Christmas week notices and local events in Plainfield
A town page lists Christmas and holiday plans across churches and clubs in Plainfield. Evangelists Hoople and Weight visit Avenue Church. Christian Endeavor plans Christmas night services. stores prepare for holiday trade. canal traffic resumes. banks observe holiday hours. weather and frost art seen in storefront windows. railway and streetcar notes. public notices urge care for gifts and local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Howard Hoople
BL. Weight
Avenue Church
Toeeday
Dloe Gclork
Christian Endeavor Society of the
Congregational Charcy
Delaware and Raritan Canal
Bound Brook
Disease Breeding Brook Prompts Public Alarm
Residents urge action as frequent sewer discharges into Green Brook threaten health amid cholera fears. The North Plainfield Board of Health admits limited power over upstream drains from county lines, while local elder concern centers on the polluted stream at Peace Street and Chismeck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Plaindid Board.of Health Ve. Green Brook
North Avenue
Waling
Peace Street
Chismeck
The Old Yellow Tavern Torn Down in Bound Brook
A historic Bound Brook landmark, the Old Yellow Tavern, later known as the Yellow Brook, has been torn down. once a bustling roadhouse near Raritan Landing, it thrived sixty to seventy years ago supplying entertainment and goods to travelers. The arrival of canals and railroads shifted traffic, ending the tavern's era of usefulness on the rural route between New Brunswick and Easton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bim Park
Bound Brook
Yellow Brook
New Jersey Cart Railroad
Raritan
New Branewick
Udewater
Rartan
Elmer
Foor
Eamon
New Brunswick
Easton
Middlesex
Delaware & Raritan
Central Railroad
Christmas Services Across City Churches Highlight Festivities
Tomorrow's services feature Christmas sermons and choir performances at Park Avenue, Crescent Avenue, and Trusty Reformed churches along with special afternoon children's programs at Grace Church. Rev J L Richardson, Rev Cornelius Scheerk, Rev Hubert Clark, and Rev E Scudder lead varied Christmas themes, with a notable musical program at First Preabyte and a Red Man lodge nomination event reported alongside decorative praise and pastor comments on church adornments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue Battle Church
W Richardson
Cornelius Scheerk
Hubert Clark
Christos
Crescent Avenue
Act Episcopal Church
JL. Harlout
Menoriga
Bethlehem
Trutty Reformed Church
Fog and tragedy blamed on elusive mist in wreck aftermath
A fragmented text recalls a Greenville wreck entangled with a deadly fog. It argues the fog caused death and suffering, accusing the responsible company of negligence and mismanagement. The piece critiques coroner findings and hints at financial consequences for the firm's conduct.
Christmas Dance Honors Miss Tyler at Mathers Home
Mrs Mason W Tyler hosted a small early Christmas dance for Miss Tyler of Mathers, with pink candelabra and evergreen decor. Music filled the home as guests, including several local residents, enjoyed refreshments and greetings before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason W. Tyler
Tylee
Ot Mathers
Howener
Lincoln
New York
Tracy
Cortiea
Wadsworth
Cooley
Abbou
Llyde
Stewart
Taylor
Teril
Thoaspeun
Field
Wrigne
Perseverance Lodge meets. Christmas window displays noted
Perseverance No. 74 Knights of Pythias held a district meeting with Grand Officers Haghhurst of Lambertville and Wilson of Long Branch among speakers. The gathering praised F. M. Halett’s Christman window displays on West Front Street in Elizabeth, with illuminated musical goods windows and potted greens. Congressman-elect John Gin plans a January 5 dinner in Elizabeth as he recovers health in Cliffton Sanitarium. City public schools closed early for weekly vacation. more details follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perseverance No. 74
K of P
Gome
Haghhurst
Lambertville
Wilson
Long Branch
Plainferd
Elizabeth
Perseverereey
F. M. Halett
Congressman Dean
John Gin
Fragmentary notice on taxes and schedule from 19th century text
An unclear passage cites a tax deadline of December 20 with an added ten percent penalty. It mentions a lecture by Professor Lee, a ceremony at an unspecified time, and damaged lines suggesting school or town proceedings in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bt Eerare
Profesor Lee
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Ember
1892
Fr. Sa
Sanday
Lehigh Valley
Shaw
Germon Reformed Church
Buldine
Windham & Crowley
Elizabeth Herald
Neulvatio Redromd Corny
Broad Sileer
W. O T
Mohrenberg
United States Express Company
Packer
Furnitury
Jack Frost
Plainfield
Bendit
New Srutswick
Aabury
Infeld Street Railway
Enen Presenta
Crawford
Lehigh Va
Sverly Jereey Osatrel
Tendi
Meneses Apain
Paul Tiddes
Elisabeth
Paul Thiden
Be Auiolat
Elizabeth Glee Gin
Paul Tidden
Tricon
SM. Ganic Iettine Walicure
Netherwood
Gilberts
Heren
Clare
Austens
Heaven
Hare
8 Citizens’ Committee
Denver
Jersey
Aewic Hell
Walter Sanford
Grace Church
DeVoe
Bam
Pet
George VoehLome Xeare
David C. Alles
Gouwtrieh
Taney
Wack St Coes
Warted
Beata
Mas
Tyler
Hild Im Perseverance
Arame
Hulett Te Mendy
King Boones
Swrpield
AKD
Lars
Courter
Central Avenue
Manning
Wood Yard
Wen
Park Avenue
Slavehead
Giath Street
Franklin Place
Frederick Moon
Wiktrese
Avatay
Windham & Crowley's Central Hotel
Tinie
T. A. B. Hall
Breshlyn
Douglas Tie Nee
Sey
Pert Ave
Howard A. Pope
East Front
Sereet
KVL
Draog
M. French
Somerset Street
Rockaways
Union County
Creal
Edsall’s
ATL
A.M. Grifen
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