The Plainfield Gazette Publication Terms
The Plainfield Gazette lists weekly publication by William M Drake and Son with offices on Front Street opposite the Sud Presbyterian. Subscriptions run one dollar and twenty five cents per year in advance. Mail subscriptions are one dollar per year. Fifty cents late payment penalty. No paper discontinued until all dues are paid except at publishers option. Extended privilege contracts available.
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William M. Drake’ & Son
Front St
Dr. Pearson’s Pulmonic Expectorant advertised
An 19th century medical advertisement praises Dr. Pearson’s Pulmonic Expectorant for lung and chest diseases including coughs consumption asthma and hoarseness. It claims quick relief, cites testimonials from physicians, and lists Dr. Pearson and agents in New York and Ohio.
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Pearson
Conagh
A. Pearson
M.D
U.S Navy
S. K. Lecdéin
M. D. Champlain Co
Ohio
W. N. Cadwallader
M. Dsv
Navy
Yes or No Yes or No in a Delicate Request
The speaker laments unclear replies and urges direct yes or no answers for favors loans or promises. He wants frankness over hedging and asks for a decisive consent without hesitation or friendly subtleties.
A Cure for Sparking Ends in Cunning City Incident
A courageous young woman in the city, daughter of respectable parents, lures a familiar suitor to a dark hallway after inviting him into a home. She plans a lesson and keeps him close as she leads him to an inner entry, where the door locks behind them and suspense rises as footsteps approach.
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Sofily Twcot
Humorous Dining Room Farce Ends With Mr Smith Revealed
A lighthearted scene unfolds as a planned rendezvous in a parlor turns comic when a hidden acquaintance shocks the guests. The bachelor fiancé slips away with a kiss, a lamp is lit, and Mr Smith is introduced to the crowd amid laughter and playful scorn. An apology follows as Miss Cally M. Flag of our Union remains central to the mischief.
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Ned
Mr. Smith
Smith
Welfair
Mev Smith
Cally
Bank Visit Framed by Bizarre Traveler Incident
A garbled note describes a traveler entering a village bank and reacting oddly to the cashier. He tipped his hat and muttered about water and heated goods, then claimed a shop was nearby. The account is fragmentary and unclear.
Stove Debate Ends with Church Fireless Triumph
In a historical anecdote from the Alix Monthly Advertiser, women push to heat a church with stoves, facing fierce opposition from elders. Two large stoves are installed as flames dangerously approach, causing fainting and a near catastrophe before the modern heating triumph is secured.
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Oitiad
Ats Teplen
Raesem
Alix Monthly Advertiser
Striking Commercence on Capital Punishment Debate
The New ten Register cites the October 19 sentence in the Court room as crowding spectators and notes two subsequent city murders within three hours. It argues that killing by government or individuals devalues human life and fuels further violence, calling murder a perpetual evil regardless of who commits it.
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Newten Register
Smith
Savas
Portland
Fragmented tale of murder scare and chaotic election tally
A maid screams murder after a morning fright in a county household. The scene includes fainting ladies, a frightened dog, and scattered garbled dialogue. The text ends with the vote on the Feet Schools law in New York, 249,879 for and 91,981 against, majority unclear.
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New ‘York
Early Virginia Pioneers and Firsts From Jamestown Era
The text recalls key figures and events in early Virginia history including the minister and exiled leader who died in Jamestown, the burning of the town, and the first settlers Mrs Forrest and Anne Burns in 1608. It notes the first marriage John Laydon to René Burns, Pocahontas’s Christian baptism, and the 1705 Virginia News Letter. It mentions the first Dominion paper published in Williamsburg and the first iron furnace by Gov Spottswood in 1730.
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Robert
Church of England
John’ Smith
England
Jamestown
Virginia
Mrs. Forrest
Anne Burns
Newport
John Laydon
René Burns
John Rolfe Pe
Poccahontas
North America
Jane
Dominion
Williamsburg
Blue Ridge
Gov. Spottswood
Spotsylvania County
Vas
The Poor Boy's College Printing Office Critique
A passage from the New York Globe extols printers as an effective college for the poor, claiming it fosters practical minds and useful achievements unlike traditional literary colleges. It questions the value of parchment diplomas and laments lack of intellectual stimulation in printing offices.
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New York Globe
Lang
Printers as Fathers of Literature in Historic Quips
The text questions recognizable figures like William Caxton Samuel Woodworth and Benjamin Franklin, labeling them printers or related to printing. It cites figures such as Governor Armstrong and others in a muddled boast that “Nobody but printers” are notable, reflecting a view equating literary achievement with printing trade.
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William Caxton
Literature
Earl Stanhope
Samuel Woodworth
Ji Franklin
Armstrong
Massachusetts
George P. Morris
James Bee
Horace Greeley
N. P. Willis
Robert Sears
Joseph Gales
Cameron, Hill, Dix
Wief
Betterm Maxixe Scene in Vermont Ledger
Fragmentary OCR text notes names like Debora, Mrs. Noddle, Aunt Deborah and Mr. Noddle discussing butter and salt. The passage is incomplete with scattered dialogue about butter quality and salt effects. No clear event or outcome is discernible.
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Vermont
Debora
Noddle
Noodle
Sonton
Joe Walt
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