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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1891
Page
2
The item shows a rough mix of postal data, a weather note about snow depth near Paterson New Jersey, a digressive political mock proposal about druggists labeling poisons, and a Republican caution about a rival seeking votes. It also includes florid prose about autumn scenery and a stray local theater or public notices tone.
A political piece rails at supporters who offer compliments for Democrats in an Assembly race. It contrasts a candidate with a pro liquor measure record to a Republican winner whose margin was slim, urging voters to oppose flattering tactics. The text then shifts to devotional and funeral imagery.
JoLummia Oct. 26 Robert D. Morton 26 engineer on the Richmond and Danville road was bitten Aug. 6 died after hydroptic symptoms and white froth at lips, following Pasteur Institute care in New York City and return home to resume duties. The case triggers a full notice by engineers.
Floods inundate Pont Rouge and Argoles lowlands with four miles of water around riverside areas. Rivesaltes streets submerged and Carcassonne faces worse flooding than 1820 and 1872. Coffins float from cemeteries as gas is cut off and iron railway bridge deteriorates. Soldiers warn inhabitants as danger rises.
Oct 26 Iklyn reports a youth found dead after a water main incident at Weir Bros Clinton street yard. A coal gas leak caused the fatal accident. A relative laments a reckless youth who often left home and ignored warnings about his conduct.
Floods in the south of France cause damage as coffins float in Rivesaltes cemetery and corpses are reportedly found in the Aube river. The Ermignan dispatch notes the river rising and heavy flooding across villages.
Society item reports Miss Dresser of New York plans a $50,000 lawsuit against Edison Electric Company of Newport. The case stems from an August Vanderbilt ball power outage that frightened her horses, causing a carriage accident in which she was injured. Cornelius Vanderbilt and Mrs. Astor reportedly witnessed and visited during illness.
Oct 26 Glen Falls report of Mrs. Albert Aiken of Cohoes N Y harvesting two large Adirondack bucks from Lewis Lake run. A 32 caliber rifle weighed five and a half pounds aided her steady aim as she struck a head shot on a buck and within an hour felled a second 235 pound doe or buck.
Odessa reports a shift in official policy as authorities urge Jews to stay and work the land in Russia rather than emigrate. At a Jewish farm dedication linked to the Hebrew orphanage Admiral Zelenoff toasted the Jews and the Interior Minister dispatched a congratulatory telegram.
In New York on Leroy Street a two year old boy Louis Levy set fire to the bed where his infant sister Henrietta, two months old, slept. Mrs Levy returned to find the bed and clothing aflame and she barely quelled the blaze before sending Henrietta to St Vincent's Hospital for severe burns.
In Penatanghsiene Ontario a husband left his wife and three children alone in their dwelling while he tended chores. The house burned down last evening, destroying the residence and burning the wife so severely she cannot live.
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