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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1891
Page
2
The Plainfield Courier announces its launch as a Republican, fearless, honest paper led by its editor and sole proprietor. It pledges accuracy, open discussion, and avoidance of personal animosity while covering public acts and news.
The Courier urges a just, universal sewer solution, criticizing Councilman Ackerman’s plan to tax Hillside to fund Crescent with no guaranteed benefits. It argues sewers require water flushing, warns against biased taxation, and urges open, equitable action by the Mayor and council.
A fragmented report describes pigments such as Indian yellow from camel, madder hues, Tadia ink from camphor, and earth tones like Sienna and umber. It notes Chinese manufacture, natural earth sources near Ombeln, and colors including Boraecus carmine and blue from hoofs and refuse animal matter with impure potassium carbonate.
A quiet ceremony linked London born W Kingsbury Wilde MA with Mrs. Frank Leslie. Dr Charlies F Deems presided at the Church of the Strangers. Marshall P Wilder and editors Mr. Cramer attended to witnesses. The couple plan a bridal tour to Niagara Falls and then reside in New York at the Gerlach.
Liberals nationwide ire rises over Mr Gladstone's stance on home rule. Hyde Park meeting pledges labor representation in Parliament and a platform demanding triennial parliaments, salaries for MPs, ballots, a 8 hour day, elected judges, and repeal of hereditary land laws. The push backs Gladstone on Irish home rule.
A scribbled report mentions 240000 troops on the banks of a river near Berlin and Vienna and hints at wartime operations to the southwest. It notes reserves out for drill and notes Austria’s doubt over a Bassian advance toward the Balkans and potential German cooperation.
Thomas Gasserwich forty two of 239 Melrose Street Brooklyn is in St Marys Hospital with a fractured skull after a confrontation with Frederick Franz of 102 McKibben Street. Franz was arrested an hour later. Franz struck Gasserwich with a dishpan then Gasserwich hit Franz with a flatiron before the escape. Gasserwichs skull is fractured in three places.
The piece riffs on national sentiment with satirical quips about cotton, shoddy goods, and a missing eagle during Ohioan moves into West Virginia. It comments on Pastor Arney and playful ends with Maine ice toads, reflecting a Courier-Journal tone.
The incident halted a train near Tulbeped for twenty minutes before the culprits fled. Authorities were notified as the train reached the city.
Amelia Mackay aged nine years daughter of John Mackay saloon keeper at No 38 Sheriff Street New York was accidentally shot in the left side of the face and dangerously wounded last night by Louis Gebbs of No 442 Grand Street Brooklyn Gebbs was visiting Louis Garthe at No 38 Sheriff Street Eye injury source describes the incident as a collision with a board fence and the eye area.
A passenger from Europe endured a long illness en route to New York aboard the French Line vessel La Touraine. The sufferer lapsed into a coma and died soon after arrival, wasting away to a skeleton. The obituary notes the family accompanying Pos Wana.
A roughly 50 year old man was found on the outskirts of N. J. with a revolver grasped in his right hand. The body showed signs of recent violent struggle and the circumstances remain unclear to investigators.
A bronze clock stand shaped like a Japanese castle sits among odd trinkets in a shop feature. A silver plated saw with pegs to hang keys, a pearl tipped golden crown chatelaine, and a miniature dumbbell rattle with demand for small buttons showcase the era’s inventive jewelry items.
Marroox Oct 5 A farmer, hearing an unusual noise about 11 o'clock last night, prevented a danger on the Big Four road track between this city and the next station. No injuries reported and authorities praised the quick action.
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