New Jersey Weather Forecast Sees Warmer Sunday
For New Jersey, forecasts call for fair skies with slight warming and gentle winds followed by rain and rising temperatures Sunday.
21 Nov 1891
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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1891
Page
1
For New Jersey, forecasts call for fair skies with slight warming and gentle winds followed by rain and rising temperatures Sunday.
A Mormon era notice lists Franklin Council, Jr. and others set to attend the M E Church in a body tomorrow evening. Also a colored trio performed an open air concert near Force's Hotel on North Avenue last night.
In Harrison a week ago Pastor Gutteridge and Sunday school Superintendent Charles B Kinsey clashed over an entertainment in which a Dunellen elocutionist referenced a negro entering heaven. Kinsey was deposed as superintendent by the church trustees after a dispute over the event and the pastor's handling of a later meeting. The matter centered on proper call procedures for a special meeting and the election of a new superintendent. Also noted are remarks by Eliza Frank Siddalls, and the death of Alfred Reading after hydrophobia signs following a dog bite.
Louis R. Blackford accepts a charter from the Grand Lodge of New Jersey for Queen City Lodge No. ok I C C F. First Degree to be conferred Monday in the new lodge. Wreck near Philadelphia delays eastbound trains and Emma Day seven months in Newark case discussed. Local social events include French teas and concerts with Miss Kenyon led activities at Crescent Avenue Church and the Casino.
A dense notice lists multiple congregations with Sunday services across city churches. Mt Pleasant School House hosts Gospel services. Reform Hall holds Woman's Society aid meetings. First Presbyterian and other churches schedule morning and evening prayers, Sunday Schools, and special lectures.
Higgins owner Michael Higgins faces trouble over chattel mortgages held by James Clark of West Seventh Street. Two carriages were driven toward Somerville where builders still claim them. Charles Reed, Clark’s counsel, retrieved the wagons, locking one in a barn and moving the other to a North avenue stable. Higgins regained one wagon this morning.
About 150 spectators watched J W Anderson of this city race Dufrane of Elizabeth for 250 dollars a side. Anderson led early with Detrias and Lafranc rising later as Dufrane drew near. The winner finished in twenty six minutes and five seconds with split times around 5 10 to 5 20 per mile.
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