Ever hear of it? My copy is clearly dated 12-23-1863. The Dollar Newspaper was printed from 1843 to 1864 so this is near the end of its life. Not in bad shape for being paper and its age. This newspaper was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and it was a weekly family periodical. It was published by Wm. M. Swain & Co. as indicated on the front page. The cost was $1.00 per year, which had to be paid in advance. It's advertised in the title section of the paper. The reason I bought it and posted this is the symbol of The Dollar Newspaper. A Liberty Seated Silver Dollar is on the newspaper on the top right hand side. All dates and wording have been removed on the coin symbol. Although this edition does not have anything Civil War related, it was common for news of the Civil War to be published. The paper has numerous sections, which I tried to show, that are family related. There was a section for poetry as per the article Falling Leaves. There are also chapters from a novel "The Young Shakeress" which was written just for this Newspaper. There is an article on the European Congress and the Japanese troubles. A section of the paper contains Public Amusements, News and Notings of the week. Then there is the Money Market and Money Management sections. It also contains the Cattle Market, with Flour and Grain prices, all notable commodities of the times. Then there is the Married and Dead section, the Farmer section. This edition has Southern Grasses and Foliage Plants, along with Hints for the Farmer, How to grow Yams, Fattening Hogs, Salting Hay and Currant Bushes, amount a few other helpful articles.
And let's not forget the Wit and Sentiment section. There was a small section for Puzzles, which I copied completely so you can try to figure out the answers. The answers to this weeks puzzles will be in next weeks issue, which I do not have. If it helps, I have the answers to last weeks puzzles. Hahaha
Yes it is. I found it very fascinating. Sure would liked to have gotten a copy with some Civil War news in it.
I have no idea. That's in the next edition which I don't have. A few lines lead me to believe that it's not water.
