Wealth of gold and love in town carrier ad
The piece includes a postal advertising rate card for a newspaper with free notices for marriages and deaths, charges for obituary notices, and political notices, plus a verse about California gold and a playful poem inviting suitors. It lists rates and discounts for year-long advertising and prepayment, with mention of a carrier boy needing a dime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pial
Cnsoriers
California
Pactolus
Golconda
Peru
Mahomet
New Year Address Reflects 1848 World News and Zach Taylor
The piece opens with a New Year toast to patrons and friends, then surveys 1848 events. It highlights France’s upheaval under Lamartine, Ireland’s struggle for liberty, Italy’s desire for freedom, Germany’s push for reunification, and praises Abraham Lincoln? Wait, it praises Zachary Taylor as the presidential choice, noting trust in his firm, just leadership and calling him Old Zach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Outine
Harops
France
Lamartine
Emerald Isle
Sons of
Italy
Land of Song
Zach
Zach Taylor
California Gold Discoveries Report From Sutter's Mill Era
Col Mason details a vast gold district along the Sacramento and San Joaquin, noting thousands at work, high yields, and rapid wealth. Describes mining methods, key sites, and the need for government rents or a mint as labor and desertion surge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
California
W. ‘T. Sherman
3D. Artillery
Sacramento
Motterey
United States
Southampton
Shubrick
Col. Burton
San Francisco
Wich
Esecort
Sansoleto
Bodega
Sonoma
Sutter's Fort
Sutter's
Sutter
American Fork
Sutter’s
Soar
Commodore Jones
Warren
Leather River
Yubal
Stmwall
Sinclair
Chile
Oregon
Upper
San Joaquin
Mexico
Dye
Feather River
Ile
Sierra Nevada
Great Salt Lake
Salt Lake
Mission of
San Fernando
Fremont
Neligh
Bay of
New Almoder
Alexander Forbes
Pueblo de San Jose
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Logansport
Hyacinth Lasselle
Canes Tower
Jackson Township
Cass Co
E. B. Waternorse
Boone Township
Tuomas Craicueay
Miami
William Demoss
Tipton
Joan McIlvaine
Deer Creek
George Hawk
Hawk’s Mills
K. G. Scurrock
Rochester
Joan Staivey
James A. Hust
Pleasant Grove
Fulton Co
Peter Troutman
E. Sutton
Gilead
E. A. Magee
Lockport
Rufus Brown
Winemace
Joux Rowan
Kokomo
William Kerns
Wiccan DotoGias
Minami County
F. J. Herman
Burnetts Creek
P.O
A. L. Wit
Poblicas
Col. Mason
Bmvise
Mr. Marshall
Capt
Marshall
Spence
Weber's Creek
Sundl & Co
William Daly
Perry MccCoon
Weber
Commodore Stockton
Lyman
Sutter’s Mill
Weber's Place
Capt. Weber
Mazatlan
Walkinshaw
Porbe
Department
J A Sutter
J Sinclair
Wm Glover
R C Kirby
Ira Blanchard
L Fifield
F H Arynes
Mormon Diggings
C Weber
R Spence
Sunnel & Co
R D Neligh
Cl J Picket
B. B. Mason
R Jones
U S A
Wash’on
D .C
L Loese
3D Artillery
Payta
Loeser
Dragoons
Mil
Cal
Jonathan
Madame de Stael
Spain
Ladie
Timmons
Hope
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