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Newspaper

Plainfield Courier

Location

Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1892

Page

2

Plainfield Caucus Forms New Freeholders Board

Plainfield gains a new Board of Chosen Freeholders with Gammel Halliday named Director. Alford B. Gook becomes Clerk, William M. Oliver County Collector, Lewis Quien County Engineer, and William K. McClure County Attorney. Salaries and terms set, with most officers elected for two years.

Plainfield Board of Chosen Freeholders Comterban Itekt Csence Gammel Halliday Rahway Republicams Alford B. Gook William M. Oliver Elizabeth Lewis Quien William K. McClure Pla McClure

Smallpox Case Confines Street Railway Superintendent

Superintendent Pasamore of the Street Railway system in North Plainfield has been confined to his home at 39 Craig Place with smallpox. The local Health Board reports the case as not serious and has quarantined the house and grounds. Special Marshals guard the residence to prevent departures or entries, while doctors Boone and Carman advise continued isolation and monitoring of the patient and a servant girl in quarantine at the family home on Doyle Street. The patient first showed illness yesterday morning and was treated by Dr. Boone, with improvement noted today.

W. W. Pierson Tom Keller Manger Keller Central Station New York Westfields Tom Plainfeld Delawares St. Raphael Vet Stors Armen Sud Theo Pone Dever Westfick Gersula Crescenta Deignares Pasamare James Stewart Louis Sprague Pasamore W. G. Boone Boone Carman Gee Dacr Street Passmore Paterson

City hires experts to audit the city books on Park Avenue

The Courier reports experts from Cornell and Pick have taken temporary offices at F A Dunham’s on Park Avenue to investigate city finances. They aim to uncover whether department appropriations exceed expenditures, a task previously resisted by council factions and the Finance Committee.

Park Avenue A & Paterson F. A. Dunham Ginna Ackerman Conneil Maiofich

Gypsy christenings mark park camp service at Auand Park

Rev Dr Redman leads a gypsy camp baptism in Auand Park on Park Avenue yesterday, christening Matilda Reilly and Edward Campbell Cooper, with a later rite for a two day old baby Harrion Harrison, amid a two camp distance journey and a strange medical ad fragment interspersed in the text.

Auand Park Park Avenue E M. Bodman Matilda Reilly William and Priscilla Reilly Eliaha Mary Cooper Edward Campbell Cooper

Local Court Denies Rushed Verdict in County Case

In Wasmisutos on May 12 ex Senator Jobs Ingalls of Gesk in the Republicas headquarters led by New England Electurers’ at Boston were involved. A decision to shut down work next Saturday was considered. A 16 year old was present in court as a murder case emerged. Brown, Willems, and David Ari an, a steamboat man, died from injuries.

Wasmisutos Jobs J. Ingalls Gesk Republicas New England Boston Brown Resto Willems Poa Ph Ate Ag David Ari

England invites US to bi-metallic conference

News items report England invites the United States to a bi-metallic conference. Other notes include Marion Indiana carpenters on strike for higher pay and shorter hours, a second dividend for creditors of a Corry Pennsylvania bank, and various local incidents. Eleven Belfast women die from a fever, a Redding California robbery, and a Boston railroad freight handlers dispute with an arbitration board planned.

England United States Marion Ind National Bank Corry Gener Gresser Se Petersburg State of Washington Virginia Beach Welle-Fargo Gertruds Helen Wilson Wellisons Boston Worcester State Board of Arbitration

Weather report tone from New York area May 11

Mixed airmass described with southerly winds shifting to northwest and cooler temperatures across eastern and western New York and Pennsylvania. Date references include May 11 and scattered notes on wind trends and temperatures.

New York New Tork

Proverbial Mirth and Moral Verses from an Old Text

A garbled collection of maxims and sayings. It contrasts blessings with envy and warns against murder and self deception. The piece encourages counting blessings, avoiding backsliding, and serving the Lord with a hopeful, optimistic tone.

Timely Topics in Weather and Public Notices

A compact scrolling of old remarks from the Philadelphia Record and Pittsburgh Dispatch notes temperance of discourse in heat, cites Chicago attention, and hints at a governor incident with a kissed official and water imagery. No concrete events or dates are provided.

Ofton Herald Chicago Philadelphia

The Pretty Woman Need Not Apply, Says Census Man

A fragment describes a biased standard of beauty listing attributes for a woman and stating that even if she has all these features her personality must also shine. It notes that many may appear attractive yet fail if they lack tact or inner qualities.

Abe

Dress Reform Wins Favor in News Dispatch Debate

A Boston authority states no woman died from tight lacing, endorsing reform. The Washington Post notes the Common Sense Corset as a lasting trend amid reform discussions.

Troy Iitsburg Dispatch Boston Washington Post

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