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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1894
Page
2
A jagged OCR fragment surveys Newark and Trenton affairs, mentioning executions, police corruption, court penalties, and a broad political horizon. It references Sheriff Thite, Jamon Mathews, Judge Wodtington, and Sergeant Kiley, with scattered notes on police hard labor and city finances.
In a brisk series competition SX Tarsets led by strong scores. Winners tallied 269 points as Sw ee prizes highlighted the event with standout performances by Keller and others.
A jumble of brief items reports low peach prices at Fuilper, church reopenings, a baseball score where Eagle topped Catan Giants, plus local construction progress and several city notices. Other snippets note a lawn sprinkler, katydid season, Moon Avenue properties selling, a 100 pound horsehide buy, repairs on Thorpe and Ivins, an incident with barbed wire catching a dress, and a horse fleeing on Carleton Avenue.
Merchants report a span of days with crowds of people claiming injury or hospital origin to beg for money home. The stories vary but unite in a suspected impostor pattern, with some shown away as unreliable. Local observers warn that truly distressed applicants may be affected by wary con artists.
A distressed woman with a panicking child pleads for bread at a Front Street bakery one night. The child appears half starved while the mother, blamed by onlookers, earns only a meager weekly wage and struggles to provide for the family amid harsh conditions.
A garbled but readable record notes many social visits and gatherings in town households. Names include Mrs Joe Apgar and daughter Alice, Mr and Mrs Austin, Mrs Lavinia Giles, and Arthur tiles with various neighbors and relatives. A funeral for John Donahue is mentioned with services at St Marys Church and burial at St Marys Cemetery.
A disparate OCR fragment reports Charles Rogers and associates at a New York event. It references Silas Edward Clark, a Pelatopic fugitive linked to Somerville, and mentions Justice Sears, Justice Storms, and Alexander Barris in connected court actions. The text also notes tomatoes from Worlds Fest and a W. J. Davis store, with scattered references to local committees and deliveries.
By the death of Imvid Richanias of 4 pene 5 wanes 8 there have clung together since childhood with fraternal joudness, is broken for Lie Gre time 1k happeomd that they were to be present at this funeral. They all lived in Somerville when boys, though they separated to other towns, they retained fondness for each other. Edward Rochanta was the Grat to marry and leave the cirete tat now all are married. Out the two, John Vanderveer and Elias Haberie, Their.
Local report notes a group of crack sectors invited to the opening of the Gen Club at Elizabeth Monday. Attendees include band members. event promises notable competition with a sixty yard boundary noted for a key display.
The article describes Crescent Vision No 13 U R K brigades in the Biennial Conclave parade with about 13,000 troops along a long route, detailing uniforms, marching order, and a travel plan via Pennsylvania Railroad. It notes Chief Doane’s fire department horse usage and concerns about stables and readiness. It also mentions Kenneth Bezemore and a Cholera remedy anecdote tied to exposure and a local pharmacy.
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