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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1891
Page
2
The Plainfield Daily notes frost shutting down County Clerk race plans for 1892 and comments on local officials including Mr. Acke and council floor work. A Mrs Jenkins Miller welcomes a baby girl and casual jests on fashion and a fast flying fly punctuate the column with whimsy.
In an editorial tone the piece laments the two year struggle with a political combine in Plainfield. It condemns public officials who betray trust and praises the Life Five for opposing outside financiers and defending the city’s health and finances. The piece notes voter backlash against the Combine and celebrates the Little Five’s larger civic support.
Testimony in a Newport area case details Henry Bedlow’s separation from Mrs. Bedlow after 1855 marriage, alleged non support, and Mrs. Bedlow’s later life with her daughters. Evidence questions Bedlow’s mental state, drinking habits, and control of his estate as witnesses describe his weakness and repeated borrowing. Further testimony was expected.
The Plainfield ballot marked a stern rebuke to six city officials viewed as failing the public. Voters, nearly fourteen hundred strong, from both parties, rejected the Council's conduct over the past two years and demanded accountability from their public servants.
The first hearing in the Bedlow will contest before Surrogate Random in New York occurred yesterday. Alfred Bedlow died May 16 at about sixty and left his widow Fanny, son Alfred Jr, and daughters Florence Townsend and Julia Frothingham only one dollar each. Most property was left to his friend Miss Sarah A Stillwell, named executrix, with the family listed as disinherited for alleged disrespect and ingratitude amid a divorce suit. The widow and children seek probate arguing mental incompetence and undue influence by Stillwell.
The issue features a William J. Florence sketch with photos from The Mighty Dollar and roles as Zekiel and Homespun plus a Rivals scene study. It also covers Mexico with President Diaz, a piece on Columbus burial, Beauties of By-Gone Days, Whittier poetry The Barefoot Boy, Henry Irving as a footlight favorite, and a Spanish tale All the Penta Del Sol.
Mrs Henry Ward Beecher of 40 Orange St Brooklyn N Y testifies to Avvcock s Plasters and Poultices easing many aches pains and lameness She notes she has used them for years and that her endorsement is the only one she has given and would not authorize any other use of her name.
Advice to care for family health urges using Otto's Cure for coughs colds asthma consumption and lung diseases. L. W. Randolph promotes a free trial bottle to prove its effectiveness with large sizes priced at six and one dollar.
An old marketing line promotes Castoria for all ages from infancy to adulthood. It claims continuous use through sickness childhood adulthood and motherhood with a playful final twist about children. The joke notes Castosia spelling variation.
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