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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1894
Page
8
Word reached Pisiofield at noon today of the death of the Rev Dr Stockbridge formerly editor of the Central Times. He and his wife lived on Madison avenue and North Street. The obituary notes his death occurred in Philadelphia the morning of the report.
Miss Mabel Wilson of West Fourth street is ill at home. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Jackson of Crescent avenue travel to New York. Senate Lodge meeting led by Thaddeus Smith with E. O. Pease absent sick at Park Place. Mr. and Mrs. William Boe visit Mr Boe's mother in South Orange. Princeton telegram notes Dr. McCosh not exhaustive. A pound sociable hosted at Samuel Smith's on South Second street. W. Ball of East Ninth street recovering from severe illness. Mrs. James Line of J avenue visits Fanwood for a week. Mrs. Gould of Troy guest of Mrs. C. F. Waring and returns home. The first of the at homes after Mrs. Waring’s reception held yesterday. assistants named. Plainfield has two Deputy County Clerk candidates: John J. Shotwell and John W. Anthony.
Plainfield reports the death of Oliver Lord Tweedy yesterday in Knickerbocker. Son of B Tweedy of Crescent Avenue he was once part of Schepflin Baldwin Tweedy & Co with his father and had lived in Texas for years. Interment will be at Danbury Ot.
In Justice Crossley's Court William Hadley of Somerville was jailed by Marshal Wychoff for drunkenness and solicitation. He is to serve 10 days at the Somerville Hotel. Election officers’ payments are at City National Bank per J. F. Hubbard. Plainfielders attended a New York Horse Show. CresCent Wheelmen plan a Century Raw Sunday. Post 109 inspectors and others went to Somerville to inspect Wadsworth Post. Schefflin’s team collided with a wagon on West Front Street, breaking the carriage pole. the driver held on and Schefflin was removed from the carriage. The remainder of the note appears garbled.
Arrowsmith Jc Mera William L Saunders Mrs Lewis G Timpson Mrs Merion Ackerman. Dates December 17 January 1 January 28 February 25. A mesh bail will be given by soci ety in the Casino some evening during week. An entertainment is to be held tonight in Somerville led by Prof Stein. The Tarn Verein of North Plainfield attends. The Goan Tarn Verein women's bowling section will meet next Wednesday to bowl for prizes. U W tonight initiations with a coachinas nakeote eeaaoer to be taped to come for the party. A good roads bill will be introduced by the New Jersey Division in the Legislature this winter.
In a spring scene on Castle McMurtry a girl pleads for hope as Lord Wyverne reveals a family tragedy. Constance questions a missing pie while the Earl delivers the grim news that her aunt is dead. Detroit Sun.
A Brooklyn Life fragment shows Tired Teddy accusing a companion of flirting with a dog. Gay Getup responds with a cryptic line about a bite each time found, indicating a rough, humorous exchange between eccentric characters.
A garbled column paragraph reports on European attitudes toward corn and food, noting an American hotel frequented by travelers and a skeptical European remark that Americans “eat it to animals.” The passage also includes brief, fragmented jokes about dynamite guns and an Irishman’s quip about widows.
Historical account describes Jumpin Joe performing in Palestine on a Wednesday night with a free show offering exotic acts and a six candle Niagara Falls display. The crowd, patriotic and animated, packed the tent early as ten minutes of rapid acts included a five legged wolf, a jumpin frog, a grasshopper and a decorated hog. The episode highlights public enthusiasm and the humorous, sensational atmosphere of the era.
A frontier showman in Cherokee stage performs a panorma and magic cement stunt. He uses an educated hog and a jumping frog to entertain natives then conducts mass marriage vows for widows widowers and joyful couples before closing his tent. Austin Kee nx.
A cranky customer storms a downtown trunk shop complaining the varnish ruined a trunk while the clerk shouts fire and murder. A second item titled A Rude Disappointment details a carpenter avoiding wills as a lawyer presses for a fee but learns the man has no money to leave to anyone.
A fragment recalls Life magazine anecdotes about dogs saving humans, a dog hiding items in a kitchen dresser, and a cholera season cache. Readers are told dogs have rescued people, while other pets and oddities appear in the recalled anecdotes from London Tit-Bita.
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