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Philadelphia Times

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1901

Page

10

Jersey Mosquito Not At All A Biter

Special to The Philadelphia Times New Brunswick November 30 The Jersey mosquito is harmless says Professor John B Smith State Entomologist He studies the insect at Rutgers and has kept a mosquito farm He argues there is a direct link between mosquito bites and certain fevers and discusses salt marsh and malarial varieties He notes that the real Jersey mosquito is found in pitcher plants and that a new type unable to bite was found last summer He urges sanitation and oil on water to kill larvae and reduce numbers

Philadelphia Times New Brunswick Jersey John B. Smith New Jersey State Experimental Station Rutgers College New Jersey Microscopical Society Rutgers Smith New Jersey Newark Long Island Holland

Monitor Florida Launched at Elizabethport Shipyard

The new 3000 ton monitor Florida was launched at Lewis Nixon’s Elizabethport yard. Mrs. Nixon christened the vessel, government inspectors and the Mexican Commission attended, while other gunboats for Mexico were not inspected. The ship measures 252 feet, with armor and boilers in place except for the engines, and a luncheon followed the ceremony.

Elizabethport Florida Lewis Nixon

Respite Postpones Hanging of Washington Murderer

MT HOLLY November 30 John Young one of the murderers of Washington Hunter will not be hanged on Tuesday next a writ of error will be argued December 9 Charles Brown faces December 8 hanging unless Governor Voorhees grants a respite Brown’s defense comes under criticism as the county pays for the lawyers

MT. Holly John Young Washington Hunter Charles Brown Voorhees Brown Young

Execution Readied for Young by Sheriff Fenton

The record notes Sheriff Fenton had everything prepared for the execution of Young, indicating the final steps were in place and imminent.

Low prices force closure of Ocean City fisheries

Ocean City on November 30 reports fisheries shut down due to very low fish prices. About two thousand sea trout are in cold storage awaiting better prices, leaving the season abruptly ended and scores of men out of work.

Ocean City

Elopement Record Broken in Thirty Days in Bristol

In Bristol thirty days saw twenty one elopements and two marriages. Hopkins B Holt announced his fourth marriage to Anna Ellsworth, a divorced recipient of common gossip. William Linsted Jr married Ethel Ryals, recently divorced from George Ryals. George Ally and Grace were the twenty first couple, eloping to Port Chester amid parental opposition. One union ended in an annulment shortly after the honeymoon.

Bristol Conn Hopkins B. Holt Anna Ellsworth

Colle Files Mandamus Petition Against Chicago Officials

Luke P. Colle, former head of Chicago’s Detective Department, petitions Circuit Court for a writ of mandamus against the Civil Service Commissioners and Chief of Police O’Neill. He seeks to overturn their decision withholding him from office, alleging lack of jurisdiction, insufficient evidence, and no reasonable cause.

Chicago Luke P. Colleran Circuit Court Civil Service Commissioners O'Neill

Two Aged Women Found Dead in Harburg

In Harburg on November 80 two elderly women, Annie Baer aged 52 and Kate Solfelt aged 60, were found dead together. Solfelt died from an overdose of medicine and her companion from heart disease.

Harburg Annie Baer Kate Solfelt Solfelt

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