Groceries and goods offered at Union Market and local shops
Advertisements list groceries meats and confections at Union Market No 1 and other stores. Items include apples dried fruits crackers spices and baking supplies plus dental services by Greene at DeWolfe House and other vendors.
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Marcus Franklin
Thames Street
Crockery
Naats Foot dc
Yankee Motions
Eeay Kuporn
Comet
Havant White
al Deae
New
Orleans
Pete Oren
Melanie 3
W. A. Greene
Dewole House
Hope Street
Jon
PI Ladopek
Mettler
Night voyage and lamp of peace in Longfellow poem
A poem by Longfellow recalls a child’s prayer and a lone watcher in a rocking cabin. The ship sways with lamps, waves, and timbers straining as the speaker finds faith and calm amid storm and sea. The lad’s soul rests under shelter and soothing rain.
The Cross on the Ocean Aboard the British Queen
Rev Murard Winslow recounts a perilous Atlantic voyage from London to New York in 1840. A gale sinks gambling temptations, a wreck yields a visible cross, rescuers save five shipwrecked men, and a Sabbath worship bonds passengers as finances and lives are restored.
Cross imagery of Beecher sermon echoes centuries of devotion
Henry Ward Beecher preached at Boston in Theodore Parker's pulpit praising the cross as a universal emblem of dignity beauty and Christian devotion. He argued the cross has become a global symbol powering memories of two thousand years of history and human admiration.
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Henry Ward Beecher
Theodore Parker
Boston
Genina
Christ
The Sailor Reproved by a Child’s Warning
A profane sailor from a vessel in New York streets is rebuked by a pious girl who warns him to meet her at the bar of God. Her solemn words break his arrogance, leading to repentance and his conversion to faith as a follower of the Lamb.
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New York
Return Ticket Sell Botched on Cleveland and Pittsburg Line
An amusing incident on the Cleveland and Pittsburg Railroad involved a Pittsburgh visitor seeking to avoid a return ticket. He chatted with a willing buyer who admired the line, only to discover the latter was the railroad president when asked who the man was. The seller tried to offload his return ticket but missed the chance as the conductor called him away.
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Detroit
Cleveland and Pittsburg
Chicago
Pittsburgh
Bir
Captains voyage to New York ends after 22 days at sea
An overland description recalls a 22 day sea passage from London to New York with a gale and calm seas. The captain and crew members who saved others were transferred to the President, then vanished at sea, and a final meeting with Captain Roberts in New York led to news of his death and eternal rest.
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New York
London
England
Roberta
Globe
Turning scraps into soil riches on the farm frontier
The article urges farmers to collect and compost all waste from kitchens and stables into muck piles to enrich soil. It advises mixing soiled water, sludge, bones, ashes, and other refuse with muck, applying it to fields, and even directing drainage to distant plots. It extols manure as more valuable than market guano and champions damming streams to improve fertilization.
Bank Joke Ends in Street Chase over False Alarm
A grain speculator and a wholesale merchant fall for a prank at the Marine Bank when the cashier jokes that the bank has “gone up” with its building, sparking frantic scenes before the misunderstanding is revealed. The pair chase each other to Tremont House bar as laughter erupts.
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Marine Bank
Lake Street
Tremont House
Chicago
Rhode Island Acts on Taxation and Cattle Disease Control
The Rhode Island General Assembly passes two acts. One levies a six cent per hundred dollar property tax and imposes duties on savings banks and insurance institutions. the other establishes a quarantine and regulatory framework to prevent contagious cattle disease, appoints a commission, and outlines penalties and enforcement. The measures take effect upon passage and require publication.
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Rhode
Davies
Ivery Institution
Sims
Sbame
Insurance Company
General Assembly
Connecticut River
Board of Commissioners
Asid Board
Treasry
John R. Bartlett
Fragmentary OCR note on affection and dinner line
A damaged OCR fragment recalls a lovestruck speaker praising a lost partner and comparing affection to meals provided, mentioning a boarder at a house and a struck bargain. The text is incomplete and garbled. It preserves names and setting only dimly and lacks clear events or outcomes.
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Vars & Son
Atate Street
J Trott
AW. W. Plerce, Jr
Mason W. Pierce, Jr
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Providence
B. L Goodhue & Son
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G. B. Goodhue
Capt. Wathen B. Meath
WM. B. Taylor
Grocery and Provision Store
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Thames St
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Worcester
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Rev
Murdard Winslow
D. D. Wane
America
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Ireland
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Canada
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the Closs
the Cross
Rhode Island
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