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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1893
Page
3
The column lists many community happenings from a distant night in Clinton and nearby towns. It mentions concerts, church activities, lodge meetings, tidbits on residents like harp purchases, moves, and funeral attendances, plus local club notices and property changes. The tone is bustling, naming individuals, places, and organizations.
The Old Yoe Mill faced delays as city water and beverage departments worked with advertising property manager Crom Get Scale ration and the Warren Company. A steamboat hose burst caused a minor setback while Zephyr truck and Upee Waren aided the city response. Hyde presented the Warren Engine Company with compensation for services. The mill’s ownership traces to 1832 with Webser, then Lewis Fores, then R W Hotchkis and finally Charles Hyde, with 600 logs on the property and no insurance.
The Herald notes Captain Warde's dark horse for the box among the New Yorks and Sneeden to have a trial in a Princeton game. Young Keeler's third base work draws attention for clean fielding and strong plays.
A long-standing resident, an elderly woman named Baker, was knocked down on Ban Front free near the railroad grade by a cyclist named Rafferty riding on the sidewalk. The impact left her with a bruised face and a broken arm, and she was carried to a nearby house for treatment. The rider could not stop or did not see her in time, as the incident occurred on an afternoon with fading light.
A Plainfield letter questions whether the Y M C A should organize shorthand classes for young women, noting girls have fewer advantages than boys. It urges action from the YMCA amid local interest and mentions women in New York who could be taught here. The writer hopes the YMCA will respond.
Windham and Crowley proprietors reopen their Central Hotel pool and billiard room after repairs the new space facing the street with widened frontage. An exhibition is planned at Reform Hall with Cranford Rosalle and Rab named among attendees set for the event at Elisabethport, likely on Tuesday night.
Trustees of the Grace Methodist Church appoint Langer Edmond P and others as stewards. They decide to extend a celto and send a young man from the seminary to take charge and preach the first sermon on Sunday, April. The presiding elder Deo presides at the meeting.
A jagged excerpt suggests a theater moment with a timid soprano and a bustling crowd. The text is garbled, but hints at performance, tone, and shifting mood, with references to voices and a danseur-like movement amid confusion.
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Report describes a disorderly scene at 38 East with Betty calered and Annie Pisbet pressing a complaint before Justice Naan. The group led by William Shafer James McLean and Ap assembled at McLean’s residence rallied friends, planned an outdoor gathering in Grace Church, and discussed an end to the incident amid tensions and arrests.
A fragmentary public notice outlines a trial on a specific weekday and a sale of twenty five top pianos from a Columbia location. Terms and party names appear garbled.
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