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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1892
Page
2
A chaotic fragmentary column from a New York era paper mixes politics, scandals, and social notes. It references Niagara Falls politics, Anarchists, marriages, divorces, a Brooklyn wife's thirteenth marriage, and ambulance service criticism amid urban headlines and satirical asides.
Labor groups state the merger of New Jersey Central Lehigh Valley and Reading Railroads cuts train crews with sixteen freight and eleven passenger trains withdrawn. Easton shop workers in Lehigh Valley on half time since April 1. Port Johnston and Elizabethport cuts threaten five hundred jobs and broader coal terminal consolidations. Unions warn of mass discharges and possible nationwide Reading system strike without compromise.
Lottie Mortimer of the Tangled Up company will introduce her serpentine dance in Muske Hall next Wednesday night. The fad blends Nautch and whirl ing dervish movements with a sheer china crepe dress and brown tights. The performance promises graceful spirals and waves as the dance creates a New York sensation.
The Somerset County Grand Jury indicted a thirteen year old boy of Millatone nicknamed Nevius for borrowing a horse wagon harness robe and other items without permission. He is confined in a separate jail section due to age and superstition, feared to be unsettled by darkness. In Somerville Randolph Spergel of North Plainfield sought a liquor license but the application was laid over. A hydrant at Park avenue and Sixth street will supply F A Pope with his silver sprinkling device.
An advertisement claims Baaxparra's Pitta medicines cure skin eruptions ulcers boils and fevers and prevent sickness. It touts vegetarian pills safe for use, asks readers if fatigue sleep loss and weak digestion plague them, and promotes Dr Howe's Arabian Blood Tonic sold by druggists.
The Phile- Aslphis Ledger reports a plan to erect a plant with a one horsepower engine and daily output of aluminum. Management aims to price aluminum below copper, claiming a cheaper production and three and a half times more in stock. Competition expected mainly from Pitt profit at fifteen cents a pound.
A fragmentary verse uses imagery of a cloak and warm embrace to describe closeness and a growing tenderness toward a figure. The lines imply affection and an intimate moment, though exact subject and context remain unclear.
A partial text fragment references an ancestral mass being appreciated by a group. The readable portion is limited and lacks clear names, places, or dates to establish a full report.
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