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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1892
Page
3
Clipping notes readers may obtain a bent return at no extra charge by sending their address to the office. The notice suggests summer travel or distribution details from Plainfield. The item preserves a local paper tone with a terse call to action for readers.
Middlesex Doubty lists Parmer Alliance involvement with a Park Avenue sign issue and Ubla warning chowder. Car crowds ride streetcars Saturday and Sunday. Reports on Nightwing damage to a grid station and weather highs and lows. Local crowd scenes at camp meetings and East Helder Lease, with arrests affecting disorderly conduct. Multiple social notices, church events, excursions, cricket club notes, and a train incident near Peace Street. Victims include Mary Eageny and Robert Spooner among others touring, visiting, or recovering.
About ten this morning a small blaze started in Shaw's drug store from benzine explosion. The fire department was alerted by box 12 but extinguishers cut the flames before major damage. A nearby worker marked by a risky lighting of a gasolene bottle led to the blast. Edward Richards, tending bottles, narrowly escaped serious injury as clerks quickly doused the flames.
In Elizabeth, Crescenta beats Crescent team 16 to 7 amid noisy home crowd. Old Sneeden held the visitors to seven hits as Crescents slugged sixteen with two and three baggers. Umpire tensions flared. both sides muttered and the crowd cheered the home team to victory.
Westfield defeated Somerville four to nothing on Somerville’s grounds Saturday afternoon. Sharrott pitched for Westfield but struggled, while Ripleyville’s Anderson and Fields shone. Pleida Melodeo’s slide to second and Harkina’s three-bagger highlighted the action amid umpire Sullivan’s calls.
Bane Ball Botex reports Crescenta and West Ends had two games arranged in addition to the league series in this city on Labor Day but they are declared off. Crescenta to play Highland Athletic Club of Philadelphia on North Plainfield grounds Labor Day afternoon. Joe Harkins’ New Brunswick base ball team to play Wednesday at four. Souvenir day offers free admission. Also notes on local games, incidents, and a parade of brief events including a runaway horse incident and police disorderly-conduct sentences.
Miss Warren of Easton PA visits Arrow Smiths of South Plainfield. She driving a buggy on West Front Street collided with a streetcar. Miss Arrow smith injured, boy’s ankle bruised, wagon damaged. Mrs Nelson aided, Dr Boone treated head contusion. Mr Morrin transported her home. Also, Frank Reynolds, 18, of Plainfield, drowns in Cobbonseecontic Lake near Mammond's Grove. cramp suspected. Family notified after Jamaica trip. Plus local glee club leader search and a wheel accident on Somerset Street injuring Frank Beath.
Reports describe four colored women disturbing services and prompting Officer Friahy to remove them from the grounds. A young Lyons rider knocked down a man and two women near Park during the alarm. An onlooker's brush with a streetcar incident caused a partial isomer turn, while a brush heap fire near Netherwood drew no action. A hotel goblet-cutting injury to Fred Moore is noted. An advertisement pitches Dr Howes blood purifier as a life remedy.
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