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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1894
Page
5
Et-Mayor Jobe Corven of Chinvon testifies to a remarkable cure by Dr Lighthill for a painful rectal protrusion and bowel distress. He praises a friend Mr Bryan who was previously cured by the same doctor and credits a complete radical remedy to end his lifelong suffering.
A man from Bissell Hunterdon County recalls decades of bleeding piles and rectal prolapse. After ten ineffective treatments in New York Easton and Washington he sought Dr Lighthill and was radically cured in under four weeks with no pain or distress. Public notice urges others with piles to seek the doctor’s care.
Dr Lighthill offers daily consultations excluding Thursdays for a wide range of chronic and obstinate conditions. He reports successful treatment of deafness catarrh head throat and lung diseases piles and various rectal ailments. Mental and nervous disorders skin blood rheumatic neuralgic and scrofulous affections heart stomach liver kidneys and bladder issues are also treated with reported success.
A mixed page item set notes residents visiting relatives in neighboring towns, moves and entertainments, election results, a fairy play at the Presbyterian Chapel, and social events. It mentions Mrs. Staate and others visiting Ezabeth, Roselle football scoreless tie, sewage beds plans, a charity sociable, and transit schedules, plus local weather and fireside repairs.
The Seventh Day Baptist Church ladies purchase handsome pulpit furniture and plan to decorate the church for the Yearly Meeting. W J Davis builds a conservatory to store prized chrysanthemums, some of which include Ruthae Halleck Fair Maid of Perth Good Gracious and Japanese Fringed. a stove pipe fire at his home caused minor damage but was quickly controlled.
The notice lists stage departure times from Plainfield and Scotch Plains on weekdays and Sundays, with special runs for groups of six or more. It also notes a special stage upon request for theater or other attractions. An event by the Ladies' Helping Hand Society of the ME Char en will host a musical and oyster supper at Excelsior Hall on Tuesday November 13 with performers from Rutgers College and Westfield and homemade candies served.
An appeal from Justice Nash in the Stout versus McNabb dirt removal case was tried before Judge McCormick at Elizabeth. Stout, a contractor, claimed he was underpaid for removing dirt from Rahway road in front of Mrs. McNabb’s property. The judge reserved decision. Lawyers included Carlos A. Reed for the plaintiff and W. S. Angleman for the defendant.
A note announces a new price list for chicken consommé per quart and chicken croquettes by the dozen, lobster cutlets priced by size, fried oysters delivered in paper bags, creamed oysters by the hundred, and chicken and lobster salads. It promises very low party sandwich pricing and game at New York prices, with estimates for drives at the lowest figures.
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