Local Directory Notices from Bristol and Fall River
A readable fragment lists several local trades and shopkeepers with their addresses in Bristol and Fall River. Included are GEORG. DOUGLASS Boots and Shoe Maker on State near Hope, JOSEPHUS GOODING clocks jewelry and stationery at Hope and State, DANIEL TANNER barber on State street, CEORGE Ww. FIRAPRIE paper box maker on Main street, JOHN ALLEN dealer in moves tins and pumps at Thames and State, JAMES P. PIERCE dry goods on Hope, GEO H. WHITNEY bookstore on Westminster, and others on Thames and nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georg . Douglass
State Street
Hope
Josephus Gooding
State Streets
John Allen
Acexr
Thames and
Mourning Poem From the Louisville Journal
An excerpted lyric lament from a Louisville Journal poem speaks of buried love and tears by the sea. It interweaves sorrow with memory and floral imagery, recalling a distant beloved and the longing to be near them even after death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Journal
The Ballet Girl Bride at New York Theatre
In Reynolda's Miscellany a backstage drama follows ballet girls amid power plays and class tension. A fragile dancer faces ruin as two principals clash over status while a rich patron pursues a favored actress Lovelace.
Love and Approbation in Child Education
A quoted reflection by Madame de Lambert warns that self love is the greatest enemy in child education. It urges avoiding indiscriminate praise, praising only good conduct, and fostering truthfulness and the readiness to admit being wrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madame de Lambert
Printing office as a practical college for youth
A Boston Traveller outlook lauds the printing office as a training ground that develops talents and ideas beyond traditional colleges. It cautions against placing privileged youths in the trade, noting the demanding, often underappreciated nature of the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taz Prixtina
Hiss
Boston
A Hospitable Author Teases Servant Over Messy Paper
A brief quip shows an author joking with his servant about the papers on the writing table. The servant notes only the dirty writing, not touching the clean pages, prompting the author to chide him gently.
A Word or Two about Lightning Causes and Safety
An explanatory piece defines lightning as electrical discharges from clouds and thunder as the ensuing noise. It notes when opposing charges meet, atmospheric insulation causes a violent passage of electricity, and it lists dangers near trees water fireplaces and tall structures with guidance on safe positions indoors and outdoors during storms.
A Word in Season from a Massachusetts Teacher
A Massachusetts teacher urges seizing favorable moments in class to plant moral seeds. A single well chosen word can shape a pupil's life, while idle talk or missed chances leave little impact. Teachers should be brief, earnest, and timely, for words spoken then may "fall on some young heart" forever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
Country Gentleman
Metropolitan
Treasury
Darta
Udell
Walt
Creatain
Miss Odell
Aura
India
Misa Lovelace
Lovelace
Warning to the intemperate in a moral vignette
A quoted warning from Chas. Lamb laments the ruin of drink and its grip on youth, urging restraint and warning of moral and spiritual collapse. The piece also mentions a bet in Olean where a doctor wins $20 by proving a mortgage on a horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas
Lamb
Wén
Hosa
Olean
Wag
Parlor Death Threat and Odd Remedy Report
A mother summons a doctor as a man in the parlor threatens death if sister Jane marries him. The tale also touts a dubious home remedy involving soft soap and lime putty to cure two felons, with instructions to replace the mixture every twenty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane
A Portrait of Gentlemen and a Wedding Night Scene
A narrative fragment describes a wedding carriage scene with Mrs Sereas and Sir Leslie guiding a notable couple through public gaze. The piece recalls a rescued girl rising from privation to virtue and domestic bliss, contrasting light and dark eras of class. It includes ditsy vignettes of social foibles and polite misadventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foy Sereas
India
Leslie
Return of Charles Mackay Prompts Warm Welcome in Strand
The Boston Post notes the return of Charles Mackay to America and to the Strand with good health money in hand and gratitude for a swift welcome from the land of Columbus and the Pilgrim Fathers. It reflects on Quaker wit and a nautical tale from 1813 involving Zephanah Paddock and Nathan aboard a whaler near the Western Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mackay
America
Strand
Jonathan
Mackay
Society of Friends
Zephanah Paddock
Hut
Harvert
Zephanish
Imate
Nathan
Ayoll
Mary
Zephanial
Boston Post
Juggler punished by town mayor after conjurer jibe
A roaming juggler faces arrest and imprisonment after a town mayor denounces him as a mere conjurer. The exchange reveals a sharp rebuke as the crowd weighs the juggler’s claim and the mayor’s decision. The piece also includes old proverbs on reform, rivers, mountains, and bays.
Baked beds and coal strike notes in Pottsville region
A travelersremark compares baked beds hot from the oven in Italy with local fare while Pottsville coal strike ends and prices stay low. Freight changes and large coal stocks persist as manufacturing drags and demand remains weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pottsrlo
Withongchang
Also Mentioned on This Page
Benjamin M. Lincoln
Vie Hope Street
Sweet & Butts
Mets
Minster Street
Providence
Benjamin Tilley
Ealer MV
Hope Street
Lewis Wo-Taft
Wood
Japan
Thames Street
H. N. Gifford
Bragford and
Hope Streets
Drury
Hope Stree
T. N. Burgess
B. Shuman
South Main Street
Thomas E. Steere
Westminster Street
R. T E. Potter & Brother
Ainte
J. L. Gardner
Houma
Bristol
R. I
Coal &c
Bradford Streets
U- Spooner
C. Hope Street
Mount Hope House
Mand
Bradford Street
Frederick B. Hart
Hops Street
Jacob Goodhart
Westminster
Exchange Street
Josiah Gladding
John H. Ford
F Franklin
W. Pierce, Jr
Westings, &c. &c
W. B. Kimball
Hope and
Church Streets
Goodhue & Son
Opticians
WH. Vars & Son
Dewolf House
Daniel Tanner
Tate Street
B. C
Otis Munro
Ceorge
Raprie
North Main Street
Fall River
Massachusetts
James P. Pierce
John
Munro
Nord
Geo
H .Whitney
Yookacler
Weatminster Street
Thames Atrest
Charles I. Phelps
Sixth Avenue
New York
WH. R. Taylor Fordwire
Ging Chandlery
Tawa Sr
R. T
Franklin Market
Thames St
Franklin St
Jokn H. Ford
Anonmibus
England
London Punch
Reynolda
Clara
Drury Lane
Heraing
Indy
Starley-strest
Roinur
Govaciuna
Lord Rivers
Miss Lovelace
Mies Lavelace
Sr. Pancras
Hus
Temi
James
Iitaly
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