Local option battle stalls for more national focus
A Plainfield editorial urges delaying the local option vote to conserve time and money for the war effort and national unity. It questions timing, critics past campaigns, and notes politicians’ actions while highlighting the need for focused energy ahead of 1919 and possible prohibition.
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Public Service Corporation
Plainfield
Wilson
Cabiet
New Jerure
Calkins
Briece
Itaalf
Local option vote discussed amid remarks and jokes
The piece notes steps toward a local option vote next November and calls for restraint from distant towns. It also references changes in office hours tied to daylight saving time and a plan to adjust clocks again next October to test winter timing.
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Ochkosh
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Waterloo
Iowa
Paoli
Kan
Ampville
Renewal and Replacement of Sewers at Vent Prent Lace
The notice concerns renewing and replacing the sewer portion of Vent Prent lace in Tecinning. It outlines plans, involved authorities, and necessary steps for completion, highlighting public utilities work and potential interruptions in local service.
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Vent Prent
Liberty Loan Parade Sparks Citywide Enthusiasm
The article hails last Saturday's Liberty Loan parade as the greatest display of public support and rapid mobilization the city has seen. It credits the Citizens' committee for organizing the send-off and urges future organizers to borrow some of that early pep and energy.
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Citizens’ Committee
The Poultry Advice For Farmers Of Plainfield NJ
In a Plainfield New Jersey note dated April 2, 1918, Mrs. Heb Pullerton wife of the late Samuel Milliken Jr and gene Wuring discuss raising poultry. The piece covers incubators hatching costs and potential profits, urging farmers to start incubators early in March, April or May. It cites large poultry populations and possible nationwide production gains from increased chicken raising.
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