Local Courier Snippets and Notices From Plainfield
Read ers of the Courier leaving Plainfield during the summer months will s end their address to the office to receive papers without extra charge. Items note the Contra Railroad hiring an old ferryboat between Barclay and Upboken until repairs allow ferry service. Queen City No 726 I O F plans their twenty sixth anniversary on October 26 with growing membership. A cofferd man Forman Schenck dies in New Brunswick after forty one years. Major Anderson Post 109 hosts guests from the 30th New Jersey at their reunion. Miners scout for copper on Bound Brook mountain while some excursions miss trains at Asbury Park. Frisby resigns after Kiely case ruling. he cites hog catching and public weariness. A smooth-bore rifle twenty years old draws curiosity. The Elizabeth Journal ponders Uncle Sam’s ability to distinguish Chinese features. Union County Christian Endeavor Union and Republican Committee meet to set primaries dates. Central Railroad Co markets a Switzerland of America excursion on the 27th. A fire east of the city destroys a hay barn and wagons near Wentfeld, with $500 loss and no insurance. World predicts James Martine may gain attention in Granite State this fall. An intoxicated man spends thirty days in Somerville Jail.
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Central Railroad Co
Switzerland of America
Wentfeld
Coe
James Martine
Granite State
Westfield Notes and Society News Briefs
Btolla Tilsley visits Brooklys two weeks while A Laing of Quakertown visits relatives on West Poarth street. Hobibeln Upholsterers of Parkavons to New York Regiment protection. John Chandler returns from Denver after a pleasant twenty three days West. Rev. J. P. Searle and Rev. A. V. Ray mond spend time in Western New York. Weather and rail notes include a railway wreck delay and a telegraph pole collision. Local events cover social calls, a plaster accident, and the electric railroad uniform.
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Btolla Tilsley
Brooklys
Ti A. Laing
Quakertown
Hun
U County
West Poarth Street
Hobibeln
Frm
Parkavons
New York Regiment
John Chandler
Denver
Colorado
Chandler
Far West
Pacific Slope
Lanines Menta
St Louis
New York
N. W. French
25 Mile Bicycle Handicap Race At Fanwood Plains
A 25 mile handicap road race held under Crescent League athletes on the Fanwood Reeth Plains course attracted top riders from New Jersey. J Hazelton and J Willis battled for the lead, with Greenwood Mahon and Goffin close behind as prizes and medals were awarded to top finishers after handicaps were applied.
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Crescent League
Waa
Fom Afornoon
Fanwood-Reoth Plains Cours
Weir
Uie
Fanwood
Lees
C. Fredrickson
J. Choaney
P. Klely
W. Mattox
J. Saunders
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Little
Fritts
Lowrie
T. Burns
L. Daring
BR. Wyckel
Re- Vere
Tobin
W. Gerbold
O. Emer
C.F. Jansen
Willan Abigeen
Charles P. Leggett
FL. . Martin
J. T. Fritts
Charles B. Lyman
Tiwers
W. H. Rogers
Charles Wall
Hervey Doane
Thomas
W. I. Clark
G. W. Morrison
A. T. Hinrichs
B. Harvey
W. J. Klely
Martin
CG Gotthell
Lar
Bae
F.C. Glivert
R & Lagerm
J. Gackburn
Coffin
tMawelton
Serateh
FP. Prial
Viese
One Run Margin in Morristown Game
The Morristown Crescents defeated the Pride of Morristown 7 to 6 after a seventh inning surge. Packman sparked the offense with the only Morristown base hit off Murphy, while Bonner snagged a high leer for a highlight catch. Freddie Jones dominated at the plate and on defense as Morristown capitalized on several errors to pull ahead.
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Morristown
New Jersay
Packman
Murphy
Uelfer
Bonner
Freddie Jones
Crescents
Plainfield Lead Improvement Offers Desirable City Lots
Chartee HL Lyman as agent for Plainfield Lead Improvement Company advertises sale of one hundred lots along Fourth Pilham Sixth streets between Grant and Monroe avenues. Low prices with cash discount of five percent or installment plan about $25 down and $10 monthly. Lots near churches schools and electric railroad with perfect title and quick sale expected.
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Charles H. Lyman
Plainfeld Land Improvement Company
Pilham Sixth
Grant
Monroe Avenues
Double Uncle Tom's Company Shown at Masse Hall Tonight
The Evening Journal notes a large audience at Masse Hall for Sternon's Tom's Cabin Company. Open air concert by Prof Guttman drew several hundred near Park Avenue and Second Street, first in a series of outdoor performances. Salt Water Day at Florida Grove and Boynton Beach sends the colored population away in joyful mood. The Courier boasts of skilled printers.
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Evensyive
Sasuraay Journal
Sternon
Masse Hall
Opera
Guttman
Park Avenue
Second Street
Florida Grove
Boynyon Beach
Ieeta
Uncle Tom's Cabin Company
Election Board Appointments in Plainfield and Fanwood
The Courier reports Union County Board of Registration met in Elizabeth to appoint those serving on county election boards. Appointees in Plainfield and Fanwood cover First to Fourth Wards with party affiliations noted, as races and standings for local leagues rise in Somerset area coverage.
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Union County Board of Registration
Elizabeth
Monay Afernoon
Grunty
Fanwood
Newark and Philadelphia plan a 10 mile relay race
Basinoas Men's Cleveling League in Newark organizes a relay race with 100 men, ten from ten clubs. Riders cover ten miles each as messengers relay messages from Philadelphia to Newark. First messenger to deliver in Newark wins a handsome prize.
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Basinoas
Newark
la Sald
Miladelphia
Turacheme
Philadelphia
Ela
Sunday Might'e Musical Programma at Beth erwood
The Beth erwood Sunday program features Prof. Greenop's orchestra at Hotel Netherwood with Overture Seminawide from Rhowini, Scenes from Tannhauser including Romance and Pilgrim Chorus, Petpourn from Martha, and selections from Lohengrin and La Reine de Sal. Also notes local political chatter and a dental ad hydra.
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Cortege
Sal
Siement
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