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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1891
Page
2
A fragment discusses bids by Company for a project and questions the actions of the Big Six. It notes the Daily except Sundays publication by F W Runyon at 1 East Frost Street and criticizes statements as easily proven false.
The text questions who arbiters will be to fix sums owed by the city and whether bonds or fraud could arise. It outlines a future arbitration process for purchase upon ten year intervals and hints at wider policy implications while noting traffic increases and trade effects from new rules.
An officer from the steamship San Francisco arriving November 19 says the Chilean navy is overrated. He notes their ships and Armstrong guns are outmatched by Baltimore and San Francisco, citing faulty gunnery at 2,000 yards during the Fort Vina del Mar bombardment and a shell failing to dent the fort, arguing better handling would have paid off in minutes.
George Sullivan, a Birmingham power house plumber, was killed when a nail attempt caused him to strike a live wire. An assistant held the pipe as Sullivan drove a nail. an arc knocked him back, another contact to the neck proved fatal. In Kentucky a corn husking fight left John Artry dead and several others wounded.
Brief notes sweep across events from North America and beyond. False report of three children eaten by wolves near New Brighton Minnesota is challenged. other items include capitalists buying Canadian land, mining congress free silver stance, a Texas execution, a street slander case in New Haven, and a ship carrying Chinese passengers from Vancouver.
John Latourette of Union Hill New Jersey ascended near Guttenberg on a $500 wager. He deployed an improvised umbrella parachute from about 500 feet, landed safely but broke his hand. Latourette, 21, was born in New York City.
The Grand Coe House audience enjoyed the war drama A Pair Rebel with sympathetic humor. Realistic scenes including telegraph wire tapping and Libby Prison escape drew applause. the strong company echoes the original cast. The show comes to Music Hall Friday night.
An advertisement extols Otto’s Cure as a universal remedy tested on many ages from infancy to adulthood. It claims free distribution by druggists in the United States for lung and throat diseases, urging readers to ask L. W. Randolph about samples and large packages.
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