Primary Day in Plainfield Promotes Local and National Races
An editorial urges turnout for September 24 Primary Day. It highlights contests for U S Senator and Fifth District Congressman with Ernest R. Ackerman, William F. Birch, and Rufus Franklin, and a mayoral race between Leighton Calkins and May. It frames the vote as a civic duty and notes the mayor’s role in municipal business.
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Washington
United States
Plainfield
Ernest R. Ackerman
William F. Birch
Dover
Rufus Franklin
Summit
Municipal Business Corporation
Leighton Calkins
May
Vresei
Nation urges all citizens into best suited civilian service
A wartime editorial argues the nation should conscript workers into civilian and industrial roles where they are most effective. It cites costs of changing jobs and wasted machine time, warning against shifting workers without long term, permanent placement in essential war-related tasks.
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United States Employment Service
America
Igjpsin
Plainfield Faces Tax Relief Efforts and Local Agency Move
Local officials push for a State Employment and Local Agency to aid Plainfield workers amid unemployment fears. Mayor Calkins promotes tax stability showing city levies below 1914 levels despite higher state county and school charges.
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Calkins
Plainfield
Trenton
New Brunswick
Newark
Shall Dent
Bfiic
Browerly
Leighton Calkins
Bond Interest and Sinking Fund Obligations Outlined
The text outlines required interest on outstanding bonds and payments to retire maturing bonds each year. It also mentions setting aside sinking funds to meet future bond maturities of similar character.
Work Doubled as City Assessors Seek Higher Pay
City assessors, who only rep their field work for taxes, seek pay increases citing doubled workload from new semiannual payments. Current and proposed tax rates are outlined as Plainfield and nearby townships set higher levies. the 1919 payments must be made by December with a second due later in the year.
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Wesday
Plainfield
N. J
Springfield
Westfield
County ‘Canal ‘of Taxation
Consid
Garwood
North Hyeld
Fann
Plains
Tab Ence
Thos
Calkins
Soret Eoa
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Bill Townsend
Bill
Geeral
Plainfeld-Union
Istrator Jenkinson
Plainfield Rot
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Baron ‘Kenney
Daver
THE
Plainfield ‘Trust Company
Federal Reserve System
Rene
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Lainfield
Robert Edeson
Alma‘hanlon
the Public Defender
Mayer
Goldman
Frank W. Harris
New York
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Mae Marsh
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Jack Conway
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