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Newspaper
Plainfield Gazette
Location
Plainfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1849
Page
1
The advertisement outlines a weekly publication printed at Front Street opposite the Second Presbyterian Church. It explains village and mail subscription terms, pricing, and advance payment requirements, with a yearly rate of one dollar and twenty five cents for village readers and one dollar for mail subscribers.
All GILMORE SIMMS. The Captive couch d in his dungeon. Sunbeam on the floor. He crawls the length of his fetter but the light flees. A vision shows a maid at the door who speaks of mercy. Dawn returns, the maiden vanishes, and the captor stands with an axe. The captive learns the dream meaning: mercy frees him.
A 1844 village tale recalls two rival papers the Star and the Gazette editors duel over Polk and Clay. They drink and play billiards. a row escalates to threats and a staged duel, ending with the Gazette’s ally stopping the press while the Star is mocked. The piece blends political satire with personal bravado.
The people of Indiana favor taxation to support common schools. A ten cent per hundred dollar tax on real and personal property would yield about 140 000 next year. Additional revenues from bank stock surplus, saline funds, and insurance policies would total around 200 000, combining to roughly 340 000, with fines and penalties adding further revenue.
A New Haven Palladian note describes workers in eastern mills using sign language via telegraph alphabet to converse during leisure. The method allows simultaneous discussion across long distances, praised as superior to spoken speech and endorsed by a prominent local philanthropist.
A Seee recently sold 709 United States Bank shares at 2.50 each. Purchase price was 127 cash in 1836. Reported loss totals 68 550 with eight years of interest.
A garbled collection of comic asides and stray anecdotes from a newspaper page. The text features a running joke about subscriptions, flirtations, city spending on education, and various humorous vignettes involving animals and social quirks.
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