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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1892
Page
3
A note indicates an inquiry regarding extra charges tied to summer months and asks for the address to offer or apply the charge. No further context or identifying details are provided in the fragment.
A mixed local page notes street repair efforts, a lodge meeting adjourned until September, and changes to press work hours. It reports a free cooking exhibit, a heat‑related store incident, a driving complaint, and travel costs for a Newport trip. Also covered are crosswalk safety, an excursion to Ocean Grows, a clay bird shooting event, and a burst window incident. Local weather, political campaigns, a Somerset Street escape, and a race‑related incident round out the items.
Somerset street resident William A French begins three week home visit from St Paul Minnesota. Mrs Charlie Schaffer and family head to Virginia for a month. Doane & Von Armiale partner leaves for Mos- Pa to join wife. Thad Doane Jr to run shop in absence. Pawnee Bill Wild West drill at Grand Army event. Charles Schermerhorn departs for Texas sewer project. Several weddings noted including Augustus Searing and Miss Emily A Butts, and Vincent L Prazee with Miss Kate Weaver. Gardens, receptions, and local social updates conclude with civic appointment list and a line about a trained setter dog at Lope station.
Beeyda Beem notes Captain Marthe and A. T. Bilirichs are visiting. calls for city registers at principal bicycle stores. William Clymont and William Chamberlain seek admittance to the League of American Wheelmen. A Dievyle school is mentioned at Craig Place. City sidewalks remain for pedestrians per Supreme Court ruling. Bicycle demand grows as affordable models proliferate. Perth Amboy Republican reports on rising wheel enthusiasm among youths.
At a county board meeting in Elizabeth on Monday the towns Fanwood Linden Plainfield Rahway and Westfield posted total valuations and real estate figures. The apportionment of county taxes was fixed with minor rate changes and assessors from towns with increases prepared to appeal to the State Board of Taxation. A Bow Bridge project for Putnam Avenues was approved by a Union County committee with an estimated cost of about 2000.
A National Photographic League meeting in New York on July 13 1802 aims to unite clubs across the United States to promote photography and provide privileges, journals, and uniform discounts. A separate Plainfield club campaign group forms with J Fred Maconald as chairman and J T McMurray as secretary, planning ward-based recruitment and a potential leader nomination. The Westfield Republicans report forming a campaigned club with officers and an executive committee. The Crescenta season calendar opens with Crescenta trophy upcoming.
The column reports a $10,000 fine in Pisnberg and a jail release for Me Luckie after a judge’s ruling. It notes civil warrants, petitions for innocence, and local reactions. A wave of brief items follows including New Jersey delegates in Washington, badges, the Riggs House in D C, and varied society notices from Elizabeth and Perth Amboy.
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