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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1894
Page
8
Jacob Dannesfelsber of Broexits fell six stories through an elevator shaft at 136 Wuman Street this morning and escaped with no broken bones. Emergency crews responded and he was treated on the scene.
Special to the Courier Sews from Lospos November 15 reports the British ship Culmore foundered eighty miles off Spurn Head York with twenty two persons drowned.
Special to the Courier News reports George Johnson was killed last night on Port Morrig road while on her way to clear a site. The event occurred in a rural area with authorities investigating the fatality.
A delivery wagon towed by Fred Chase's rig swung skyward after tbills dropped in the car track. The cause was the bills catching in the rails, bending and forcing the wagons to rise. both wagons suffered damage and had to be repaired.
Bert Thatcher of East Fourth Avenue received a telegram last night announcing the sudden death of Mrs. Reuben Drake of Rahway, sister of his aunt Mrs. Thatcher. H H Brandon of Daneslef Avenue is named for the Fourth Ward Republican nomination, with L W Serreil as possible alternative if Brandon cannot accept.
Mr and Mrs Robert W Sciphe rs of near Quakertown Hunterdon county New Jersey awoke to find their six month old daughter Grace dead from suffocation during the night The infant’s clothing became entangled in the bed coverings officials report a tragic accidental death with no evidence of foul play
A crowd gathers on the West Side as a stranger monitors a vacant building window. A bold man displays a kit for “Lightning Toilet Soap and Dirt Remover” and offers it for sale while a plan to frighten or bluff the onlookers collapses. The scene pivots to a humorous vignette about aging and a misread greeting in Devon.
A period piece public notice style ad urges mothers to seek better health for girls and children. It warns of nervousness pale cheeks and retarded growth, claims Paine's celery compound strengthens nerves and blood, improves weight, sleep and appetite, and promotes wholesome childhood and girlhood.
Examinations were held today in Advanced Physics Advanced Greek English Literature Greek History and English History. The High School defeated North Plainfield 16 to 0 with five notable runs and tackles by Cathcart Cornwell 96 Sebring 95 and long runs by Reehardson 96 and Serrell 95. Serrell scored two touchdowns P H 5S 95 Richardson 96 added two scores.
Howell Division No 97 S S of T met last night to plan the twenty sixth anniversary event set for January 8 with Emerson as leading speaker. A quarter century celebration last year was noted as a model for this year. Alexander Prentice of North Planfield was taken to the Trenton Asylum by Constable Van Horne. Street railway cars 1 and 2 were overhauled in the car shop this week for the inter. Conductors and motormen plan a grand ball soon to raise funds for their Mutual Relief Association.
A thirty acre woodland patch about a quarter mile from the Westfeld Picton road hosts the region’s largest crow roost. Crows gather by the thousands, covering every sturdy branch as they settle for the night.
Acollection of comic exchanges from periodicals showcases mischief and flirtation. Lines include Alice de Million demanding a 10000 annual income from a would-be fiancé and Clara Candide’s sharp reply. Other vignettes involve social gaffes, matchmaking banter, and husband wife quips.
A colorful frontier scene unfolds in Jericho as a showman advertises a panorama of 22 pictures a five legged wolf and a jumping frog. A local constable threatens action over the frog’s wings while the promoter pays a $20 fine in a makeshift court.
A dialogue snippet shows Old Cobwgeer's superstition and Merritt’s claim of a nailed vote in a library vase. The vase allegedly brought luck but fell and broke, leaving the incident described with comic brio in Tit-Rits style.
In a Louisville streetcar a very young man, flustered by a pretty damsel with a valise, offers to carry it. She playfully rebuffs him saying nothing is in it, then alights. Passengers laugh at the misread flirtation and the spectacle on the eastbound car.
A brief Chicago Record exchange notes the Tragedian and his friend debating waiting to see a crest scene in the second act. The friend recalls retaining presence of mind after hearing the first act.
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