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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1894
Page
8
Swartz was killed when a 3000 pound bull formerly owned by Senator McPherson broke a board partition and charged at him. The enraged animal pinned the man against a stable wall and killed him before workers removed the body. This bull is noted as the largest of its kind in the country and Swartz is the third man it has killed.
Edward P. Carp of East Orange died at 49 Barnett on a Saturday night from blood poisoning after a shaving cut. The wound became serious days later and the attending physician attributed the death to the razor injury.
An Epworth League rally occurs this evening at Vincent Chapel with a benefit for those in need. Snow plows are on the electric railway to clear roads, and a large-scale entertainment follows featuring the play Putting on airs or troubles of a householder.
Disjointed OCR text outlines multiple rail connections and travel cues. Mentions Chesapeake & Ohio line, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis, and timing hints like 7.30. The fragmentary nature limits clear events or names.
An endorsement extols Gilmore Aromatic Wine as beneficial for young ladies reaching maturity and for women in later life. The writer claims it is excellent for both groups and recommends it.
Photographic work widens beyond portraits to cover travel cases, trunks, furniture, hardware, wares, and saddlery. Real estate, hospitals, and athletic events increasingly rely on photographs for evidence and sale. A photo corps now accompanies road projects, bridges, and waterworks, with cameras seen as essential to modern commerce.
An illustrated fragment describes Tom Gallagher, the hermit of San Clemente, living with sheep and a hut, rarely revealing his past while fishermen and abalone seekers pass by his cave. The piece blends this coastal recluse with a distant London tale of class boastfulness and Archaic royalty.
A Louisville Courier Journal item relays a tale of a young Insurance man and a pretty passenger who sought a park gate entry. To bypass guards they used a silk kerchief lit by a lamp, then kept driving as the ruse fooled the watchful guard.
An exhibiton of petroleum motors will take place at Terlin next June. The programme is set by the Special Committee of Volon of German Mechanical engineers. Admission limited to motors using at least 0.80 specific weight, excluding benzine and o motors. Trials planned in May, with results communicated to exhibitors. Focus on power, smoothness, ease of operation and access, diligence, simplicity, solidity, price, lubrication, and safety.
Wr Viquerat of Geneva claims dramatic tuberculosis cures using serum injections. Reported results include twenty seven patients treated with notable improvement and twenty five previously deemed hopeless now considered recovered. The physician founded a treatment institute to aid those with hopeless cases.
An inventive iron boat from Nottingham crosses the Atlantic with a whaleback deck. It measures ten feet six inches by ten with three feet of depth and is designed to be watertight and self-righting. A ten foot mast will be fitted for deck operations and propulsion.
An experiment on Lord Winchisea's Cable farm tests if mummy wheat germs yield life. Lord Shef from the region notes the study addresses a long debated question about Egyptian tombs and germination.
In the report the phrase names of ships of war and Japanese terms appear tangled, noting confusion over naval naming practices and the use of Japanese terms for warships.
A school moral lesson ends with a simple answer from a pupil about where their father would rather go. The fragment also recounts Judge Ragsdale narrating a youth who seeks marriage to a freckled girl, and her reply about color. The text blends moral instruction with a humorous exchange.
Notice shows introduction of an ordinance by the Common Council of Plainfield New Jersey dated October 15 1806. The measure requires sidewalks to be at least one quarter the street width and four feet clear, with repairs at abutting property owners expense. It details sidewalk alignment from Norwood Avenue to Nin Street and related street lines.
On the application of Edward B administr ator and Theodore J Gillies de Secre and others the court examined the administrator and true account of estates and debts of the deceased. The matter set for 12th day of month at 10 am in Howse to show cause why real estate or residue should be assigned to him or to others in the estate. Gro. T. Parrot presiding.
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