Clean Up Needed For Congested Streets In Plainfield
The Plainfield Record reports calls for curb regulation to ease traffic in the business district, highlighting Saturday congestion from motorists who park in front of stores and block entrances. Merchants urge signage and timed parking, with police enforcing rules to improve safety and access for pedestrians and fire equipment. The piece also praises Patrolman Raeder for quick action in a separate shooting incident on Liberty Street, noting orderly police response and transit to the Grand Jury.
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Quatomer
Bound Brook
Park Avenue
Front Street
New York
Park Avenua
Police Board
Raeder
Ferdinand Raeder
Liberty Street
Grant Miller
Sylvanius Johnson
Bachor
Miller
Flynn
Higgins
Kelly
Walsh
Kiely
Johnnson
Newark
Fourth
Liberty Streets
Police Department
Johnson
Start Now to Lighten Tax Burden and Begin
Fragmentary text suggests urging immediate action to reduce taxes and begin a plan. It hints at broad support once people understand the benefits and the opportunity to start promptly. The tone implies a persuasive call to seize the moment.
Plainfield theater rivalry and politics amid war talk
Fragmented reading mentions Plainfield funds for a municipal building near 200000, a plan to tear up contracts, and local theatrical plans. It references war era rhetoric about Britain and Allies, plus local figures like “Tee Kay” Kell and Lester, with hints of a town rivalry and political tension.
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Tee Kay
Kell
Somerville
Boyd
Elizabeth
Lester
Plainfield
Inioney
Y M H A Plans Outdoor Carnival and Dance
The Young Men's Hebrew Association announces a midsummer carnival and dance on July 31 at 42 West Pro street. Alex chairs a committee aided by the Young Women's Association. Tents, electric lights, and Japanese lanterns will light the event with two prize vadid- Gchwarts as a highlight. Music by Marks Jens Rand. The former L[egi]s School site supplies the venue with plans to enlarge the auditorium. Fundraising and building improvements begin July 21 to boost the project.
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Gosoel Tt
Alex
Young Women's Association
Inethe P
Special Aid Wound Up Work Last Night
Reports describe a late-night disruption at a Bam Froot Street store serving as a headquarters for the National aid effort. The scene involved about 1,500 faces, with officers and officials dissolving the organization and preparing to complete remaining bandages and items.
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Special Aid
Tittle
Bam Froot Street
National
Gart Plainfield
Leyte case and city alarm timing reforms in Plainfield
During Common Council proceedings Plainfield discussed delays in alarm timing and the need for an accurate recorder. An operator's check at the telephone exchange and fire department time helped confirm timing. Ryder & Graaves installed the new mechanism, with alarms placed on West Seventh Street and an East End unit ordered for timely fire alerts.
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Plainfieldere
Common Council
Hesdauatters
Aire Department
Lyle Edring
Ryder & Graaves
Fim
West Beventh Street
Monroe Argnae
Municipal Home Rule Law Expands City Powers
A new Home Rule Law took effect granting cities broad powers. It authorizes local ordinances and referenda to regulate vice and morality, public health, buildings, transportation, and public safety. It allows creation of supply boards, salary controls, and establishment of public baths and markets.
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Dahoar
Assembl
Runyon
Policememen and Firemen Granted Pay Increase
Following Mayor Calkina's recommendation, the Common Council approved advancing multiple police and fire department employees to higher ranks and wages. The move, six months ahead of schedule, follows rising living costs and will trigger further promotions on August 1 and in the near future.
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Calkina
Police and Fire Boards
Joanet J
George Muir
Martin Weileh
Ohn
Werth
Taomes Bebuehs
William N Goddard Killed at the Front in June Shell Rescue
William N. Goddard was killed at the Front while heroically rescuing wounded men. Neale Goddard, formerly with the sales force of the American Street in New York, is named in connection with the incident. The event occurred in June when a shell struck as Goddard moved to aid the injured.
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Neale Goddard
American Street
New York
NSA Plan Involving Air Plant and Personnel Matters
Fragmentary OCR notes reference two interlinked items: a large 9639,000,000 figure and personnel dealings tied to Standard Aero or a nearby city. Text hints at early stage discussions influencing a major air plant project and related workforce issues.
Plainfield navy officer commission count rises noted
The article notes a Navy staff increase in outfitting the city and mentions a former chief boatswain now commissioned. It states all 496 petty officers have been raised to commissions, with at least one officer commissioned recently.
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Boatgwain
Nerys
Donnie Burn Report On Bonnie Tumorium Census
On June 1 there were 185 patients in the Bonnie tumorium, thirty five men and fifty women. Superintendent John F. Runnels reported to the board of managers yesterday. Thirty seven patients were admitted during the month, seventeen men and twenty women. The largest number of patients out during the month was 147, the smallest 132.
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Donnie
Bonnie Tumorium
Wishty-Three
John F. Runnels
Board of Managers
Yeeterdey
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Lice Department
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William N. Goddard
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