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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1892
Page
2
A mosaic of humorous items covers royalty moots in Germany a dancer in New York dies from a jig a Maine youth deals with a calf named after him and a Connecticut tale of skating for a hand. The column breezily riffs on gossip crimes and curiosities with a wink and dated whimsy.
A list of claimed letters remains at the Plainfield Post Office as of March 28. Bargain seekers are urged to attend the Metropolit an stables sale on North avenue tomorrow, where every stall is bid with horns. A dramatic shipwreck notice from Deal Beach details Windermere’s grounding and a marriage rumor aboard. A tribute to Walt Whitman praises his brave, simple life contrasted with modern pretension.
An itemized notice touts Aducoce and Alicock porous plasters as unmatched for rheumatism asthma and various ailments. It claims vast testimonials and states many millions of boxes used since 1835. Includes promotional lines for Brannonery Pills and Howe’s Balm with generic safety assurances and purchase urging.
Wither Chamberlin, a bright young New York Sun man, weighed in on electric chair use. He argued the method is practically instantaneous and preferable to hanging, citing that victims feel little after the current starts. He claimed newspaper men who have seen executions largely agree with him. Chamberlin witnessed Cotto’s death yesterday.
The Central Railroad introduced a modern wreck car, shipped from Michigan, with iron frame and pine flooring. Each end carries a swinging crane of fifteen ton capacity, operable by steam or boiler power, featuring thirteen foot booms for wide operation without moving the car.
President Roberta speaks at the Pennsylvania Railroad annual meeting, arguing railroads are more than freight carriers. They are cash employers and purchasers of goods, benefiting the community with wages and trade, though public sentiment often misses this. The speech emphasizes the railroad’s economic role in cities along its lines.
The Pennsylvania Railroad’s vast expenditures in and outside the state, totaling about 52 million dollars in 1891 and continuing for a decade, boosted city commerce, freight accessibility, coastwise and foreign trade, and manufacturing. President Roberts and aides are praised for advancing commerce and civic growth.
A jumble of vintage silverware ideas is described with items from marrow scoops to champagne bottle handles. The list suggests uses for boiled hems, olive pits, sandwiches, and sickroom needs, with peculiar phrases like teddy bottles and hot water plates among the curios.
A fragmentary wildlife snippet discusses reptiles and insects, noting misfit terms and curious claims. It mentions the Kentish plover allegedly endangered by collectors, regional fish migration patterns, and a horned tortoise report on Lord Howe Island. The text is severely garbled with OCR errors.
A fragmented historical survey notes early writing tools from ancient times. It mentions gold ink on a 120 foot roll of serpent skin, pens found in Pompeii ruins with broad nibs, and ink making evolving around 600 A D. The piece threads in anecdotes about a dog named Jack, a Melmontier tale, and a New Chinese bride wearing a black silk kimono with a red silk handkerchief and white satin fan as part of her wedding attire.
A garbled OCR style entry mixes mis-spelled phrases about facts and fallacies and whimsical lines. It references childish moonlit wishes and strained wordplay with scattered names and nonsensical fragments that lack coherent narrative or identifiable event.
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