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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1849
Page
3
A narrator laments a wasting disease that claimed beloved objects and hints at Mary Cairns and Charles Turner buried in a nearby graveyard. He recalls a once lively home near Mr. Jacob Shotwell’s residence now a barren wreck with ruined buildings.
The writer admires the Society of Friends for their kindness honesty and decorum and praises their farms and buildings. They note exceptions in outbuildings near the meeting house and railroad that should be repaired or removed to improve the village’s appearance.
A European dispatch recounts the America steamer voyage from New York in eleven days. Parliament debates over Irish famine, cholera in Dublin, and executions for treason. The French Republic, Rome crisis, and Napolitan conflict unfold with Austrian and Danish actions and Russian fleet movements shaping uneasy European balance.
The latest reports claim Buda fell to Hungarian forces after treachery, amid broader European tensions. The text weighs risks of a Russia Austria clash, notes France’s strong ultra democratic gains and predicts a possible France vs Russia conflict, with warnings from the Journal of Commerce on the peril of a general European war.
Mrs. Catwanine Epcar died at age 83 at the residence of Mr. Jacob Manning in Plainfield on Monday June 18th. The notice records the date and place of death and the elderly woman's name for community records.
Job printing of all kinds offered at this office with quick turnaround and reasonable terms.
An 1849 advertisement extols Embrocation as the premier remedy for horse sprains bruises cuts galls and joint stiffness. Testimonies from Dr S A Pearson and Mr Schenck praise its effectiveness and urge stablekeepers to keep a bottle. Available wholesale and retail in Philadelphia New York and beyond with prices at 25 and 50 cents per bottle.
An 19th century advertisement touts Dr Pearsons Pulmonic Expectorant as a safe cure for cough bronchitis chest pain spitting blood heart palpitations and early consumption. It cites testimonials from A Pearson M D U S Navy Leedem M D Champlain Co and W R Cadwallader MD U S Navy and claims regional health benefits.
An 19th century advertisement extols Dr Pearson's Carminative Balsam as a top remedy for dysentery cholera morbus and summer complaint. It claims benefits for children and travelers and includes a testimonial from Mrs A M Saxvorn of New York. The notice names S A Pearson M D Philadelphia address and agents J R Swallow Fulton St and others for wholesale and retail sale across the United States Canada and the West Indies.
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