Fire Chief Seeks Clarity On Signal Incident
A garbled report about a fire department chief and a magnet for water. An evening event near York and a Netherwood train incident is referenced, with unclear details and timing.
Plainfield Courier in Plainfield, New Jersey
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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1894
Page
8
Local town notices mix names and streets in scattered listings
Orchard visitors Cheries Vail and Annie Hoagiaed appear among scattered names. Curtis Gottheil photographs for Columbia College. Mr and Mrs Walsh welcome a baby. Hattie Langer and Hattie VanBaskirk visit Perth Amboy. Marsal Wilson receives word about a brother’s fertility. Samuel Terry moves to East Front Street. F N Brown becomes right engraver at North Plainfield Light. Turner boosts batting average in the National League. Keppler, once of this city, now in Brooklyn, visits. Oswego bass weighs six pounds at Milton Lake. A court notice details land parcel boundaries in Plainfield Union County New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mise Annie Hoagiaed
Penn
West Second Street
Andrew E. Keaney
Avenue
Curt Gottheil
WeatFron
Columbia College
New York
Thomas Walsh
West Bixth Street
Hattie Langer
Hattie VanBaskirk
Erset Street
Perth Amboy
Marsal Wilson
Aljat Street
Libert
Ogpners
Turner
Crescent
Philadelphia
List Keeler
Keppler
Brooklyn
Samm
Ing
Local notices list meetings and events across Plainfield
A collage of community items notes a range of activities from a Pine meeting to YMCA arithmetic classes and an evening reception. It mentions exterior deco work on Pearl Street, street painting on West Front, a live bird shoot at Elizabeth, and Postal Telegraph move to Park Avenue. Polling places operate 10 am to 9 pm. Various society meetings are scheduled, including temperance events at Music Hall, Ladies Home Missionary Society gathering on First Place, and a Park Avenue Baptist singing society. Also noted are school home-study debates, a fair postponed until elevator readiness, and Pond Tool Beneficial Association officers and physician reappointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex. Shotwell
Pearl Street
West Front Street
Elizabeth
Plainfeld
North Avenue
Queen City
Park Avenue
Arrow
Griffa
Mme Elizabetsa Menzell
Fourth Street
Petit Jury
Music Hall
Ladies Home Missionary Society
Park Avenue Baptist Church
F. K Fish
Plainfield Camera
Babcock
Alvert
Roe
North Plainfield
Justice Nash's Court Bargain Damages and Attachments
In Brown vs Wyckoff a judgment for $12.50 damages and $2.42 costs was entered with Harry Banyoo as attorney. Smith vs Craig settled by payment of damages with W R Codington as attorney. A sudimens issued in McCurdy vs Goff returnable Oct 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Drunk and Disorderly Defendants in City Court
Hugh Laing was arrested on Park Avenue for intoxication and fined 3 dollars or twenty days in jail. Johan Welsh received a suspended sentence on condition of leaving the city. Edward Enren and John Lebo loitered in the Y M C A Hallway and were ordered to leave the city with suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coddington
Hugh Laing
Park Avenue
Johan Welsh
Edward Enren
John Lebo
Loose spokes on wheels seen in New Brunswick trip
Dr. Fritts and Jobo French rode to New Brunswick where road conditions were rough and the path felt like a floor. Charles W Force and J V traveled by wheel amid a stiff breeze as a few riders returned at about a mile every four minutes. Gas not needed in the barber shop dialogue mirrors brief comic fragments from the York Weekly and New York World.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Fritts
Jobo French
New Brunswick
Charles W
Ben Force
J. v
Mark Twain water troughs and a spicy temper wife
A fragmented reminiscence piece mentions Mark Twain funding roadside watering troughs near Elmira and a Boston suitor whose tale of bravery ends with a joke. A joke about Banquo's ghost ties to a boastful young man during a social scene. The text blends anecdotes and newspaper-style quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Boston
Banquo
Shakspeare
Percy Yaas in Scribner’s Ma gazine line
The fragment shows a reaction phrase about Percy Yaas with mock exasperation. It reads as a humorous or ironic aside within a 19th century magazine style, hinting at character dialogue or a playful aside rather than a full narrative.
Why Baedeker Was Mad
A fragmentary exchange describes Allen under a shade arguing about the Baedeker guide book. The jokey dispute touches on travel guides and passing remarks about praise and criticism of Baedeker in a scene likely from a travel or literary piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baedeker
Allen
Murray
Pussy's Wonderful Ride Explains Cat on Rotating Rail Wheel
A Manchester engineer analyzes a cat clinging to a moving railcar axle at high speed. He uses the train’s speed, wheel size, and physics to estimate revolutions, center of gravity, claw pressure, and wind effects to explain how Pussy could hold on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
St. Pancras
Kettering
Bagatelle
We Must Drink Water and Its Mission in the Body
The text explains water's role as a solvent and carrier in digestion and blood. It supports absorption, carries wastes to kidneys and skin, and maintains tissue nourishment. Deficiency disrupts organs, risks constipation, thick bile, stone formation, and nervous system effects.
Financier Uses Birthday Cake Scheme To Raise Money
A Munich man short of funds ordered a confectioner to bake a cake containing new pfennig coins for his wife’s birthday. The ruse was meant to free up cash, but the plan was impractical and ultimately backfired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Ingenious Adverti Window Card Sells Imitation Bushan Band
An odd storefront display shows pasteboard imitations of a bushan band beneath a card holder’s band. The three crisp one dollar bills lie spread like a players hand, with the caption Three of.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theo
Hewcock
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Ifn
Gre
Netherwood
York
Cheries Vail
Orchard
Hasbroac
C. Baker
West Fifth
Samuel Terry
West Street
East Front Street
Myers & Co
F. N. Brown
Deer 8
Enpinger
North Plainfield Ejecting
John Tier
Bank Place
Milton Leke
New Jersey
Plainfieta
THE
GEM Pharmacy
F. J. Richards
Part
Cownrse Ams
Pond Tool Beneficial Association
Cabana
Robert Skinner
David Morning
James J. Anderson
Robert Gow
John Thompson
Simpson
Amittee
Justice Nash's Court
York Weekly
Brigge
New York World
Detroit Free Press
Jim
Mark Twain
Hute Somerville
N. J
Elmira
Twain
Conn
Percy—Yaas
Shaws Pharmacy
Broadway
George Belcher
Watchung Avenue
Mammoth Sale
Jersey
van Fleet's
Fie
Hopewell
Lambert
Balancina Es Benkadle
Madame Menzell
Earth
Bs Private Cire
Tisse
A. R. Walsh
Delsarte
Wil
Olympia
Sycamore Street
5Th Ste
Prof
Walsh
New Yor
American Society of of the Art of Dancing
Randolph
L. W. Randolph Strowe
Sapolio
Laig
Paik Ave
Vblnel Bruen
Clothie
Doane
Edward Love
Aves
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