24 Apr 1894
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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1894
Page
1
A blaze swept through a house near Regent at dawn burning contents and causing the occupants Mrs Bordentheimer and her husband to escape with help from a ladder. Firefighters fought the flames for hours but the structure was largely ruined and furniture burned. No fatalities reported.
Fragmentary text describes a slow race, mentions riders or athletes such as Koller, McVay, Purcelivia, and Abd Lome. The prose is garbled with stray phrases and unclear events, making specific actions or outcomes hard to determine.
A garbled advertisement invites readers to request a free sample and a guide from Burien & Co and a local drugstore. It promises a trial bottle, home health instruction, and no land cost, with urging language and scattered product mentions.
The passage quotes a drummer comforting a woman named Fanny about going on the road, saying he will manage to pick up another girl somewhere. It mentions using the Courier want ad column to find replacements when an upstairs girl leaves, noting the Courier was paid.
Patchy notes describe city water being introduced to Hart fete area, wiring for electricity, avenue improvements, and streetcar driveway leveling. Also weather figures, local meetings, and various community items including lodge, tribe, and club activities. Built from fragmented paragraphs, names include Herold Tomlinson, Cally Lodge No. 102, Misatonomo Tribe, Elizabeth, Camera Club, and Crescent Wheelmen.
The Park City House Committee secured pool expert Professor Gerstel to attend Sheelah honk on Thursday evening April 26 at 8 oclock. Members only will be admitted and shots in billiards will be demonstrated during the event. Large courier paper load noted in city.
Miss Lind sey of New York lectured Miss Newton and Scrivoer’s pupils on La Grande avenue about blood circulation. She explained heart action, arterial flow, capillaries, and the bloodstream aided by charts, and announced a May 10 follow up at Gates Church guild room with a lecture and a poetry segment.
The club presented twenty eight dances with lively commentary and patriotic decorations at the Wigwam. Guests from Newark Cranford Rat Mey Somerville and Philadelphia enjoyed a midnight supper as Professor Gallman kept the crowd awake with witty remarks.
A birthday party for a centennial girl, just turning eighteen, was held with both north and south borough celebrations. Miss Nash was urged to the home but attended the party, where dancing and two cakes marked the milestone on 1876-1894 era social scene with many local residents listed among guests.
Judge Coddinsti presided over a session listing Frank McClare fined for drunkenness on Fourth Street and George Potter for same offense with penalties. Frank Uart faced charges of quarrel and disorderly behavior, while Betty Bhelloo and Etta Whindleton were ordered to appear Saturday alongside John Scott. Sebting and Ural Satar are noted in elusively worded items requiring appearance.
Still suffezing from Ber severe rat Miss Emily Haff of Clinton suffers after a fall inside a church pew. Family away, she fell the length of the y bead fire. Fortunately no bones broken. Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy promoted as relief and prevention with 25 and 60 cent bottles at Reypold's Pharmacy Park and North streets.
Local column notes several residents and visitors including Harry Folper and Mrs Demarest returning from New York, Mrs Sullman visiting her aunt in Ventral Avenue, and Mrs Morton moving to North Plainfield. Also mentioned are piano and bicycle interests, a funeral in Jenkintown, and community events at the Violet Pleasure Club and Park Club.
New York April 74. A man named Don, of No 132 street, fired four shots at Pirie J. McArdle, an Albany iron merchant, in the Court of Common Pleas today at 10 45 AM. The 38 calibre revolver misfired and no one was hit, but the incident caused intense turmoil in the courthouse.
Disaster strikes twelve miles west of Burkesville Texas as a water spout and cyclone demolish homes. Griefstruck areas report a fatal hit on Miss Hosie Gilchrist, with several residents injured and bridges washed away. Names such as Jace Joyce and J. K O'Donoghue appear among those affected.
The Chicago City Railway Company which operates the cable and horse car lines may strike, citing the discharge of twenty ten men as the spark. The walkout could involve about 3,000 workers and affect the Alley Elevated system.
The Courier Lisbon reports 104 cholera cases and three fatalities in the twenty four hours ending yesterday evening. The Portuguese government halted all telegraphic messages in response to the outbreak.
In Irmsca on April 24 the Court of sud Terminer with Judge Forbes presiding saw the Grand Jury convene at 10 o clock to investigate the Cornell chlorine case.
Governor Flow er signs Senator O Connor s bill creating non partisan election inspectors nationwide as part of a reform move reported from Albayt on April 14. The measure aims to depoliticize local election administration by establishing independent boards.
April 24 report from Asast notes a Senate passage of a bill to forbid the dying of any flag or banner that represents national symbols over state and municipal buildings. The measure targets improper display and aims to curb patriotic symbolism within official spaces.
Mil ler's Saranac Lake House at Saranac Lake burned to the ground this morning. The fire is suspected to be incendiary in origin. A fragmentary literary notice distracts from the main report with unrelated commentary on art reproductions and historical echoes.
George Bolsters of Chatham Street, recently ill, showed slight improvement this morning. A mysterious chest abscess formed last Friday, grew by Saturday night, yet he recalls no injury or theft and felt only slightly ill beforehand.
A description recounts a pleasing surprise and orderly conduct during a birthday gathering. Names of attendees including Stella Woebl, Etta Biatx, Lens Savalley, May Mike, Cora Shepherd, and others are listed. The event pauses for a loud outcry from the Growie before resuming. Telegraph poles at Cesel 10 placed to replace decayed ones are noted by officials.
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