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Newspaper

Plainfield Courier

Location

Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Mar 31, 1892

Page

2

Plainfield Courier news in rough March 31 1892 issue

The Page presents scattered items from Plainfield with notes on a Stockton California judge Charles Light a Lake Hopatcong performer Lotta and a dramatic anecdote about spirits predicting political outcomes. It also covers religious zeal examples from Konigsberg a Siam prophecy test with a coal fire and a church-related political interplay at a local club house. Police report train robbery near Baldwin Alabama with $6000 stolen and two break-in attempts at M A Potts residence on Woodland Avenue with patrols kept through the night.

Potts Woodland Avenue M. A. Potts Broadway Mra Potts Flanagan

Reverie and travel notes in Sab ath Recorder item

A mixed excerpt features a long poem by Harry C Renyon from Plainfield BE with reflections on life dreams and fate, plus notices of lectures on Love by Ex Mayor Randolph and a Pennsylvanian Railroad tour roundup offering spring trips from New York to Jacksonville California and Denver with prices and dates. also an advertisement for Aucock's Porous Plasters claiming superiority and widespread use.

Randolph Uae Beriea New York Penns Yania Railroad Company Iuning Jacksonville Marshall Pass Glenwood Springs Salt Lake City Pacific Coast California Denver Colorado Springs Manitou Glenwood Falls Pennsylvania Railroad Broadway Pesceeens Bey Bean Melbourne F. B. Deeming Rainhill South Africa MM. Lavelle Schuylkillary Ashland Graves Pitchburg Mass Somalia Worcester Wood York Assembly Stone Cutters’ Union of Newark N. J

Smakey's Herve Horse Runs Wild On Somerset Street

A horse owned by Daniel J. Smalley ran away on Somerset street at 11 today, nearly harming a nine year old named Alpsugh and striking several vehicles. Driver Edward Mundy halted the animal near the bridge after it kicked alarms, injuring the boy with shock but no severe harm. The horse then dashed along sidewalks to Peace street, slipped, fell, and was captured. the butcher wagon sustained minor damage.

Smakey Herve Somerset Street Alpsugh Daniel J. Smalley North Avenue Edward Mundy French's Alpough Rev. L. E. Livermore Mr. Livermore Front Street Peace Street

Peddlers and questionable characters plus a racing record

A brief warns against itinerant peddlers who dodge police by hiding wares in pockets and deceiving residents. The piece notes their insult to women and servants and their danger. It also reports George Hallock breaking Lyman's 235 record at Crescent League alleys with a 245. It advertises Dr Howe's remedies and Castoria with old patent medicine claims and child testimony.

Crescent League George Hallock Lyman VanEmburgh MeIntyre

Health and Manners From a bygone Advice Column

Curious moral guidance mixed with household tips. It urges kindness to orphans, restraint in daily habits, and modeling good behavior for children, ending with fragmented advice and a stray foreign place name. The tone mimics a late 19th or early 20th century column on everyday virtue.

First Connecticut Woman Lawyer and World Fair News

The article notes Mary Bull as the first woman to pass a Connecticut bar examination. It mentions a Harriet Bender Blows boat to be placed in the world’s fair women’s building. Also referenced are Misses Schenck, Lady Somerset, Frances EB Willard, and Union Signal editorial changes, with various other society items and misprints.

Connecticut Mary Bull Harriet Bender Schenck George H. Pendleton Miffiger Germany Italy Cambridge Lady Somerset Frances EB. Willard Anetime Union Signal Humphry Ward Spootn' Ber Publishers Philadelphia Enet Wilmington

Chinese Chinese subjects seek US admission via Canada

Ottawa reports a cabinet minister notes Chinese residents naturalising in Canada to gain admission to the United States as British subjects. The move follows the Hong Kong origin and aims to test if such naturalisation can secure entry, amid broader immigration cases and upcoming legal actions.

United States Ottawa Ont Canada Hong Kong

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