07 Mar 1894
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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1894
Page
1
The Courier will relocate after April 1 to the Howard A. Pope dry goods building. The paper’s rapid growth requires expanded space with the business office to occupy the front of the store once arrangements are finalized.
The Miastleor Circle held its second dance at a well decor ed hall on Parregut avenue. Guests including Miss Lissa Livesey Miss Nora Willian and Mr and Mrs Dunning enjoyed music and dancing past midnight in a room adorned with palms and plants.
Readable items include church notes on craft degree work and charity efforts, road work from Paterson to Philadelphia, a planned by pass near Netherwood, school and band rehearsals, a church burglary report, and several society updates. Citizens plan a street by by pass, stock changes at R W Rices, and Midwestern trips for residents.
Arthur Cheenwright was appointed organist and choirmaster at Trinity Church New Haven after a large applicant field. He previously studied in Philadelphia and will take the post on April 4, with a concert program announced for tomorrow afternoon at 3 o clock in Croan Church.
A group from the Ohemawe Society of Trinity Reformed Church surprised Miss May William of West Front Street with a fourteenth birthday party last night. The gathering joyfully continued near midnight with merry, friendly fun and well wishes. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised as an effective cough and throat medicine with local retailers listed.
Mysterious message from Germany mentions a large sum of money tied to a young heiress, Elsverg of Prospect Place. The claim hints at a will, wealth, and a remembered benefactor, with details still unclear.
Fragmentary report notes Jobe Kenney’s hinted candidacy and a notion of postmaster for a day. It records Ivanhoe Connell of the American Legion approving women’s admission to the meeting and hints at broader editorial musings and cultural allusions.
About fifty members of the First Church of Christ gathered at the home of Rev. A. W. Hand on West Front Street to honor him. They presented portraits of Mr Hand and his wife, praised as excellent likenesses, then shared a collation and spent the evening in song and merriment.
Adolph Kahrman of North avenue files a petition with Cornell to install wires and lights along the street between Richmond street and Laland avenue where no lighting exists. With new houses rising, residents demand safe passage home and threaten local action if service is not provided.
At the Howell Division meeting last night the group purchased curtains and planned room decoration. A committee was formed to arrange a lunch box sociable next week and another candidate was noted.
A garbled passage notes a debate about conditions on a road line and mentions officials from the road department. It references statements about white canes and possible investigations, but the exact details are unclear due to the text’s damaged state.
Fragmentary OCR hints at ownership or access rights to a valued server or device labeled Likert and Tria. No clear event, date, or organization is readable. Further legible text needed to identify people, places, or actions and craft a concrete summary.
A lettered feature notes seafaring life of dry land bound crews and their perilous voyages. It highlights Kirborg’s fascination with maritime worlds and previews Part 8 of Masterpieces from the Art Galleries, including a new illustration titled A Victim of the Sea.
The Litratian library reports total February circulation of 2 814 with 1 978 in February. Visitors to the building reached 3 996 on the 22nd day with about 850 people visiting. The piece notes ongoing guesses for local news and references a general health column discussing influenza and remedies with free trial bottles offered at L W e Pharmacy.
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