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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1918
Page
6
Legal notice from Plainfield New Jersey announces bids for coal supply to meet quality standards and delivery terms. The Common Council will unseal bids publicly with the City Clerk John J. Carroll overseeing submission and results dated 1918.
Fragmentary OCR shows a corporate notice with references to a common council and field, claiming a true copy exists. Readable text is incomplete but indicates an official notice related to a corporation or public body.
The Common Council of Plainfield New Jersey announces an ordinance to add to the existing sewerage system by constructing new facilities along specified streets and rights of way including Clinton Avenue between Hoten Plate and Randolph Road and a segment on North Avenue A public meeting is set for August 5 1918 at 8 30 PM to hear objections and discuss the proposal, with notices to be sent to interested parties.
The War Industries Board faces auto industry backlash as officials report threats of panic and political fallout if steel supply curbs proceed. Automakers were urged to report on hand steel within a week and had previously agreed to a 30 percent output cut last fall with August 1 as the next milestone.
The funeral for Elizabeth C. Giddes widow of Joel Giddes will be Sunday at 2 30 p m at her son's Lincoln avenue Dunellen home. Burial will follow in Hillside cemetery. She had many Dunellen ties and leaves five sons two brothers and a sister in Rock avenue Plainfield Elizabeth Port Richmond Dunellen Elizabeth and more.
The State Building and Loan League plans a Newark meeting during the annual United States League convention season. It aims to enroll 150 more associations in the next 10 weeks to push New Jersey toward first place in state leagues and expand benefits for member associations and the building and loan movement statewide.
A soldier recounts a dream where a postwar parade judge crowds and mocks him for not fighting. He awakens with resolve to prove his manhood, pledging to fight for Uncle Sam despite being over thirty one. Composed by C Bevan of Wright Martin Aircraft company, New Brunswick.
IS OFF FOR SHORE to Asbury Park and thon at 8 o'clock this morning among the Meth dist Grace Methodist and Mo Avenue Sunday schools. About 1,500 people rode in thirty cars, split into two sections. This is one of the largest excursions by local Methodists as other schools have had fewer dates. A second excursion is planned for next Thursday when Episcopal and 6th will run their annual CASE CONTINUED. Elias Southard, 70, of Scotch Plains, arrested for allegedly stealing lead from P A McVoy's East Front Street shop, was arraigned and case continued until tomorrow morning in city court. He is said to have sold the lead to a North Plainfield junk dealer who will also appear.
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