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Mutual Benefit Life was taken into receivership for rehabilitation by the New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance on July 16, 1991, after losses in an overheated real estate market led to a run by policyholders, who ultimately lost the purported "cash value" that had been said to have accrued in their policies. At the time, the collapse ...
Aerial view of the refinery Bayonne, New Jersey - the Tidewater Oil Co. refinery complex in 1890 Frank Tannenbaum July 22, 1915 July 22, 1915. The Bayonne refinery strikes of 1915–1916 were labor actions of refinery workers in Bayonne, New Jersey, mostly Polish-Americans [1] who struck Standard Oil of New Jersey and Tidewater Petroleum plants on Constable Hook beginning in mid-July 1915.
The Mercer Pottery Company is a defunct American pottery company. The backstamp on many of its pottery pieces indicates it was founded in 1865 in Trenton, New Jersey. It was then purchased in 1875 by James Moses. [1] The company ran successfully until the 1930s. It claimed to have made the first semi-porcelain ware in the United States. [2]
Nearby landmarks include the Italian Peoples Bakery and the New Jersey State Prison. The buildings in block 3 have experienced significant decay. The block has been the subject of many redevelopment efforts [3] and has been redeveloped as lofts, offices, commercial space, and a piazza for events. Building 101 was converted to a loft-style ...
A Christian religious group that has closed its beaches on Sunday mornings for generations to honor God is relenting temporarily, allowing beachgoers onto the sand while it fights a court case ...
At the corner of Charles Street and Ferry Avenue in Camden, a New Jersey pastor has made it his mission to honor the Black Civil War soldiers buried in Butler Cemetery.
Public Service Gas Company [2] Public Service Electric Company [2] Public Service Transportation Company, for passenger buses, formed a bit later than the others (started 1917) United Electric Company of New Jersey (merged 1907) [9] [10] All of these were holding companies, except for the bus company. United Electric was a special case.
The 1913 strike in Paterson was preempted by the Doherty Silk Company's construction of a modernized mill in nearby Clifton, New Jersey in 1911. The multiple-loom system of this mill upset workers who feared the inevitable transformation of all of Paterson's mills and the subsequent loss of jobs.