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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1894
Page
8
A party of young society people traveled to a distant town and spent the day visiting prior to returning to Ved at five o'clock. Members included Alfred Mirevli,UG Van Buren, George Van M., Gifford, and August Snepard.
Yesterday items report gas connections at I E Hart's new building and a crossing pipe on Sandford avenue. A politics note mentions a Republican victory foretold by the moon and a property issue in Somerville for Industrial Home membership. Also described are a pneumatic road skate, bicycle concerns, and social scenes including dances and gatherings with local residents named.
A fragment discusses guidance for young mothers on when to use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a child with a cough. It suggests early administration may prevent worsening symptoms and indicates signs of an attack. The text is incomplete but implies timely treatment.
Several society notices list residents and visitors from Arlagionsvete Treston Central Avenue New York Wasting ton Park Newart Part avenue Elizabeth West Seventh Street Watchung Avenue LaGrande Avenue Sycamore Avenue Newark Courier News is cited by Architect Fosgate. Mrs Helen Van Deusen Reed dies in Newark. A surprise party for Miss Cumings on Patom Avenue with music by Prof Carpenter.
The article discusses the rise of the dynamo and electricity as transformative forces. It explains efficiency comparisons among steam engines turbines and dynamos, notes the cost reductions enabling broader use, and predicts future breakthroughs such as direct heat-to-electric energy conversion while stressing electricity is still in its infancy.
William H. Crane presents The Pacific Mail at Star Theatre New York adapting Tom Taylor's The Overland Route The modernization pleases audiences with broad laughs and a shipwreck on a coral reef The Herald Times Sun Evening World and Evening Sun call it a huge success Four weeks run announced
A pretty home ceremony at 8 o clock last evening at 39 Somerset Street united Mary Conga and Joseph Flack with Rev S P Simpson officiating. Best men James Flack and George Hughes, bridesmaids Miss J Robinson and Miss M Flack. Mrs Conger and Mrs Sneap of New York attended among others.
Edward White received today over 1500 dozen hosiery for ladies men and children bought at a New York auction sale last week. The stock goes on sale tomorrow and will be offered at half the regular price.
Judge Coddington invited William Wilson to appear for trial next morning after he was found at Duneden with Hackman Gelbraith's rig he had driven away from the owner's location. Wilson is described as the man without feet, having lost both in a prior car accident.
The piece surveys several theories on the origin of the word Yankee. It cites Thierry’s Japkin diminutive theory of Dutch New York colonists, Dr. William Gordon’s 18th century view of Yankee as a Cambridge slang term, Aubury’s Cherokee origin meaning coward and slave, and notes the term’s use in New England and Massachusetts towns by 1712 as a label of merit or weather.
The California giant known as Goliath, among the big trees, measures twenty three feet in diameter at the ground and twenty six and a half feet higher up. It is healthy and solid throughout and could weigh about 100000 tons if denuded. It could yield 2000000 feet of clear lumber, while branches and tops would supply about 100 cords of wood. Leaves alone weigh around two and a half tons.
A clipped excerpt discusses Napoleons advice on China, arguing to leave them be to avoid provoking a strong response. The piece notes the value of prudence and the danger of awakening a potential foe who could rise in military strength.
A collage of quotations and reflections on reading habits and moral conduct. The piece cites Andrew Lang Thackeray and Scott and discusses book ownership, marginalia, and the value of notes by authors. It also critiques charity efforts from wartime tracts lacking humane influence.
A fragment discusses public life in Archangel under the Czar focusing on politics, state control, and social rituals like decorating homes for the ruler s name day. It notes limited public political discourse and government influence over street displays and national symbols.
A peculiar device blends coffee beans with pebbles, using a hopper and belt to separate husks and debris with a fan. It vents to a bin for parching on one side, claiming a false garden tour profit of about $25,000 from a Brazilian fraud. A Paris fashion anecdote and a wild Australian mountain note close the tangled item.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a remedy advertised as quick relief for a condition labeled lame ce. The text mentions Reyrold's Pharmacy at Park and Avenues as a location.
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