The Contoocook Transcript, published by Miller & Scott, proclaimed itself “A weekly newspaper devoted to agriculture, manufactures, education, literature, misecellany and news.” Readers could subscribe for $1 per year in advance or if paid within three months, $1.12 between three and six months and $1.25 after six months.”

For the Saturday paper, advertisers were asked to send their requests “as early as Thursday morning if possible.”

The June 30, 1849 edition is the paper’s fifth, and the front page is devoted to the miscellany of  “The Two Purses. A Tale of Boston” from the Christian Freeman. It refers to “Boston, the Athens of America, the Yankee city, the city of notions.”