Weather notes and Plainfield city notices blend
Clearing morning and colder nights with brisk northwest winds. a busy week of social events and performances at Music Hall including minstrels and Minnie Hank Grand Opera Company being considered for Christmas night. court actions, weddings, funerals, and local meetings fill a day in Plainfield with social and civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westfeld Athletic Club
New York
Brooklyn
Newark
Jersey City
Elizabeth
Plainfield
Opera House
Sweeney
Alvide
Gorman
Govtze
Franklin Council Hosts Evening Reception at Gesang Hall
An reception for the ladies who aided Franklin Council No. 41 J C U A M was held at Gesang and Turner Hall. About seventy five couples attended and music by George R Rogers followed a 28 piece program that lasted until four this morning. Committees included General Director J W Beekman and Floor Manager W NS Martin with assistants D S Dunavan A G Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin
W. NS. Martin
Gov Abbott to Help Open Catholic Lyceum Clubhouse
Governor Leon Abbott of New Jersey will attend the formal opening of the Catholic Young Men's Lyceum clubhouse at Sixth and Liberty streets. Mayor Alexander Gilbert and City Council members are invited, with Rev. J. A. Stafford A. E. Kenney John O Rourke and Edward J Harling coordinating the arrangements for a gala event tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catholic Young Men's Lyceum
Sixth and Liberty Streets
Leon Abbott
New Jersey
Alexander Gilbert
J. A. Stafford
A. E. Kenney
John O'Rourke
Edward J Harling
Young People's Sociable at First Baptist Chapel
The Young People's League hosted an engaging sociable with a unique program. A quartet Mac Clymont Ryder Pittman Chapman performed fine selections then John Carney spoke pleasantly and W D Murray shared a Norway trip tale. Bananas and cake were served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People's League of the First Baptist Chapel
MacClymont
Ryder
Pittman
Chapman
John Carney
Murray
Norway
Man Fined for Abusing Wife After Complaint
Owen McCarthy of Pond Machine Tool Works was arrested after his wife accused him of abuse. He was jailed overnight and appeared in court with his wife testifying. Judge Codington fined him twelve dollars.
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Owen McCarthy
The
Pond Machine Tool Works
Codington
Bull in the Fashion Rounds Up Readers With Quaint Quips
The note hints at a whimsical fashion column captioned Bull in the Fashion. It mentions playful phrases and a lighthearted tone that borders on quirky humor, suggesting a satin tone for domestic or lifestyle coverage.
Plainfield cures and a new nursery movement in town
A Plainfield letter recounts recovery from bronchitis after moving there for climate, claiming improved health and weight gain without medicine. A separate notice reports a W C T U meeting at the Congregational Church to establish a day nursery and kindergarten led by Miss Conway and Miss Peck, with Uncle Mondre Conway’s daughter presenting “Neighborhood Guilt.” George Henry of the Catholic News in New York hunted a bogus subscription agent named M Shannon, exposing a swindle in Plainfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
New York City
Colorado
Vb. W. J
Congregational Church
Dr. Tomlinson
Dr. Lewis
Miss Conway
Mondre D. Conway
Miss Peck
George Henry
Catholic News of
New York
M. Shannon
Henry
Shannon
Catholic News
Plainfielder Injured at Jersey City Yard Incident
Ferdinand Glaentzer ex foreman of Zephyr Hook and Ladder Company was injured in the Jersey City yard of the New Jersey Central Railroad. He boarded a Newark train by mistake and was carried to Lafayette then walked back to Jersey City. He slipped while boarding a train and was dragged several feet, suffering cuts on his hands and a sprained ankle but continued his journey. Rev Dr Yerkes pastors First Baptist Church questions the need for an International Baptist Congress but says if held it should include diverse denominations sharing evangelical beliefs on baptism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Trinity Reformed Church
Peek
Central New Jersey Times
Ferdinand Glaentzer
Zephyr Hook and Ladder Company
Jersey City
New Jersey Central Railroad
Glaentzer
Newark
Lafayette
Somerville
International Baptist Congress
Dr. Yerkes
First Baptist Church
The
Christian Inquirer
International Baptist Conference
State boards push for road legislation and convention
The State Board of Agriculture plans a January 22 convention at the State House in Trenton to secure road reform legislation. Prominent supporters from Rutgers College, the League of American Wheelmen, and state officials back a broad effort to improve New Jersey roads and possibly establish a permanent commission to oversee state and county roads.
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State Board of Agriculture
State House
Trenton
Franklin W. Dye
State Board
J. Colton Brown
League of American Wheelmen
Elizabeth
David Baird
Manalapan
Monmouth County
Austin Scott
Rutgers College
P. T. Quinn
New Jersey
W. J. Evans
Marlton
Thomas
Dudley
Camden
Liverpool
Bicycle Thief Pleads Guilty In City Jail Ten Days
The Bicycle Thief, arrested by Officer Cooney in Boice's coal yard, pleaded guilty to taking a wheel from near Frank Linke's saloon on Somerset street. Special Officer Moran intercepted him on East Front street, and he was committed to the city jail for ten days while authorities seek the wheel's owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Barua
Cooney
Boice
Frank Linke
Somerset Street
Moran
East Front Street
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Methodist Episcops Church
John Albert
City Hotel
Henry Liefke
Non
Front
John Goff
Third and
Liberty
North Avenue
Peace Street
United Tea and Coffee Growers Association
Union County
Court of Pardons
Jacob Jacoby
Passai
West Front Street
Hope Chapel
Ladies’ Aid Society
C. M. Ulrich
Bethel Mission Chapel
Minnie Hauk Grand Opera Company
Central Pharmacy
Sweeney, Alvido, Gorman & Goetze Minstrel
E. W. Ranyon
Sab-Rosa Club
Lizzie von Boskerck
West Seventh Street
Clark
Ashaway
R.L
Alice Maxson
Westerly
R. 1
T. C. Smith
New Street
John Snover
Orchard Place
Blairstown
N. J
East Fourth Street
F. G Warnick
Walter Binn
Anna Coles
Harvey Voorhees
Mainfield
Presbyterian
North Plainfield
Music Hall
Minnie Hank
John E. Beerbower
Officer Lynch
Mr. Beerbower
Frank Wolfe
John M. Schorb
Schorb
James Farrell
Jack Long
Frank Fine
M. McCarty
F. B. Coventree
Jerusalem Lodge
Jerusalem Lodige
A. M
Masonica Hall
W. M
C. I. Rugg
WO. P. Leggett
J. W
D. D. Adams
S. E. Flower
D. Weaver
W. J Ford
A. W. Rand
A. B. Crane
James
Franklin Council
Gov. Abbott
Moffett
Elizabeth Heralds
Crowell
Aime Duimazeaad
Harry Belmar
Jerry Desmond
Bull
Cougar
N. Son
Arya
T. J.‘'Gillies
East Sixth Street
Jutips Uasl
Keys
Sixth Street
Omething
UIT
Tock
Rogers Bros
Agaim
Williams’ Pharmacy
Grove Street
Novah Lyr
Dickinson
Tical Optician
Park Avenue
Bethel Chapel
Atla
Carey
Front and
Grove Streets
Plainfield, N. J
T. J. Garey
Czfoal
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