Plainfield Debates Bond Question in 1891 Letters
Citizens and officials including Mayor Lee and Council members oppose city bonding without a public vote. The letters reveal a strong preference for letting voters decide at a charter election or polls before any bonds are issued for sewer or other public works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Courier
Revey K. Case
Plainfeld
Dean Sme
Dean Sin
Wakres F. Bartiett
Plainfield
H. 1
Wenke
First Ward
E.H. Biko
Ernest R. Ackerman
Ephor
Estee
S. A. Ginna
Lee
Health Hints on Diet and Home Remedies from Old Column
An old health column offers home remedies and dietary guidance for illness. It covers ice cold foods for typhoid risks, earache care with hops bag, foreign object in ear to wait for a physician, fruit quality advice for peaches, feeding schedules for the very ill, and a beef sandwich recipe with rye bread for strength.
Jokers Symposium Snippets From Various Papers
A compilation of quirky lines from diverse newspapers. Items include humorous quips on mustaches milk and soup, weather profits, circuit court appeals, and a Methodist minister suspended for devotion to fast horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atchison Globe
Binghamton Republican
Baltimore American
Elmira
Rock! Tribune
Iowa
Lowell Courier
Curious Facts and Humorous Bits from Newsprint
A sampler of curiosities and quips notes the largest animal the rorqual at 100 feet, the smallest the twilight monad, a Watertown NY paper making sheet 2,207 pounds, and the chiton with up to 24 movable eyes. It cites Prof Litner on insects, plus jokes about weddings, pickpockets, and irate spouses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
N. Y
Litner
Two Graves In Moss-Grown Shadowed Ground
A faded verse fragment reflects on graves and a beloved figure sleeping beneath a shading tree. Decay marks the once bright life now hallowed ground, while a broken spirit and disease haunt a sick body and despair.
Saving a Soul in a Rainy City Balcony Drama
A doomed balcony scene unfolds with Lillias, Nellie Torrance, and Leslie in a smoky hotel haunt. Nellie’s collapse triggers care from a weary crowd as Lillias confronts a reluctant secret and departs to protect her soul. A separate note marvels at Nevada mine timbers hardened by immense pressure and depth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Begis
Ballota
Leslie
Lillisi
Leelie
Thorndyke
Lillias
Mr. Torrance
Biri
Nellie
Nellie Torrance
Torrance
Waeed
Pallium Details for Archbishops and Its Roman Craft
The pallium is a white woolen two inch band worn across the shoulders, made in Rome from wool of two lambs given by the Santa Agnese sisterhood during their patron saint feast. It bears black crosses and end ornaments, sent by the Pope to new archbishops, with origins dating to early church history and Pope St. Mark's era, as shown in a ninth century mosaic of St. Leo receiving a similar pallium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katzer
Rome
Santa Agnese
St. Mark
St. Leo
Katger
Waukge Wisconsig
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Inter
Joan JouNsrox
Eorror
F. E. Maria
Mil Erickson
Erickson
Mr. Ackerman
N. Y. Morning Journal
Mangin
Gono
Ann
Tha Ggk
Lillis
Ce Gyrahe
Tapa
Sulal‘dal
Nevada
St. Louis Republican
Pierson Hardware
Saige Ee
West Front Street
United Tea and Coffee Growers Association
O. M. Ulrich
Ani
Jacot
Elkwood Cafe
J. B. Miller
Dent's
Hallock
DA Davis
Ratitan Mills
North Avenue
R. J. Shaw
Front Street
Park Avenue
Ee Spingc Gas
A. M. Grifeen
Eas Teleph
O. M. Dunham’s
New York
Somerville
Easton
Arnve
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wda
U Mall
Popr, P.M
Coal & Wicca
E. H. Holme
Lehigh Coal
Wi &B
Madison Avenue
Tric
A. D. Cook & Bros
Lehigh Scal
Birect
Prom Fas Mines
John Johnston
South Avenue
Uniou
E. Flowers Art
East Front St
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