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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1892
Page
3
A dense, garbled listing of items from a Northern town includes weather notes, medical claims, rail and street railway mentions, a meeting of a Christian Endeavor group, road repairs, a street extension, legal and municipal notices, a proposed Knights ritual, and social events. Names and places appear in a jumbled form, with scattered dates and figures.
The long frostbound Somerset street area remains icy with fear of further danger as residents note a frozen highway and a wary state of safety. The Earnest Workers of Bethel Mission Chapel plan a fair to fund the chapel, while a Truly Reformed Anarch event offers an evening of meditations and music for Charity. The New Jersey Sanitarian Association holds a two day Lakewood session on sanitation, and municipal work on Park avenue is near completion. Local meetings include the Reading Railroad System enrollment and the County Democratic Executive Committee gathering for election and loan matters. Additional notes cover streetcar crush stone work, school graduation standards, and a festival of local church life alongside entertainment for youths.
Spectators backed a Gentlemen's Driving Park match with heavy betting as Oliver of Perth Amboy defeated Smith of New Brunswick in a men’s race while a women’s event was planned. The Courier refutes a fake diptheria story tied to Newark. a missing money case and a hotel owner’s son’s travels are noted along with an upcoming inquest into a Greenville railroad crash and early settlement talks with the railroad company.
A Saturday evening rail collision near South Plainfield damaged cars on a siding of the Lehigh Valley Railroad. Dozens of freight cars were wrecked and overturned but no injuries reported. Additional notes mention a hotel room fire alarm, jurors list, and a bicycle census, with scattered local notices and oddities.
The Ames Ue amateur cast staged a challenging production with Winthrop and Constance Winthrop in the lead. Strong performances by Mrs Charles E Brooks as the butterfly and Mrs William L Saunders as Edith the Blind Sister drew praise, while the ensemble delivered overall success amid minor slips and a newly added entrance scene in the living room setting.
The Dunellen Bowling Club will host an eight-man team duel with Ferny Fein RA and a West End Athletic Association squad from Bymerville. Games set to be bowled at Dunellen with both teams competing at Taylor's Hotel venue.
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