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Newspaper

Plainfield Courier

Location

Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Sep 17, 1892

Page

3

Parish notes and events in Plainfield weekly items

Sunday observance at German Re formed Church. Doaney Kisall offers genuine kid button boots for two dollars to spare shabby shoes. Queen City Lodge invites full attendance for important business. Edworah Nahar to give elocution and dramatic reading for Bethel Mission with 25 cent tickets. Plainfield wind and concert on Mark avenue. temperature 42.3 during day. Justice Noah to hear John Cahill bow-support case in one week. Republican rally presided by Mayor Gilbert at Crescent Rink next Tuesday. Accountants mocked for misbalancing city accounts. external auditor helps resolve. Car No 3 derailment at Plainfield street railway. no injuries, brief delay. Sprinkling carts slow but muddy streets persist. concert programme deemed amateur. Crescent League questioned. public statement sought. Church of the Holy Cross to resume services tomorrow afternoon. Unity Lodge No 102 K of P conferred esquire. street cleaning man noted.

Doaney Kisall's Queen City Lodge Edworah Nahar Bethel Mission East Finn Street Miss Nah John Cahill Noah Sueden Gilbert Crescent Rink Plainfield Street Railway Yestery

Local notices and visits across town mix with health updates

Feesonal. Coupeilman Charles Fisk's family will retard home on Wednesday next During their absence Mr Fisk has been ling the house and making some ble changes in the interior. J Carey of West Front street leaves for a week's visit. The article lists various local movements, church notices, visits, and a health fumigation order for scarlet fever affecting a family and their clothing.

Charles Fisk Mr. Fisk J. Carey West Front Street Letven Mongow Gettysburg Pittsfield Main Collin Anderson Peat Wight Washington Geil

Boy nearly suffocates after swallowing lime bean

A six year old, Abram Van Fleet's son, ingested a lime bean from a garden and it lodged in the right bronchial tube. Doctors Wagoner and Hecht offered no relief and warned recovery remains uncertain. The case draws wide medical interest as officials debate nature’s course versus possible intervention.

van Fleet Abram van Fleet Bemerville Dr. Hecht Raritan Godber Wagoner Both Brooklyn

Memorial service note and temperance tale from Rutherford

A fragmented report discusses Joseph English a temperance revivalist who died of lung hemorrhage on a Jersey City trip. It notes subscriptions to aid his widow and mentions his past as a drunkard before reform. The piece also references the Independent Order of Foresters holding a state session in New Jersey and a new court in Plainfield with meetings monthly.

Joseph English Reform Club Jersey City Engibb Engileh Ireland English English Waas Good Templar Rutherford High Court of New Jersey Independent Order of Porresters Firemen's Perk Avenue Supreme Chief Ranger Order Oronhyatekha Toronto Canada Supreme Court of Boers Independent Foresters Plainfeld

Plainfield Bicycle Club Plans Fourteenth Anniversary Events

Plainfield Bicycle Club holds a special meeting this evening to decide on a tournament for the fourteenth of next month. A lantern parade on the fourteenth will include local clubs followed by a smoker at the club house, with a parade and races the next afternoon ending at the driving park to showcase Plainfield’s large rider contingent.

Plainfield Bicycle Club Courier Martin Asys Thin City P. BL Clubhous Cty Ladies Bicycle Club Mnattached Lady Cycliste Ely Cresent League Plainfield Driving Park

Bicycle Race Collision Ends in Wreck at Local Park

Evona riders Morgen and Batson clashed near the home stretch this morning. Batson’s bicycle was wrecked while Morgan’s bike suffered minor damage. Morgan rode home on his wheel with part of Batson’s machine, Batson walked, bruised and with a bruised wrist. Prizes donated by local merchants for the next Thursday race are on display at Doano’s Jewelry store.

BR. L. Morgen Irane Batson Evona Morgan Batson Morgeo Bia Beteon Doano

North Plainfield dog frightens townsfolk. parade planned in Bloomfield

A mongrel running loose in North Plainfield this morning frightened residents along Somerset Street and was killed behind J. P. Momac's shop. The First Brigade Uniformed Rank Knights of Bything of New Jersey plans a parade in Bloomfield on Wednesday October 5 in which Crescent Division will participate. Michael Kearney of Elizabeth sues Central Railroad for 10000 damages over his five year old son's death on the Long Branch Division. Extra trains expected as veterans travel to encampment. Republican Association executive committee to finalize plans for a Crescent Rink rally next Tuesday night. Winfield Beatt Post 73 G A K room opens tomorrow for members to discuss Washington trip. An estimated ten thousand attended the Somerville air show on Thursday.

Rack Kniglss of Bything New Jersey Bloomfeld Cresent Division Michael Keareey Elizabeth Union County The Central Railroad Company Long Branch Kearney Central Railroad Republican Association Crescent Rink Winfield Beatt Post Washington

Robbed Servant Fleeing with Jewelry at Cranford

Lela Stevens, a Creole, left her Cranford employer with a blue dress, tidys, shoes, a grip, and a jewelry box. The dress was found in Wenfield while tidys were recovered at 80 Emat Front Street. Stevens claimed New York origins and was a noted figure at the Cres went Rink charity event a few weeks earlier. The Cranford correspondent notes a buggy incident near John Hegeman residence causing a lively chase through Union avenue. the vehicle, missing a person, was from Plainfield and the baggy was captured on Walnut Avenue.

Lela Stevens Beto Cranford Emat Front Street Thin City Wenfield New York Creswent Waiters Siven Elizabeth Journal John Hegeman Union Plainfield Ossico Walnut Avenue

Kidnapping rumors debunked amid town school row

Reported abduction of Tom Rafferty dismissed as false. Boy resisted schooling, fled home, found by uncle John J Keouty and returned. A memorial service for Joseph English, founder of the Plainfield Reform Club, is set for Reform Hall tomorrow at four. Clergymen will speak. Amateur baseball notes describe Atlantas over Orientals on Fourth Street, Atlantas with 15 games, 4 losses. First Baptist Church Bible classes shift to tomorrow at 2:30 PM from morning.

Tom Rafferty Elizabeth Waverly John J. Keouty Jon” English Joseph English Plainield Reform Club Reform Hall W. B. Honeyman E M. Rodman Bess Atlantas Orientals Fourth Street Atlantes

Base Ball Notes From Crescenta and Local Games

Local sports brief notes: Crescenta team in Somerville. Gentle Billy Murphy declines a trip. Cranford plays Westfield at Ripley Hill. Also covers political chatter, obituaries, concerts, foresters initiation, cadet drills, Lehigh Valley engine orders, and a miscaptioned photo in a New Brunswick paper.

Billy" Murphy Somerville Cranford Westfield Athletic Club Ripley Hill

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