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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1918
Page
7
Obituary notices for Mrs. Caterine Kreger and family, James A MacConnell, Mrs. Uhrhahn, Bryant R Cain, and related relatives in North Plainfield. Details include family connections, service locations, churches, burial plots, ages, and wartime service notes. Portraits of community ties and local memorials.
Josephine B. Ricketts widow of Victor Ricketts died Wednesday at her son Wilbur Ricketts home on Sumner Avenue after nearly a year of illness. Funeral arrangements pending.
Union County fuel administrator John K. English warned coal dealers to stop adding charges to customers amid a freight rate hike. He announced a general coal freight increase effective June 25 and said dealers trading coal from mines must reflect the higher costs in prices without extra fees.
The Senate without a record vote authorized the President to confer the rank of lieutenant general on Quest Crowder, provost marshal general in charge of the draft, as part of an army appropriation amendment offered by Senator McKellar. Support came from several senators. Senator King of Utah opposed the high rank being too freely conferred.
Frieda E. Schwartz eleven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles Schwartz of Walnut Street died Saturday afternoon. The funeral was conducted at the parental home by Rev George Hauser with interment in Hillside cemetery.
The record notes that there were only two or three votes against the amendment, indicating broad approval and minimal opposition.
A Union County Democratic Committee special panel organized a vigorous drive to sell government Savings Stamps and certificates over six months. C. H. K. Halsey leads the effort with Walter Taverner as chairman, Fred Zier secretary, and Anthony Sattler treasurer. Local committees will recruit colonels to mobilize ward workers, pledges exceed 900 dollars, and Plainfield and Elizabeth groups plan joint actions with Edward Meek and Charles Senger to hold future meetings.
Announcement reports the marriage of Miss Freida Pfistner of Jamaica L I to J H Claus of West Third street. The ceremony occurred on June 15 and the couple now reside at 697 West Third street. Mr Claus operates a grocery business at Third street and Spooner avenue.
U S Food Administration launches a nationwide garbage utilization drive to reclaim materials for war needs. The plan targets housewives to keep table waste free of cans and bottles, urging neighborhoods to partner with local plants, hog breeders, and officials to spread the message and publish stories.
War pressure drives industry to scrap and ration steel as government aims to hold prices while boosting output. Pig iron and steel costs soar amid freight and labor hikes. Pershing calls for rails and shells as directors plan increased production, despite ore, coke, and labor shortages.
General Pershing reports sixty six volunteers from American hospital and ambulance units in France tested to prove trench fever is spread by body lice. The risky trials showed 23 of 34 and 15 of 16 cases affected, confirming a germ cause.
A sheriff case involving James Warner and SENDER Solicitors cites rights claimed by Evan Arnett, Surveyor, over two hundred units in an area referenced as Toke stxtoan. The document notes costs and fees of four dollars and forty cents and outlines the legal authorship and process in a property rights action.
Public sale under Fieri Facias by the Sheriff's Office in Elizabeth on Wednesday July 10 19th for premises in Plain City Union County New Jersey. Descriptions cover two tracts with boundaries along Midway Street Front Street and railroad lands, including a strip for railway use and a parcel in the vicinity of Second Street, with exact lines and distances referenced in the referenced deeds and releases.
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