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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1892
Page
3
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A garbled page lists various City events and notices including Chautauqua performances, water supply discussions, a dog catcher earning money, a branch store opening, trapshooting contests, a women’s club talk, a WWI era veterans reunion planned for Trenton, wax works shown at Hope Chapel, safety petitions for night wagons, rain causing pools, baseball medal contest claims, Oliver Flanagan’s mishap with carbolic soap, warm strawberry market notes, and a high school musical assembly with several graduates headed to colleges including Princeton Rutgers Harvard Amherst and Wellesley.
A dozen members of the Ladies Bicycle Club, including Mrs J H French acting president and Miss Lillian Fritts captain, rode from East York Street yesterday to the land they brought along. After a rest they returned home in good season. The club plans biweekly practice rides and biannual longer spins this summer, with shorter spins to nearby points. Participants named include Mrs J H French, Miss Mary Pritts, Miss Bessie Hull, Miss Kitie Mancing, Miss Arline Crane, Mrs Green, Mrs Struthers, Miss L Maltby, Mrs Ryder.
A man attempting to drop a letter into a corner mall box was shocked when electricity from nearby wires arced into the post. A letter carrier, Captain Martin, and local boys watched as the lid sparked, delivering an unexpected jolt and comic mischief.
Pigeon fanciers in Plainfield Elizabeth and Newark staged a five hundred mile race from Youngstown Ohio. Hervey Deane’s birds won despite windy conditions as only six of about seventy five birds returned. Three winners came from Swane and three from Elizabeth. No date for the next race is set as stock must be replenished.
The Camera Club held its regular semi monthly meeting electing one new woman member. A Feltville outing is set for next Tuesday afternoon by stage, with signups through Hervey Doane in UUme. Lantern slides delayed until Fair due to missing exhibitors.
Thomas Keller arrived home from Philadelphia this afternoon after signing Dane Knouff formerly of Memphis. William Hale of Virginia, brother of Thomas Hale of East Fifth Street, on an extended western trip, reached Plainfield on Tuesday. W A Coddington returned from Trenton with an Interlocutory decree in Chancery for Mrs Birdeall on Benton and others on partition. The matter goes to W K McClure for testimony in a few days. A private dinner at 41 Putman Avenue hosted by J L Anthony honored Mr Rhetawerdt, recent buyer of Mr Anthony’s Belvidero residence Marcel in New York. dinner and decor were elaborate.
The June convention opened with remarks by Ton William W Wilson, roll call, and a preliminary skirmish before adjourning at 1 45 until 5. Opponents of the claimant argue the nomination of Grover Cleveland is flawed and a New York delegation seeks a new candidate while discussions reveal strong opposition among Maryland and other delegates.
Police chased five marauders who attacked a kitchen door incident and fled through Eighth Street and Crescent Avenue. Three escaped. two were lost near Netherwood. Barn searches yielded no captures as officers probed the area for clues.
A bill of complaint filed in U S Court by A Hoo Company of New York names Walter Scots of Pisinfeld in alleged patent infringements related to Hoo duplex printing machines and folding expressers. Edward L.ford allegedly assigned patents to Hoo & Co. The suit seeks an injunction to stop manufacturing or selling the accused machines. The document also discusses Brock’s veneering process and its alleged impact on the wood veneer industry.
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