Elegant Books Move Opening At Beller Burtz Store
An elaborate sale notice from Gettysburg highlights a grand opening of Elegant Books at Beller Burtz's Cheap Book Store opposite the Dank on York street. It lists a vast assortment of annuals, albums, poets, and religious books in fine bindings with low prices, detailing numerous illustrated volumes and gift books for 1849.
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Beller Burtz
York Street
Gettysburg
Reynall Coates
M.D
Royal
Emily Percival
Welch
Dreser
Edward Everett Hall
Sartain
Ritchie
Morocco
G. Goodrich
Turkey
Emma C. Embury
Willis
Howitt
Milman
Kent
Ile
The Seesake Verse Fragment
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on distance and memory. The speaker muses why a single moment of farewell lingers and how time cannot restore past bliss, yet cherished ideas remain vivid when recalled.
Pie with feathers and a tale of pastry wit
A humorous Thanksgiving anecdote recounts a neighborly gift of a feather pie that proved a prank as guests found nestlike stuffing. The incident sparks laughter, a chalked bill for the “dr to donor” and a follow up of crullers, pastry, and curious accusations amid social pleasantries.
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Signor Blitz
The Atmosphere and Oddities From Far Lands
The piece discusses atmospheric layers and heat content at various heights, then shifts to fashion trends in Germany for shaved upper lips, a Sacramento gold digging anecdote with a gruesome murder, Virginia slave escapes to Pennsylvania, a shinney accident death, a Declaration of Independence quote, and a colored pastor and teacher in upstate New York.
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Sacramento
Courier and Enquirer
Monterey
Samuel Wilson
Chas. Wilson
Philadelphia
Hancock
Franklin
Ward
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Temperance
Chambersburg Street
Charles Ziegler
E. Riergan Warren
Charles M. Tate
Lewis
Sell
D. M C, Gilbert
Hunterstown
Friends of the Temperance Cause
A. KE. Myers
Jacob Welty
E. W. Stahle
John F. Felty
M. L. Stoever
George Hager
Aaron Watson
D. A. Duehler
John Wickson
Wm. W. Paxton
David 37. Myers
James Moore
Burns
England
America
Mirror
Heman
Mates
Street
Providence
Kirk
Boston
Beecher
Cincinnati
Louisville
TP Satees Posit
Alofi
Senate
Papirius
Yonns Lapirius
Protextatus
Fussell
Alender Boss
Navy
Virginia
Brooklyn
Dr. Welsh
Inez
House of God
London
Lieut
Leach
Dead Sea
Washington Union
Moab
Kerak
Lynch
Christ
Issa
Amiens
Beduah
Clurch
Christian Brothers
Ana'antan
Nanas
Yaxon Ey Nagas
Jamad Awak
Aniek
Garth
Prenchir Wen
Anich
Peilings
Tames
Springfiald
Mascachugetts
Illinois
Cumberland
Cumberland Mountaineer
Baltmore
American Peace Society
George C. Beckwith
Taylor
Brussels
John Russell
United States
Albany Argus
Coxsackie
California
Keschen
Canton
Howman
Johnston
Pillsbura
Sumat
Mount Blanc
Alps
Scientific American
Germany
Pennsylvania
Old Dominion
Faulkner
Mason & Dixon
South
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