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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1894
Page
3
A dense travel page shows departures and routes for Plainfield and surrounding towns, detailing Royal Blue Line times, connections to Atlantic City and Williamsport, and Sunday service. It lists stations, fares, and multiple regional lines with notes on freight and passenger service.
Closing quotations show irregular opening and last hour firmness with a generally higher tone. Prices for wheat flour butter lard dairy and cheese vary, with beef quiet pork dull and stock receipts mixed as cattle hogs and sheep markets hold steady or weaker in parts.
In New York, Hill supporters claim a national administration endorsement absence hurts their cause while Wheeler backers push for a large anti-Hill vote. The piece notes odds on candidates, local agitation, and remarks from Speaker Crisp aiding Hill. Separate items report a Nevada City stage driver killed by a highwayman and a New York murder suicide attempt involving Frederick Mestz.
Citizens mourn in the streets as bulletins of the monarch's decline are sold by news agents. People cross themselves before the places where updates are posted and many shed tears while awaiting word.
A daylight jewelry store heist unfolds as two armed men force Brethauer and his son into the vault at Brethauer & Co. on Washington Street. The robbers seize cash and valuables, escape, with authorities yet to catch them. Multiple unrelated items follow, including legal notices and local incidents.
Alfred Merritt sues John D Rockefeller and secretary T Gates for 1226400 alleging fraudulent representations in August 1898 in New York City. Promises to fund Lake Superior Consolidated stock and loans at 40, then 25, later 10 cents on the dollar, while mines were insolvent or overleveraged. Details of stock and bonds tied to Penokee Goge bie Span ish American and Adams Lone Jack mines cited.
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