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Newspaper
Plainfield Courier
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1893
Page
4
Reports describe fast spreading prairie fires menacing a city area, destroying dwellings near Lake Sherr and forcing residents to flee. Several deaths are feared as hundreds of isolated homesteaders abandon wagons and horses amid smoke and flames.
Fragmentary stock and produce market notes with scattered prices, items, and places, plus stray references to New York Philadelphia and Minnesota. Contains garbled OCR text, unrelated anecdotes about a mother using a cough remedy and a manager from Northfield, with no coherent event or dates.
A jumble of curiosities touches on Parisians earning from trash, New Zealand shielding wildlife on two isles, a Connecticut quarry bird fossil, early US postal card use, ancient Tos, the British Museum’s old banknote, Brasil admitting women to civil service, classical geography lore, England’s Bard printing notes, ancient bicycle traces, 19th century emigration by destination, Chinese mulberry paper coinage, and counterfeit money penalties.
A compact digest from the St Louis Globe Democrat traces revolutions and political upheavals from 1600 to 1669, noting Austrian subjugation of Hungary, Rome’s Rienzi, Dutch revolts vs Spain, Portugal’s changes, Romania’s throne, China’s conquest, England’s civil war, Swiss independence, Westphalia’s religious toleration, and Sweden overrun Poland then restored.
Reports detail the first cable street railroad in San Francisco 1873 plans for a Salisbury Maryland depot by the New York Philadelphia and Norfolk road and plant syndicate hopes affecting the Florida Central and Peninsular System. Mentions Mealy as Mexican Central Line superintendent and a contemplated Bast 81 to Cairo route with a Japanese railway expansion.
A rampaging dog attacks people and livestock across a rural community after escaping a farm. The beast bites or injures forty seven humans, thirty two livestock, and sixteen dogs before being killed by a farmer. Warnings spread as cries of mad dog echo through tollgates and streets.
A mangled breeze of dialogue shows a distinctively aristocratic amip speaking to a willow girl, a distressed lady resisting a lord, and a narrator describing misheard lines. A Detroit Tribune reference appears among assorted notes about a clerk named Smith and a governor figure, ending with a rambling village scene about Indians and Pilagees.
A reader testimonial from Troy praises Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy as a reliable stomach distress cure. The note, printed with a local pharmacy format, urges households to keep the product on hand for quick relief.
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