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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 22, 1894
Page
4
The readable parts read as a chaotic mix of names, places, and events. It mentions weapons, a chief, battles, and a “largest diamond” recently found in an orange frey staff context, but the exact events, dates, and participants are unclear due to heavy OCR corruption.
Dispatches describe a deputy marshal raid near Latinyurh with arrests for stealing and property seizures. A second item reports an octogenarian murder with a head severed by an ax near a rail line, amid other political and criminal incidents including a dynamite scare and robberies in Pennsylvania and Oklahoma.
Scattered OCR items report a powder laden cigarette joke in Malvern Arkansas, an arrest at New Winiryport, a large tattoo shipment from Wilmington South Carolina, and mentions of ships Leander Bremen and a university president in Alabama. The garbled text references unrelated people and places and a mix of crude notes.
The administrator lists sale of goods and chattels of Catharine Craig, deceased. Auction at Carey’s station, Foume, Wront Street near Grove, Piatt Jersey, on Saturday January term. Time to be announced. property includes estate assets and personal items.
Notice of assignment and sale of goods and chattels by Elberg Auctioneer. The fragmentary text references creditors and a named party Peter see Repent icp and a creditor action. Details are incomplete but indicate an assignment and public sale proceedings.
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