Published weekly newspaper details and pricing
Published every Thursday by William M. Drake & Son announces office location on Front Street opposite the Second Presbyterian Church. Subscriptions cost one dollar and twenty five cents annually in advance for village readers and one dollar for mail subscribers with fifty cents added if not prepaid. Advert rates apply per insertion and per duration with agent Mr V B Palmer in New York. December 21, 1848. Job printing offered with neatness and dispatch.
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William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
Mr. V B. Palmer
Tribune Buildings
New York
The Dead Shot Incidents in Gordon's Back Yard
Old merchant Gordon and his junior partner attempt to hunt a supposed rat in the spout. A buckshot shot from an improvised gun misfires, leaving Gordon tattoed with charcoal. A boy’s stringed stone reveals the misidentified target, a prank that ends in laughter.
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Gordon
Old Gorden
Phil Sunday
May Morning Birdsong Dreams From a 1849 Reverie
A lyrical reminiscence in May 1849 describing a singing bird on a tree, its evolving melodies, and the piercing beauty of nature. The poet recalls childhood joys, fleeting time, and death, ending with a tranquil vision of fairy light and Elysian scenes.
The Fatal Trick at the College Tiger Rampage
A college party plans a prank using a young tiger from a traveling menagerie. They smuggle the animal into the chemistry lecture room and unleash chaos during a demonstration. The tiger mauls a janitor’s daughter and is eventually killed by a traveler’s bowie knife, while the horse dies of injuries. The traveler, horse, tiger, and severed spinal trauma result in a grim, deadly scene.
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Rtch
Bacchus
Bruin
Hler
Hogshead
Wwe
Mount Vernon
Picket Talks Hazards as Constables Move In
A family exchange reveals a father warning his son to beware dangers while the son boasts of extraordinary constitution. A picket remarks on a busy period of work as constables arrive, illustrating tension between pride and restraint amid enforcement actions.
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Hiram
United States
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