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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1892
Page
2
The piece mocks Democratic platforms of 1888 9 and 9 1 as it jabs at tax revisions and wage differences while lampooning political figures. It cites Congressman Cobb and jokes about tea inspections for Congress and notes New Jersey may not go Republican this fall amid fraud allegations in Holson County.
The State Board of Agriculture issued a circular detailing prizes for farm products to be exhibited at the World’s Fair. Exhibits must be grown in the state and judged by merit. awards include cash sums for corn, sugar corn, and various nuts and produce. Also notes travel gossip and local happenings in Princeton and North Plainfield.
Town churches announce morning prayers sermons Sunday School and Holy Communion at various times. Rev. Le Holy Communion at First Baptist Netherwood. Rev. T Logan Murphy at Holy Church of the Holy Cross. Warren Union Mission morning services and no evening service. East Third Street Mission 9 30 a m Sunday School 7 45 p m evening. German Church Craig Place 10 30 a m. First Church of Christ 10 a m Lord's Supper 11 45. Trinity Reformed Church 7 45 p m. Gospel Temperance meetings Reform Hall 9 0 0 a m and 4 p m. Scandinavian Bible Class 3 45 p m. Park Avenue Baptist Church tomorrow. First Presbyterian Church 11 a m and 7 45 p m. Grace Church morning prayers 8 30 a m. evening 6 30 p m. Crescent Avenue Presbyterian 10 30 a m and 6 30 p m. Methodist Episcopal King Street 10 30 a m 1 1 30 a m and 7 45 p m. Park Place Chapel Sunday School 9 30 a m events service 7 p m. Friends meeting Peace Street 1 am. Y M C A room 4 15 p m. Mr Pleasant School House meeting tomorrow evening.
Readied Cranford carnival gears up for a grand Venetian event this evening with a weather contingency postponement to next fair Saturday. A new feature, the Wildwood Wigwam atop Peninsula Park, 00 Eastman Street, will rise forty feet with lanterns, plus tree lanterns and river line lanterns surrounding the peninsula.
Plainfield residents, led by the W. T. A., seek a public drinking fountain on Peace Street near the railroad. Currently the only late night option is a pump on Somerset Street near the bridge, recently fitted with an electrical device. A colored man was shocked while using it and Officer Predrickson also received a severe shock while there for a drink.
The Palos celebration of Columbus’s voyage continued with art and music competitions and a dinner. Awards included a cane with a gold head for the top entrant, as participants submitted hymns, paintings, and sketches on the discovery of America and Spanish America.
Arthur O Leary in Lind Wy Ontario faces defalcation estimates as a surprising case. The Champion Wichita reports Third Party suspension and cabinet rumor involving Morley Ireland and Gladstone. Italian masons accused of subversion and a New York child case appear amid scattered items.
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