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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1917
Page
4
Subscription rate for one year is two dollars payable in advance. Ad copy must be at the office by 5 Wednesday. Ads charged at one cent per eight words. December 2 at the post office in Plainfield Northwest under the act of March 5 1879.
The Plainfield Common Council weighs purchasing a motor hook and ladder truck to replace the horse drawn unit. Councilman Swinek, a board member, argues for readiness and efficiency while detailing costs and distribution across the city.
A wartime letter quotes a veteran on draft choices in France. It frames the draft as a sequence of binary outcomes from being drafted to front lines, camps, and potential injuries. The piece underscores a bleak no worry stance, ending with a sharp question about the way to deliberate over the draft.
Fragmentary OCR shows a Plainfield District quota page with names such as John Kennedy Albert M. Smith Umberto Walter KB. Marker, Clyde R. Van Fleet, Donald McPherson, and William p. 2707. It notes failure to appear for a 119 claim and lists various claims and dates, with partial courtroom references and names.
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