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Plainfield Courier

Location

Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1891

Page

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Weather brief for Tuesday: increasing clouds

Fair, stationary temperatures with southwesterly winds. For Tuesday expect increasing cloudiness with light rain.

Readable Roundup of Local News In 1891

A collage of short items reports on a youth fined for intoxication, baptisms at Park Avenue Baptist, coal sale offers, YMCA classes, police duty shifts, sermons on temperance, dances, lumber yard fire photos, and a parade of community notices from Westfield and Plainfield.

Fire Starts In Candy Store Window

An incipient blaze started in a show window at Jules Stahl's candy store on Somerset Street North Ulairfiell this morning. The fire, caused by cotton batting used in decorating a candy ship, was extinguished with considerable effort. Stahl suffered burns to his hands but no major damage occurred.

Jules Stahl Somerset Street North Ulairfiell Stahl

Dwyer to Box at Elizabeth in Special Tournament Bout

James J. Dyer, once a city machinist and champion heavyweight of the Metropolitan Association of the American Athletic Union, trains for a special bout at the Pasteur Athletic Club tournament in Elizabeth. He will face Edward Nichols who is described as a sturdy challenger, requiring Dyer to be in peak condition.

James J. Dyer Metropolitan Association American Athletic Union United States Pasting Athletic Club Elizabeth Edward Nichols Esmeralda Lary Union Esmeralda Muhlenbergospital R. Edward. Perkins Jack Desmond Harry Blake Charles E. ‘Jessin M Brooks Mr. B T J Hospital Elisabeth Chif

Netherwood Tramp Nuisance Worries Butcher Guttridge

Netherwood butcher James Guttridge endures repeated tramp visits at his home and shop for clothes food and money. They also trespass to milk his cows, prompting him to procure a full-grown mastiff to better handle the nuisance.

James Guttridge Netherwood Mr. Guttridge

Close of the Church Pair at Trinity Reformed Church

The fair and supper under the auspices of the Ladies' Christian Work Society closed Saturday evening after opening Thursday in Schepflin's block. It was a pronounced success financially and in other respects, with credit due to the committee of ladies in charge.

Trinity Reformed Church Schepflin’s Block

Somerset County Board Claims and Community Events Highlight Varied Expenditures

The Somerset County report shows total expenses of 45 384 54 with major items in Courts 6 649 47 and Per diem and Salaries 9 527 17. Also noted are a new Sefer Torah dedication at Congregation Beth Tefillah Isha Yendel and a Rahway Athletic Association meeting about league plans.

Somerset County Pobi Luy Congregation Beth Téfillah Isha Yendel Jerusalem Alfred A. Marcus Boston Felix Marx Chateau Vosges J. P. Solomon Standani Ernest Marx Marcus Rahway Athletic Association Plainfield Westfield Somerville Elizabeth

The Legislative Session Preview in New Jersey

The approaching session of the Legislature promises unusually important and interesting debates. Citizens will closely follow amendments to the election law and proposals to open Sunday saloons, legalize horse race betting, county boundary changes, and other schemes likely to arise.

New Jersey

Wager on Lifting 400 Pounds At Central Hotel

A group at the Central Hotel on a Saturday evening watched a colored man wager five dollars that he could lift over 400 pounds. He laid the money on the bar, a bystander took the bill and left. Police said they could act only if a formal complaint was filed.

Central Hotel

Wrestler Snedeker Declares Challenge in Plainfield

Albert W. Snedeker, 140 pounds, invites any man in Plainfield and vicinity to a catch as catch can match. Best three of five for 50 dollars per side after New Year’s Day. He offers to contest for gate receipts with half to the winner and half to a charitable institution. Wetumpka Lodge Knights of Honor to meet December 17 1891 with initiation. An upholsterer Ficke of West Third street reportedly injured a hand by jumping from a moving ruin near Madison avenue Friday night.

First Baptist Church Peace Street Albert W. Snedeker Plainfield Mr. Snedeker Wetumpka Knights of Honor Ficke West Third Street Madison Avenue

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J. T. Cleaver Park Avenue Baptist Church Boice Jng Association Rooms Thomas McCoe Kielly St. Mary's Church Father Smyth Twilight Athletic Club Scotch Plains Excelsior Hall Texan Central Avenue Third Street J. E. Waters Zephyr Hook and Lander Company Sweeney Alvido, Gorman & Goetze Music Tall South New York Bethel Chapel Benjamin Sutton Chapel Sunday School Miss Conway Moncure D Conway New York City Wotat Christian Temperatire Union Tutsiay Welpek Tay Nurseries Aml Westfield Hook and Ladder Corpany Edgar A. Pearkall Young People’s League of the First Baptist Church Kansas Choral Society Lumber Yard Congregational Chautauqua Tth Thorn Cranford The New Jersey Horticultural Society State House Trenton North Plainfield Board of Health Charles Arnold North Plainfield Daniel Isivalley North Avenue Caspar A. J. Upson Crescent League Central Railroad of Hunterdon County Board of Freeholders New Jersey Division Messrs T. N. Gray H. L. Knight Frank L. C. Martin W. J. Stauffer HS. Fulper T. W. Holckes F. G. Wiesse National Assembly of the L.A. W Morristown N. d Brown League of American Wheelmen War Department J. ©. Woodman Endowment Order Worcester, Mass Association of Field Wiecers Wiechers Field, Lindley, Wiechers & Co John FP. Wiechers Edward M. Field Porto Rico Young Wiechers Germany Jsr Orto Rico Vick Fick Mr. Wiechers Gool Roads Union County Long Branch LB. Bennett A. Bellinger Rahway Newark Quick Seameta Ness the Conor A.M. Runyon Park Avenue Ot” Empire T. J. Gillies Ac Street R. B. Keys E. Sixth Street Good Stove Boice’s Coal Yard Omething Peck’s Rogers Bros Moti Xmas West Front Street Col. Grove Street C. Dickinson Parks Avenue van Emburgh & White's Front Street W .Burgh & White In “L. AS Decll-le
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