American Union announces terms and printing services
Printed and published by W. C. McAuslen and L. Harper the American Union is issued every Wednesday from Washington and Third street upper room. Annual subscription two dollars with half yearly three dollars in advance. end of year payment. Advertisements priced as usual. Letters to editors must be postpaid. Hob and Maney Card Printing offers diverse type and printing services not surpassed in the west.
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American Union
Washington and
Third Street
John Orr
West
Song for the Fourth of July Inspires Freedom Tribute
A patriotic poem honors heroes who bled for liberty. It calls to remember their deeds and embalm great names in Fame’s tablets, urging future generations to keep Independence Forever as the beacon of freedom. The piece evokes banner unfurling, beacon fires, and a lasting memorial in song.
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Fame
Freedom
Liberty
My Life Is Like The Summer Rose Poem
Poem compares life to a summer rose and autumn leaf, a desert print, with lines about opening to morning sky and fading by evening. The speaker laments lack of tears or mourning for their end, using nature imagery to express transience and invisibility after death.
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Tempe
The Influence of Education on Woman
The article argues that education elevates emotional life and offers hope beyond ambition’s disappointments. It contrasts flawed views of female inferiority with the deeper capacities of women, urging education and Christianity as solace and pathway to a broader, lasting fulfillment. Philadelphia, S.C.
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Philadelphia
S.C
The Young Lovers
A bachelor observer at the Hall enjoys studying a pair of young lovers. He notes Julia's artful coquettish blushes and her first innocent steps in romance as he watches her with her lover. The tone mixes humor and social observation.
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Julia
Conquest and Lovers In a Garden Scene
A narrator observes Julia and her lover strolling in a sunlit garden. Spring sounds, bright greenery, and a faint cuckoo set a romantic mood as he muses on the beauty of youth and the aging season. Julia’s blush and a bunch of flowers mark the tender moment.
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Julia
Mystery Miner Body and a Lovers’ Reunion Declares Death
A Hungarian mining district reports a miner aged about twenty found dead after a roof collapse. The body preserves in vitriolic waters, later identified by a long-lost fiancée who, after sixty years apart, proclaims him her betrothed and dies content. Evening Thoughts laments unending human longing and hints religion as fulfilled contentment. FLOARDO.
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Hungary
Irish wit and a county magistrate exchange
Mentat Reservation report depicts Shelah’s evasive reply to a magistrate about her husband Mick’s death. The dialogue reveals a blend of humor and reserve as Shelah recites comical misstatements about the cause, a supposed fit, a window accident, or strangulation, while claiming he died amid embellishing a trifle taught as his own.
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Mentat
Shelah
Mick
Smoking Lanpres Augus tura Ladies Smoking Customs
The passage describes Augusta ladies as handsome and fashionable, with rich dresses and lace, fond of smoking sugars. It notes a social custom where a visiting gentleman and lady share a cigar, each lighting the other's end, then part with a smile and bow after both have a lit cigar.
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Augustura
The Resting Place Sermon Reflection
A reflective meditation on death and afterlife, detailing the quiet repose of the dead amid worldly turmoil. The speaker, J. N. Maffit, envisions graves as calm chambers untouched by thunder, winds, or war, awaiting a trumpet and the rise of the dead to hear his voice.
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J. N. Maffit
Washingtons First Public Dinner
The article recounts Washingtons first public dinner after becoming president, based on Judge Wingates account in Three Experiments of Living. The modest meal featured boiled leg of mutton, no toast, a single glass of wine, and guests leaving without ceremony, contrasting modern lavish feasts and political banquets with ornate rituals.
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Washington
United States
Wingate
Congress
House of Representatives
New Hampshire
Georgia
Stage coach tale of a married man and lively chatter
An elderly gentleman in a stage coach is entertained by two talkative ladies. One asks if the constant words make his head ache, and he replies with pale humor that after twenty years of marriage he is used to it.
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Fortne
Hovor
The Angel of Time and the Education Call in Ohio
A long address by J. K. Paulding on common school education in Ohio urges state reform. It details a new Superintendent's role to collect statewide data, mobilize county auditors and district officers, and press for timely reports covering October 1936 to October 1837. The piece underscores federal and local support for expanding education while stressing practical cooperation and prompt circulars. It ends with a fiction excerpt The Angel of Time by Paulding, illustrating the moral about life’s value and the burden of yearning for longer years.
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Ohio
Friends of
Ohio Superintendent Calls for Public Aid to Common Schools
Large sums from lands and taxes have funded common schools, and the state faces decisive action next winter. Samuel Lewis, Ohio Superintendent of Common Schools, urges local officers and citizens to assist by gathering information from counties to improve all schools within bounds. He seeks sustained support from the people.
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Samuel Lewis
Common Schools
Ohio
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