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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1892
Page
3
Readers in Plainfield can receive the summer issue by sending their address to the office. no extra charge applied. The notice emphasizes convenience for residents planning vacations.
Fragmentary paragraphs report mixed items from Hyde woods camp meetings to Jersey fairs, print works water supply, advertising schemes, curbside thefts, and local registrations. Mentions include Runyon purchases, Netherwood foundation, and patrols at Asbury Park hotels with various residents traveling or visiting.
Garwood will open a railroad station with an agent on site for business. Foundations for the new Signal Company building and steel wheel works start soon. Negotiations with two large manufacturers may bring factories next year. The Garwood Land Improvement Company opened its land office and 25 acres are reserved for further development. A well has been drilled to ninety feet, and two thousand building kits have been laid out on the Signal Company grounds.
The piece alleges political patronage in the New Jersey State Police, naming John Parnall Feeney as chief and G. B. Grover and William Reed of Middlesex County as members. It claims Feeney collects a $2,500 yearly salary while Grover and Reed are paid daily for duty.
The community marked Salt Water Day with farmers and county residents enjoying salt water bathing at Florida Grove. The celebration included elders taking advantage of the seaside opportunity, while local attractions and theatre figures like Robert Gaylor and portrayers in New York shows attracted attention. Nearby vendors Woolston Buckle and Geslers hosted staff outings to Boynton Beach with old-fashioned salt water play and decor work noted.
Boot Ball Wouters notes Hughes released from YM. U. L. A. seeks game with NMO TL A at Elizabeth. Danctien crushed 26 to 5 at Cranford Saturday. Crescent team to play N J AU at Bergen Point tomorrow. Central New Jersey League managers meet. umpire vacancy likely filled. Crescent League owners reject midweek NY Club offer. weak midweek support cited. Elizabeth Journal reports Plainfield protest of Somerville victory withdrawn. dispute over grounds for protest and potential reactions discussed.
Victor Meyere Oress George Morrison of the Evening News reports his Victor bicycle valued at 65 dollars was stolen from in front of a Sandford Avenue house last evening. This marks his second loss of a wheel in two years.
Talk of starting a Republican Campaign club in One city. Dorsons borece and interested parties should contact fr. Thames at the Courier office for information. George Miller of the Hotel Grenada slipped on ice in a cellar injury left him in deep mourning with damaged eye.
The text describes a 25 mile handicap road race with gold and silver medals, prize values, and a design by jeweler Doane. It also mentions a fourteenth anniversary celebration of the Chantabyon Literary Circle, lectures by Professor Owen Seaman, and an excursion by the PF and E of New Market.
Plainfield and Asbury Park based drug store owners named Williams confront a police raid linked to a separate Williams Teory who runs a store in Asbury Park. A theatre opening at Manic Hall draws audiences despite heat with a largely familiar cast except for Gambler's Sister, while a Trapshooting tournament by Union Gun Club in Springfield on August 18 includes Keystone targets and live birds.
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