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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
3
The Plainfield theatre offers a film billed as True Bine with a red blood picture and diverse vaudeville acts. Manager Shannon adds Bodon Mae Robb & Company and The Davis Brothers, each greeted warmly, with plans for a seven reel Fox feature The Hall of Divorce the following week.
William Farnum again fights for a just cause in the western photodrama True Blue at the Plainfield Theatre. The star portrays a ranchman hero facing class restrictions and personal ambitions while delivering vigorous action against virile villains. The feature runs today and tomorrow with strong vaudeville acts accompanying.
A Ford from Joseph A. Chareh and a Dunellen bound Levear truck collided on a Roselle Park road early Tuesday. All four occupants survived with only minor injuries, with two men from Plainfield and two from North Plainfield escaping serious harm.
A clipped Cincinnati Times page from December 25 1866 shows a table of flour prices per barrel for the first three months of every year 1796 through 1866. Despite wars, the highest price printed is 12.50 per barrel in 1917, while 1843 features a notably low figure of 3.00. The summary notes dramatic long term changes and compares past crises to contemporary costs.
At the board meeting bids were opened for miter saws, compressors, and scales for the sanatorium project. Meter Co quoted 94, Beanderd Scale Co 95, Richardson Co 105. Parents of a local child are listed at 196 North svemus, with details unclear.
Congress debates new methods to tax consumption including liquor tobacco soft drinks amusements and autos. Senator Calder proposes a 0.5 percent sales tax funded by stamps raising billions. Democrats and Republicans split on relying on wealth versus consumption taxes with political risk around election day.
Camp Endeavor opens in July and runs through August 1 with white children staying first and colored children arriving later. The season requires a cook two assistants for the matron and a male lead for activities. Miss Jennie Stoddard of Elizabeth will direct the camp for the fourth year, having led in prior successes with 254 guests last season. Fred C. Lounsbury of Plainfield chairs the trustees, overseeing growth and equipment, while Wilson Hoffman of Springfield heads house committees and oversaw building work on the grounds. J Dwer Randolph of Elizabeth is also noted as part of the leadership.
County road projects totaling about 70000 dollars were delayed by a war order. County Engineer Jacob L. Bauer said work will require prior approval and newer contracts were awarded to several firms for Mountain Avenue Mountain side Springfield Avenue Union Morris Avenue and related works. A daughter Ella May was born to Mr and Mrs George F Adams of Coddington Venues last week.
Fragmentary OCR text describes service years and rates with unclear terms and references to January 1, 1918. Many words are garbled, hindering exact meaning. Core items likely involve service year classifications and recommended rates, but specifics are not recoverable from the readable portions.
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