Plainfield Gazette Publishes Weekly Village Paper
The Plainfield Gazette issued weekly under William M. Drake & Son from Front Street opposite the 2nd Presbyterian Church. Subscriptions cost one dollar and twelve and a half cents annually in advance for village readers, and one dollar for mail subscribers, with a fifty cent late payment penalty. Advertisements up to sixteen lines are available with various insertion options and extended privilege contracts offered. Job printing offered neatly at low cash prices.
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William M. Drake, & Son
Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
French & Bryan
Front Street
Mountain Road
John Briant
Sadie
Phine M. Plainfield
Pearson's Pulmonic Expectorant touted as lung remedy
A historical notice extols Pearson's Pulmonic Expectorant as a universal cure for coughs colds consumption of the lungs influenza bronchitis asthma hoarseness and other lung diseases. It cites a physician card from A Fearson S K Loedem and W K Cadwalader praising its safety and effectiveness after others failed.
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Pearson
Dr. Pearson
A. Fearson
M.D. U.S Navy
S. K. Loedem
M. D.chaplain Co
Ohio
W. K. Cadwalader
M. D. U.S. Navy
Dr Pearson Carminative Balsam touted for multiple ailments
An 19th century advertisement proclaims Dr Pearson's Carminative Balsam as the best remedy for dysentery cholera and summer complaints. It urges use for children travelers and mothers of infants and cites Mrs A M Sanford and Mrs A M Layron testimonials. The note lists製 contact details for wholesale and retail sale including Philadelphia New York and Plainfield along with distributors in Canada and the West Indies.
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Pearson
A. Msanford
New York
A.M. Layrorn
East Broadway N
A. Pearon
North 4Th Street
Philadelphia
J. R. Swallow
Fulton St. N.Y
Plainfield
E. Kirkpatrick
M. P. Cushing
Nightly misadventure in a hotel room mix up
A narrator recalls entering the wrong hotel room and waking in a lady’s bed beside her maid. Accusations fly as guests and staff witness the scene. The mix up leads to shaming, fears of being charged with robbery, and a crowded awakening as the hotel crowd deems the incident a mischance caused by an innocent sleepwalk episode.
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Willian
Fanny
Tabitha Bramble
Clytemnestria
Siddons
Lawyer's tale of debt and a dying man in Auburn
A Michigan village case centers on Johnson the tanner who profited from extending credit and delaying payment. Williams, near death, pleads with a lawyer friend to reclaim tools bought on credit. The lawyer confronts Johnson, persuading him to return the tools to settle the debt for Williams's starving family.
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Clement E. Babb
Amante
Howard
Michigan
Strett
Oun Vilage
Johnas
My Williams
Johnson Williams
Lake Erie
Johnson
Rune Ping
Iig
Williams
Inovide
Auburn
William
Johansen
Tet
Auman
Yai
Bie
Joh
Viddin
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