16 May 1892
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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1892
Page
2
Reports describe a remarkable comet with eight and a half tails, visible near the eastern horizon by Pegasus. Observers may notice a secondary tail diverging from the main tail, attributed to atmospheric or electric phenomena, and vanishing as it moves away at high speed.
The New York Ontario and Western Railway offers a free pamphlet detailing summer hotels boarding houses and farms along its line with routes accommodations and attractions in Orange Sullivan Ulster and Delaware counties. The booklet helps answer where to go this summer and is available at New York and Brooklyn ticket offices.
The Ep worth League celebrated its third anniversary at the Methodist Episcopal Church with hymns, readings, and remarks by Rev. Mitchell. Members and leaders in Plainfield and Park Place attended as George Rittenhouse and W M Petee spoke, noting rapid league growth and U S reach.
John Winger, the man arrested for robbing C. C. Cokefair’s residence early Saturday, refuses to reveal his identity. Photographed at Fisher and Monfort’s, he claimed fifty one, a wife and children in New York, and said health issues led him to Plainfield. Authorities note he is a likely chronic offender recently released after a five year burglary sentence in Philadelphia and Newark.
Reports a drunken man beaten near Park Ave Baptist Church but no disturbance found. A small frame barn on Terris road near Jackson School burned, loss about $200, suspected incendiary. St Marys School commencement at Masse Hall on Friday, June 24. Also warns against imitations of Alliance's Plooos Plasters and notes family anecdote about a grandfather.
Baroness Blane holds the fort at the Albemarle amid a mounting divorce feud with Baron Blane. A $46,000 claim against the Litetage Company figures in the dispute, with tensions over support and settlements shaping the case. A new fire hydrant is installed on South Second street near the Commercial Mill.
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