According to 2 ads appearing on pages 1090 and 1091 in the 1925-26 Hoboken City Directory shown below and viewed at http://www.digifind-it.com/hoboken/data/city-directories/1925-1926 part 2 Part_0004.pdf, Fred Hagens was the Proprietor of the Grand Hotel located at the same intersection as Meyer’s Hotel.
While the post card mentioned above shows John Moje as the Proprietor of Meyer’s Hotel circa the early 1920s, by the time the 1925-26 city directory was printed, Henry Braun was listed as the Proprietor. According to the 1930 U.S. Census found on FamilySearch shown below and seen at https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/6...c=1810731&personaUrl=/ark:/61903/1:1:X4PV-WPX, John Moje is listed as an Assistant Manager for a hotel — but his residence was Queens (NYC). It is important to point out that I assume this John to be John Jr. who was born in New Jersey in 1890. His father John was born in Germany in about 1856-57. While it is unclear if John Jr. and Fred were employer/employee/friends/neighbors, the hotels they worked at were competitors at one time. According to an article in the Hudson Dispatch dated January 8, 1936, the Meyer’s Hotel was in bankruptcy. To view the article - https://hoboken.pastperfectonline.com/archive/7375B2C9-30F6-4369-8347-327288367260.
The tag found looks like it was originally made for John. The 100 may represent his room number if he lived on a hotel premises. The presence of cut corners and absence of screw holes suggests this tag slid into a holder. Perhaps on the room door or mail box. Fred Hagens might have obtained the tag after John Jr. moved to Queens. Lots of speculation!
Interesting how such a small artifact can be so thought provoking.
