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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1893
Page
3
A patchwork of town notices, society meetings, lectures, concerts, and deaths fills the day’s schedule. It lists a Young Ladies Society meeting, church lectures, bicycle group gatherings, a charity sale, building plans, and a series of deaths and funerals with small community details.
Funeral services were held yesterday for the late Rev Edith Embury at the Church of the Holy Crags with a brief family service, a single vested choir, and a procession into the church. The rector offered the Resurrection and Life amid a choral tribute, followed by interment at Greenwood Brooklawn. The text notes the deceased’s husband and family history, and mentions Salvation Army involvement and a farewell reception.
Walter ParK Rso TM Deville served as the outside representative and wagon driver for the Gru team, traveling across the state. He departed last week for a series of games, with scores from the C. M. CL team tour to be published tomorrow.
A mysterious man described as a sly old fox entered a boarding house and, while doors were answered, exposed himself and later carried a bag to canvas for powder. He stole 8000 dollars from trunks, including 100 dollars and a gold watch from Lindmark, with others missing small sums. Police have little to go on as the suspect concealed his name and location.
An old graphically garbled report notes a derailment on the Central road near East Street involving engine 379 and a coach blowout during a late night trip from a Jersey city line. Authorities or responders are not clearly identified in the fragments.
A night scene ends with a son’s wife found in quiet repose and a subsequent discovery of a fire triggered years earlier. The narrative notes the deceased’s son living away in New York and Meser Street ties to local families. The Intermet and Ladies' Club events are referenced alongside public readings and theatre in the city, with burial plans to follow at Baptist Cemetery.
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