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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1892
Page
3
A varied Plainfield page notes a street ad by a whistling man, civic hearings on appropriations, a silver watch theft, rail workers, Children’s Day plans, a bicycle race mishap, Rutgers freshmen banquet, and multiple local appointments, purchases, and community events.
Confusion over the Will of Susanna L. Stillman in New Jersey unsettles executor Howard Emerson. Courts ruled part of the bequests to two churches valid while donations to a missionary society were redirected to the residuary estate. Emerson’s absence fuels rumors of estate handling as law partners and relatives comment on the dispute.
A Central Railroad collision halted traffic when a Blue Line train departing New York at five yesterday afternoon struck a car mopped at Elizabeth. The car carried the Mayor of Philadelphia and a Roselle local. details of injuries and exact sequence are unclear from the fragment.
A fragmented local page reports Professor Venino's concert drawing under one hundred patrons in a casino with praised opener and veteran talent. It also covers the New Jersey Exempt Firemen convention in Hackensack with officers elected and a variety of social and civic notes from Hackensack area clubs and local enterprises.
Wastineares May 30 Mia Warri son rested easily last night and showed slight improvement this morning. She has a distressing cough and her rings are reportedly permanently affected. Dr Gardiner visited and said she is on the road to recovery with strict rest and quiet for a few days. The Wenfield batting order for tomorrow is listed with Melndes as left field and O'Neil as pitcher. The girl who looks like an angel is all right this year.
The readable fragments describe women at a silk counter and reflections on unhappy people. The text references Atchinos Glebe and contrasts two kinds of misery: those who think they are happy yet are not and those who are miserable because they know they are.
A playful exchange from the Boston Courier features a character urging a basilist to join a challenge, while the New Orleans Picayune notes readers recalling a seaside buoyant scene and a pressure reference tied to swimming in salt water.
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