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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1891
Page
4
A poetic excerpt from D M Bruce in Murray Magazine contemplates mindpower, joy, love, fear, and suffering. It rails against darkness and urges broader hope to transcend present warfare and earthly insufficiency. The piece questions triumph over evil as knowledge evolves.
Two men discuss a coffee plantation promising wealth. Reginald is offered five thousand dollars cash to sell but learns from neighbor Bellamy to seek a proper price. A menacing mentor warns the estate could yield ten thousand pounds, urging prudence and a timely, decisive deal.
A chorus of voices recounts a tale of Rosie and a London scheme to gain wealth. A father presses for marriage to secure a fortune while characters debate trust, bankruptcy, and social ascent amid a looming liquidation.
In a Boston area village school the reading lesson began with word lists to spell and define. A pupil Michael struggled to define fascinating, mispronouncing and prompting the audience with a comic response about smallpox. The exchange led to a broader quip on female emancipation and daily appearances.
Rail timetable snippet lists Plainfield to Newark service with departures around 5:24 and 6:29, plus connections to Jersey City and Hoboken. Mentions Plainfield and Newark routes and stopping points, with scattered unreadable OCR text.
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