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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1849
Page
4
John Mayher & Co advertise overshot threshers with single and double power, separators, and fixtures. They claim light portable designs, level feeding tables, and improved grain separation yielding 79–225 bushels daily with 3–4 workers, priced from 80 to 145 dollars, with cautions against imitations.
Travel updates outline start date April 2 1849 and extension of the Somerville to White House line. Details list train departures from New York Plainfield and White House with freight and passenger fares by rail and boat including connections to Elizabethport Elizabethtown and Westfield. Passengers urged to procure tickets beforehand as conductors will not sell tickets or receive boat fare.
For sale 121 2 acres with seven acres cultivated and fenced near the road to New Market Depot at 200 dollars. Also 6 1 2 acres unimproved available with the lot or separately, total 230 dollars. Enquire at this office.
DRY GOODS and GROCERIES with CLOTHS CASIMERS SILKS SHAWLS BOMBA S ALAPACAS FLANNELS MUSLINS CHINTZ CARPET AND OIL CLOTUS also SHOES BOOTS in stock. GRE CERIES and SPICES offered. quality and prices to suit the times. DUNN Dec 20 1848. We advertise medicines from Dr Brandreth and Jayne.
The Empire Company of New York markets Green's Oxygenated Bitters for dyspepsia and general debility, touting endorsements from former governors and senators. It sells Pain Killer, Acoustic Oil, cleansing fluids, laundry starch, vermin killers, shaving soaps, and Nervine Balsam, with claims of safety and efficacy and notes on stock status and end-of-year profits.
An old advertisement extols Pearson's Pulmonic Expectorant as a cure for coughs colds consumption of the lungs influenza bronchitis asthma hoarseness and other lung and breast diseases. It urges immediate action at first cold symptoms and cites testimonials from physicians including A Pearson M D and Cadwallader U S N from Champlain County plus endorsements noting cures of cough chest pain palpitations and early consumption after other remedies failed.
An 19th century advertisement extols Pearson Carminative Balsam as a cure for dysentery cholera infantile summer complaints and waterborne illnesses. It includes testimonials from Mrs A M Sanford of New York and notes the product is prepared by S A Pearse D with distribution through Philadelphia New York Plainfield and other places.
An advertisement promotes Allen and Co. portable threshers and separators with overshot design and brake control, boasting efficiency for wheat rye oats and buckwheat. It includes prices for single and two horse power units and lists contact at 188 and 191 Water Street New York.
Important notice urges horsemen to keep Embrocation in every stable. Testimony from Dr S A Peansox calls it the best preparation for horse diseases and injuries. Sold by S A Pearson in Philadelphia with wholesale and retail options and agency in New York. June 13, 1849.
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