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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1849
Page
1
An 1849Plainfield Gazette item presents a verse about a Christian painter and a nonreligious poet, contrasting artistic aspiration and spiritual longing. The piece includes a brief poem, dateline Plainfield Feb 6, 1549, and a cryptic line about grass after mowing.
A brief legal notice reports that an agreement was carried out with efficiency and fairness, on terms deemed reasonable. The short item emphasizes prompt execution and orderly administration without indicating parties or dates.
Railroad to commence on Tuesday December 5 1945 extending Somerville to Whitehouse ten miles. Describes departures from New York and Plainfield by railroad and steamboat with various fares and times including Elizabethtown Elizabethport connections. Passengers should buy tickets beforehand as conductors will not sell tickets or accept boat fares.
For sale 1212 acres of land with seven acres in good cultivation enclosed by a first rate fence near the main road trading from Basking Ridge to New Market Depot. Price two hundred dollars. Enquire at this office December 1848.
A passerby watches as a hat is blown away by wind but a friend interrupts the tumble by stepping forward to stop it, creating a brief moment of relief in a windy scene.
A fragment containing religious exhortations about charity toward the needy and a series of antiquated anecdotes. It recounts a revival scene near Owryo, a chorister muffled by pitch, Admiral Howe's fire alarm tale, and a question about fear posed by the admiral to his lieutenant.
A garbled miscellany recounts a sentence for a horse theft, sly editorials from a Yankee Blade, drunken pilfering jokes, and quips about matrimony and hypocrisy. Names and places are unreadable, but the tone mimics a late 19th century urban gossip page.
A fragmented dialogue features a bright eyed girl asking Jobo if he forgets Neal while recalling two years of being together. The garbled OCR suggests a casual domestic exchange with unclear names.
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