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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1894
Page
8
Six workers on the Erie roof fell to the ground from a scaffold during the morning. Three were reported severely injured and may die. They had been listening to a story when the scaffold gave way beneath their weight.
Borough counsel Meehan appeared for the hearing and disclosed the application was defective in signatures. The court granted the motion and the application will be renewed at the next term of court.
Professor Maxaon discusses education of the deaf and Helen Keiler in a Friday morning talk. Bryant's birthday is celebrated with songs and sketches by Bryant school pupils, including William Gatien Bryant and Clara Ticknor's Pupils Eye. The first quarter exams in Algebra Rhetoric and Cometry are held today.
A fragmented OCR item references Hallow Hen at a venue named Omezon Moore Nation with unclear context and several garbled phrases. The readable text hints at a local event or notice but lacks coherent details or names.
The article notes Bryant school relocating a class to full day operation to free space for primary students. Parents oppose half day scheduling citing improved room use and desire for full day attendance for their children.
One o clock arrest of Rearson on Grove street led to charge for lodging while drunk and a failed attempt to obtain lodgings. Pangborn forced a conflict as Reardon fired twice during a scuffle, with Reardon surrendering and remaining in jail while two accomplices fled.
A short review notes The Trolle System presented at Music Hall was a decided success. Garnella Richard and Robert Garnella played Timothy Tabbs and John Hope with wit. Jay Hamilton, as Rip Van Winkle, added strong comic timing. The ensemble overall performed well.
A Hungarian resident employed by the Central Railroad was knocked to the ground as the eastbound 644 train neared Prospect Avenue Dunellen. He fell face down but escaped broken bones after treatment at Dr Blakeley’s drug store and walked home.
At the First Church of Christ meeting, trustees decide to sell church property only if a satisfactory price is offered to clear a moral debt. Services will continue while awaiting a favorable offer.
Fragmentary account includes a Newark police lodging request, a mother abandoning a baby at stations, a conductor and brakeman intervening, and scattered dialogue. The text also references a Chicago Record style scene and a late night social vignette with aging characters.
In Judge Coddington's court Johanna Haley was jailed for sixty days for drunken conduct on East Front street. John W Beard paid a three dollar fine for profane language. Patrick Cahill faced a ten dollar damage suit or thirty days in jail for drunkenness and abusing his family in Steiger's alley.
Two year old child of Cornelies Ackerman of Vine Street North Plainfield wandered from home last evening. Chief Pangborn located the child and returned him to the distressed parents.
The final in the case of Robert Hoe and others of New York against Walter Scott of Plainfield for an infringement on a printing press device will be heard by the United States Circuit Court today. The matter concerns alleged violations and related patent issues.
Bert Hmricha of Netherwood is at home with typhoid. Misa Nelly Bittle of Dunellen visits Elder and Mrs. B. W. Hand on West Front Street. A V D Hopeyman of North Plainfield will speak at farewell services in the old Second Reformed Church at Somerville. The jury foreman’s polished Bible drew merriment in the courtroom.
The article traces Niagara's formation from an 11 000 year old single 200 foot drop to multiple cascades, then unification into a greater cataract. It notes 17 000 years to reach near modern conditions, a present falls age of about 1 000 years, and 8 000 years since Lake Huron flowed into Lake Erie. Projected changes suggest upper lakes waters may join the Mississippi drainage in 5 000–6 000 years.
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