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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
2
A compendium of local items details wartime drives, treasury status of various societies, school and parish notices, and civic events in Plainfield. Reports include fundraising figures, officer appointments, property changes, and brief incidents such as a house fire, a shop move, and a court appearance, all reflecting daily municipal life during the period.
B Frank Titsworth a Plainfield resident for decades died recently at the Soldiers Home in Bath New York after six weeks of treatment. He was seventy five, a Civil War veteran in Company B 11th New Jersey Infantry. He left a wife Jennie Zinn and ten children, with survivors including three daughters Adeline and the eldest at New Hampshire College Durham and another in Pittsburgh. He had siblings and extended family across New Jersey Illinois and Louisiana. Burial was in Alfred after a funeral held there.
The railway wage board will recommend raises for about two million railroad workers with priority for the lower grades. Yard men switchmen trackmen gatemen freight handlers masters firemen and train men are expected to gain most while engineers and some higher paid staff may see smaller boosts. Also noted is the illness of Martin Vanderweg son of a late patrolman, critically ill with pneumonia at his West Fourth Street home under Dr. Fred J. Hashes care.
A Paris printed issue of Stars and Stripes debuts for U S soldiers in France. Dr Chalmer of Park Avenue sent the first number from the front, praising the paper’s editing, cartoons, and tributes to Pershing and war life, inviting soldiers to share stories and contribute.
Peck and Bottomly's fee for supervising City Hall extra work was trimmed from 3200 to 1000 after a lengthy council meeting. The initial eight percent on 40000 of upcoming work was debated past midnight, and a resolution appropriating 1000 was approved. The firm accepted the smaller sum, despite the original proviso for delays and added work.
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