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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1849
Page
2
A Plainfield Gazette editorial argues a village of 500 plus must fund good schools and a well edited newspaper. It urges local support despite inferior external papers, claiming schools and newspapers build intelligent, prosperous citizens and invites readers to subscribe for ten shillings per year.
Citizens of Plainfield and vicinity are invited to Laing's Hall on Monday evening December 3 to consider organizing a Cotton Manufacturing Company in the village. All interested in local prosperity urged to attend.
Reader attention urged to check new advertisements despite limited space. Several ads could not be highlighted this week due to crowded columns and space constraints.
The Plainfield Lyceum meetings at W. W. Davison's school house will discuss if war is ever justifiable. Randolph Dunham is chosen president and E. M. Dusn is secretary. The notice invites public attendance and notes December 4 at 7 o clock.
The Sunpay Dispatch advertises subscriptions for readers abroad. It promotes a weekly Sunday issue with miscellany and daily news, priced at $1 per year in advance, published by Lawlor Everett & Hicken at 83 South Third Street Philadelphia PA.
Dr Dixon presents a new quarterly pamphlet of sixty four pages on disease causes nature and treatment plus exposure of quackery. The work is sold in New York for one dollar in advance and is praised as bold fearless and independent by the reviewer.
A Green Valley Somerset County New Jersey report claims a meteor explosion revealed a lunar printing press fragment weighing up to 300 pounds. A blue ink stereotype plate and a cryptic plate fragment were found, suggesting the press operated with extreme velocity. The note promises a possible translation if a linguist is consulted.
A dated essay argues that decisiveness, firmness, and consistent choices build respect and usefulness. It warns that wavering and impulsive behavior lead to failure, temptation, and social or moral harm, urging readers to cultivate steady habits and stand firm against vice. The piece cites examples from personal behavior and criminal conduct to illustrate the consequences of indecision.
This morning about 9 oclock the State Bank office at Camden New Jersey in Church Alley was entered by false keys and robbed of 618,218 dollars. The money was mainly Camden bank notes of large denominations with 3 to 5 hundred dollars also present. A reward of 500 dollars is offered for the robber's detection.
The Rakway Register warns the state Legislature will confront Tren ton and the mob who drain life blood from the honest, describing a desperate struggle against the tyrant. The editorial urges resolve, predicting that cowardice will vanish as courage rises in the face of the enemy.
The Journal of Commerce argues that tariff reform should not return to the 1842 protectionist model. It cites Treasury figures showing net revenue rising from 1842 to the new tariff’s mid 1848 operation and warns against further increases in protection while noting international shifts toward free trade.
A West telegraph report describes a mob in Hannibal Missouri planning to burn a negro man alive for two murders. The Codrier notes the mob was restrained from tearing him to pieces as he was taken to jail.
A quotation from an Irish paper extols newspapers for practical instruction within a quarter of a year. It argues that families who read papers gain more information and intelligence than those who do not, highlighting the impact of reading on household learning.
A readers’ letter argues that if Christ arrived today in person and preached to the poor or appealed to the rich, both would face rejection. The author contends society would brand him as blasphemous or socialist, and temple doors would shut against him.
A twenty year old girl dressed in male attire is reported to have actively participated in sixteen battles during the late war as an aid to a general.
A Daily Trentypian correspondent reports a murder near Deanbury in Mercer County on the preceding evening. The suspect, James Applegate, known as Petty, escaped with an old straw hat, green frock coat, striped pants, patched knees. Coroner's inquest returns a verdict that the death resulted from a wound by an axe or sharp instrument, inflicted by Petty.
In Elizabeth town on November 25 a marriage is recorded for Aaron T. Marsh to P. Davis with Dr. Murray noted in the event.
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