Plainfield Gazette Publishing Details 1848
The Plainfield Gazette issued weekly from William M. Drake & Son with office on Front Street opposite the Second Presbyterian Church. Subscription rates: village or office delivery one year 1.25 dollars prepaid. mail subscriptions one year 1.00 prepaid plus 0.50 if prepaid later. Advertisement rates and terms listed. Mr W B Palmer of Tribune Buildings New York is agent for subscriptions and ads. December 21, 1848.
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William M. Drake & Son
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Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
W.B. Palmer
Tribune Build
Iogs
New York
Job Printing Executed With Neatness And Dispatch
A job printing order was completed with neat work and prompt service on reasonable terms, confirming efficient handling by the printing office.
The Wife and the Escape in a Dreadful Prison Tale
A married couple’s love tale unfolds from a peaceful wedding to a grim cell. The husband schemes rebellion and deadly danger, while the wife aidably disguises him in disguise and risks all to save him, ending with their tragic, silent reunion in death.
Seed of Thought and Seeded Truth in Print
A Portland Umpire urges readers to plant good seeds of truth in speech and writing. Small remarks, scattered in letters or columns, can germinate over time to benefit thousands. Reproof, counsel, and honest advice spread enduring value when voiced with care.
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Thiok
Portland
Frugal Governors and Robbers in Comic Anecdotes
A laundress pleads for money from a governor and receives a hundred dollars, then asks for two hundred. A sailor resists robberly demands and mocks danger. The Lynn Forum critiques church viols as Sabbath violations and quips about fish and ink faced men. A smallpox affected countryman confronts a justice with sharp wit. A remark on punctuation notes lawyers’ habit of ending with periods.
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Thad
Anp Hicuwarman
Jack
A Tale of Temperance and Trades in Old Town Anecdotes
A collection of humorous tales about temperance era antics and stingy trades. Lively scenes include a captain confessing temperance zeal while keeping a wine cask and a teamster’s oil misdirection, a man trading darning needles for an egg, and a debt-evading grocer’s tombstone joke.
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William Ladd
Bothce
Portland
Siah
Minot
Cappen
Goixenis
Liv
Floating Temple
Woman Revives Child From Grave In Remarkable Rescue
A mother dreamt her child buried alive after fearing illness. She rushed to the town, learned the child had died and been buried, and demanded the coffin be opened. She revived the child there upon lifting the lid, and the now grown man in 1848 holds an important post.
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Mackay
Samarin
Anna Bread Becomes the Center of Courtly Fancies
A playful verse laments a social scene where Miss Anna Bread captivates all eyes as bells ring and suitors surround her. The poem pictures admiration and a vow to cherish only her.
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Miss Anna
Anna
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