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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1894
Page
8
A party in Nevada lured quail with candlelit traps while a guest held a sack for hours. Darkness and abandoned shafts surrounded them as the prank's punchline left the guest distraught and later selling his gun. The article includes regional notes on Montenegrin dress and a mention of a teacher’s counsel about failures as milestones.
A procession route from ingtoe to Prospect and Somerset to Warren Eaging Company. Front to Madison avenues and Wat ebangsvenve to Front to Somerset street are named. A dance at Senger Hall follows. Tickets must be requested from the parade committee. Citizens along the line are asked to decorate and guests are admitted free.
Wheelmen discuss a twenty five mile road race next Saturday night with Monte Scott aiming to break the record. A board meeting tonight will decide event feasibility as riders reported on new routes from Newark Plainfield and See Say area with several riders disqualified for course mistakes during a 25 mile run past Elizabeth Westfield.
A milk wagon collided with a car on Liberty Street near Fou Avenue this morning. The horses bolted, pulling the wagon along Fifth Street before it overturned and the milk spilled as bystanders assisted.
Fragmentary text describes a medicine claimed to improve blood and relates to an aromati wine or bile change. It mentions a bottle and likely an apothecary or seller, but details are unreadable.
Montclair residents Charles Ingalie and Mies logs la visit Mies Lou Pat ten in LaGrande avenue. Charles Runyon of the telephone office is out today on crutches after a bad sail last week. Mrs J. P. Homan of West Fifth street returned from a visit to Brooklyn. Franc Heath of West Fourth street has returned from a week’s trip to Bosign and nearby towns. Seymour Marsh, formerly of this city now in Brooklyn, spent yesterday with J. Gilmour Drayton of East Ninth street. Rasling Ryce, Clerk of the Board of Freewolers, inspected county ballot boxes today. Arthur & Krom of Madison avd has a collection of seventeen year locusts on display at the Library. Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Grace, staying with Mrs. Grace’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Randolph, of East Front street, plan a move tomorrow to work.
Local notes report Wary Laake third set to play Elizabeth in a Pingry football match. Also, Ayers Co. hires 35 workers for wallpaper on East Front Street. A light request on West Fifth Street. Hope Chapel plans Wednesday prayer services. Kinney and Wilson win a contract for a new house on West Fourth near Grant. Zephyr Truck Co. to lead Warren Engine Company parade. George Anglewan's death noted. remains arrive from Matteawan for funeral at daughter Mrs. J L McVoy's home.
A quartet of Pope Angleman Halcock and Freeman performed Oh love that will not let me go at Grace Church yesterday morning. The manuscript came from Lehigh University and was sung in church for the first time. The performance was praised as especially fine and highly appreciated.
In Justice Crossley's court John Delaney was sentenced for attempting to run the Arlington Hotel and causing a disturbance Saturday night. He chose ten days in the county jail over a $10 fine.
A little daughter of F. D Fuller of Arlington Avenue was badly injured when a stone thrown into a tree near the park struck her head. The incident occurred at noon as she walked home from school.
A craftsman refines two bows for a wearer remarking that true harmony lies in slight asymmetry. He notes most people are not perfectly alike on both sides, yet the fit becomes comfortable and right after adjustments. The scene hints at balance in imperfection.
A St. Louis operator nicknamed Smith forged a 610000 draft payable through the Sultan of Turkey. The funds moved from New York to London then Constantinople to the sultan’s chamberlain, who denied payment. The sultan questioned the charge and the draft was dishonored, leaving the clever cashier and Smith astonished.
The fragment discusses Sephardim versus Ashkenazim in Asia and the Judah lineage. It references a traveler’s recollections of Jewish communities in Central Asia and a sailor’s window full of colored liquids and a mausoleum like soda fountain. The text also hints at 1883 events related to population or migration.
The York News outlines the Bible as containing 3,586,489 letters 773,692 words 51,173 verses 1,189 chapters and 66 books in a detailed reference note.
Fragmentary text reports F A Miller pastor of a Farley church was reassigned to Cascadé missions. Reading incomplete, the notice notes movement within church service staff and related duties, with no clear dates or destinations fully legible.
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