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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1850
Page
2
Children enjoyed a new outdoor space as games thrived and mothers approved. Harry praised a gentle man for inspiring the effort and watched the kite rise on a light breeze under a blue sky, witnessing its service.
The piece voices support for Democratic gains in New Jersey and calls for universal education as the guard of liberty. It urges forming a public lyceum and reading room to diffuse knowledge, promote debate, and extend free schools across the state. It celebrates the people as sovereigns and condemns monopoly of privilege.
The report catalogs election results and party breakdowns for New Jersey state offices in 1850. It lists names of senatorial candidates across counties such as Camden Cumberland Gloucester Hudson Hunterdon Morris Middlesex Ocean Passaic Salem Sussex and more including Whig and Democrat selections. The Newark Mercury commentary criticizes Whig reform stances and discusses broadcast political shifts and calls for progressive measures like free schools and homestead exemptions.
From the California Courier reports a morning fire in a restaurant area destroyed three or more buildings, estimated at about 1,000,000 dollars. The blaze, the fourth in nine months, was first spotted by city police and swept through a retail district bounded by Washington and Ki Gomermi Street.
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