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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1892
Page
3
A jumble of community notices covers church events, entertainments, club meetings, and local curiosities. Topics include a Christmas season union program led by Mrs. Alice I Spangenberg, a jewelry theft trial, hotel and restaurant ads, a bicycle club summons, and public entertainments at various halls with performances by Casey and others.
The Crescents edged their Crescent League rivals by twelve pins as Journal team members, absent regulars, practiced ahead of the Journal trophy contest. Eight players per side contested and Journal led until the eighth frame when crescent players surged ahead and prepared for upcoming matches.
The Board of Health investigated complaints of a foul odor near Rockview Avenue. Inspectors traced the problem to drainage from a Mercer Avenue house that discharged directly into the system, despite owner protests. The board has ordered steps to stop the nuisance.
Discussion centers on a December 10 union county club gathering at Assine Hall. Ladies and local society figures prepare a staged arts program including a production titled Remeralda and Young Mrs Winthrop with New York connections handling facilities.
The Union Beef Company will begin wholesale meat operations Monday at 16 East Third, led by manager B. I. Toles. The building includes a 60 by 25 feet refrigeration section with 150 tons ice capacity, a connecting central bank facility, a four-horse stable, and will stock Armour meats with a strict policy of equal treatment for 451 customers.
Frederick Pope retires from Grits and Pope in Ames after selling his share to Charles Grin. Grin will run Mink Grocery with a focus on high quality goods and local canneries, promising a smaller stock and a customer first approach.
Philip Fritz received five months and Fritz Fritzhip a term in Somerset County Jail for stealing a bicycle from the back stoop of a Grovetree home. The youth Will Kitchen who spotted the wheel and helped recover it is praised by locals for his quick action.
South Plainfield Democrats hold a festive, candlelit parade for Cleveland and Stevenson victory. About forty men in line plus a world famous band march through town ending before a beer keg gathering. Mayor David Colter attends from a single vehicle amid sparse illuminations and limited invitations.
A city nominating meeting ended as a farce with few official posts filled. Delegates reported a stale room, pressure on Joseph W. Yates and James E. Martine declined nominations, while several only faced minor posts such as judge and school board positions.
A catalog snippet lists books and authors tied to the Ragan Lecture topic and New York history. Items include Cooper, J P. Irving W. Roosevelt T. History of New York. Life of Washington. Knickerbocker history. Two Spies. Adirondacks pieces. Harper s Magazine piece. and other revolution histories.
The article reports Jerry Dunham, a popular Central Railroad figure, is much improved after a Wednesday morning incident. The press corrected prior misstatements and noted he had been dealing with a physical ailment.
Spares and breaks fill Crescent League action with warnings about slick lanes tonight. Bowlers are urged to guard against tiny scratches that could divert a delivered ball, as Pisinoeld Wams and Crescents chase the Union County championship and Journal trophy.
A Netherwood station agent’s son fell from a haymew on Thursday and fractured a neck bone. Doctors treated him. the child is stated to be out of danger after an emetic. Early today Justice Wadsworth presided over Newbally Moors case with a jury verdict of no cause.
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