Dynamite panic, Reform Club, and town gossip mix in Plainfield
A crowded Plainfield column probes a dynamite incident, a drinking club dispute, and a local paper scandal. It notes misidentifications linking J Herbert Phillips to the blast head, examines a harmful weekly, and reports on the New Jersey State Horticultural Society meeting plans in Trenton with speakers and topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Reform Club
Plainfield
Reform Lab
Plainfeld
New York Recorder
J.herbert Phillips
Sage
New Jersey State Horticultural Society
State House
Trenton
S. B. Ketcham
Mercer County Board of Agriculture
Blackwell
Rtate Board
Late
Pomological Society
David Baird
David Baird; “Pruning, Its Uses and Abuses.” Col. ‘Alex. W. Pearson
New Jersey
Joseph B. Ward
Kieffer
D. D. Denise
John G. Gardner
John O. Ege
E. B. Voorhees
B.D. Halstead
W. H. Goldsmith
Thomas J. Beans
A. M. White
Drove 2100 Miles in Wagon to Reach Home
D. M. Dare his wife and three children arrived from North Dakota after crops failed and home burned in a prairie fire. They began their journey in a covered wagon six months ago and covered about 2100 miles to return to Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisetaxp
N. J
D. M. Dare
North Dakota
Dare
Medicinal Pitches and Patent Remedy Claims
A dated advertisement fragment touts Braspreti’s Pits as the best medicine, praising vegetable composition, consistent dosing, blood purification, and digestive benefits. It promotes Brandreth’s Pills, Aunt Fanny’s Health Restorer, and Castoria with various claims and supplier names, in a promotional tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braspreti
Firth
Fanny
Tver
L.W. Randoldoon
Kings of Humor Bill Nye and A P Burbank at Music Mall
The Netherwood Bowling Club hosts a two act program featuring Bill Nye and A P Burbank. The lineup includes Kipling ballad readings The Wreck of the Julia Mante and selections such as The Congested Humor of Old England. Tickets are one dollar with reservations at Central Pharmacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Nye
A. P. Burbank
Netherwood Bowling Club
Kipling
Julia Mante
Burbank
MR. Nye
Kip van Winkle
Bouvicault
MR. Burbank
Local programme to be interpreted by home talent and visiting artists
The programme will be interpreted by local performers with support from competent visiting artists from abroad. The plan aims to showcase national talent and international expertise in a collaborative cultural event.
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THE
Plainfield Courier
W. Runyon
East Front Street
Theophilus
New Mexico
Uncle Sam
A May
Bleecker Street
Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Chicago
State Horticultural Society
Ing
Demorest
Family Magazine
Alma Tadema
Burmah
Paris
W. Jennings Demorest
East 14 Street
New York City
Brandreth
Castoria
Theo Castoria
Music Hall
Sweeny
Alvido
Gorman & Goetze
Minstrels
C. H. Sweeny
Sunny Ecocomut
Central Pharmacy
Fogular
Pri
Cassel
Funaughlin Bros
Lee
Hunh
Plainfield Bei
AEN
Preva
Yn Arsdale
Westifront St
barThe
DetS-tvr
Mason’s Materials
Presen Avenue
Mille
All Ordy
Val Oo R
Bargy
BOICE
Carey's
T. J. Carey
A. L
M. D. Gorsline
Front Street
N.J
GEO. H. Fairchild
H ‘Plainfield
J. P. Aire & CO
Gavetts
Moy
Fourth St. Col
J. F. Mac. Donald
Schepflift R &D
Cas
Unis
Fropi Street
Peck
Uptown Grocer
East Front St
Doane's
Park Avenue
Rogers Seafood Market
Randolph
L. W. Randolph’'S City Pharmacy
West Front Street
Music Mall
Bethel Chapel
Jacot
North Avenue
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