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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1912
Page
8
A governor signed a broad slate of measures authorizing armory use and exhibitions, road and street improvements, hospital and tuberculosis policies, tax and bond provisions, prison labor, water works, and various corporate and municipal reforms. The acts amend existing statutes on conveyances, liability, and governance while outlining funding and enforcement details.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Brooklyn grocery ad or catalog entry from 1858 at Nostrand Avenue. The readable bits mention a local store and generic pricing hints, with scattered phrases about soup and goods.
Newark News reports an experiment to adapt labor bonds for prisoners in New Jersey. The plan would employ inmates in county and state facilities under county or state supervision, with one third of minimum sentence wages diverted to allowances and discipline under prison authorities. The piece notes trials in several states and potential savings to the state and counties through widespread inmate labor.
In Chicago the acquittal of the heer packers on criminal conspiracy charges sparks Hudson county prosecutors to pursue extradition. Assistant prosecutor Dan McCartigan heads to Chicago with detective to confer with the U S attorney and seeks warrants to bring 21 indicted beef packers to New Jersey for trial.
The article describes a new small film projector called The Parlor apparatus weighing 20 pounds and 19 inches long. Inventor Edigon spent two years on the design with a claimed $900,000 cost to perfect. Film length, price ranges, and exchange terms are noted for the miniature and larger machines.
Tomorrow and Saturday begin ladies garments sales with all day dressmaking and tailored fittings. CAI PENTIEN promises a wide selection of ladies and misses spring suits and coats, advertised as Easton’s best store for feminine apparel with early deals and new arrivals.
An improvised report describes a ballot box opening in North Readington in November. The incident involved missealed ballots and confusion over who opened and resealed the box. A clerk, Julin Sheets, is named in a disputed sequence of events connected to the county registry.
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