Local Advertisements Rates and Contact for McCafferty
James McCafferty of Macintosh Street opposite Post Office lists terms of sale for Etec. One copy or one year costs two dollars, thirteen copies twenty dollars payable in advance. Ads insert 50 cents per square for first insertion and 25 cents for continuances. twelve lines per square. Liberal deduction to yearly advertisers. No mail letters accepted unless postage free.
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James McCafferty
Macintosh Street
FOST
Borsiz Este
Washingtonian Total Abstinence Pledge
A pasted pledge pledges gentlemen to abstain from all spirits wine and cider to guard health and families and avoid pernicious practice with names falsely attached in the document.
Augusta Oilers Society Officials and Members Listed
A fragmented OCR listing names and roles for the Augusta Oilers Society including Dr. Joseph A Eve president Rev. William J. Harden vice president Hawkins Hoff secretary William Haines treasurer and other officers and managers.
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Jos. A. Eve
Daniel Hook
J. Hard
Pi Hawkins Hoff
WM. Haines
L. D. Sallersteo F
Janes Harper
Scofield
Dod
Janes Godby
Su Milledse
Debtors and Debt: Religious Duty to Pay What Is Owed
A moral sermon condemns evading debts and links true Christian faith to honest payment. It mocks lax professing Christians who refuse to pay, urges debtors to work and deny luxuries, and calls for church discipline for those who neglect financial obligations. The piece stresses integrity before God and society.
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Eader
Debtors and trust in diligence cited from N. Observer
The text argues that a man who neglects debts betrays his trustworthiness while misfortune may excuse temporary inability to pay. It asserts defrauding is akin to wilful neglect in failing to discharge debt, urging reliance on a person’s conduct to judge trust.
Mysteries of Paris Ignite Moral Controversy
The Mysteries of Paris by Eugene Sue stirs debate over its libertine themes. Critics warn the novel corrupts readers while praising its sensational crime scenes, with reports of concurrent bans in Vienna and Paris.
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Mother’s Magazine
Ohio Observer
Evernx Sue
Paris
Eugene Sue
N. P. Willis
Europe
Vienna
Greatest scientific claim of the age in Cincinnati
The Cincinnati Atlas reprints from Cist's Western Advertiser a sweeping claim of a new light source surpassing the Drummond lamp. It describes a table light readable at 300 feet, semi opaque glass to reduce glare, and a 200 foot tower to illuminate a city for 300 dollars a build. The piece notes five months of testing and anticipates public inspection amid skepticism.
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Cincinnati
Cist
Wesley Smead
Discovery of long lasting magneto electric light announced
A Cincinnati notice proclaims a magneto electric light using permanent magnets with twenty magnets in a planned apparatus. The light allegedly surpasses daylight in brightness and requires no ongoing expense. Inventors J Milton Sanders and John Starr are highlighted with D A Sanders pursuing patents and public demonstrations planned.
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Cincinnati
J. Milton Sanders
John Starr
D. A. Sanders
Washington
Humphrey Davy
What defines character and the slow path to esteem
The speaker argues character grows slowly and cannot be earned in a day or year. Quick fame from a single achievement does not equal character, which requires steady perseverance, deep study, and repeated success across many trials.
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Marksman
Divine
Carlyle's View of Monmouth Battle on June Twentieth
Thomas Carlyle recounts the 20 June 1778 battle near Monmouth as a pivotal moment in the American struggle for independence. He portrays Washington marching from Valley Forge toward shore, facing British forces led by Clinton and Cornwallis, with a call to stand fast amid harsh conditions and combat.
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Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Valley Forge
Ardrubal
Monmouth
Clinton
Cornwallas
Freehold
English Town
Washington at Monmouth Battle Immortalizes His Command
A London paper recalls Washington leading American troops at Monmouth, cheering his line on a white horse as fierce fighting raged against British mercenaries. The hot July battle under a brutal sun ends with the enemy retreating, honoring Washington’s leadership.
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Virginia
Maryland
Washington
Monmouth
Fabius
White Plains
M Marcelus
London
Berkshire Parson at Bennington Defies Fear and Joins Fight
The Rev. Thomas Allen of Pittsfield served twelve years as pastor before the Revolution. He led Berkshire volunteers toward Bennington when Stark faced the enemy. He urged bold action, stood on a rock to rally troops, and fired toward a flashing danger to aid the colonial defense.
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Thomas Allen
Pittsfield
White Plains
Ticonderoga
Gurgoyne
Berkshire Volunteers
Stark
Bennington
Berkshire
Parson Allen
Democratic Review
Call not that man wretched who guards his child’s future
Atyic text emphasizes not scorn for a father who bears pain and poverty yet cherishes a child. It asserts a man’s secret hope and a treasured gem he would not trade for wealth or fame. The passage contrasts ignorance and hardship with a father’s enduring love and resolve.
Brother Himes and the adventist fundraising scandal
A correspondent reports a wave of alleged fundraising by leaders of the second adventists. An elderly man’s wife contributed 2000 dollars, a Pleasant Street grocer about 500 dollars, and a Tremont Road carpenter similar sums, draining personal means. Himes is said to have liquidated jewelry and silver at city stores, while boarding houses run by several women closed lodgings to adventists, harming their finances. He is said to have preached in the city.
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Himes
Second Adventists
Pleasant Street
Tremont
Secretive Sect Leader Moves Stir Public Indignation
Last Sunday the leader Himes and his followers met in secret locations and avoided public notices. The Boston Post reports that public indignation runs high and a general notice of movements would be imprudent.
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Boston Post
Preventive nitrous gas recipe amid typhus scare
The text cites a London physician rewarded by Parliament for a typhus prevention recipe using nitrous acid gas. It describes mixing nitre and oil of vitriol to produce gas, cautions on exposure, notes electricity in bladder treatment, and references the New York Sun report.
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J. C. Smith
London
Boston Mail
N.Y
Story of a Tennessee legislator and the word Knoxville
An anecdote from the Knoxville Argus tells of a former Tennessee legislator who struggled to spell Knoxville correctly and argued against moving the capital to Murfreesboro by noting how hard it would be to start Murfreesboro with a K. The tale reflects local humor about state government and place names.
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Ane Snelling
Murfreysboro
Agi
Knoxville
Kingston
Nashville
Murfreesboro
Knashville
A Boy Proves There Are Three Fowls at Dinner
In a curious kitchen exchange a boy insists there are three fowls on the table. The father grants the challenge and counts the first two birds. The boy combines one and two to conclude three, prompting the parents to praise his supposed genius.
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Dad
John
East Ingy rhinose cross captured at North Pole
A garbled note describes a fanciful creature said to be a unique specimen in the East Ingy globe, captured atop the North Pole by Captain Cross. It supposedly produced three hoorangs in Van De. men's Land and allegedly drank three gallons of rum toddy before capture.
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North Pole
Captain Cross
van de
Men’s Land
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Washingtonian
Augusta
Oilisers
Augusta $V. ‘Pf. A Society
MISC
Thomas Carlyle
Ade
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