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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1849
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription prices for village and mail subscribers with advance payment terms and a per-year rate. It specifies advertisement pricing by square length, deadlines, and an agent for subscriptions and ads, dated December 21, 1948.
Notice details schedules for New York to Plainfield and Whitehouse routes via N J Railroad and steamboat connections. Fares listed for several legs including freight and passenger options. Instructions urge passengers to supply their own tickets and note conductors will not sell tickets or collect boat fares.
Property in Warren Somerset on the main road to New Market Depot. About thirty acres well watered. New 30 by 16 foot house with a cellar. Price 600 dollars. Inquiries to David Lawler New Market or Lawler Washington Valley. Dec. 20 1848.
A dated collage parodies 'eExcelsior' with verses of a charcoal seller, tavern talk, accidents, and moralized quips. It blends verses about coal sales, a drunk mishap, a Gibraltar boast, and brisk household anecdotes from a 19th century urban miscellany.
A poor widow and her son beg ten cents to buy pig feet for supper. They seek help from Mrs Henry in a luxurious house where the rich girl Frances Henry refuses a small change. A compassionate suitor urges empathy toward the starving pair outside.
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