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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1892
Page
3
A roundup of Dunellen items reports a Justice Nodyne trial dismissal, church and social club activities, a public committee meeting on streetcar franchise, and outdoor sports events. Notices cover a chapel foundation, a regional bowling competition, and a dangerous road spot investigation near Springfield. Chestnut crop outlook improves while New Jersey Central traffic grows.
Brooklyn resident Mrs John Mulay visits East Third Street. Amy Swart of Jersey City visits cousin HLF Kil. Minnie Bisch of Brooklyn summers with Mim Carne Eager in Springdale. Nore Conway plans vacation in Poughkeepsie. Alberti Scriven contemplates vacation near Philadelphia. Barnegat fishing trip for Charles A. Reed and Charles A. Lyman. state electrical commission appointment for Arfing and Maguire of Somerville. Fred Jones, local baseball player, takes two weeks in Catskills. Wedgewood of Bulgrave, with Hollister, at Grenada this week. Mrs Elizabeth Stephenson and daughter Lottie head to Adirondacks until September. Hallock family leaves Willow Avenue for Ghent, NY for July and August. Rev T. S. Gardner and family from Balein visit Dr. Gillett in KiYo. Dixon brothers of Pennsylvania spend a week with Plainfield friends. visiting Thick Strip of Plainfield. Mrs JW Seabory and daughter visit Baker family on Warren Street. Mrs J Hyde Briggs visits parents after touring New York. Dr Mitchell and Pittsburg relation cycling trip to Boston. Plainfield visitors registered at Asbury Park hotels. Goodrich, Prayton, Van Buren, Randall, and others. Mrs Dennis T. McCarthy’s mother marries in Raritan. obituary notes وفاة. Pangborn returns to New Brunswick. road workers place stones, incident with Italians. bicycle safety ordinance discussed by Galem City Council. Westfield Wheelmen ride to Somerville to watch game. Republican bicycle campaign club hosts event on Front Street. bicycle accident on East Second Street leads to injuries.
In Elim bethport Saturday the Crescenta beat Westfield 12 to 2 in the third game of the series. Key moments included Holford, Daley, Turner scoring late and a three base hit by the Crescenta’s Uhe sphere to win the game. West Ends and Elizabeth teams competed in a separate afternoon match with Gilliam’s long drive and strong pitching by Anderson shaping the score. A crowd of about a thousand cheered, while local officials and club members reflected on future league dates and a possible centennial celebration for Westfield in 1896.
Rev. Ise Newton Phelps preached at Park Avenue Baptist yesterday. The sermon framed the church as a divinely appointed force for moral uplift and community benefit, using the salt and light imagery to argue that exemplary Christian life educates and elevates society.
Two young men named Burke and Lawler fought for a purse of twenty dollars near the Children’s Home in North Plainfield on Saturday night. Burke won the purse amid light roughing. few friends witnessed the affair. Also notes: a council meeting profits totaling about $200 from a joint celebration between the above council and Dunellen, a drunken arrest for Pred Naylor and subsequent five-day jail sentence, a preacher Jim Emmons dispersed at Bolce’s apple orchard, a suicide attempt thwarted on West Front Street, an indiscreet driver frightening horses at Dr. Stillman’s home, and weather describing cool days with highs near 89 and 81.6.
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