Elegant Books opening at Cheap Book-Store Advertisement
An extended 1849 catalog-style notice announces Elegant Books opening opposite the Bank with a vast selection of annuals, albums, gift books, poets, and religious works at low prices. It lists MDCCCLIX memory albums, Ladies offerings, poetry and prose volumes, illustrated gifts, and richly bound editions with plates and steel engravings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynad Coate
M.D
Mealy Percival
Volvo
Welch
Dreser
Morocco
Edward Everett
Sartain
Richie
Goodrich
Emma C. Embury
Willis
Howitt
Milman
Keat
Anthor
Burns
England
America
Tailor Book of Flowers
Mirror
Heman
Street
Cet
Geulysburg
Life’s fleeting ties and the need for virtue
A reflective piece warns that worldly pleasures fade, life is fragile, and health may fail suddenly. It urges turning from temptation toward God, compares life to a silk worm’s year, and stresses using days wisely rather than pursuing trivial gains.
Too Late and Punctuality Lessons in a Syracuse Fair
A satire on tardiness cites a deacon and a widow, urging timely action. It notes a Syracuse fair with a novelty lottery offering a diamond ring and other prizes hidden in cake slices. A Boston Chronicle item mocks a California gold voyage with barrels of rum cards and dice destined to fuel ventures amid the era’s curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Syracuse Journal
California
New England
Moulty
Green
Boston
Murder of Adolphus Muir Recounts Eppes Confession
A Virginia murder tale narrates W Dandridge Eppes's confession in the Dinwiddie county case. Eppes killed his neighbor Adolphus Muir over a bond, reloaded the pistol, and stole valuables after Muir offered mercy. The watch, later traced to a Petersburg jeweller, exposed the crime. Eppes fled to Texas but was captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Alsalom
David
Solomon
Fiony
W. Dandridge Eppes
Adolphus Muir
Dinwiddie County
Flim
Eppes
Muir
Ppes
Alair
Petersburg
Texas
W. Dandadge Eppes
Commonwealth
United States
de R. G
Legislative novelty on tax of celibacy shocks French idea
A Courrier des Etats Unis excerpt reports a French Assembly proposal to tax bachelors and widowers for remaining unmarried. Bachelors would pay rising taxes at ages 25 35 and up to 50, widowers get five years to remarry. Critics call it harsh and question constitutionality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Arnold
Philadelphia
Jude Far
Eugene Guinot
Courrier Des Bats Unis
France
U. States
Globe
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Keller Kurtz
Burke
Gill
Bryant
Loongfellow
OLE Books
Walners Southern Harmony
Reller Kurtz
Faury
C. Weaver
Stevernsonm
Eve
EFER
Pino
Sanesom
Gettysturg
New York
Ibagena
Vallety
York Street
Kurtz‘s
Toro Hores
Rockaway
Marcus Samson
Franklin Township
Adame County
Robert Sheckley
Weliam Bailey
William Hamilton
Gettysburg
Judas
Irebrick Foster
Adams County
John Hoover
Anon
Flo
Paddy
Glasgow
Pat
Pav
Dublin
Boston and California Mining Company
Franconia
Union
P. Putnam, Esq
Europe
Edward Winslow
Plymouth
Cleveland
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