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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1894
Page
2
A late night gale disrupts power and street life as ice tiles the city. Reports note outages at high intensity, scattered repairs by morning. Community notices list events from G A R to church services, social clubs, and musical gatherings, with foreboding winter weather and local business foreclosures.
A dated cantankerous sermon emphasizes inner transformation over external religion. It argues repentance, new birth, and a living faith are essential, not mere church membership, with testimonies following the meeting. The record lists financial and county board items and a divorce decree mention.
The Citizen’s Organization warns residents about a suave impostor who calls at East Fifth and East Sixth streets posing as a neighbor’s messenger. He solicits money for goods and promises a return to Baltimore with the funds. Several women purchased items under the ruse. the next day the ladies learned the tale was a fabrication. The alert urges caution to prevent further victimization.
A dog named for safety and speed is described as a canine mascot at the new engine house. He eagerly helps by sniffing and pawing for help during fires, rides with the driver Hob on the seat, and once extinguished a small blaze by putting out lighted matches and cigarettes tossed by boys.
The Plainfield Manual Training School begins its second term on the 29th. An ACLU has formed for the morning season for scholars from 14 to 18 years for instruction in the school medicine. The same scholars will attend in the afternoon for manual work with a focus on iron work. A ladies class will meet twice a week. Terms are reasonable and published by Jobo Delziel at the school or at 414 East Side Street after six PM.
A troubled, garbled report describes someone hurrying through rain from Watchung avenue last night, colliding with an iron cellar door, injuring a shoe and body, getting up muttering a disturbing sound. Pa sent.
Fragmentary OCR shows a campaign style line praising a sale of Dr King's New Discov. or a similar product, with garbled branding. It references citizens and a desire to announce selling a medical remedy, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear event details or dates.
The readable text questions whether Kellar is truly an Oamie and invites a viewer to attend Music Hall Friday night to verify. It hints at illusions turning day into night, moonlight imagery, mind reading, and breaking time to reveal secrets, with a provocative claim of breathing life behind the act.
Mrs Clarinda Walrod long served as hospital matron, resigning her role and moving to North Avenue. The hospital plans to replace her, with Mr Horn of New York set to assume the position after a transition period.
The readable portion notes a crowded scene near Capitol Park Apartment House on Seventh Avenue between Fifty-ninth and Fifty streets, with an unclear reference to a hurried search and a group gathering. The garbled OCR obscures concrete names, dates, and outcomes.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a committee, a treasurer, expected votes, and a bowling activity at Hope Chapel. Key names and places are garbled, giving no clear event, date, or outcome. The remaining readable items mention Third Street and M Langa in connection with a bowling session.
The text notes a major snow storm affecting the Middle Atlantic states from Poh to 35 inches and forecast heavy snowfall, with Washington D.C. possibly impacted as the storm moves through the area.
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