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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1893
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR from 1893 New York Herald mentions Richards & Co seeking repayment. Text references an order, payment before a lady, and that defendants were not aware of steps to recover funds. Details are garbled and names uncertain.
A fragment cites Park and Union amid a bowling scene where county bowlers faced an over close. The text is garbled but suggests a local league event with players named Oimb and achadl and a score around 1219.
Fragmentary OCR notes show a match where Arthur Rolls leads the victorious team through a sixth frame. Names and details are garbled, but the context suggests a bowling or cue style contest with visitors competing against a local side and a score near 1496 mentioned in the text.
A regional obituary and incident roundup reports the death of a child in the city at three o'clock and multiple illnesses in families including whooping cough in the Borough. It notes funeral plans, medical responses, and several local residents facing serious conditions or injuries. Community figures Mr Terrill and Mrs Cook are mentioned with illness and death updates.
An old ad claims the Roselle Casino alleys provide a great time while promoting a remedy called Aunt Fanny's Cure for colds and croup. It includes a testimonial from F. O. Davis Editor praising Chamberisin's Gough Remedy and a note urging readers to visit the store on Front Street to obtain the product.
Vague OCR fragment describes a man delivering a sermon and relations between a priest and a local leader with unclear references to groups and a potential levy, offering no concrete event or names.
Sunday services at Canes Cert See and Congregational Church feature early celebrations and sermons by Rodman and Good. Morning services at 10 30 with temperance sermon, Sunday school at 2 45, and youth groups meet later. Additional notices reference licenses and local church activities for the week.
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