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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1892
Page
3
The State Charities Aid Society is holding a meeting in Trenton today. The report notes weather disruptions from last night’s lightning affecting fighting and telephone service and mentions a Baptist church event and local social gatherings.
J and Connelly secure a patent for qua engines. Rev Fernald to lead service at Third Street Mission Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs Force to Lake Hopacong for an indefinite stay. Ex-Chancellor Ranyon linked to Yale Senior Society Scroll and Keys. W L Hebfield travels to Worcester to visit ex Alderman Athy family. John E Beerbower summoned to Philadelphia by telegraph over seriousness of his mother. John R Truell buys house and lot on Central avenue for 2300 from Pound estate. Lewis delivers notable sermon at Westfield Presbyterian Church. George Vookel arrives from Germany, visiting cousin Haarland in Maine. Millia Mewar Heapiey and Jane Johnson to speak sing at the V M Russell. Tyett moves to Bowen mansion on Helvlere avenue after remodeling. Sh TL Brokaw, Metcalf, Morton and Hinrichs ride county roads. return in 137 minutes. Netherwood suburb Plainfield loses longtime residents Samuel A Halves moves west. J L Anthony, Henry E Bowen relocate. P Rain to Europe.
Mire Mary Clement Leavitt will speak at Pleat Baptist Church on May 31 about travels and experiences across distant lands. Tickets are free and available from Mrs. T. H. Toulinton, No 10 La Urande avenue.
The article notes a local gym or team game in Elizabethport where a team was defeated by fourteen points. In City Court Judge Codington sentenced Isaac Parley to sixty days in jail with a fifty dollar attachment against Venable for fighting. Michael Daly received twenty-five dollars or twenty days in jail for disorderly conduct. Mary Drew committed to thirty days in the poor house with Luke Drew serving ten days. Mary Kane pleaded guilty with some penalty suspended.
An archaic advertisement claims a remedy stops coughs swiftly and cures lung diseases though wording is garbled. It cites a free bottle offer at a store on Front Street and urges readers to call at No. 21 for a demonstration.
Knights Templar from New Brunswick and Elizabeth visit Trinity Commandery to attend an Ascension Day service at Grace Church. Rev Henry Barber of Trenton preaches on Christian manhood and courage, followed by a banquet at Masonic Hall and toasts from district leaders.
A fragmented index of guests or associates appears, listing multiple hotel locations and numerous individuals from Newark and New York. Names include Delamater, Ball, Shepherd, Loveland, Petts, Mit bhum Jr, Lytele, Morris, Gregory, Lewis, Riker, Barnaby, Beat, St John, Gan derson, Osborne, Sherwin and Crager.
Park Avenue Baptist Church plans a Morning Praise Service next Sunday with an augmented choir. The group will perform the anthem For a closer walk with God by W B Foster and Hark, bark, my Soul by H R Shelby along with suitable hymns. Miss Blanche Fellows will assist as soprano soloist and sing the Messiah aria Come Into Me.
A scrubbingo style match was bowled on C Schepfin's green at Danellen yexterfay afternoon between Dunellen bowling club members. Andrew Love defeated P Haffner 22 to 17 in a challenge game. The next club match will be on June 3 at Dunellen, trophies to be awarded as two medals and a cup.
Flood disaster report from Vicxantino Ark describes a crevasse 150 feet wide and rising, endangering the Vicksburg Shreveport Pacific line and the Tens Parish fertile lands. Muted notes on levee sabotage in Mississippi and rising flood relief efforts accompany updates from New York and other locales.
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