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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1891
Page
3
A.Translate James Whitcomb Riley style reminiscence recalls a country visit at Auntie’s house. The speaker describes open doors, corncrib, birds, wind in hair, porch sounds, and the scent of outdoors while a child recalls family life.
A stage from Santa Fe to Denver is raided by two armed men who demand treasure. The assayer narrates a tense standoff and the merchant later funds restitution for the young woman. The piece closes with a note on a Siamese king's cooling pavilion, a heat relief method.
The article notes millions of lakes in the United States suitable for water farming, highlighting Illinois with tens of thousands of lakes and vast regions like the Lake Plain. It argues extinct lakes could be revived by damming streams, filling arid West basins, and transforming creeks into water sheets.
The United States Fish Commission is producing about 600 life like artificial fish and reptiles for Chicago's World’s Fair. Skilled craftspeople mold, plaster, and pour a glue based composition to create perfect, touchable replicas with nature matching colors. Specimens from across the country including frogs turtles snakes lobsters and crayfish will be shipped to Washington and then to various stations, with sources noting large Missouri bullfrogs and Ozark crayfish specimens.
Former Stockton judge Frank T Bald win narrowly escaped drowning after sleeping in a bath while Sun driven, water flooded Baldwin Hotel room and a millinery shop below. He had won about 250 dollars at a San Francisco race meeting and paid 75 dollars in damages.
A brief Epoch notice quotes a young clergyman disputing Staggers over liquor habits. Staggers replies with biting curiosity asking what he uses to cover the odor. The exchange highlights social tensions around drink in the scene.
A Detroit Free Press excerpt recalls ancient Greek theatres where public funds paid for venues and spectators entered free. Repealed and reimposed fees sparked unrest as crowds clashed with actors, and authorities fined managers for lapses while Demosthenes argued against the policy.
Digging a colossal statue of Rameses II uncovered nine feet four inches of consolidated Nile mud beneath the platform dated to 1361 BCE. The mud layers imply 10,000 more years to sandy soil, pottery fragments indicate Egyptian clay vessels 13,000 years ago.
A humorous exchange features Ras tus admiring his grandson who leads his classes at school. A rural riddle about watermelons shows a boy speaking in dialect, pondering subtraction after two dozen watermelons are reduced by five.
A historical description portrays Chief Artur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as a tall compact figure with gray hair and a carefully trimmed Prince of Wales beard. His florid face is noted with an almost white beard and polished grooming.
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