Plainfield notices mix of events and reports
A cluttered Plainfield page reports various items including a Thursday May 17 cottage gathering at Pere street, upcoming orange Valley game, Holy Cross Church rector meeting, revised St. Jeapt’s receipts, roadwork along West Front and Somerset streets, Lyceum Cyclers trip, Colmmisia Lodge meeting at 109 Park Avenue, and civic society notes. It also mentions a poisoning case discussion and editorials urging caution and truth.
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Pere Street
Aight
Orenge Valley
Holy Cross Clearch
Afernoon
St. Jeeapt's
Ae’ S
West Front
Somerset
Istreeta
Plainfield Lyceud
Vo Ratneree
American tastes in strawberries in a colonial era tale
A wandering anecdote from a county setting recounts an episode of strawberry service. Max Wertz recalls a moment when a waiter offered the fruit with both European and American serving styles, highlighting tensions between foreign tastes and local expectations in a temperate premodern scene.
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Max Wertz
Rockview avenue liberal crash and local notices
A garbled but readable liberal style notes a crashed store on Rockview avenue near Washington and a Cedar Brook bridge. many items follow including Newark visitors for May 29 dance at Red Men’s Hall, Plainfield Liederkranz party, a collision on West Front Street with wagons, a Home Missionary Society meeting, a runaway horse, streetcar repaint, a shoe store closing in Dean Bucalis’ building, and various local happenings from ice cream to baseball season start and lawn sprinkler usage.
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Rockview Avenue
Washington Avenue
Cedar Brook
Newark
Plainfield Liederkranz
Jacoby Hipp
Somerset Street
Saga Torpedor Brokaw
Sampa
West End
Svenue
Hoagland
Emmon
Home Missionary Society of the
Ms Avenue
Fred Fish
Watchung Avenue
Maral & Ayers
Balabai
Dean Bucalis
Park Avenue
North Avenue
Willem Sharpe
Charlie
Smith
Neal Apgar
Knoxville
Tenn
E. J Connolley
Kilas Allen
Egbt
Setardey
West Second Street
Red Men
Nenemooata Couneil
Local notes from Dunellen and Plainfield area events
A garbled local column lists a Decoration Day shoot by Dunellen Gas Club weather permitting, a Plainfield Quartet concert at Panger's hotel, and the James Todd estate sale postponed. Reports cover Miss May Giese, Miss Irene Day hosting Schubert Club, legal disputes over rent, a drunken horse incident, a Pennsylvanian Railroad worker nearly crushed, and a May festival at Friendamp Hall with a May Queen ceremony.
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Jostloe Paper
Dunellen Gas Club
Maret Bend
Plainfield Quartetin Club
Orsa
Ford
Panger's
James Todd
Miss Give
Mise
Fevin
Dae-f'ellen
Europe
A. W. Warden
A. B. Giddin
Bound Brook
Presbyterian
Thorn
Schubert Club
Irene Day
Indy Brothers
Jumlee
Peal Krateol
Radolph Jen
Baiden
New Bronemiet
Mag
Hook Stephens
Fanny
West Hoboken items lead week in oddities and injuries
A telegram of stray notes reports Gustav Keeler from Wort Thirdsirest recalling a visit to West Hobsken where a cat climbed Michael Watsee’s pole and stayed all night. Willem Nicholson freed the pole, Willie Leanoid suffers a severe cold, and a string of minor mishaps including a sprained ankle and a water works repair call fill the page.
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Gustav Keeler
Wort Thirdsirest
West Hobsken
Elwer Shattlewoet
Michael Watsee
Toewlay Steracos
Willem Nicholson
Willie Leiaod
West Third Street
The Club Divided Over War Time Debate
A North Avenue Club split over a wartime issue with two sides arguing amid barroom talk. Gee favored possible revenue from ink shipments, while the opposing camp urged no urgency, preferring simple pleasures. A committee planned to visit New York to confront the matter, but news arrived that "Tip" had been dead for a week.
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North Avenue
Gee
New York
Tip
Sponger
Ember
Court grants stay in Cornell University contempt case
Chief Judge Andress of the Court of Appeals grants a stay in the contempt case involving student Taylor tied to Cornell University. Taylor’s lawyer says the stay delays any action until the High Court decides. If the Court of Appeals reverses, Taylor could serve additional days. the stay echoes a long history of the case.
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Andress
Court of Appeals
Taylor
Cornell University
Allorney
Low Court of Appeal
Court of Avocsls
Fragmentary report on a past incident in Sutteing
A garbled account from Lory describes an event two months earlier linked to Geerecke. The text implies conflicting dates and a perilous moment where a person saved himself without his father's spy help, casting doubt on the reported sequence of events. The source remains unclear and incomplete.
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Lory
Jon
Falen
Burt Bediz
Eighth annual New Jersey Exempt Firemen convention held in Rathway
The eighth annual convention of the New Jersey Exempt Firemen’s Association met at the Rathway Opera House with 125 delegates. Officers elected included president W. Bites of Trenton and secretary K. Leake of Trenton. Executive Committee members named were James Bernard John J. Sauvth Elles Doremes Jacob H. Frank James M. Daria R. Tideu W. MacCormick.
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New Jersey Histo Exempt Firemen's Association
Rathway Opera House
William Essil
Newark
Charice J. Hamberger
P. Heyden
Hoovken
Saltzman
Pisinteld
K. Leake
Trenton
Thomas Leather
Jersey City
James Bernard
John J. Sauvth
Elles Doremes
Jacob H. Frank
James M. Daria
R . Tideu
W. MacCormick
Board of Freeholders Union County May 3 1694 meeting
The Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders met on Thursday May 3 1694. Financial items itemized include road construction payments to Louis Quien Jobe Shaw and others totaling over 60 857.50 with numerous small charges to public buildings gas street work and printing. The session adjourned after a motion by Trahoe.
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Board of Chosen Freehold
Union County
Thoreday
Goanty
Louis Quien
Eta
Jobe F. Shaw
Wm Q ‘S UW
Senompt
Pal L Force
Prole Press
Sammi Record
P. W. Runyoo
Ly Journal
Herald
Ohes U
Crane
Lewes
Radical cure by Dr Lighthill praised in testimonial
A patient describes severe chronic illness pain and daily distress before treatment by Dr. Lighthill. After a radical cure, the writer expresses relief and gratitude, noting freedom from discomfort and a willingness to pay any cost, though not wealthy.
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Les Tercibie Bartle
Lighthill
Vroom
Local endorsement from John Kinney on Dr. Vroom
Residents of Plainteld N J are urged to consider a statement from John Kinney praising Dr Vroom as a brother in law and noting his brother’s suffering and the doctor’s claimed cure Kinney invites neighbors to visit him personally to verify the account He asserts the doctor has performed a radical and permanent remedy and declares the statement truthful and unpraiseworthy of alternative praise.
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Plainteld
H. Vroom
Tll
John
Kinney
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