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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1894
Page
4
The Plainfield Courier reports evolving talk on George L. Babcock’s memorial idea for a high school in Plainfield. It notes multiple local leaders voiced support and that the project would serve Plainfield youth, with emphasis on a memorial benefaction.
A reader reports finding a faded fragment of a Conriereter copy among household papers. The note mentions a date and references a firm, a security, and the Brinker of Taale BuA. The text is garbled but indicates attempts to verify a publication and its contents.
The Tavleaut Phantasma has delivered multiple matinee and evening presentations with strong audience reception. Dorye suggested another repeat while Praised musical numbers and cello solo by Barney Jeger drew attention.
The readable text fragment mentions a name Cantoria and various garbled phrases. It provides no clear event, date, or proper nouns beyond the unclear term Cantoria. No coherent actions or outcomes are discernible for a factual card.
A jumble of local items reports church events and sermons by Rev. Fietcher and Rev. Pogson, memorial services, and union meetings. It notes sports results with the Hayweeds beating the Buck wheats 5 to 1, a contractor win for a New York party house, and town planning talks on water and extinguishers. Local residents travel between Somerville, Newark, and Jersey City, while schools, lectures, and social teas fill a busy week.
Electric Hitters gains rapid popularity as a pure medicinal tonic. It is promoted as a dependable remedy for stomach liver and kidney issues and claimed to cure sickness. Bottle priced at 75 cents, sold by L. W. Randolph's Pharmacy on West Front Street.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders of Hudson County convened at the Court House in Elizabeth on May 9, 1894. Oath administered by Clerk Alfred Brook. members listed by town. Freeholder Howard nominated J. Frank Hubbard for director. Hubbard elected 24 votes with others blank.
Fragmented OCR text mentions names and phrases with unclear meaning. The readable parts reference Sara and world service themes, but no coherent event, place, date, or organization is established. Provides limited, non-atomic factual content suitable only for a brief, uncertain newspaper card.
Fragmentary report mentions Judge J William Crave, Union County court, and a Brooklyn youth Hartoo. Text references a crime involving a picking pocket Bones Groen, with garbled OCR.
The Church of the Redeemer marks first services on the 27th with morning and evening worship, and Sunday School following, amid a schedule of parish events. Other congregations including Church of the Heavenly Rest Grace Methodist Episcopal Covenant and Presbyterian churches plan morning prayers, sermons, organ recitals, and youth activities, with varied times from early morning to evening and many Sunday School sessions.
A patient afflicted for forty years with bleeding and prolapse of the rectum describes constant pain and loss of blood until Dr Abil’s treatment, which allegedly removed the condition without pain and allowed a return to normal life. The account emphasizes relief from daily distress and asserts willingness to pay any amount for the cure.
A brief local endorsement from John Kinney praising Dr Lighthld for radical sod permangot cure and asserting personal verification of the treatment. The note mentions No. 188 Somerset al Plainfield NJ and references PlainSend rymnenss, with emphasis on truthfulness and loyalty to the subject.
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