Candidacy ties to Perth Amboy centennial celebration
Republican and Democratic mayoral candidates in Perth Amboy support a 300th anniversary celebration of the city charter with plans for a monster demonstration. Key speakers include Leslie M. Shaw and gubernatorial hopefuls Austen Colgate and Walter Edge, as Republicans push a broader campaign across Middlesex County.
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W. Guy Weaver
John F. Ten Broeck
Perth Amboy
Kan
Metuchen
Woodbridge
Palace Hall
Ten Broeck
Weaver
Leslie M. Shaw
the Treasury
Perth
F. W. Brew
State League Ofepublican Clubs
A. W. Quint
Thompson
Red Bank
C. A. Bloomfield
Austen Colgate
Colgate
H. Shepard
Atlantic City
Walter E. Edge
Edge
Republican Glee Club
Charles H. Hughes
State League of
Republican
Democrats Plan Shadow Lawn Rally for Wilson Support
Democratic business and professional men will travel to Shadow Lawn Long Branch for a rally a week from today to back President Wilson in the coming campaign and listen to his address. The Democratic State Committee announced the event and outlined fall race stakes including electors governor and other offices. Arrangements chairmen Scully Grosscup and Nugent led the planning and resolutions endorsing Wilson and Otto Wittpenn for governor were adopted.
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Trenton
Shadow Lawn
Long Branch
Wilson
United States
Scully
Grosscup
James R. Nugent
Newark
Otto Wittpenn
Metuchen Bride-To-Be Leslie Spencer To Wed October 11
Metuchen Sept 16 Leslie Spencer of Fords and Miss Elsie Tencyck of Durham avenue are engaged to marry on October 11. Spencer is the son of William A Spencer of the Beekman Spencer law firm Perth Amboy and area notables name the couple’s wedding plan and family background.
Greek Premier Declines Reform Bid as Cabinet Proposal Emerges
United Press report from London dated September 16 states Premier Zaimis will not attempt to re form the Greek cabinet and proposes former Premier Venezilos to lead the news ministry after advising King Constantine.
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United Press Wire
London
Zaimis
Constantine
Venezilos
Athens
Evening Star
President Wilson to miss engagement after sister's death
President Wilson cancels plans to speak in St Louis and other cities after learning of his sister Mrs Anna Fe Howe's death in New London Connecticut at age sixty. The funeral party will proceed to North Carolina for burial beside her husband with the President and Mrs Wilson to accompany.
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United Press Wire
New London
Conn
Anna FE. Howe
Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Asbury Park
National Life Insurance
St. Louis
War Baker
Sc Louts
Baltimore
Trenton
N. J
Columbia
Laarolina
Howes
Ferry Employes Demands Granted by Transit
Staten Island Rapid Transit ferry workers between New York City and Tottenville win two paid days off per month. The deal ends the threatened strike by deck hands and crew, extending to captains and engineers. Supervisors and managers approved the plan, effective early next week, with one crew member off daily and an extra worker on duty. The move follows earlier actions by striking workers and subsequent talks led by Marine Supervisor B. A. English and General Manager W. H. Averill.
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Staten Island
W. H. Averill
Charles Kohler
Ferry Company
English
April grand jury indicts eleven in New Brunswick case
The April term of the grand jury returned eleven indictments in New Brunswick. Five cases were discharged with no true bills, including the case against Mrs. Boris Kiss in the murder of Joseph Buc sah. Others discharged involved manslaughter charges from automobile fatalities. The term totaled eighty-eight indictments, with a social session planned at Clayton's near Sea Girt.
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New Brunswick
Clayton's
Sea Girt
Boris Kiss
Boris
Joseph Buecsah
North Brunswick Township
Bucsah
Johnson & Johnson
St. Peter's Hospital
David Urquhardt
Lars Hansen
Urquhardt
Spicer Manufacturing Company
South Plainfield
Nicholas Fierro
Spicer Company
Hansen
Jens Nelson
Fordson Woodbridge Township
Perth Amboy
Russel Holman
Peter Dale
Court of Oyer and Section
Grand Jury
Joseph EB. Stricker
Daly
Stricker
W. H. Boylan
Clayton’s
Dr Friedman Delivers Sermon at Beth Mordecai on The Home
The Rev. Dr Friedman recently appointed to Congregation Beth Mordecai preached his second sermon amid bad weather. He spoke on The Home tracing its history and its force in shaping individual and society, urging YMHA and YWHA members to attend and promising a series of relevant sermons.
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Doctor Friedman
Beth Mordecai
Friedman
Fire House for Humane Firemen and City Deals
Alder men discussed buying land near Washington and Penn for a new firehouse for Humane Hose & Chemical Co and heating the isolation hospital. They plan to combat the Public Service Railway Company and prepare for injunction hearings with Judge Foster in Newark. City Attorney Wight will oversee the PSR case.
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Humane Hose & Chemical Company
Public Service Railway Company
Board of Aldermen
Washington and
Penn Streets
Humane Company
Public Service Corporation
Foster
Newark
Andrew J. Wight
Britain Expands Blockade Sparks U S Tension
Washington dispatch reports Britain imposes embargoes until October 1 on over 100 items to Scandinavia and the Netherlands including the United States. State Department views it as an encroachment on neutrals and vows to press retaliatory powers. Licenses holders are told to contact the war trade department as tensions rise over embargoed goods.
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United Press Wire
Washington
United States State Department
Congress
Great Britain
Netherlands
United States
War Trades Department
British Foreign Office
Sympathetic Strike Ties Up New York Traction System
New York labor unrest spreads as 75 000 workers are expected to walk out in sympathy with traction companies strikers. 20 000 longshoremen and boatmen respond first, with 26 000 machinists joining by night. Plans aim to shut down power to lines, risking a total 700 000 workers in greater New York.
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United Press Wire
New York
Traction Companies
Greater
Two Young Men Held on Ochious Charges in New Jersey
In New Brunswick on September 16 a young deserter and an alleged highwayman are jailed awaiting grand jury action. Edgar Englan, eighteen, held in Piscataway for desertion and assault and robbery of seventy-five cents from Walter Lewis. Joseph Hubbard of Plainfield jailed on assault and battery and robbery charges in Dunellen. Andrew Slover, tied to a Ford theft in Perth Amboy, held after ruse arrest in South River. pending exhaustive investigation by South Amboy authorities.
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New Brunswick
Edgar Englan
R. A. Peltier
Piscataway
Watchunk
Plainfield
Charles
Joseph Hubbard
Davids. Campbell
Dunellen
Walter Lewis
Andrew Slover
Perth Amboy
Eberwein
South River
Slover
South Amboy
Naval clash reported in Gulf of Bothnia near Aland
Stockholm dispatch to the Morning Post reports Russian and German naval forces engaged in the Gulf of Bothnia north of the Aland islands. Heavy firing was heard along the Swedish coast but fog limited observation of the battle.
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United Press Wire
London
Gulf of Bothnia
Aland Islands
Stockholm
Morning Post
Paralysis Relief Fund Appeals for Donations
A donation of 6 dollars was given by an anonymous contributor to the Paralysis Relief Fund, aiming toward a $400 goal and possibly $600. The letter accompanying the check urged further support for crippled children affected by the epidemic, with prior contributions totaling 366.28 dollars to date.
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Paralysis Relief Fund
Evening News
Auto collision at St George's Ave crosses Hart line
An auto coal truck owned by George M. Friese of Rahway was struck by a fast line car about 10:30 this morning at the St George's avenue crossing in Woodbridge. The truck was hurled about fifty feet. two men aboard were injured and rushed to Perth Amboy Hospital. Chauffeur George Cutter of Rahway had forehead lacerations, a broken leg contusion, and minor bruises. a second man known as Joe had a broken shoulder blade and scalp wounds. Doctors Henry and Meinzer treated them.
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George M. Friese
Rahway
St. George's Avenue
Woodbridge
Perth Amboy Hospital
George Cutter
Auto Turns Turtle on Road Near Jamesburg
Jamesburg Sept. 16 John I Narozanick of Helmetta garage drove a loaded wagon passing car too close to road edge and slid into the woods. Narozanick was hurled from the car and badly scratched. the car was damaged with a broken windshield bent radiator and twisted mud guards. The wreck was due to skidding in sand. after temporary repairs the car returned to Helmetta under its own power.
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Jamesburg
Englishtown
John I
Narozanick
Helmetta
John Narozanick
Mexico Conference at Delicate Point Today
Readable fragments describe a delicate point in the Mexico conference with key negotiators and possible proposals. The text mentions UNH and a pivotal stage in talks as parties seek progress amid signaling positions.
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Mexico
Delicate Point
Bank Call Issues National Bank Condition Report
The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of national banks at the close of business September 12. The notice dated Washington, September 16, requests reports on bank assets liabilities and capital as of the cut off date.
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Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Notice of Address Change For Local Fraternal Groups
Thomas Lucas announces new residence from 220 Wayette Street to 83 Washington Street as secretary for the Order of Owls Red Men Haymakers and National Protective Legion.
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Order of Owlns
Red Men
National Protective Legion
Wayette Street
Washington Street
Thomas Lucas
Sec’y
Allied gains and heavy fighting on the Somme front
British forces push 600 yards north of Fourmies wood as the Somme battle rages with Haig reporting aims near Courselles and Ancre. German counterattacks fail while Bulgars are reported driven back at Struma and Doiran with continued artillery duels from Salonika to Gudeli.
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United Press Wire
London
Fourau Wood
Somme
Haig
Cours Lette
Ancre
Cross River Struma
Salonika
da Kom
Gudeli
Doiran Front
World War I Dispatches Report Berlin to Salonika Fronts
Berlin reports via wireless to Sept 16 that German and Bulgarian forces defeated Roumanians and Russians. Serbian official said Bulgars retreat toward Monastir with heavy losses and captured guns. Roumanians fall back along a 70 front from Dobrudja as Danube flank harassments occur. Italians push on the Isonzo from Goritz to the east.
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Berlin
Mackensen
Salonika
Bian
Monastir
Boyandwelff
Sofia
Dobrudja
Eube
Danube
Rome
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