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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1894
Page
2
A garbled OCR fragment appears from a political column with references to campaigns, protectionism, and economic debate. The text mentions President Wilson era notions and a New York Democratic pressure group, plus a long anecdotal misquote about workers, merchants, and a 1465 anecdote about an engineer and a kitchen tally. The piece is incomplete and interleaved with stray phrases.
Annual encampment interest grows as veterans from across the nation prepare for the Grand Army of the Republic and Naval Veterans Association meeting in Pittsburgh. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad offers excursion tickets at one fare round trip for trains from Sept 6 to Sept 11, with return by Sept 21. Keaneh Heremore’s family benefited from Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy during a dysentery outbreak, and he shared some with others.
A patchwork of social calls visits and events from Asbury Park, Washington, Bayonne, North Plainfield, and nearby areas. residents attended church services, hosted and visited friends, and noted receptions, travel, and a train derailment incident with no serious injuries.
Local notes report visitors including James Day of Elisabeth and Arthie Riggert near Westerly with several others from Mainheld. The Seventh Day Baptist Christian Association announces a Kaymtum Beach gathering, while Roger family returns from Crookticket New York. Residents attend James Dunham’s memorial, and ongoing events include a glass of tennis at New Market Tennis Club, a charity reception, and a coal shipment notice for Pecataway Township School.
The article discusses stone crosses carved from Peter Rafferty limestone near Clonmacnoise and Bellineore, including a 10.8 feet high structure with intricate detailing symbolizing the Holy Ghost. Architect fr. Smith of New York provided drawings from Grove Street.
In a New York World style political note, Union County Republicans plan a strong Republican candidate to challenge Democrat Dube. Ernest Ackerman of Plainfield is eyed as a popular wealth-backed contender with campaign money and local influence.
A movement seeks to bring Geriera Booth, head of the Salvation Army, to this city and other western hubs. The General Booth, seventy four, recently visited and is noted for his lambove-pipe hat and distinctive cloak. The trip would include October Europe arrivals and possible Plainfield inclusion.
Last Saturday Robert Wyckoff of the Borough connected with Washington Valley Quarries was at Crawford delivering a large stone. While others helped lift, the stone shifted and his middle finger was crushed off the nail. The incident left his finger very painful.
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