Fortune style jewelry sale promises employment for all
A period ad touts a vast sale of jewelry and goods worth over 800000 with no reserve. It claims widespread favorable press and invites readers to buy certificates for prizes and to become agents, offering large commissions and promises of riches. The piece cites Meyers Girard W. Devaugh & Co. of Maiden Lane New York and dates from 1865.
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Messrs. Devaugh & Co
Mirror of Fashion
Messrs
Newnaugh & Co
Ledger
Messrs Devaugh & Co
Maxiden Lane
Tribune
Meyers
Girard W. Devaugh & Co
Maiden Lane
Staats Zeitung
Messra- Devaugh & Co
Girard W. Devaugh &Co
New York
Munro's Advertises Carpeting and Paper Goods
An old classified item notes tarred paper and plain roofing paper likely for sale at Munro's. The brief entry highlights paper products such as tarred sheathing and plain paper suitable for roofing or construction use.
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ARPET
Gale At
Regal Fotices Administrator's Notice in Bristol Probate
Administrator qe sebcomber has been appointed by the Honorable Court of Probate of Bristol as administrator of the estate of Barah A. D'Wolf. The notice informs heirs and creditors to present claims and for proper administration of the estate under probate law.
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Sebcomber
Court of Probate
Bristol
Barah A. D'Wolf
Lucretia
Samuel T
Rachel G. Sparks
Rhode Island
Edwin G. Brown
Estate of William B. Tilley probate account
The executrix Jane Tilley presents the final account of the estate of William B. Tilley late of Bristol deceased for allowance. The account is received and referred to July third at two o clock in the Town Clerk s office Bristol for consideration. Publication ordered for fourteen days in the Bristol Phenix. Geo W Fraprie 27 North Main St Fall River Mass. Paper boxes description for manufacturers offered by the firm.
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Proparsor
Bassrou
Elizabeth G. Lewis
Vrotine L. Lewis
Bristol
Thames Street
River Street
James B White
Abby W Fish
Johnng Harding
Hope Street
Abby W. Fish
John G. Harding
Henry Wardwell
Durfee T. Bradford
Bristol Phenix
Peter Gladding
Paosatxortat
Batstor
William B Tilley
Judi’ Tilley
Willan
William B. Tylley
Caistor
Josiah Coggeshall
Illiam W Coggeshall
Briatol
Morris Murphy
Morris Murphs
Bristol Phentz
Jane
Edward Dawley
Royal Dawley
Sttch
The Old Man of the Mountain and the Wind of Wrath
A poetic meditation on New Hampshire’s granite sentinel facing south as rocks crumble. The narrator recalls the face in stone and the lament for sins across the land, linking the prophecy to fire, sword, and the cry for divine mercy. The poem ends with the sentinel’s decay becoming a legend from peaceful years to a memory.
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New Hampshire
Damages Report For Bristol Railroad Lands 1865
A licensed Common Pleas court in Bristol reports on damages for lands affected by the Fall River Warren and Providence Railroad. Commissioners sworn to fairness filed claims, with Waterman and Miller heirs involved. Totals: Waterman 1275 dollars. Miller heirs 325 dollars.
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Barto
Court of Common Pleas
Couft of Common Pleas
Bristol
Fall River
Warren and Providence
Bristol Phenix
Joho O Waterman
George Miller
George T. Gardner
Enq
John O. Waterman
Allen C. Mathewson
Otis G. Harris
James Dew. Perry
Soldier recalls a teenage singer on the Wilderness battlefield
A Union soldier writes of crossing the Rapidan a year earlier and witnessing a frail 16 year old Vermont regiment member sing a mother’s care hymn amid dead and wounded. The youthful soldier, leaning on his gun after losing his regiment, radiated a cherubic voice like an angel, and the writer wonders if he survived the next day’s combat.
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Army of the Potomac
Rapidan
Atorf
Vermont
Reminiscence on Lincoln and cabinet humility
A friend recalls an early cabinet meeting after Lincoln's capitulation news. The group prayed in silence as tears showed reverence to God. Lincoln spoke of traveling light and urged his son Bob to return home and pursue studies, planning to rely on himself.
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Lee
Lincoln
Bob
Robert
Thaddeus
Make the Home More Attractive with Small Upgrades
Advice on gradual home improvements from yard clearing to flowering borders and painted rooms. Encourages trees, shrubs, gravel paths, and neat borders, paced by means, to boost family happiness and inspire neighbors as well.
Workers will Find Jobs as South Rebuilds After War
The article notes returning soldiers and displaced workers will seek land in the Southern states as railroads and cities rebuilt postwar demand carpenters masons plumbers wheelwrights and iron workers. Agricultural labor remains needed while labor surpluses are absorbed by new employment opportunities. It mentions a relic of Jefferson Davis and an Antwerp world excursion for educational travel for youths.
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Virginia
South
Antwerp
Infant Health Census Sparks Air and Warmth Reform
Hauser's Journal notes that infant mortality was high with 24 of 25 dying before age one, while laws redirected infants to the country and later reduced deaths to 450 of 2500. It argues for pure air and proper warmth, urging parents to secure healthful conditions and avoid dangerous beliefs about warmth.
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New York
Ha U
The Newspaper Appreciated
A reflective monologue celebrates newspapers as a window on the world and a mirror of the age. The author contrasts distant events and everyday details with personal experiences, praising illustrations, advertisements, and the vivid glimpses captured by page prose.
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Japan
Yokohama
varied kisses and the art of kissing
A humorous, prescriptive piece on kissing manners describes diverse styles from light brushes to intense embraces. It urges shyness initially but favors a warm energized kiss with soul and skill, recalling a youth memory of a memorable kiss.
Morse wire promise doubted by old savant
An old schoolmaster and legislator dismissed Morse’s magnetic telegraph as impractical for large bundles. Weeks later observers saw poles erected by his home and he admitted the system might carry small packages but not large ones, reflecting shifting views on early telegraph viability.
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Morse
Baltimore
Washington
Savant
O'Reiley
Speaking Up in the Meeting Front and Back T:
The note urges clear voices from the front to be heard by the back of the meeting. It stresses equal interest and asks speakers in the front to raise their voices so all attendees can follow the proceedings.
Inspections at a Lunatic Asylum End in Humorous Illusion
A government inspector visits a lunatic asylum and mingles with staff and patients at a Saturday ball. He chats with a housemaid claiming a patient in a white dress is mad, only to learn the woman is a sane domestic helper. The tale pokes gentle fun at pretensions and misread minds within the asylum.
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Enid
England
Prince of Wales
Attachment Between the Dog and the Cat
In a metropolitan household a new cook brings her dog into the kitchen. The cat dislikes the intruder but gradually accepts him. When the cook leaves, she visits with the dog, and the cat feeds him her own dinner, then stands beside him while he eats. The anecdote comes from the owner of the house.
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Wuuon
Rare type Davis captured after pursuit by Union forces
The New York Daily News recounts Jefferson Davis as a rare person who faced annihilation with calm. Gen Wilson's account describes Davis escaping by donning his wife's dress, pursued by Union troops who mistook him for a woman before spotting his boots. He yielded to revolvers after brandishing a bowie knife and lamented the pursuit of women and children.
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The
New York Daily News
Jeffarson Davis
Anon
Colt
Losses of War and a Mother's Tender Moment
Official war office returns estimate army deaths at about 325000 with wounded at three to one. The piece notes the nation's sacrifice while contrasting a tender scene where a mother disciplines a child for truth in the face of loss.
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War Office
Beecher and the Wood Sawyer Accord in a Neighborhood Tale
An old wood sawyer named W. clashes with Dr. Beecher over religious prejudice and wood cutting. Beecher aids W. by sharing his own accurate saw, trading work for wood, and wins W. over, making him a stout supporter of the doctor thereafter.
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Beaton
Cremona
Couneil
Aministern
Sawyer
Dr. Beecher
W. Mid
Freak Fromm
Old W
Old Beecher
Extempore Preaching and a Marital Misprint Prank
A minister dispatched to fill a Sabbath sermon faces wary acceptance from a farmer who insists on a fluent gospel flowing like water. Later, Attorney Alexander Conkey’s marriage notice is garbled in the local paper as typesetting turns Euphemia Wiggins into Ephemia Wigeglos and yields playful edits changing Love to an onion and other lines.
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Farmer
Alexander Conkey
Euphemia Wiggins
Gulv
A. Conkey
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National Hope Terasury Department
Ramuel T. Howard
Tirana
California
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Munro's
Regal Fotices
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Adm
Peter Gnadding
Peter Gladdigg
Josephus Gooding
Hope and State Sts
Paper Box Manufactory
New England
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Tle
State of
Providence
Charles
Bpomer
Mr. Lincoln
Boston
Richmond
Jeff. Davie
J Davie
Davis Buena Vista
Jeff. Davis
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the Wood Sawyer
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