Plainfield court selects jurors. local election looms
Judge Carlton Pierce names Plainfielders to serve as petit jurors for two weeks starting October 28. Names include William H Heimicke Frederick kilo Louis Rosenthal Frank P Sheppard and others with William H Roberts serving from Scotch Plains. Also covered are local vote on prohibition and arrests, ship crew visit, and a series of theft and gambling fines in Union County.
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Carlton Pierce
Union County
William H. Heimecke
Frederick "Kilo
Louis Rosenthal
Frank P. Sheppard
William F .Moore
Samuel Wartz
Charles A. Sturter
William H. Roberts
Scotch Plains
Plainfield
William Feaster
Frederick Moore
William B. Coleman
DeMeza
Sherman Avenue
Coleman
Memes Jones
Charles Wicht
Natant
Bill
Con Inc
Guarantee — Insurance Company
Weatfield
Union
New Tapney
Charles A. Spriead
Arthur
Corbin
P. O
Passaic
N.J
Prospect Ave Man among 36 Cleveland Brown ROTC cadets
Reginald G Sykes of Prospect Avenue is among thirty six Brown University students chosen to attend the Officers Training Corps at Camp Lee Virginia. In North Plainfield area St Mary's cemetery, overwhelmed by influenza deaths, saw twenty parish volunteers assist with debris removal and earth hauling for new plots.
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North Plainfield
Somerset County
Fortancock
Sandy Hook
Michael Lowry
Andrew Udge
H. W. Dress
W. Smalley
Home Defense
Andrew Kenney
Somerville
Roy Stewart
Lincoln Place
Camp Howard
Reginald G Sykes
Prospect Avenue
Brown University
Officers’ Training Corps
Camp Lee
St. Mary’s Cemetery
Theodore Martin
John Keeley
Albert F. Rock
B. M. Bogan
Fay
Dunellen
Fanwodd
Scotch
Plains
Southfield
Westfield
Cradford
Speeding Fine and Collision Repair Pact in Borough Call
Phillip Sciglino of Watthung was fined $10 Monday in the borough police call for speeding. He also agreed to pay for repairs to Harry LaVine's machine involved in the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip” Sciglino
Harry LaVine
Dunellen Tragedy Claims Gasman and Krug In Train Collision
Fréderick A Gasman thirty five of Dunellen and Wrilliam Krug forty eight of Bayonne were killed when struck by a New Jersey Central train at the Washington avenue crossing in Dunellen Sunday night. Krug and his family had visited Gasman and walked to a North avenue store for tobacco before returning to the crossing.
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Paul Dumsick
Peter Dumsick
South Second Street
New Jersey Central
Muhlenberg Hospital
Krugs
Jersey Central
Krug
T Bayonne
Fréderick A. Gasman
Dunellen
Wrilliam Krug
Twenty-fifth Street
Bayonne
Washington Avenue
Gasman
North Avenue
Two Teens Crash Trolley Car Avenue Arlington
A Sunday morning crash on Seventh street and Arlington avenue occurred when two youths, unnamed, drove an auto into a curb to avoid a trolley causing heavy damage. They fled the scene and a New Brunswick garage later removed the vehicle. Police traced the car to Ellis Selboed of New Brunswick.
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Arlington Avenue
Seventh Street
New Brunswick
Ellis Selboed
New Brunswikk
New Trolley Fares Spark Jitney Rush in Plainfield
Jitney bus operators on West Front and West Fourth streets report a forty percent rise in business after seven cent trolley fares took effect. On the second day crowds swelled as patrons shifted from trolleys to jitneys, while some Plainfield residents abandoned car rides for walking. Conductors face more pennies for change and transfers, and many riders now seek two cent receipts pending a court ruling due November 18.
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Jitney
West Front Street
West Fourth Street
Cnsu
Fit- Reyes
Newetx
Plainfield
Public Service Corporation
Court of Errors and Appeals
Swayze
Public Utilities Commission
Public ‘Service Corporation
New Army Officer Training School to Open at Camp Fremont
The War Department announced a new infantry officers training school at Camp Fremont California to open December 1 for enlisted men and civilians. Graduates become second lieutenants and must be selectees aged eighteen to forty six with high school education or equivalent. Major Roy S Brown will handle civilian applications via military education officers at local institutions.
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Camp Fremont
Cal
War Department
Roy.s. Brown
Army
Sugar Its World Output and the History of Sugar Making
A narrative tracing sugar from ancient cane legends to its global spread through the Arab and Byzantine world, then to Europe and the Americas. It explains beet sugar’s wartime shortage, imports from Hawaii and Cuba, and how refining creates seconds and thirds with limited uses.
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United Sta
Hind
Java
Cuba
Great Britain
China
United
York
United States
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Philippines
Tistaning
Another Loan Will Be Necessary Still
A wartime finance brief notes that a fifth Liberty Loan will be needed in spring 1919 to fund costs. It outlines publicity ideas such as honor flags and posters, plus house to house drives by trained salesmen. Included is a note about Sergeant William Mutford Darling on furlough from Camp Wadsworth amid influenza disruptions.
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Casury
Tohan
Liberty
William Mutford Darling
Wadsworth
Spartenburs
S. C
Plainfield
Mra Hmma Darling
Lyman Place
Camp Hill
Hill
Newport News
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Proclamation by the Governor on State House Seat Vacancy
Governor Capstick proclaims an election to fill a vacancy in the State House of Representatives caused by the death of H. Capstick. The proclamation sets a date for the election and directs the conduct of the process under law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Capstick
Noemererte
House of
Ee Te Asain
H. Capstick
I. Thomas F. Martin
New Jersey
Terree F. Martin
Early 19th Century NJ Senator Dies Thwarting Seat Vacancy
The text notes the election of Hugh Hughes to the United States Senate from New Jersey, his qualification as senator, and his death shortly after, creating a vacancy and prompting the setting of a date to elect a replacement. It references the January 29 and January 30 dates and state law governing vacancy procedures.
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Ene Hughes
Wier Tapénees
New Jersey
A. D
United States Senate
Senate
Uni
United E Teres Senate
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