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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1849
Page
3
A long, mosaic excerpt recounts social life with lines about dancing and temperance sermons, alongside anecdotes of Harvard and Cambridge education. It includes quips on rhetoric, wit, and moral lectures, with references to duelling, sermons, and Quaker etiquette.
Printing office including office type presses job materials fixtures and good will of Jersey City Telegraph in Hudson County New Jersey. Paper has growing patronage and many inducements for a practical man. Owner to depart country offering very low terms. J. H. Voorhees editor proprietor. Jersey City December 23 1848.
At New Brunswick on January 1 1849 the Rev Dr Howe joined Mr J H Vail of New Brunswick to Miss Sarah Outtalt of Three Mile Run in holy matrimony.
The article outlines subscription terms for the Saturday Evening Post, One page notes regular correspondents J Barano Taylor and Grace Greenwood. It lists city and club rates, advance payment required, and options including Godeys Lady's Book and other magazines with bulk discounts. Address Deacon & Peterson, 66 South Third St, Philadelphia.
A broad promotional notice from Robert Sears New York publicizing Sears Magazine 1849 editions and premium deals. Offers include one dollar annual subscriptions, discounts for clubs, and free extras like the Pictorial Family Annual and various accompanying works. Post office with most subscribers earns continued free subscriptions.
A house and thirty acre lot on the main road from Basking Ridge to New Market Depot in Washington Valley. New 30 by 16 foot building with cellar under the whole. Price $600. Terms from David Lawler at New Market or James Lawler at Washington Valley.
Ted Kirkpatrick and B. Titsworth Dunn & Co advertise a wide array of goods at low prices in Plainfield New Jersey. The list includes pens razors stationary and tobacco boxes with a focus on affordable household and personal items plus agents for Beandreth's and Jayne's patents.
An early notice promotes a wide range of dry goods, groceries, china, glass, and earthenware offered at very low cash prices. The ad urges customers to call and inspect the assortment, with the date Dec 21 and the names Webster and Marsh.
Auction note from December 1848 offering twelve acres of land with seven acres in good condition and enclosed by first fence, located near the main road between Basking Ridge and New Market. Price set at $200 with further particulars at the office.
An advertisement extols the Extractor for Burns Scalds and related ailments claiming instant pain relief and cautions against counterfeit products. It also mentions Dr H Dalley Health reform writings and Culverwell Liebig theory works offered in the United States at accessible prices.
The fragment references December 1848 and talks of kinds of terms and a short notice for execution at ce, with an implied debt or obligation to owe. No clear names, places, or actions are readable.
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