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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1892
Page
3
Courier notes readers leaving Plainfield receive a message about a four charge and urging sending address to the office. The fragment hints at a mail scam or notice asking recipients to provide address details to the office. The readable text is incomplete and lacks clear names or dates.
A garbled set of local items notes street railway incidents, political club plans, Salvation Army events, and a mix of society happenings. It mentions judiciary changes, wheelmen divisions, Irish wakes, hotel plans in Elizabeth, street work, and the lifting of four tracks near Elizabeth, with numerous short society notices from Long Beach to Asbury Park and Passaic.
A brief, puzzling line shows Tommy urging silence and a playful remark about pretending not to advertise in the Coowes. The fragment hints at a childlike scene or cryptic note within a historical page.
Details show the Republican National League Convention moved from September 1 to September 10 in Buffalo New York due to heat and scheduling, with broader city party meetings postponed. The article also notes streetcar passenger totals over four days and total receipts, including child fares, for the transit system.
A traveling minstrel show tops the bill at Music Hall on Friday evening. The Germans themselves are famed and supported by top specialty acts, singers, and dancers with high salaries.
The two day Union Gun Club tournament opens at Springfield in this county today and runs through tomorrow with Independent Gun Unit members from this city taking part. Events use rapid-fire targets on day one and live birds substituted on day two, all under five traps and American Association rules.
A phaeton carrying Ronsway at Dusslien Mr Lovejoy and two boys was passed by a train night. The frightened horse ran away, the carriage overturned, and all occupants were injured but not severely. Dr Blakeley treated wounds before Edward Sebriog escorted them home.
Tomorrow brings American Day to Asbury Park with thousands of Torseymen expected to attend. Franklin Council No. 41 will run an excursion from North Avenue station at 7:45 p.m. with a day and evening beach program, returning from Asbury Park at 8 p.m.
Two Potter Press Works employees barely escaped drowning when their boat capsized below Bound Brook dam on Saturday. They could not swim, and a bystander’s heroic efforts likely saved them. Also reported are plans for a one cent Democratic daily newspaper to be published in Elizabeth, backed by a syndicate including Jobe Ro McPherson, with first issue around Sept 1. A new North Plainfield fire engine for the Plainfield department will be tested soon, modeled after the Plainfield gang, to be used with steam power from the Race Street light station.
A race event promoted by Them uw wo Litto Entuemment seeks entrants for a 25 mile road race on the Pan Wood Booth Plains course next Thursday. Five prizes include a Victor wheel for the winner and gold and silver medals for runners up. an exhibition gold medal is on view at Donne's jeweler. Westfield club members urge better incentives to draw entries to outpace top riders Zimmerman and others. several Plainfield riders are already entered, while concerns persist over postrace rewards and entry timing.
The city eyes enforcement of sidewalk bicycle limits and rider age proofs amid rising use. Police plan to ensure cyclists understand the ordinance after recent incidents, while guardians worry over mud guard removal and late evening rides. Separate notes detail Odd Fellows orphanage plans, the Willima estate sale prospect, a fatal lye ingestion by George Terwilliger’s six year old, and a public auction of unclaimed baggage items from Elizabeth depot.
A fragment notes a woman on the street with a lighted cigar drawn in a social moment Sunday evening. The observer describes her as colored and appearing well dressed, with witnesses noting the unusual novelty of the scene.
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