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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1849
Page
3
A jumble of 19th century snippets describes two workmen failing to lower a ladder and a collapse causing fright, plus anecdotes about Dr Weir, King Menealus, family happiness, a schoolboy quip, a dumb charity prank, a Hood puzzle, Franklin quotes, and moral maxims.
Advertises opportunity for town and county agents to sell Sears New and Popular Periodical Works across US 60. Claims earnings of 500 to 1000 dollars yearly with cash capital of 35 to 350 required, details provided on application, publisher Robert Sears promises volumes as reward for eight insertions.
An OCR fragment shows subscription prices for a publication. It lists one copy one year in advance at 300 dollars, one copy two years at 500 dollars, two copies one year at 500 dollars, five copies at 1000 dollars, and twelve copies postpaid at 1500 dollars. Contact ISEALL POST, 259 Broadway, New York.
On the 7th inst by Rev J O Rogers John R Briant to Mass Antaair Terry both of Plainfield. December 8th by Rev R B Westbrook John Faulks to Mary Conklin all of Elizabethtown.
A death notice records William Vreeland aged 25 years on December 29 in Elizabethtown. No further details are provided in the readable text.
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