Community shares executive grief over loss of Wolcott Calkins
The town mourns Wolcott Calkins as Mayor and Mrs. Calkins face a personal tragedy. The piece reflects on youth, ambition, and the community’s shared sorrow while noting public health measures and reactions to quarantine during influenza. It contrasts municipal actions in Newark and Jersey City with Plainfield’s experience and emphasizes communal support.
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Bryant
Green Spring
State Board
Newark
Jersey City
Plainfield
Board of Health
State Board of Health
Plainfield Health Board Acknowledges Flu Recession
Editorial praises the Board of Health for closing public gatherings during the influenza epidemic. It notes a decline from about ten deaths daily to three or four and compares Plainfield’s decisive action to Newark and Jersey City where leaders favored keeping venues open.
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Board Rd of Health
Plainfield
Trenton
Camden
Phillipsburg
Cold Schoolhouses Hamper Election Boards in Plainfield
A state order to use school buildings for voting left Plainfield election boards shivering as furnaces stayed cold. Janitors refused heat per higher orders, forcing extended delays and jokes of resignations while volunteers sought stove relief amid frigid rooms and frustrated voters.
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Plainfield
Board of Education
Board of Elections
Plainfield Leads in Liberty Bond Drive Participation
The city subscribed close to four million dollars toward the Liberty Loan drive, surpassing its initial three and a half million target. Working class involvement was strong, with thousands of individual purchases reflecting patriotic duty and support for soldiers overseas. Contributions to Red Cross Y M C A Knights of Columbus and Jewish relief groups underscored broad civic generosity.
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Plainfield
Red Cross
Knights of Columbus
Jewish Relief Societies
Not Exactly Necessary Merely Vitally Essential
A fragment reflects on health policy and quarantine when the Board of Health lifts restrictions. It recalls last winter’s strain from efforts to relieve the situation and hints at fall measures being strained due to the ongoing crisis.
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Board of Health
What Will America Get For Her Part In The War
Edward Jones argues that the United States gained moral awakening, integrated national unity, stronger institutions, and economic and social reforms from World War. He estimates a net per capita cost near $200 while highlighting gains in patriotism, Red Cross support, labor cooperation, banking familiarity, and a new world order based on cooperation and human rights. The piece frames the war as a catalyst for lasting peace and prosperity.
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America
Germany
United States
Great Britain
Pyece
Tal & New J
Sun
Busi
England
France
Europe
Thomas ‘Jefferson
Brotherhood of Man
Wilson
Edward Jones
Daily News Record
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Central Publishing Company, Inc
North Avenue
Albert F. LA Rock
Gen. Mgr
N. J
New Jersey
Influenza
Wyer
Paige
Fourth and
Wnember
Jonaires
St. Mary’s
Swim Air
Mike
Han
Terra Firma
Excepti
Lobbie
Crane
Charlie
Annie Yeaman
Gazelle Hook and Ladder Company
van Deventer
Ielon
No. 2 Engine Company
THE
Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
Salvation ‘Army
Young Men
Young Men's Heir
Association
Knights of Cole
van Arsdale’s
East Front Street
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