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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1894
Page
5
A patient from Biswell District details a long battle with bleeding piles and rectal prolapse. After ten physicians failed, Dr Lighthill treated him successfully in under four weeks, delivering a complete radical cure with no pain or distress.
Local residents from Brooklyn to Plainfield visit relatives in New Jersey. A musical recital by William Lee entertained a large Pearsail audience with no admission charge. At the New Brunswick Democratic Convention Mayor James H. Van Greef was nominated for Senator. Thomas N. Acsen for Sheriff. Charles A. Horn for Perth Amboy. William F. Harkins for Woodbridge. John C. Cogzona for Spotswood. Dr. Ramsey for coroner.
Scotch Plains notes bus and theater times, local travel to Passaic River, church activities, school attendances, a carriage breakdown, and a harvest home at the Baptist Church. Reports mention the August savings assets, a corn yield, and a proposed Sunday store closure discussion. California? No.
Dr Lighthill will be consulted daily at his office for chronic diseases, with exceptions on Thursdays, as part of a medical service schedule noted in the chronicle. The item outlines routine visits and indicates a systematic approach to ongoing ailments.
Fragmentary ad copy claims cures for deafness catarrh and head diseases with remedies said to affect lungs piles and skin. It promises rapid relief within weeks and mentions numerous body ailments including ear stomach bowels and bladder.
A Seventh Day Baptist Ladies Aid meeting is planned at Mrs Lewis Titsworth’s home tomorrow afternoon for business followed by an evening social. The First Baptist Church marks its Society anniversary with remarks by Rev. Frank Fletcher and others. A Kratzel case appeal was postponed due to a technical error in the state demand.
A fragmentary Syracuse item describes an entertainment scene with Mrs F C Jackson and Mrs Kemp, praising Miss Ida Conquest and Palmer fashion notes. A bystander at a First Presbyterian church event retells awe at a building under construction and the crowded, icy surroundings with pedestrians and a toppled brick pile near a curious trolley.
The notice describes a Western and Southern Vin & Ohio tram with dining car and day coaches heated and lit by city, running from New York to Cincinnati and Louisville via Washington. Daily leaves New York at 5.00 pm and Philadelphia at 7.40 pm. arrival times in Cincinnati and Louisville are noted with a first class rate from Elizabeth. Addresses for tickets include Frank M. PA 362 Broadway New York and H. W. Fotter G.
A blacksmith Evans on French Creek finds thick oil, pumping with a spring pole. He earns huge sums daily while Leander Jenkins wooes his daughter Susie who is sent away after the wealth blooms and ends in tragedy.
A collage of humorous and literary quips from various papers. Bits of dialogue include naval and lunch wagon scenes, a physician’s bill, nervous prostration jokes, a restaurant exchange, and theater industry chatter. Portraits of social scenes appear amid brief witticisms.
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