Principles for a modern Christian wife in 19th century tone
The passage argues that a wife should cultivate friendship with her husband by setting an example of love, duty, and modesty. It emphasizes self respect, gentleness, and simplicity in dress, and warns that happiness stems from mutual influence. It also notes the power of a wife as a support to her husband and warns against internal scolding.
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RS Hannah
Jos. Browne
6Th Street
Williamsburg
Wm Evans
Browne
Brown
Joseph Browne
City and County of New York
Long Island
Hannah Browne
P. Pinkney
Philadelphia
North T. Pittsburgh
St. Clair Street
James ‘Turnbull
Steubenville
Jefferson County
Unclear fragment notes clerks at dry goods stores perplexed
The fragment notes community clerks in retail dry goods stores are annoyed and perplexed by the times, hinting at broader business challenges but providing no clear events or names.
Shawls Sell Fast as Clerks Expose Bluffing Buyers
In a St. Louis shop scene, two ladies reject cheap shawls while clerks promote costlier ones. A Yankee clerk boasts a New York import and tricks reveal the price dispute. The exchange ends with a buyer tendering a five dollar bill and the moral about ignorance of value.
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New York
Miss
Las
St. Louis
Captive Mono-Drama by M G Lewis Promises Terror
From New Monthly Magazine a historical note on the unpublished mono-drama Captive by the late G M Lewis known as Monk Lewis. The piece, praised for stage effect though pushing terror beyond prior boundaries, is linked to Mrs Litchfield’s Captive performances and announced for first stage showing on Tuesday March 22 1809 with John Ball preceding it.
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Ign
M. G. Lewis
G. M. Lewis
Monk Lewis
Monk
Lewis
Howver
John Ball
Dramatics: The Captive at Covent Garden 1803
Dramatics notes a mono drama The Captive by M G Lewis at Covent Garden on March 22 1803. A single scene was enacted by Mrs Litchfield and included the horrors of a mad house with chains starvation fear and madness that caused many ladies to suffer fits.
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Raghie
M. G. Lewis
Convent Garden
Not Mad, Not Mad The Captive In The Dungeon
A scene shows a captive in chains in a dungeon with a guard and gate, a tragic tale of madness and awakening. The captor leaves after a tense exchange as the captive wavers between despair and memory, finally calling for her child as passion and sanity threaten to return.
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Goajer
Lovijer
Labor Saving Soap Recipe and Miscellany Notes
A compilation of old notes includes a labour saving soap recipe claiming high value and low cost, with instructions to boil sal soda and yellow bar soap, then soak laundry overnight for easy cleaning. Also features short observations on the waltz in France, doubt and Fortune, genius, and moral reflections with brief dialogue.
Leary Trouble With Aadietie Noted In Report
A fragmented OCR item records trouble involving a person named Leary and a party or matter called Aadietie. Readable details are sparse but indicate ongoing concerns or dispute requiring clarification.
Principles and moral cautions from Colton and others
The passage argues that genuine good principles cannot be pushed to extremes, warns that anger blinds the holder and harms self perception, and criticizes dueling and bigotry. It cites Colton and proverbial maxims about prudence, anger, and the dangers of zeal.
Wealth, Woe, and the Tragedy of Gallant Ventures
A reflective piece recalls the rise and fall of fortunes in a series of vivid vignettes. A rich man's son follows a path his father laid, from wealth to pennilessness, while a farmer builds a grand house only to be shut out by the sheriff. A young man sells a fine farm, becomes a merchant, and ends a ruinous life, dying in a hospital.
Cheerful wives aid husbands in business with smiles
Bozwell argues a cheerful wife eases a husband's business burdens by a constant pleasant countenance. He warns a gloomy or fretful wife increases a man's perplexities, while a cheerful wife acts as a rainbow amid trouble, contrasting with the torment of a dissatisfied spouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozwell
Knowledge as a sacred office vows fearless reach
De Witt Clinton asserts knowledge surpasses wealth and power, describing its endless scope and duty. He claims it clamps the mountain, dives the ocean, surmounts distant lands, and seeks the sublime without limit. This vision crowns learning as boundless and exalted.
Appearance and poverty spark public recognition
A man describes his fall into poverty and how a new hat and coat, bought with three old hats and two old coats, changed how people treated him. He notes he was shunned before and greeted warmly after, urging readers to learn a moral about appearances and wealth.
Fragmented 19th Century Notices From Baltimore Sun
An 1830s newspaper snippet cites Robert Burns praising common humanity over attire, a jab at ladies hair fashions sparked by a Delaware fraudster, and a vessel, the schooner Lone ar rived at New Orleans with 494,037 in eric. A Toast recounts a Federal party rumination on steamship safety and political figures, with remarks on Great Western and Henry Clay.
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Mort Sprecius
Lone
New Oleans
Shebul
Tampico
Eric
Federal
Englati
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