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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1893
Page
3
Dated item list notes city events including a carnival plan, a public meeting at Chapel by the Methodist By Church, and a windfall of civic notices. Also mentions music hall price rise, road construction funds, a sleigh incident, and upcoming warmer weather with a high around 52.
A refined afternoon gathering at Dr. Lowrie’s Park Avenue home featured about thirty women enjoying a progressive euchre game. Guests played King and Queen cards for prizes, with refreshers served as all attendees praised the elegant event hosted by Miss Lowrie and attended by noted locals.
William Clark of Elizbeth was arrested by Officer Lynch and jailed for thirty days after leading a group of peddlers involved in whiskey sales on Fifth Street. Higgins and others were alleged accomplices as the gang moved through town. A fire key search and other notes are mentioned in related city items.
The Pialufeld Union organized in June 1890 held its first public meeting in September with hymns from All hail the Power of Jesus Name and Scripture read by Rev J W Richardson. Rev Hutchings gave the invocation and a collection exceeded the deficit. New officers were elected by acclamation M M Dunham and others, with reports of the past year and plans for three or four meetings annually.
An OCR fragmented ad touts Brandreth’s Pills as a great blood purifier and tonic. It claims they purify blood, stimulate the body, and aid natural processes to expel disease, noting availability in all druggists and sugar coated forms.
Horace Pang Gorn of North Plain Geld presided as Grand Marshal while bands and skating clubs gathered at the rink for the awards. Prizes included a checkerboard, sewing ease, writing paper sets, and various costume awards named after several residents and visitors. A later musical program by the New York Philharmonic League and a reception followed the event with over two hundred guests in attendance. Street work and weather notes continued as street crews cleared drains and prepared for meltwater.
Fragmentary notice indicates a near complete amity project with an auction of cheapest lots in Plainfield at Sit 52 car. It mentions a Monte terminus and an electric Rome context with an agent and site terms.
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