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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1892
Page
2
A Plainfield city notice details more than forty new houses under construction, with total estimated cost surpassing 250000 dollars. It lists owners and locations across streets like Central avenue, Mountain avenue, and Summit avenue, illustrating Plainfield’s progressive growth.
Westfield residents protest an ordinance requiring wheelmen to ring or sound a bell within fifty feet of any vehicle or pedestrian from one hour before sunset to one hour after sunrise. Riders from Elizabeth Plainfield and nearby towns join a noisy demonstration using bells and whistles. A related measure faces Plainfield Common Council on its third reading while local sports report a Brook team loss 22 to 3 to Danlien Glob in a separate note.
Harry Emerson’s brother found him in Philadelphia near the Bradford House emaciated and delirious after more than a month away from home. He recalls wandering after a grip infection and is under care, with periods of violence and memory gaps. Police changes and street work updates follow, plus a note on Baassaver’s Pills as a household remedy.
A legal notice describes Jost Bogen surrendering $0 to the Reeding Company amid disputed provisions. It notes an unsigned agreement and a lease aimed at coal control, with three companies effectively contesting authority.
The notice explains a guessing contest where participants submit guesses by a fixed deadline. Each entrant may guess multiple times with each guess numbered and filed, and no entries are opened until the contest closes. The winner’s name and address will be published in the Courier after the close.
Grant Monument Association reports the total fund for the Gen. Grant monument now exceeds 500 000 with about seven hundred dollars spare and plans to push completion. New York City contributors cover most of the total with minor sums unaccounted for amid plans for interior and exterior embellishment.
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