery place. Hanson Realty Corporation to N. P. Land for lots 152 and 143, block 244 on Compton avenue. N. J. Land & Building Company to Lucy Hults for lots 8 and 9, block 236 on Washington street. BE. M. Kelly Realty Company to Ignatz Meyer for lot 66, block 3811-H on Cornell street.
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Paul C. Bingel
Sadie Wagner
Colgate Avenue
Joseph Mattenesci
Lehigh Avenue
Annie R. Smith
Emil Koyen
High Street
Gisella Buynofsky
Samuel Gussow
Convery Place
Hanson Realty Corporation
N. P. Land
Tower of Famine and Ancient Cities History
The piece recounts the Tower of Famine in Pisa associated with St Count Ugoline della Gherardsche and Guelphs versus Ghibellines, mentions Medina and other cities named Medina, and reflects on why cities carry such names, ending with a note on reading want ads to connect with city life.
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Pisa
Italy
Ugoline Della Gherardsche
Dante
Arno
Lfe
A Man Who Looked Like the Duke Not Mistaken for Him
A man named Jones boasted of resembling the Duke of Wellington and met the duke. The Iron Duke replied that he had never been mistaken for Mr Jones, noting the curious reversal. The anecdote plays on mistaken identity and humor.
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Duke of Wellington
Jones
Iron Duke
Bayonne post office funds proposed. banquet speakers eyed
Senator Kean introduces a 100000 appropriation bill for a Bayonne post office, to be sent to the Public Buildings and Grounds committee. Bayonne residents push for a new facility while William K. Fenn of the Lincoln Club seeks a prominent Lincoln’s birthday banquet speaker. Edmund Wilson and O H Brown are among those expected. Also note pensions granted to several individuals and staffing recommendations for Oak Tree postmistress.
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Washington
Kean
Bayonne
Committee On
William K. Fenn
Lincoln Club
Asbury Park
Lincoln
Brick
Fenn
Edmund Wilson
Red Bank
New Jersey
O. H. Brown
Spring Lake
Representative Howell
Howell
Isabelle Meserell
New Brunswick
Sarah J. Crawford
Freehold
Albert Barfield
Point Pleasant
Frances M. Stoves
Oak Tree
Middlesex County
Wood
Mahlon M. Sprague
Robbinsville
William C. Tompkins
Trenton
William W. Wyckoff
J. C. Miller
Bound Brook
Taft Meets Root in Washington Conference Today
President elect William H. Taft met with Secretary of State Root in Washington to discuss matters for the present and next administration with emphasis on a general talk regarding the Taft cabinet.
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Washington
William H. Taft
Root
Taft
Low Level Bridge Plans for New York New Jersey
Elizabeth December 12 Boller and Hodge New York consulting engineers present estimates to Mc Dougall Hawkes chair of the Joint Bridge Commission. Four bridges considered Staten Island Elizabeth is 400000 Bayonne high level 2400000 Bayonne low level 700000 Perth Amboy low level 900000. Includes bridging around New York waters.
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Elizabeth
Boller & Hodge
New York
Joint
New Jersey
McDougall Hawkes
Joint Commission
Staten Island
Bayonne
Perth Amboy
No Jail for Hegeman President of Metropolitan Life
The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court reversed a lower court and discharged John R. Hegeman, president of Metropolitan Life Insurance, from custody on a writ of habeas corpus. He had been arrested on perjury charges for swearing a report to the state insurance department stating the company had no outstanding loans.
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New York
Supreme Court
Lower Cour
John R. Hegeman
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Appellate Division
Hegeman
State Insurance Department
Live Stock Markets Summary Report
Cattle supplies light with a steady market. Choice cattle quoted from 5.60 to 6.75, prime 6.20 to 6.40, real calves around 10. Hogs show light receipts and active trade with prime heavies and mediums about 6.10, heavy Yorkers 5.90 to 6, light Yorkers 5.40 to 5.60, plus 525.25, roughs 4.60 to 285.50. Sheep and lambs see steady supply with prime wethers 4.50 to 4.75, culls 1.50 to 2.50, lambs 4.50 to 7.25.
Butter and eggs steady amid steady demand notes
Prices for dairy and poultry items show steady demand across creamery and nearby markets. Butter ranges 33c for extra western prints to higher marks, eggs hold at 85c to 86c with returnable cases, cheese firm with New York full creams, poultry items steady from fowls to turkeys, and potatoes very firm from Pennsylvania and New York markets.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New York and Western
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State Street
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Eeden
Smith ST
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Nathan Jacobson
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Malta
Medina Sidonia
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El-Medina
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Apostle of God
Cosmopolitan Hotel Rooms
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Hepburn
House of Representatives
Representative Hepburn
Iowa
Ackard Commercial School
Fourth Ave
Pension List
Secretary of War
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