East Fox Staser Excomp at the Point Of a Coat
This fragmentary item notes East Fox Staser and Excomp with a reference to a coat, suggesting a miscellaneous historical note or odd spelling from the page segment without a clear event or date.
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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1892
Page
2
This fragmentary item notes East Fox Staser and Excomp with a reference to a coat, suggesting a miscellaneous historical note or odd spelling from the page segment without a clear event or date.
The Executi ve Committee of the Journal Bowling League met at Elisabeth Priday Friday night. Protests over old pins and alley equipment were discussed but games will stand. A resolution requires clubs to supply new pins for each season and no interference with bowlers during delivery is allowed.
After tonight's game no more Journal league play will be held in Wisoo until January 20. The YM Gola bowling team of Elizabeth faces the Crescents in the sixteenth Journal game tonight. Tomorrow the CML bowlers travel to Rahway to wrest a game from the Union County Roadsters. Edward G Degrant and wife of Philadelphia are visiting relatives on Park Avenue during the holidays.
The New York World backhands Abbott with editorial fury over a jail break at New Jersey State Prison. It lauds the release of 33 inmates, calling the crime a serious affront to republic, while critiquing Abbott’s political aims. A separate incident describes a fatal ferry crash near West Street, injuring several and damaging ferry timbers. no bridge damage, passengers bruised, cleanup to resume soon.
The column records numerous Christmas related events and obituaries from Newark and nearby towns. Mentions Bernard Vetterlein and Mary Swain deaths, Peter Wit visiting Plainfield, births and family gatherings, gifts to employees by Ayres & Co and J B Dumont, and residents visiting relatives in New York and Brooklyn. Also notes Ide Hy death and funeral plans, with several residents spending holidays with relatives.
Neil Burgess leads The County Fair as audience demand grows beyond seating capacity. The play’s opening scene in a New England farm sets the tone for a dramatic, fast paced production with seven Kentucky racers in a pivotal race scene. Critics praise its merit over typical dramas and promise strong appeal to theatregoers as the season nears its January 7 close before a new show Held in Slavery arrives at Music Hall. The Unitarian Church entertainment is scheduled for Saturday.
Mrs William K McClure and Miss McClure announce an at home gathering at their Crescent residence from four to seven o clock. Miss Cooley reads from Marion Harland and Eve's All about common sense for maid wife mother. Allcock Horous Plaster extols comfort and warmth with tonic qualities for back pain and general stiffness.
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