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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1893
Page
4
A garbled, era-spanning OCR fragment lists crime notes and accidents. It mentions a drunken triple crime, a wounded woman, a hospital, and a family driven to rely on neighbors. Other items include juvenile death at a mine breach near Paterson and rail accidents in Lancaster and Reading, Pa, with scattered names and dates.
A Brooklyn Eagle report notes a Presbyterian church on Clermont Avenue near Atlantic tried female choristers in services. the plan drew criticism as old sermons seemed stale and over mechanical. The piece discusses views on preaching style and the impact of modern, outspoken teachers.
A mixed OCR fragment from The New York Commercial Advertiser presents Turf Topics with varied mentions of horses, hoaxes, and show business. It cites John A. Goldsmith’s $7,500 win, a 1,800 pound mule at Yale Kansas, and the Foreplagh circus stock. It notes Ormonde’s record and plans for stabling in New Jersey before California, plus theater news about Edwina the dancer and Broadway company itineraries.
The piece surveys animal life with claims about a queen bee's fertility over 15 years and notes from Sir John Lubbock and Cuvier on animal longevity. It mentions the Tuscan hats, tennis fashion at Eton, and a curious remark about bats and masonry workmanship.
Fragmented remarks on gender roles appear in a review discussing women’s waning presence on stage. Men carry the dramatic weight in works like The Lost Parodins and Colonel Carter of Cartersville while painting and art exhibitions emphasize male subjects and perspectives.
A fragment from a Sept 20 1692 local notice records a commercial traveler entering an inn and being admonished. The readable text is garbled but preserves a dispute involving a traveling merchant and the innkeeper during that period.
A damaged OCR fragment lists numbers and times such as 7.90 5.40 mod 11.00 4 and references to 80 6.80 F u hae and a Dra Cross-7 with mentions of Aumve-8.40 a.m. and 115 615 7m for Trenlon Philadel, lacking context or clear subjects.
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