McCafferty's Paper Catalogs Rates and Address
Published weekly by James McCafferty on Macintosh Street opposite the post office. Subscription rates are one dollar per copy, ten dollars for six copies, and twenty dollars for thirteen copies paid in advance. Advertisements cost fifty cents per square for first insertion and twenty five cents per continuation line. yearly advertisers receive discounts. Post Office mail not accepted without prepaid postage.
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James McCafferty
Macintosh Street
Fragmentary Civic Officers List Spotted in OCR
The readable sequence shows names including Dr. Daniel Hook as president and Rev. William J. Hard as vice president with Hawkins Huff and William Haines Jr. listed among officers. other titles and positions appear incomplete. The fragment hints at a small organizational board or committee roster.
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Daniel Hook
WM. J. Hard
Washingtonian Total Abstinence Pledge Document
A historical pledge note declaring a pledge by gentlemen to abstain from spirits wine and cider to guard health and families and form a mutual benefit society within their homes.
Snuff Dipping Among Ladies Warned in North Carolina
A 19th century cautionary treatise attacks Scotch snuff use by women as a vile dentrifice. It describes widespread dipping practices from teens to matrons, detailing health and moral decline, vivid scenes from a Salisbury Watchman letter, and emphasizes dangers to beauty, intellect, and social standards.
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Salisbury
N. C
T—’s
The Whole Duty of Woman by a Pupil of Mrs Ellis
A pupil offers advice on conduct for young women aiming to marriage. It emphasizes self management before and after marriage as essential to happiness and outlines expected behavior for women at this life stage.
A Wife's Guide to Married Life and Hidden Cautions
A didactic tone outlines controlling marriage strategies, urging women to please husbands, hide flaws, manage finances, and avoid suspicion. It warns husbands assert control, set traps for excess, and emphasizes secrecy about age while noting the hive like cave full of honey and dangers of a distant mine mindset.
Immense Natural Bee Hive in Colorado Cavern
A massive wild bee hive lies in a cavern on the Colorado River's right bank about seven miles above Austin Texas. The limestone cliff rises about 150 feet from the water, with the cavern mouth ten feet below the cliff top. A warm day reveals a dark bee stream flowing from the cavern like smoke, stretching to a one to two foot diameter near the cliff and fanning out as it recedes. Local elders say the hive has existed long before settlement, never swarmed, and remains in that ancient state.
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Colorado
Austin
Texas
Value of Regional Farm Crops in 1844 Highlights
Report based on the 1844 agricultural survey shows Wheat total nine five million bushels worth about 71 million dollars with Ohio New York Virginia and Pennsylvania leading. Coalitions include Corn 422 million bushels Tennessee top producer. Potatoes 100 million bushels. Hay 17 million tons. Cotton 872 million lb. Sugar 201 million lb.
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Commissioner of Patents
Congress
Ohio
New York
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Michigan
Maryland
Kentucky
Indianna
Illinois
North Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
South Carolina
Missouri
Maine
Vermont
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New Jersey
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Florida
Leading U S crops by state production and value
The report lists state by state output for crops such as Indian Corn Rice Hay Wheat Cotton Oats and Potatoes. Indiana Ohio Vermont Georgia Louisiana South Carolina Kentucky Tennessee Virginia Missouri Maryland and others are cited with millions of pounds and monetary value indicating corn as the most valuable crop followed by hay, wheat, cotton, oats and potatoes.
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Ohio
Vermont
South Carolina
Georgia
Louisiana
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Missouri
Maryland
United States
Matrimonial Advertisement Prank Takes Drury Lane
In a European anecdote a gay party of youths arranged for a marriage minded lady to advertise. Dozens answered, each asked to attend the Drury Lane Theatre in uniform with a blue coat and scarlet vest and to display a handkerchief and a glass. The scheme backfired as suitors recognized one another and fled in embarrassment.
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Europe
London
Drury Lane
Adonis
A Roaring Orator Delivers Fiery Assembly Speech
The speaker rejects delay, denounces opposing arguments, and claims unwavering resolve. He invokes ancient revolutions and arctic imagery to emphasize the firmness of his position and the endurance of the assembly’s decision.
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Niagara
Printers Language and a Biabila Art Noted
A Concordia Intelligencer excerpt mocks printer orders that mix historical figures with sensational crimes. It lampoons crude techniques and dangerous directives, hinting at the chaos of underpaid newsroom labor and the peril of reckless press actions.
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Augusta
W.T. A Society
Augusta TA
Old North
The
New York Courier & Enquirer
Jim
Gen. Washington
Hercuclanum
Freie
Concordia Intelligecer
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