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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1894
Page
3
A fragmented Plainfield Courier column samples local life with notes on church services easing in summer, wool prices and post wasters politics warnings, plus a correspondent’s jab at band bills cluttering streets and lawns. The item hints at broader Democratic tensions and general civic concerns.
A fragmented account describes nuisance from many dogs near a city corner. It notes twelve dogs housed within 100 yards, gathering and barking day and night, though now only two dogs remain, with residents expressing annoyance at the owners.
Fragmentary reader query questions the need for a physician if a dog samples a child's leg and ponders what constitutes a home paper after work. It notes a Tus Counien horror and the appeal of a daily newspaper as the great home paper.
Fragmented OCR note lists names such as Armen Salve and L W Randolph with unclear roles and a price of 35 cents. Contains broken phrases and scattered place names like West Prost.
A long list of community items notes dances in Fanwood and Berton Phaine, church meetings, school outings, and local incidents. It reports a horse race planned for Sunday, a sun service during hot weather, and a German Reformed Church consistory extending a pastor call. Also mentioned are crops, a stray fire damage payment, and upcoming excursions for a Sunday school.
A scattered town column lists residents traveling to Orange for the Middle States Championship Tenials, a funeral in Elmwood with interment in Somerville, and a reception planned for next Saturday. Various names attend church outings, travels to Holwton Head, Snyria trip plans, and school events with students bound for Harvard Yale and MMI University.
Mrs. J Maitland remains ill at home while relatives visit. A dance planned for June 30 to honor Mise Maitland's birthday is canceled due to illness. A Baptist Church meeting was postponed due to a storm. Electric lights at the First Day Baptist Church and a factory are described as poor, hindering activities. An accident on Saturday left George Giles and family members shaken but uninjured. Friendship Council officers are elected, with Lambert Daleypi named Commander and other posts filled.
The town announces a new effort to boost wine and water trades amid local debate. Citizens are urged to note that misunderstandings about the symbol W have surfaced as the community plans renewed promotions.
A patient from Plainfield New Jersey details relief from severe nervous distress after Dr Lighthill’s care at Crescent Avenue. Another account from Rocky Hill relates radical permanent pile cure and relief from bleeding with patient J W Griggs endorsing the treatment.
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