January 1888: The Law Journal editors called its survival for a decade “no common occurrence among local law magazines.” They observed that “as a local magazine in a small state [we] could not expect a large circulation, … not wishing to break the state bounds and compete with the great monthly or weekly law magazines and obtain contributors and readers from all parts of the country.”
100 Years Ago
January 1913: The Monmouth County Bar Association decided against a plan to erect monuments to it deceased members. John Foster, the chairman of the special committee considering the proposal, reported that because so many members had died, the memorials would put a needless financial hardship on the living.
