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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1892
Page
2
A scrambled Plainfield Courier page blends dashery social musings and quirky observations. It lampoons Proost and pros, cites the sugar trust, notes an eclipse schedule, mocks Tammany, and quips on tears and marriage. It also touches Liberia's president, barley wine, Keeley cure skeptically, Idaho stage hold ups, and Victoria's Riviera bed.
The text records a brief note by English divine Mark Pearse from Bedford Place London praising Allcock's Poroca Prastexs as a remedy for colds and coughs. Crescent Division Uniformed Bank of P. plans a reception and bail on Thursday April 21.
A detailed description of the dining car Savarin on the Pennayloa line notes luxury furnishings including velvet curtains antique ironwork etched glass stained glass panels and ornate leather seating. The car features electric lighting porcelain candles on tables and heavy silver service with a semi circular painted ceiling.
The excerpt recounts neighbors gossiping about Samantha and Mrs Williams while contemplating women’s rights. A tale of proposals, rings, and the home as a moral center argues that a wife or mother’s duties at home outrank public debates and political ambition.
A seventy year old woman, left destitute after her husband’s death, was misled by a relative into using Dr. 8. D. Howes Arabian Mined Tonic. After a bottle she suffered further health issues and sought remedies for rheumatism, catarrh, and other ailments. Dr. Howe promoted spearmint and other tonics.
Obscure notices recount a long misquoted sermon about Mastineny and Beecher, echoing an Erie minister tale from decades earlier. The piece transitions through scattered vignettes including a House of Commons anecdote about Christmas naming and a Jew power ruling on Sabbath electric light.
A sparse poem fragment hints at women and duty, noting a shared act of care and labor under a starry sky. The wording is archaic and broken, but it evokes common tasks of daily life once described in intimate, reflective lines. The piece reads as a rough draft or scrap with incomplete phrases.
The Fifth Combination sale of A D Thompson will be held Wednesday April 13 1892 at Metropolitan Stables Plainfield New Jersey starting at 10 o clock with 40 acclimated horses from the surrounding country including work and driving horses. A car load of fresh Western horses arrives Monday the 11th. Buyers have until the following day at 8 o clock to settle. Horses are warranted as represented with money refunded. Wagons and harness sold. Over 50 horses were said at last mile. Hale ree rain or shine. I E Rider Mi sD The MPS IN Prop.
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