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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
3
Obituary items record the deaths of Mrs. Webster of Plainfield who raised a family with husband Webster and lived on Went Second Street, and William Howard Toms of Warrenville and Warren township noted for his wagon maker trade and public service. Funeral details, burial at Springdale cemetery, and affiliations with local lodges and churches are listed. The notices mention survivor families and local impact from their lives and deaths.
Relatives and friends gathered Wednesday at St Joseph's church in the borough for a solemn high mass of requiem for Edward P Gavin longtime North Plainfield resident. Rev Father P J Hart led the service with choir members singing. Burial followed at St Marys. Gavin, born in Ireland, lived in the area for years.
The funeral for Albert Jackson Leader a forty year resident of North Plainfield was held at his home 62 Door Street with Rev John Brock of Trinity Reformed Church in charge and a large attendance. Burial followed at Cypress Hill Cemetery Breskiys on Wednesday morning. Mr Leader died Sunday noon after five years of illness caused by injuries from a fall at a neighbor's perch.
Clippings recall Plainfield in mid nineteenth century from a scrap book found by William H. Olmstead. It includes details of daily life, four stores, and a village with no church or post office, and contrasts with modern growth, trains to New York, and a long travel journal by Craig Marsh about Niagara and Niagara County.
State Motor Commissioner William L. Dill approves a color scheme for New Jersey 1919 automobile registration plates. The 1918 plates will be manufactured under the State use system at prison facilities, with the Labor Commission overseeing progress. A sample plate was tested and deemed among the prettiest and most attractive the state has used.
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