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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1918
Page
4
Plainfield Valuation Rises Amid Factory Growth
Plainfield’s assessed valuation climbs by 1,031,405 over 1917, lifting total to 33,553,220 due to Pond Saurer and Scott shop expansions. While encouraging, city finances require restraint. police and fire pay scales rise, and officials warn of continued cost pressures and staffing needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Pond
Saurer
Scott
Calkins
Elizabeth
What’s Become of the Good Old Days
A nostalgic reminiscence reflecting on long past customs and small town life. The piece evokes elder humor about names, manners, food habits, early industry, summer visitors, and old travel terms as it ponders how days have changed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Lizzie
Greenbrook
Old England
Carptown
Palatial Railcar Interiors Feature Gay Wall Decorations
A fragment highlights ornate interiors of railroad coaches with decorative walls and luxurious touches. The note suggests a trend toward stylish passenger car design in historic rail travel.
Fragmented wartime letter notes and odds and ends
A garbled World War II era clipping mentions criticism of efforts and heat from Germans, a political fight, and a crowd at an office awaiting an order card. It also references a North Plainfield household and a lengthy letter. two married servicemen are noted for not keeping a letter habit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onar
North Plainfield
Plainfield News Scribbles on City Hall Critique and Heat
A long, fragmented local column criticizes City Hall bid practices and paving costs, notes a petition with 700 signatures, and recalls a severe heat episode that caused casualties. The piece ends by praising communal effort to help the fallen horse and celebrate American resilience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Avenue
Kan
Dbarote
Governor Edge Seeks Senate Seat With Open Mind Platform
Governor Edge announces his United States senate bid and lays a platform urging unity in war, a national budget, universal military training, port and waterway development, tax reform, woman suffrage, a federal road system, and immediate Americanization of newcomers. He says a governor must stand on record and abides by electorate judgment, while stressing open-minded approaches to public ownership and reconstruction policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States Senate
New Jersey
Senate
Standard Aeroplane Raises Capital to Ten Million
The Standard Aircraft Company of New York and Elizabeth increases its capital stock from five million to ten million dollars. It now has seven million dollars in preferred stock and three million dollars in common stock, par value one hundred dollars. The company also reports a one million dollar addition to its treasury, not to be issued at once, to support its growing business in the U S aircraft industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainfield
Ernest R. Ackerman
New Jersey
Ackerman
Summit
Washington
Trenton
New York
Stanard Aircraft Company
Elizabeth
Ne York
Woolworth
War Purchases Totaled Vast Across Allied Efforts
War Department reports show U S purchases surge since April 1 1917. Woollen socks coats and overcoats numbered in the millions with 4 373 000 spiral puttees 191 000 overseas caps and hats delivered. Motor trucks passenger cars ambulances and railway horses and mules totaled large sums with thousands in France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
War Department
United States
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Albert F. LA Rock
N. J
MR. Franklin
Franklin
Congress
Colonia
Colonia Institution
Colonia Hospital
THE
Federal Reserve System
Fatyi
Courierews
George W. Fuller
Courier-News
Edge
SHOES
Wise Shop
Pers
East Front Street
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