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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1891
Page
2
A local paper reflects on Senator Plumb of Kansas dying from brain exhaustion after a relentless campaign and a harsh winter with influenza sweeping Europe and America. It laments overtaxed brains and the need for rest, while noting a mild Christmas forecast and evolving coinage news.
Reverend Ifi B Hicks predicts January weather in Word and Works with storms of rain and snow moving from the West. A preceding warm wave will affect the Central and Eastern regions, a cold wave in the Northwest, and bitter cold follows as storms move to the Atlantic. exposed regions face hardship.
The forecast describes reactionary storm periods from the 6th to 7th with rain and snow, followed by a West to East cold wave by the 14th. It notes warm spells in the South, then a broad cold front reaching Atlantic coasts, with blockades and severe cold on the 17th and 18th. Venus and Mercury alignments suggest warm yet stormy spells, lightning, hail, blizzards, and a new moon on the 29th signaling sharp disturbances and possible earthquakes.
Admiral Brown orders rush on coast defense vessel Monterey and readies Spreckels ships Zealandia Australia Yaukipesa Alameda for transport service. San Francisco to sail from Mare Island to Valparaiso. Boys Club at First Baptist Church starts Bible Normal Class with 15 enrolled. Aunt Fanny's Health Restorer advertised for dyspepsia liver rheumatism and debility with free samples offered.
May’s Laspixe reports discoveries in South Jersey revealing Indian burying grounds at Pleasantville and Tuckahoe with war and trade implements. Finds include tomahawks spear and arrow heads in riverbank sand and a Goose Point shell mound with human bones. Many relics have been damaged by curious locals over the years.
Reports from Washington say the United States eyes war with Chili. Admiral Brown secured an option on the tug Fearless built at Union iron works. The vessel is faster and more powerful than Chilean torpedo cruisers with sixteen knots speed for fifty days and armament of two 5 inch guns and a four gun secondary battery.
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