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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1892
Page
3
Yesterday was Mid Lent and Mothering Sunday with council meetings planned for April. Borough and city bodies discuss sessions while schools report a week off. Community events include auctions, Bible readings, Y M C A activities, and a dog pound incident. Local sports note Wentfield Westfield games and a trots show highlight a busy civic week.
City ordinance warns dogs must wear muzzles or be taken in as officers enforce a leash rule. Meanwhile, Gentle Willie Murphy played for Naugatuck against Boston Lewie on April 4, and manager Tom Keller expects a strong Plainfield return in good form.
Several hundred persons gathered on West Front Street Saturday evening to watch dog catchers seize a harmless mongrel owned by a German man who refused to give his name. The dog and collar were taken away amid a noisy, restless crowd.
The New Jersey Prohibition party plans a state convention at Masonic Temple in Trenton on Tuesday, April 19, to elect 28 delegates to the national convention in St. Louis June 24 and to choose a new State Central Committee. Each county will send ten delegates. Also notes a public entertainment and a Baptist missionary meeting at First Baptist Church with details on timing.
The Pulpit vacant was declared at the Pint Presbyterian Church in Duvellen after Rev. Se K.P. Keteham resigned. Dr. Martine announced the section of Elizabeth presbytery accepting the resignation and formally declared the pulpit vacant. Also noted are the Forty Hours devotion at St Marys Church with sermons by Rev. Father Smyth and Rev. Father Stafford. An anniversary for Plainfield Lodge No 44 I.O.O.F. and a meeting of colored Republican voters at East Front Street were announced.
The Bicycle Club opens the season with a Saturday practice on Park avenue. Capt Walz Tilney Shepard Walker McLaughlin Wyckoff and Murray reported for duty as the team schedules Saturday practices and a Crescent League game against Crescents on April 30. Also notices a horse sale at the Metropolitan tables Wednesday attracting buyers from across the state.
The New York Herald notes Rev. Dr. A. H. Lewis pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Plainfield as a fearless pulpit orator who mixes religion with politics. Born 1836 in Cortland County, he taught at Alfred University and wrote on denominational topics while leading the church for twenty five years.
Powlison and Jones, proprietors of the Manic furniture store at 34 West Front Street, enlarge their plant due to rising business. They occupy extra upper rooms with a stairway entrance, adding a third floor department under Th. Drake and a basement storage under Music Hall. The firm plans new deliveries and asks subscribers moving to notify the office with old and new addresses.
The Crescent League announces a March 38 start for a bowling tourney with forfeiture rules and multiple matchups listed. A Bethel Chapel reunion concert set for tomorrow at eight features Carpenter's Orchestra soloists, recitations, and songs from Mrs Reasoner Miss Hamilton and others.
Howard Emerson of This City represents Mrs Baldwin and her husband Homer Baldwin in separate actions against New York Central and Madison River Railroad seeking 250000 for injuries from the Christmas Eve Hastings car wreck. Mrs Baldwin lost both hands and requires dental aid to sign, while both Anna M Baldwin and Lillian Baldwin died in the crash, with claims totaling 5000 each. Also touts Allcoch’s Plasters as superior medical plasters with testimonials of relief for various ailments.
A chaotic March scene reports heavy snowstorm paralyzing parts of a city with broken wires and halted street cars. Across regions, crises unfold from factory closures and fires to legal cases and railway disputes, with terse notes on cargo exports, labor unrest, and political moves.
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