Sensational Philadelphia Property Suit Shocks City
The Spirit of the Times reports a court decision granting the heirs of James Parick control of vast Philadelphia property valued at four to six million dollars. The land, long tied to many owners after confiscation, now faces a radical shift in title. Attorneys George M. Dallas David Paul Brown and William L. Hirst stand to gain about one fifth of the recovered value.
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Philadelphia
the Times
James Parick
Parick
George M. Dallas
David Paul Brown
William L. Hirst
Esquires
Tongue, Truth, and Temptations in Moral Admonitions
A reflective meditation on speech and slander cites Leighton Pythagoras Anacharsis and others. It contrasts the harm of ungoverned tongues with the value of restraint and a good life. Proverbial wisdom warns against gossip and urges rebuke of detractors.
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Leighton
Pythagoras
Boerhaave
Johnson
Cato
Lacon
Jerome
Euripides
Envy Epictetus on reacting to reproaches and envy
Epictetus advises assessing if critics are truthful. If not, recognize they attack an imaginary image and respond with gentleness. If true, change behavior to become mild and obliging, so reproaches cease though they may persist.
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Epictetus
A Yankee suitor warned by a farmer on a stick
A young Yankee courting a farmer's daughter tries to secure consent during a marriage scene. The old man, watching a whittled stick shrink to nothing, warns that unless the suitor earns wealth or shows effort, the match will fail and the family will fall into beggary. The tale ends with the farmer expressing doubt about the suitor's character.
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Johnathan
The Conscience of Paying for a Newspaper
A group debates conscience over payments from various trades and professions. A publisher laments subscribers who avoid paying for three years, while a student, mechanic, physician, clergyman, and others share similar grievances about not paying for services or goods.
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Idun
Me moirs of Barrere described Reign of Terror cruelty
Macaulay in his review paints a vivid picture of revolutionary France during the Terror. He cites widespread executions, brutal cruelties, and dehumanizing acts from Paris to Arras, with gibbets, guillotines, and gruesome scenes described in stark terms.
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Barrere
France
Seine
Royal Guards
Sorbonne
Burke
Cassius
Timoleon
Paris
Arras
Loire
Samar
New Zealand
Destructive Savannah Fire Destroys Lodges and Cotton
The Savannah blaze Sunday night consumed several valuable houses and about 2000 bags of cotton. Oglethorpe Lodge DeKalb Lodge Magnolia Encampment lost their regalia. A valuable enslaved man killed by a falling brick wall. Losses insured largely in New York and Savannah. A separate Porto Rico fire reports 150000 dollars in damage. Gov. Owsley pardons Delia A. Webster in Kentucky.
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Savannah
Oglethorpe Lodge
DeKalb Lodge
Magnolia
Odd Fellows
New York
Savannah Insurance and Trust Ny
Isle of Faith Island found in Pacific by Captain Simmons
Captain Simmons reports a new Pacific island named Isle of Faith near Carysfoot latitude 21 10 N, 138 54 W. The island of six miles circumference features a reef, cocoa trees, a central lagoon and appears fertile.
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Simmons
Faith
Baltimore
Otahcite
Valparaiso
Carysfoot
Isle of Faith
Nashville Union
Jones
Texas
Public Meeting at City Hall in Augusta 1845
The chairman M M Dye invites Augusta citizens to assemble at City Hall this evening Saturday the 8th inst at 7:30. The meeting follows a resolution and will discuss matters of great importance connected with the projected Canal. general attendance requested.
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City Hall
Augusta
M. M. Dye
Bronson’s Travellers Directory in Press for March Delivery
Bronson announces the Travellers Directory from New York to New Orleans will be bound and ready by March first. It details routes, distances, fares, and travel times with descriptions of portions of the country. Prices range from 4.15 to 4.0 for extra gilt binding. wholesale to book-sellers and merchants with 20 to 50 percent profit.
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Bronson
Travellrr
New York
New Orleans
al “ Ae
F.S. Bronson
LaGrange
Augusta Market Prices Hold Steady
Augusta market notes no change in bagging or groceries since last report. Prices quoted last Saturday are repeated this day.
Prospectus of the Star of Temperance newspaper
A New Orleans weekly promotes temperance education literature and agriculture across the South West. It pledges radical reform in education and a non sectarian Christian basis, avoiding party politics while supporting libraries societies and family life. Stevens and Arms publish.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
South-West
South- West
Friends of the Cause
Stevens & Arms
Exchange Table Notation Appears in Markets
Fragmentary notes show a spec ie basis and a reference to a sale with scattered figures. The snippet mentions checks, a par value, and a premium phrase but lacks complete context or multiple identifiable entities.
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Thomas I. Wray
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Setudtep Family
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Young Ladies Seminary
L. R. Williams
Europe
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E.E Ford
D. Houk
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Russia
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