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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1892
Page
3
In Plainfield and nearby areas during October 1892, residents report illnesses and recoveries, travel of Chief Doane to Poughkeepsie for the Aerial Truck demo, and visits by families and guests. Lane residents attend meetings, parades, and social events, with notices of church, club, and civic happenings along with occasional market and transit notes.
The notice list covers the Democratic primary at a public school on Friday at eight. It notes a hose company relief, counterfeit two pound notes warning, religious scripture readings at Grove Street meetings, cadets assigned to a New York parade, and an upcoming parade and banquet for new hose carriages. Additional items mention a bicycle club ride, theater attendance, Republican association events, a lecture on Columbus, a tobacco smoke comment at a mass meeting, a suicide, early ice history, milk price increase, and county political planning with dates for primaries and conventions.
Residents on West Front Street were startled by alleged screams of murder early this morning. Investigators found beer bottles under a large oak tree in front of G. M. Founta n’s residence, suggesting a drunken disturbance rather than a crime. William J. Ford outlined Republican lines and planned stump speeches around Harrison and Reid with twenty talks scheduled. The State Veterinary Society will meet in this city at Hotel Grenada for a full day of papers and addresses, with Plainfield once slated to host.
The State Convention of the W O T U of New Jersey meets this week at Roseville Methodist Church from Tuesday to Saturday. Twenty one counties form the organization with 204 Unions totaling 10 000 members. Delegates will total 350.
The notice urges Republican voters to attend tonight’s ward primaries. It notes the Oret ward has three delegates, the second ward three, the third ward three, and the fourth ward four, as printed in the column.
Two coats stolen from P. Ralli in Netherwood on September 20 were found in bushes near the house by girls, suggesting the thief sought safety. Randolph Drake of Scotch Plains was robbed of $21 from his pocket while leaving the ocean pier at Astory Park. The Royal Arcana Council marks its tenth birthday this evening in Park Avenue rooms. details and a reunion notice are given. Democratic primaries occur tonight in four wards at specified local venues. Somerset county court Pall section resumes in Somerville.
Rudolph M. Titeworth, sixty years a Plainfield resident, died at 38 West Seventh Street after heart attacks. He once ran Titsworth & Dana, later the New York clothing trade, and served as director of Dime Savings Bank. He helped with Seventh Day Baptist Church building work since 1867 and left three sons Joseph M Arthur L and George B Titsworth. Funeral at his residence Thursday at two.
Democratic mass meeting in the old Council chamber drew a sparse crowd as speakers Mayor Saunders and Rahway’s Mr. Shally failed to draw attendance. The gathering adjourned after James E Martine and others entered. several sports notes followed including Middlesex Bowling Club events and Crescent League baseball at Paterson where Murphy Bonner and Leidy led a 14 to 4 victory before a large crowd.
George Leidy Crescenta center fielder returned from a visit in Connecticut Saturday night Daly and Tarver Crescents played with the Patersons against the Capital City Club at Paterson. The Patersons were defeated by six to tone. Daly at third base and Turner in right field. Captain Chic Holford Crescanta will leave for Philadelphia tomorrow to spend the winter.
The fragment warns of frosts in the north, a warm spell with storms from the west to east, then a northwest freezing blast. Key dates include the 12th 20th 24th and 27th with potential cold waves and storms following. later sections describe a wedding cake notice from 1782 and a 1732 marriage notice.
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