Total Abstinence Pledge Society Formation
A damaged OCR reads as a pledge for a Total Abstinence Society. Signatories include Dr Jos A A Eve Rev WM J Bard Haw Hupf and WM Haines Jr with L D Sallerstedt as treasurer. Managers listed: James Harper E E Scofield Rev S Dod James Godby John Milledge.
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Jos' A A. Eve
WM. J. Bard’ Haw Hufp
WM. Haines, Jr
L. D. Sallerstedt
Tressurer
James Harper
E. E. Scofield
S. Dod
James Godby
John Milledge
Manuring Ideas From a Practical Planter Letter
A South Carolina farmer urges better manure management to improve exhausted lands. He describes littering stables with leaves, straw, ash, and mud, plus diverting yard sweepings and privy contents to the heap. He notes practical methods, including chicken shade arbors and cowpen design, to boost manure quality.
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Herbemont
Greenville District
S.C
Enclosed runs for chickens with regular ploughing
Advice urges building a sufficiently sized fenced area to keep poultry confined and regularly ploughed to prevent weed growth and maintain soil health.
Look where you are going as a life lesson.
A narrator recalls a mother’s admonition to a boy on Chartres Street and expands it into a moral guide. The essay urges readers to beware appearances, listen to cautions, and evaluate choices in business, romance, and reputation, illustrating universal wisdom in a simple phrase.
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Chartres Street
Hebe
Look Where You're Going Says N O Picayune
A clipped quotation from the N O Picayune warns readers to heed caution when approached by someone pressing you or lifting your hair in moonlit moments. The verse cautions listening to words with care and gazing into one’s heart without shrinking.
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N. O. Picayune
Scenes after Battle at Hemsaune and Medellin Report
The Saturday Visitor describes night battles with cannon and musketry, wounded groans, and bodies on the field near Hemsaune and Medellin. A Newark carriage maker’s tale contrasts local and east coast markets and ends with a moral on commissions and value.
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Hemsaune
Wilson
Meprium
Rocca
Medellin
Trenicus
Encouraging Own Industry Against Foreign Goods
The Cist Advertiser laments sending a fire engine east for City use while praising local mechanics. A Cincinnati Gazette excerpt notes a carriage maker who doubts eastern finish, illustrating preference for domestic manufacture over imported goods.
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Cist
Cincinnatti Gazette
Philadelphia
Final Dividend Declared in Read & Co Bankruptcy
The assignee of James Read & Co. completes liquidation and plans a final dividend to creditors. Debts at failure in spring 1842 totaled about 850000 dollars. assets and collections near 800000 dollars allow payment of proved debts plus over 50000 dollars locally earned by active partner James Read. The case is hailed as nearly unparalleled in mercantile history by the Boston Courier.
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James Read & Co
Morey
James Read
Commission
Read
Boston Courier
Peculiarities of Literary Men in Historical Portraits
A compact reminiscence sketches habits of figures such as Johnson biting nails, Addison with irregular pulse, Pope bracing with cotton stays, Hume writing on a sofa, Menage covering feet, Ben Johnson listening in silence, Shakespeare mirroring nature, Magliabechi guarding books, and Rousseau twisting lace strings as a peculiar habit.
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Johnson
Addison
Pope
Hume
Science
Ben Johnson
Fuller
Shakspeare
Magliabechi
Grand Duke
Tuscany
Rousseau
Ancestral Loss and Classic Poetic Mirth Across Texts
Excerpts reveal a mix of literary anecdotes and reflections. Notes contrast Steele’s debt with frugality, bloomfield’s chalk poem, and James’ The Gypsy praising maternal memory. The passage shifts from humor to tender recollection of a mother and lineage.
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Steele
Bloomfield
The
Muses
Railroad Iron from Mount Savage Ironworks Arrives for Inspection
A bar of railroad iron manufactured at Mount Savage Ironworks in Allegany County is placed in the Exchange Rotunda for public inspection. Similar rails have reached Philadelphia New York and Boston. The Mount Savage rails will soon line the Cumberland route and a contract for one thousand tons with Fall River Railroad MA. Prices are about fifty nine dollars per ton.
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Mount Savage
Cumberland
Fall River
Massachusetts
The Dying Boy and a Father’s Final Kiss
A father cradles his dying son on a cloak and kisses him goodbye as the life fades. The scene portrays a final tender moment before the child’s breathing ceases and his body becomes still.
Payable at Sight Hint in a Black Sea Debt Tale
A dialogue reveals a bearer noting a sight promise to pay. Bob and Jim discuss a debt instrument held by Mr Brown. The note reads at sight I promise to pay and prompts personal mistrust despite its promise of payability.
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Bob
Mr. Brown
Jim
Three Things a Man Should Keep On Good Terms With
A pithy adage notes a man should keep three things on good terms if he has a wife his stomach and his conscience. The old saying offers practical counsel on domestic life and personal integrity.
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James McCafferty
Macintoshistri
Iecammmaan
Iety
Vice
Carolina Planter
Newark
N. J
American Rail Road
Tron
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