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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1892
Page
3
A long jumble of local snippets reports travel plans and road improvements, school notices, medical remedies, weather remarks, and social updates. Names include Netherwood Hotel and Miss Mary Thorn, with scattered mentions of East Orange visitors, Jersey City offices, and Adirondacks trips. Several health tips discuss ice cream and summer drinks, plus a brief obituary note for Reverend Patrick Connelly.
Factories in Elizabeth suspend operations at noon due to extreme heat. The Sloger works furloughed 4 105 employees, with Worthington Pamp, Crescent Tron, and the shipyard also shutting down, affecting about 650 workers. Heat has prevailed for several days.
William C. Smith of Noray Mainfeld fell from a scaffold behind Voehl's bake shop sustaining injuries that will keep him from the house for weeks. Jenkine cared for him as Central delays followed a bridge fire near the North Branch station. Thunderstorm sparks set trees on fire on West Second Street and Central Avenue. Plainfield Republicans form Wheelmen Division of the Rejanes Association. A German milkman helper died after heat exhaustion. Y M B O B Warren Mission plans a meeting. Edits and weather notes span local items.
A semiannual society event featured a large dance at Hotel Netherwood last evening with guest list including Miss Mary T. Seaman Mr F Seaman James Donald of Brooklyn and many New York and Washington residents. The evening opened for a promenade concert by Prof Greevop's orchestra and the paper notes a lively social turnout.
George Macon and several residents faced a cold night as he misjudged a doorway returning to his room. He fell part way to a cellar stair but grabbed something to stop a serious injury. He swore to avoid the stairs again and joked about the cold wave.
The Somersat Democrat notes manager Mack plans a bold surprise in the West End store tomorrow. It estimates about two hundred people have joined the recent baseball team trip to Somerville, with a smaller delegation heading to Elizabethport for an event involving a notable figure.
Indianapolis dispatch reports a suit in the Superior Court accusing Freeman Somerby, vice president of a mutual benefit order based in Philadelphia, of misappropriating funds and falsifying books. Plaintiffs Albert Baker, Bumer A Lampeel, and Daniel Kneiler say the order’s pension and disability trust is insolvent, with debts mounting through 1892 to 1895. They seek accountability and recovery for members believing benefits will never be paid.
A severe thunderstorm struck Sterling at 230 pm yesterday along the Passaic River. Miss Hilda Baldwin was rendered unconscious, later revived, while Miss Grace Ryan, eighteen, was killed when a lightning strike hit a tree near the riverbank. Ryan’s body was taken to Andrew Field’s Sterling home for the visitng party.
The article describes a 1900s weather report noting official temperatures around 104.5 degrees and the unreliability of cheap instruments, kept in a shaded wooden box, with observer Mr. Neagle reporting to state and national bureaus. It also covers railroad coal traffic disruptions near Dunellen, a visible comet, household cleaning tips, and a Century Row cycling club meeting with plans for a Crescent League Wheelmen 26 mile handicap race on August 25 with prizes.
The excerpt presents Beatrice noting keen sight and daylight church sighting as a standard of eye for contentment. It mentions a Colliers visit promising insurance without coat, implying a practical benefit or assurance tied to the outing.
Newton Mhelpe of Altuny will preach in Park Avenue Baptist Church tomorrow. Morning service at 10 59, Sunday school 14 30. Various churches list sermons by Rev. pastors, with evening services at multiple locations. North Plainfield lights out after accident at power station. City National Bank declares semiannual dividend. Grace Church choir to sing at Washington Chapel. A theft occurred at a North Square waiting room drinking fountain.
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