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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1918
Page
2
Readers report a busy schedule of court actions and community events. A $500 bond was set for a defendant in a pending case as a winter gathering and religious notices fill the town calendar with plans for a public meeting and a charity supper.
A letter from Governor Edge, dated December, urges War Department policy changes on National Guard transfers. It cites tests and fitness standards, arguing many infantry guardsmen and officers risk removal to align with regular army cadres. Officials discuss board decisions, potential reshaping of Guard and Army roles amid doubt and tension.
Judge William St. Codi Farme an hosted a formal dinner at the Queen City hotel for seventeen associates and helpers as he prepared to resign from the board and head to Florida. Speech makers praised volunteer effort in Plainfield, especially in registering and mailing notifications for the National Army draft. A patriotic tone and poems by Henry Wytmans Jessup were shared as part of the farewell.
Wilbert T. Bintiuf? of Park Avenue obtained a jointent for an electrically heated device to use kerosene in motor driven engines. The invention heats a hydrocarbon to its vapor point to form an efficient explosive mixture enabling kerosene use in ordinary carburetors, with claims of lower fuel cost and effectiveness amid gasoline scarcity.
County agri culture leaders plan a meeting at the Courthouse in Elizabeth to form a Farmers Loan Association in Union County. M. Brewer, secretary, will prepare motions for the first Thursday meeting. Delegates to the State Horticultural Society and local leaders discuss federal aid terms and supporting a county farm initiative aimed at larger crops.
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