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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1893
Page
2
The passage lists local officials underlines Republican guidance for county boards and warns against cross party voting. It praises Connellman Frost in the Second Ward and critiques Grover Cleveland era politics while noting wage reductions tied to the Wilson tariff. It also references a social gathering in Berth and a stray product ad for a skin salve.
Rev. C. I Barnes of the Methodist Church preached a grateful telling sermon on blessings from the Creator. Plainfield attendees, including H. J. McDonald and Jed Smailey, joined Rahway visitors for a pleasant Thanksgiving eve at a hostess’s well prepared gathering with forty people present.
A late 19th or early 20th century item details varied town happenings from the North Plainfield Township meeting expenses to social club events, medical fits, a streetcar mishap, a horse incident, faulty sidewalks, a Thanksgiving postal celebration, and a plan to rearrange the power circuit into three districts. It mentions the Fourth Ward Social Club dance, Marshal Pangborn, a Manning Avenue injury, and notices about the Courier promotion and street conditions.
A recent community evening at the remodeled hall featured an improved ventilation system, new wainscoting, and a polished ceiling. Theodore Vroom and Adolph Sanger supervised the work. Frenco Paloier led the project with praise. The program opened with BarTow orchestra overture and Die Stille Wasserrose, followed by a baritone solo, a musical sketch, a Bandelica operetta, and dancing lasting into the morning.
Hope Chapel hosted a bake and sale afternoon organized by the Helping Hand Society of Wd Daughters. Several tables brimmed with dainties while Misses Hall, Stephenson, Porter, Sins, Porter, Pirsbrook and Baker served eager customers under Muse Jone Van Arndale’s direction. An informal program of vocal and instrumental music and recitations entertained attendees.
A pie and cake sale on Park Avenue near F. LG. Martin drew many visitors last Wednesday. The Y’s fundraiser grossed over 50 dollars with Mine Holmes in charge of cake Miss Lon French pie Lala Lewin candy and Mamie French supervising the event. The young sellers hoped to replenish their treasury as evening fell leaving little unsold.
A pleasant Thanksgiving gathering was hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jobo Dnnham on Madison Avenue yesterday noon. Guests enjoyed a sumptuous repast and festive hospitality, with music enhancing the anniversary mood as they recalled bygone Thanksgiving days.
The Victor Wheelmen hosted a successful ball last night at T. A. B. Hall. Thomas Barbour and Lew Peterson ran the event smoothly and the net proceeds will reach about $100 for future replacements, with a minor disturbance quickly resolved by police.
Condolences from the Salvation Army marked the funeral for John Overland of Coontown. A small gathering attended the service at Warren Chapel, with funeral tributes and prayers from church members and friends.
Fragmentary local items describe Dr Kennedy praise for a remedy for malarial origin and urinary troubles, a tour timetable from New York to Washington with dates and prices, a dance at T A J Hall with organizers and workers listed, and political club donations amid color line tensions.
Wednesday evening a harvest home festival was hosted by the Women’s Free Disley Society in the parish house on Clinton avenue. Music recitations games and a bountiful supper delighted attendees. A Thanksgiving service followed at the church next morning officiated by Rev. Dr. Page of New York.
The former J. G. Miller drug store on West Front Street was sold to W. Herbert. Advertised free trial bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery offered to readers who send name and address to I E Boeken & Co. Also free sample box of pills and two copies of a health guide.
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