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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1894
Page
2
A 1894 front page letter complains about Captain Grant and the police amid a rush of crime topics. It ridicules the force for drunkenness, vice, and failure to arrest alleged offenders while urging stronger action and public accountability.
The War ren Chapel program by Sunday school and Christian Endeavor featured piano solos by Mrs Canfield and Mrs Westphal, readings by Mrs Anna C. Gooper, vocal solos by Miss Kittle Mallon and B Ryder, duets by W and J Tallamy, and EB Ryder and H Rand. Performers received encores as the audience enjoyed the assembly of songs and readings.
The ice cream festival hosted by the Christian Endeavor Society for the Seventh Day Baptist Churel featured informal scenes with Miss Ernestius Gimith overseeing candy and Miss Louise Lewis serving lemonade. A quartet including Mrs Tinworth and Mrs Dan performed, followed by Redrie Bisters singing.
A Broad Plainfield column covers a town list of events and notices. Street works curb setbacks at West Front Street near the Methodist Church. Lane Square Lodge and Elizabeth Momday night events. a Park Avenue baseball game set for tomorrow at 5 30. a school house strawberry festival Tuesday night. dog law enforcement to begin July 1. Columbia Lodge initiation and a large turnout expected tonight. local savings bank surplus and a sales event by Rogers the Sext food man. and a coaching parade setup with horses and the Barnaby turnout drawing attention for Plainfield residents.
Local men plastered Velrade on a blank ad sign beside Frank Vanderbulls store. The owner, St. A Boice, reported seeing vandals removal the placard during the morning. A crowd later confronted the workers for their alleged mischief.
A 22 year old named John O'Donnell attempted to board a coal train near Grees Brook tanks. He had only one whole toe left and the toe beside it was mashed. He was brought to an able city where Mr Fritts met him and he was taken to Mahlenverg Hospital.
The notice advertises a genent Kogish standan work by Carnell at ten rents weekly. Details are said to be on page four of the large advertisement. It urges readers to examine the work, claiming it is absolutely first class in respect and pro webolars.
An unclear notice praises Bechblen's salve as the best remedy for world weary outsiders, with cryptic references to names and a West Front street. The fragmentary text mentions W Randolph and a shop setting, suggesting a local ad or directory item with uncertain details.
An elderly man from Bound Brook, lured by a false job offer in the East, traveled to a house near Sou Plaindeld with two other men. He exchanged $300, received a box with white paper, and faced ruinous loss. He was reported to authorities and housed at Bolce's boarding house while arrangements were made for his return home.
Thomas King of Evans visits Brooklyn friends while Mrs Soblereth of Chatham Street travels to Somerville. Joe Haurand of Steiner Place takes a job near Rails River. Harry Shirley of West Fourth Street is bedridden with a severe illness. Lewis Mattox at Webster Place recuperates at home from Quincy sore throat. James Weston of Ease Street recovers from bicycle injuries. Frank Whitley of Power Press Works seeks a new post. Thomas Valen of Orchard Place shows Scarlet Fever convalescence, renewing town ties. Lambert Edmunds of Atelier Place recovers to eat after typhoid fever. Captain and Mrs Phillips and their niece return from a trip east. W. Chamberlain goes to Washington D C for Malter Printing interests. Rev. George J Mingina of New York entertained by J O Stevens in Evora. John Seheeley of Storer Maina, brother of George Seheeley, in Causer. Miss May Flannagan enjoys a moonlight drive with Corysasthemain Circle. Mrs Shelly of Morristown and Mrs Ayrea of Newark, with children, return from the Arlington. Mrs W Chamberlain and infant sail to Crewe England for summer. Miss Wentervelt of Engiewood visits Bayonne friends and returns. Livingstone of Potter Free Works to join Grm in Owl Forms. farewell wishes. Ewil Nielsen of Brooklyn visits Prof Neeser as he nears a chair.
Maurice Mire visits Elizabeth Powter and sister at Baxnd Brook while Giddie recovers after a fall. Ghent's Methodists plan a service as a law association forms. Strawberries and ice cream festivity, church concerts, and a tennis club season bring town activity. A missing child case ends with care from an officer.
Fragmentary OCR shows partial train times and routes including west and south lines, passenger names, connections between cities, and arrival times. Key pieces reference Pullman sleepers, express departures, and connections to Philadelphia Chicago with morning and evening estimates.
A patient recounts a radical non surgical cure by Dr. Lighthill removing severe rectal distress and lifelong discomfort. The speaker credits the treatment with restoring daily function, noting no pain or work interference and expressing gratitude despite modest means.
Residents of Plainfield testify to Dr Fightnul's radical care, asserting his enduring impact and truth of his statements. Kinney signs as witness, inviting review of the case and treatment.
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