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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1894
Page
3
A ragged OCR fragment mentions cheap bargains and a shop on Somerset ar Bind en avenue, plus a plan for coupons to entitle page matter of pictures. It also references a Grace Church event, local clubs, bowling alleys, a meeting on Prom st, and a Lifeum schedule. The text is garbled with many misspellings and incomplete phrases.
The passage notes how families fall on hard times and how neighbors and benevolent citizens, rich or poor, secretly aid the distressed. It highlights the daily acts of generosity that do not seek public acknowledgment, with many contributing money or aid in private to help neglected women and children during hardship.
North Avenue gathering featured a string of odd anecdotes about long distance travel by animals and a gas pipe incident with a whistling leak. Campbell recounted two oxen wandering then drinking at a distant brook, Berkaw described a dog’s remarkable cross country trip, and an illustrated talk covered early 20th century topics. An illness advisory praised Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with local pharmacy details.
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