American Union announces publication details and printing services
Printed and published by W C McAuslen and L Harper the American Union outlines its weekly schedule and pricing two dollars per annum with half yearly three dollars in advance over John Orr's store. It advertises job printing and card printing with a new assortment of type and promises quality not surpassed in the west.
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American Union
Washington and
Third Street
John Orr
West
Death of the First-Born in Sacred Verse
A devotional lament for a much loved child, describing the innocence of the young victim and a mother’s grief. The poem contrasts earthly loss with hope, depicting the child in angelic terms and the eventual reunion in the Better Land through divine blessing.
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Bevigne
The Old Oaken Bucket Poem Fragment
The poem recalls childhood scenes of the orchard meadow and pond with the old bucket hanging in the well. The speaker cherishes the moss bound bucket as a source of pure pleasure, recalling a bygone father’s plantation and a longing to return to that cherished site.
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Jupiter
French couple plays organ near City Hotel draws cent
On Wednesday afternoon a French man and his wife with a hand organ and tambourine performed for about 20 minutes in front of the City Hotel. Their music moved the crowd and one gentleman dropped a cent in appreciation. The duo hopes to earn more.
Petra the Excavated City of Edom in Ancient Times
Narrator explores Petra, the rock city of Edom, detailing its carved rock dwellings, vast temple facade, and theater turned ruin. He recalls Esau and Edom, Roman era prominence, then decline, and reflects on the desolation as a modern visitor reads prophetic scripture amid the ancient stones.
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Arabia
Egypt
Holy Land
Petra
Edom
Esau
Israel
Persia
India
Palestine
Syria
Mediterranean
Tyre
Sidon
Christ
Amaziah
Judea
Salt
Selah
Jerusalem
Temple
Burckhard
Sggh
Paul
Shiek
Delilah
Sampson
Nile
Coliseum
Rome
Athens
Seir
Idumea
Bozrah
Rocky Mountains Adventure of a Shoshonie Chief and Free Trappers
In Bonneville era camps two rival tribes, the Shoshonie and Eutaw, contend amid Nez Perce influence as free trappers pursue a quarrelsome separation. A Shoshonie brave secretly seeks vengeance for his wife’s elopement, but after pursuit and capture, a local arbitration grants compensation with two horses, ending the incident with tempered honor.
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Nez Perces
Eutaw
Norning
American Fur Company
Green River Valley
Captain Bonneville
Bonnevile
Pasion
Priggner
Héttoe
Beit
Byron on beauty and love in poetic imagination
The excerpt cites Byron arguing that true poets adorn beloveds with inner charms rather than real beauty. He favors good looking over beautiful women, since imagination can outstrip actual form. He lists Leiza, Zuleika, Gulnare, Medona and Haidee as ideal creations and describes imagined traits and gestures, rejecting thin or clumsy figures.
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Lord Byron
Byron
Tam
Imagination Shapes Ideal Beauty in Love and Youth
The speaker argues imagination supplies beloveds with refined yet uneducated charms, contrasting ideal beauty with real life. They state poets need strong attachment and good temper, noting youth favors simplicity while aging raises expectations, echoing Byron on love’s danger in later years.
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Byron
Women of the Country and City Contrast in Knickerbocker
Knickerbocker contrasts country and city women noting country women are better educated and healthier in nature, while city women rely on ornament and fashion. It argues country daughters marry well, maintain dignity, and avoid a life of vanity, whereas city women waste years in dress and idleness.
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Modera Te Ces
Knickerbocker
Reverent country churches keep their sacred place
A reflection on the enduring value of rural parish churches in England, invoking reverence for their tombs, graves, and quiet churchyards. The piece urges readers to visit, read the engraved names, and cherish the memory of ancestors, with Leigh Hunt noted for a related anecdote. It then widens to a mosaic of lighthearted items, weather notes, and brief curiosities from various places.
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Hookers
Herberts
England
Heaven
Leigh Hunt
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Far West
Ilde
Bonneville
Country Churches
the Gatherer
Somers
Boston
New Orleans
Nahant
University of Athens
Otho
Holland
Appingadan
Groningen
Irinidad
Marshal Grouchy
Napoleon
Waterloo
Paris
Cape Ann
Akron
Ohio
Salem Gazette
Albany Daily Advertiser
Broom County Courier
Jerome Bonaparte
Wirtemburg
Duke of Kent
London Herald
Oxford
Sheard
H. Meux
George N
Brentford
Maumee Express
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