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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1894
Page
8
Mrs. Haynes A. Haynes hosted a reading on Jewish gospel work in New York. The discussion covered Bible study Hebrew worship and outreach, noting many accept Messiah and urging more funds while highlighting weekly services and public worship.
Marie Wainright stars in the Daughters of Eve at Magic Hall with Julian Magnus and A. E. Lancaster, featuring twin sisters. Gus Williams headlines at the Music Hall Tuesday in April Fools Farce with strong supporting cast. Plainfield minstrels and Gorton’s Mins present new acts Saturday, drawing large crowds and praise.
The Epworth League of G. E. Church held the first sociable of the season with a stereopticon exhibit. Poems such as The Wreck of the Aesperas Mullér and Down on the Swanee River were read by Mrs Taft, with chocolate served afterwards and a few games played.
Brigadier Evans says the Salvation Army will bring a six piece New York band for a parade and services. A corps network is planned from Danellen to Garwood with weekly meetings at central sites. Weather noted with a noon high of 71 and low of 42. Sunday School at Heby Church faced delays and chestnut bun Warrenville event run late.
A town tale recalls eight girls hiring a theater box for Wanted, a Husband as prank on indifferent suitors. A second vivid clipping, Almost a Tragedy, shows a railroad passenger encounter where a masked danger looms before a gunshot startles both witness and victim on a dim train.
A whimsical note warns that a new tablet could concentrate wine for transport in pockets or card cases, with imagined mishaps if tablets are misused. The piece contrasts clever invention with potential confusion and danger in daily life.
The fragment discusses Hang Chang as a potential great man and chancellor, praising Chinese warfare and leadership while critiquing sluggish reform. It contrasts Chinese military art with European progress, and notes Li Hu ange’s efforts to raise standards amid slow changes. It then shifts to silk manufacturing gains from Lord Masham Lister’s machine, and ends with a quirky piece on the human voice and its many sounds and muscles.
Light for Soldiers. Small incandescent lamps powered by batteries about half a pound are proposed for night service in the German army. A doctor is skeptical and replies that he can do nothing more for the patient.
A New York Sun piece describes an optician shaping and bending spectacles to fit a person’s head. The craftsman adjusts the bows until the glasses sit comfortably, noting ears differ and no two heads are exactly alike.
A St Louis operator drew $10,000 on the sultan of Turkey after bank hints. The draft passed to New York London and the Rothschilds, reaching the Constantinople chamberlain who faced payment. Counsel urged payment to aid a Rothschild loan, and the sultan ordered the draft paid, much to John Smith’s surprise.
A physician with superb facial recollection forgets his own name and date while at the branch post office. After a pause and a social misstep he remembers his name upon reading his card, shouting in frustration at the situation. The anecdote reflects his social embarrassment and memory lapse. In a separate note, Betty H. inherits twenty thousand dollars and resolves to buy a pair of beadwork side combs, willing to spend up to 50 cents.
Notice states gas consumed on and after November 1 1894 priced at 2.00 dollars per thousand cubic feet with a ten percent discount for payments within ten days.
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