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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1892
Page
2
Fragmentary remarks from 1891 and 1892 discuss wages, free trade, and the McKinley tariff. Benjamin Harrison and Democratic stances are cited, praising home manufacturing and a broader market. Contemporary opinions from The London Times and The Liverpool press are noted amid a broad exchange on tariff policy and party loyalties.
In Pittsburgh Aug 3 Hugh Ross out on bail lodges Informations against H C Frick F T Lovejoy Robert Pinkerton William Pinkerton and others over murders of John Morris G W Kotter Silas Wayne and Joseph Sotax. Pinkerton detectives head the list with Carnegie officers among the accused.
Yonx August 3 The steamship Badie arrived this morning and set an all time speed record of 528 knots for a day’s run surpassing the previous 520 knots by the City of Paris on her last voyage.
Ad claims Allcock's Porous Plasters offer swift soothing cure from pain, stressing pure ingredients, non burning action, and superiority over imitators. Warns against misrepresentation and unauthorized sales pitches.
Judge Green of the Federal Court denies the writ of habeas corpus for Robert Alden Palos, the alleged killer under death watch in Newark. Judge Henry, Palos’s counsel, appeals the decision to the United States Court.
News from Newton reports four hundred workers at the New York Belting & Packing Company Works striking over a new numbered entry system. Manager F. Jones attempts to mediate with a striker committee as demands to remove the system persist. The firm, a large umbrella with plants in New York Chicago Cleveland and Passaic, sees frequent protests but shows no compromise yet. Newark Anarchists in New Jersey show activity with 600 in Newark attending a meeting and a speech praising Alexander Berkman.
Reports from France show returns from 1,132 districts with Republicans gaining 110 council seats. In the U S case J M Crossana in Mc Daniels faces dismissal for want of proof after arrest on a bank robbery charge involving First National Bank. Coinage data for May shows billions in gold and silver coins minted. A Reading homicide case notes a fugitive drowned while fleeing authorities. New York faces about 18,000 idle men amid a lockout and quotas dispute.
The item promotes instant relief for croup or whooping cough with a free trial bottle. It urges readers not to delay and to trust the Courier printer to deliver solid work, naming TW. Randolph and praising the printer’s quality.
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