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Newspaper
Plainfield Record
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1918
Page
4
Plainfield New Jersey dated Friday October 4 1918 appears in a clipped news item noting local happenings. The brief mentions Plainfield tied to a specific date during the wartime year with a concise civic or social reference.
The Plainfield Board of Health earns praise for swiftly handling the influenza outbreak. It closed theatres and dance halls, issued prevention tips, and urged prudent measures to curb spread, with Dr. Frank C. Ard noting hope for resolution within six weeks if the public cooperates.
The Public Utility Commission approved a two cent rise on all five cent trolley fares after October 15 plus a one cent transfer fee, drawing public criticism in Plainfield. The piece notes higher wage demands for transit workers, potential appeals, and scrutiny of franchise terms. It also covers Plainfield’s Fourth Liberty Loan drive, urging swift citizen participation and canvassing to meet the million dollar weekly target, while warning on paper shortages and urging reduced wrapping waste.
Readable scraps reveal wartime shortages papers and paper grades for France. Citizens discuss paper, bonds, and local taxes while recounting city scenes, parades, and daily routines amid conflict.
A wartime notice explains how to send Christmas parcels to American prisoners in German or Austrian camps. Packages must be addressed to Warehouse Atlantic Division American Red Cross, New York, with sender's full details in the upper corner. Only one package per prisoner is allowed, and families should coordinate via the prisoner’s relatives. Shipping is free to the Red Cross Commissioner in Switzerland for distribution.
After months of work, contractors near completing the enlarging of the aviation field on South Broad street beside Brassard Offberal Corporation. The site spans about a mile, suitable for testing the largest machines. Twenty barrack structures to shelter Signal Corps personnel are nearly finished and a detachment is set to arrive soon.
The October allotment for New Jersey is 12,000,000 pounds under the state sugar plan. Grocers and retailers may sell 54 percent of last October’s quantity while manufacturers must cut to 59 percent of the prior year. Refiners estimate substantial savings, with 10,000,000 pounds used for preserving and 7,000,000 already accounted for. Further savings are expected when the order ends supplies of powdered and ery farms to retailers after October 10.
John P. O'Brien aged 36 died yesterday at his father in law William Moore's home at 910 West Fifth street from pneumonia. The funeral will be held in St. Mary's church tomorrow morning.
Army orders at Camp Dix mandate an immediate inventory of all clothing issued by Red Cross and other charities, with unit supply officers accounting for items. Future donations to be routed through the department quartermaster who will coordinate with Red Cross on distributions based on needs. Government goods must be preserved and returned for renovation. A court martial at Fort Jay sentences Private Pieter Pilumok to ten years and dishonorable discharge for refusing a washing task. Quarantine curbs at Camp Dix halt pie, cake, ice cream, soft drinks, and milk sales to prevent influenza spread, with limited fruits allowed. amusing quarantine incidents occur at Camp Dix including gate confusion over entry to Knights hall leading to delays for Secretary Frank Wandie.
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