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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1894
Page
8
Notices recall court actions and misc events including a false imprisonment claim and a county case. a summons in a Lake Brothers versus Pollion contract dispute. Howard Sperry’s disorderly conduct charge with sentence suspended. several personal items about illness marriage and deaths. visits of relatives and professionals across towns and cities.
Joseph B. Coward declined the Commissioner of Appeal nomination and E. O. Malford was secured to run. Exempt Firemen's Association elected Isaac Varian and Mr. Ball. Bowling at Board of Trade: William Waters achieved a 257 high score. A Reform Hall concert and oyster supper benefited Olive Baptist Church. Reed & Uodaington expanded offices with two new typewriters. E. Malford plans shade trees at two East Fifth Street houses near Richmond. Unity Lodge 102 K of P conferred the Knighthood degree on Mr. Turner with a large attendance and praise for Masterly work by Past District Deputy Bowman.
A compact catalog of historic nicknames explains why figures like Socrates, Reynolds, Charles I, Brougham, Cooper, Jaechylus, Knox, Albert III, and Lincoln earned memorable epithets. Each entry notes the trait or deed that spurred the label, from beard length to leadership deeds.
Advertises Beecham’s pills for constipation and related conditions. Claims a free book and pills priced at 25 cents. Available at drugstores or by mail from B F Allen Co at 365 Canal Street, New York.
In a Grand hotel setting two young men discuss manners as one refuses a cigarette from a friend, sparking a reflection on politeness and social niceties. The exchange echoes a Delicate Compliment view while other urban quips appear about kitchens, jackpots, and language zeal.
The New York Sun reports velvet hand embroidery beads on mantles large smoked pearl buttons on tailor made jackets plaid velvet and spangled satin rib bons for dresses. Ugly poke bonnets appear in Paris while bullion embroidery on velvet bonnets and violet flowers brighten winter hats. Feather bows shorten to the waist and ostrich tip collars rise in finesse. A velvet toque and muff pair remains practical to craft, listein imitates sealskin in jackets and manties, and open work silk petticoats brighten street wear with colorful laces.
Illinois leads with the nation’s greatest railroad mileage. In India a train halted by a herd of wild elephants illustrates rare obstacles. Buffalo and Niagara Falls financiers push a belt line around Grand Island in the Niagara River. Grand Trunk conducts a broad crew shakeup as officials seek fresh passenger relations. Pennsylvania Railroad sets a uniform $3 monthly fare for 85 miles from Pittsburgh, undercutting prior rates.
Prominent reader endorsement from Proma Mthodist Ministre Clarkson on November 13 1892. The notice promotes Gilmore’s Aromatic Wine as a remedy for debilitated systems and female weakness promising vigor and strength, with Rev E J Wurreer of Rev E J Wurreer endorsing. Hebbard Co at 114 East Prot advertises the product at 1.00 per bottle.
A wild tale from the rails unfolds as a locomotive engineer runs off with Mollie to elope, aided by his fireman Jack. Jim pursues in a rival engine, but a switch and a quick sidetrack wedding at a woodsy hideaway save the couple. The groom dodges capture and returns to Columbia, while Jim rides on toward Charlotte.
The excerpt discusses President Scott's irritation with injury claims from horses and cattle killed by Cincinnati Southern trains in Kentucky. He jokes about breeding by crossing stock with locomotives, referencing a San Francisco Argonaut item and a Brooklyn Life cartoon caption about a horse and a crossing.
A collage of quoted lines shows social quirks and tradesmen wit. Patachon jokes on female charity and apprenticeship odds as Ariequin and Petit’s quips drift through a Parisian factory of gags. Stranger and Barker’s Apprentice punchlines close a vignette of humorous social chatter.
The Washington Star notes quirks of the Tenth ward of New York and the mosque of St Sophia once a Christian temple. A classroom moment has a girl confirming a teacher’s claim that humans cannot see in the dark, while a pupil questions and the tale ends with a shy joke about a mustache.
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