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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1894
Page
6
The names of the defaulters with their respective taxes will be returned to the City Judge for prosecution. The Commissioners of Appeal in taxation will meet in the Council Chamber on the fourth Tuesday in November next the 27th and sit from 7 o'clock p m until 5 o'clock p m or longer if needed to dispose of all cases submitted.
Residents from Kenilv to Jersey City witnessed a bright yellow shaft and green blue flashes as a meteor crossed the heavens followed by a thunderous explosion. Officials initially suspected dynamite works but later credited a celestial event. observers described a blinding flash and a long boom that startled several villages.
Lord Dunraven writes to the New York Yacht Club from Bridgend calling for rating rule changes before challenging for the America's Cup. He proposes windward starts, on board weight measurement, limited crew, and Marblehead race ideas, though NYYC rejects the alterations and plans to sail at Sandy Hook.
A Wesleyan chapel assembly in New Orleans draws 1,500 citizens and 50 ministers to pray for safety amid fiber trouble on the levee and racial tensions. Reports from other cities note robberies, murders, and calamities as a nationwide blaze of violence and unrest continues.
Sixty years ago the Cottolengo founded an immense institute through begging. It accepts the poor for shelter and work, teaches trades to all ages, and houses the deaf, blind, and abandoned. A self running city of charity guided by business men, physicians, and a priest.
An American from Philadelphia recounts his travels in Burma aboard a recent Atlantic crossing. He describes elephants at work in saw mills loading and stacking timbers and an old elephant kneeling to check a log for straightness. A British listener comments with a bored smile and the line about becoming American.
Article summarizes Nikola Tesla attributed lightening of eye color after extensive mental work. Notes include Tesla's tall thin frame, large hands, and remarks on thumbs as intellectual part of the hand. Cites New York World as source.
An aged Philadelphia seafarer suffers from a common vision problem of sailors with long sea service. In his lengthy experience the left eye has grown weak while performing sight calculations.
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