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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1892
Page
3
Readers of the Leaving Plainfield are instructed that summer months will be sent at no extra charge by sending their address to the office.
A garbled page lists community happenings including visits, family births, weddings, funerals, club events, and local travel. It mentions a Junior Order parade prep, Asbury Park plans, and multiple residents from Lambert to Lake Placid, with dates and places scattered through the prose.
A test run of Newark road electric cars drew a large crowd along West Front Street last evening. The car reached Randolph's Pharmacy before returning, with 16 current outages noted and spectators lining the route from the car shops to the business district.
Several hundred delegates gathered in Trenton for the New Jersey State Convention of the Prohibition Party. Robert White led the proceedings, raised 281 dollars for campaign expenses, and Samuel J. Stoan was named temporary chairman with Dr. Gran as permanent chair. The platform backed Cincinnati planks, female suffrage, and opposed gambling and county expense bills. Kennedy won the gubernatorial ballot. convention adjourned after John Kennedy’s unanimous nomination.
President Gaskill of the Young Men's Republican League of the Suste says a postponed special meeting of the Asbury Mark club will open the campaign in New Jersey. It signals the start of a broader effort with speakers including McKinley and General Clarkson.
A report notes Washington orders to census all Chinese in the Fife District and photograph Mongolians with age data. It mentions the Celluloid Zapon Company in Springfield repairing damage from a recent explosion affecting residents in Springfield Milburn and nearby areas. Also cited is a Christian Endeavor trip to Poughkeepsie with twenty seven cars and a dogster lemmas timeline from July 3 to August 11. The Courier boasts skilled printers.
An old advertisement extols Dr Howes Aretan Tonic Purifier as a cure for bad taste in the mouth sleeplessness and misery. It claims restoring happiness and comfort after illness and uses a testimonial tone referencing a baby and Conte wrim remedies.
Special dispatch from Indianapolis reports Supreme Justice Somerby of the Iron Wall order returning to oversee recounts amid a feud with Supreme Accountant Davis. The piece also notes cycling club runs in Newark and a Mount Tabor camp meeting, with local business, real estate moves, and a controversial patent medicine advertisement fielding reader attention.
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