Local Paper Ad Rates From Ofrosite Post Office Feature
Publication details list James McCafferty as printer on Macintosh Street Ofrosite Post Office. Rates include two single copies or annual terms with discounts for multiple copies. Ad insertion priced at fifty cents per square for first insertion and twenty five cents for renewal. Twelve lines form a square and no mail letters accepted without postage.
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James McCafferty
Macintosh Street
Ofrosite Post Office
Total Abstinence Pledge Formed by Local Society
A pledge form from a local group declares mutual benefit and mutual support to abstain from intoxicants including spirituous liquors malt drinks wine and cider. It emphasizes health, standing, and family strength and asks members to sign their names.
Local Society Officers and Dues Notes
Officers Augusta W T A Society list vice presidents and treasurer names. Mentions Dr Jos A Baa Dr Rey Huff and Lallerstedt plus managers Bibs Fekrpi Rev C S Dod John G Dunlap E E Scofield John Milledge James Godby in partial roster.
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Jos. A. Baa
Rey
Ta ‘Hard
Tis Huff
Es Lines, Jr
Cay
August Vegetable Calendar for the Farm
August guidance covers transplanting cabbages and sowing early varieties for November to December. It advises sowing carrots, turnips, spinach, radishes, onions, and beans with protection from weather, and details celery planting, endive transplants, and fall pasture practices. R L Pell of Pelham Ulster Co offers landscape notes on hay making, salt use, and preserving forage quality.
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Early York
Drumhead
Savoys, &c
Norfolk
Hanover
Acre
Seeding Grass Lands for Cate Ring and Hay Curing
The Albany Cultivator notes proper timing for seeding grass lands and methods of curing hay. The writer shares experiments conducted pro bono for public knowledge, aiming to aid meadow or upland preparation with practical feeding and sowing guidance.
Catacombs Sketch Highlighted by Europe Professor
The piece recounts a street scene where a boy returns a lost wallet containing about one hundred dollars, and a professor's Paris Catacombs description. Durbin notes the Seine quarries as ancient burial sites beneath Paris, with catacombs expanded after revolutionary murders.
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Durbin
Europe
Paris
Seine
Barriere d’ Enfer
Ess
Pretty Sentiment of Childhood and Mother's Love
A reflection on childhood memories, a mother's love and prayer, and the faded church and schoolhouse, whose green and hallowed associations return in dark hours of sorrow and in moments of joy, casting purity and sweetness as a remembered dream.
Bigotry Satire by Philips Described as Vivid Personification
The Irish orator Philips portrays bigotry with striking imagery. He claims bigotry lacks head or heart and moves only in wrath, pausing amid ruin, with curses in prayers and death in communion.
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Philips
Bigotry
Vengeance as Eternal Quest Echoes in Infernal Flight
A dark reflection on vengeance portrays it as eternity sheathed in violence. The imagery ties blood, victims, and a relentless chase to a kindred resolve, suggesting a perpetual cycle of rapine and sanguinary desperation in pursuit of power.
Canary sings two airs taught by blind flute-player
A Philadelphia observer notes a canary recently returned from Europe that sings two tunes Der Freischutz Hunters chorus and a Beethoven waltz. The bird, trained by a blind flute player, can beat time with its wings and voice. The article explains how repetition and exact pitch teach birds, and recalls a prior case of a bird learning part of a tune. It also mentions a bulfinch and a quirky ginger-pop recipe involving gunpowder in a ginger root.
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Europe
Philadelphia
Editorial and notices from the Washingtonian August 3 1844
Postmasters are authorized to remit money to publishers for subscriptions. Subscribers may pay by giving funds to the post master with a request to remit it. Editorial and committee names listed for distribution.
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Post Masters
Washingtonian
Post Master
Philadelphia Riots and Church Armaments Debate
A historical overview analyzes the July riots in Philadelphia, detailing church arming fears, a sheriff led search of St. Philip Neri, and a large cache of muskets and weapons found. It cites Judge Jones on unlawful assembly and the dangers of arming a church, noting dispersal efforts by the sheriff and patrols to quell the mob.
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Philadelphia
National Intelligencer
Native American Association
St. Philip
Dunn
Sexton
N. McKinley
N. Me. Kinley
Wm. H. Dunn
Porter
Hubbeil
Jones
Court of Quarter Sessions
Sherriff
Guske
Hibernia Greens
Callahan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Augusta W.T. A ‘Society
R. L. Pell
Pelham, Ulster Co
Albany
Broadway
Andy Residence
the Washingtonian
Augusta
W.t.baanrig
W.J. Harp
C.S. Don
J. D. Hook
James Harpén, Esq
W. H. Dunn
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