One Million Dollars Worth of Articles Sold at One Dollar Each
An auction style list offers items priced at one dollar each, detailing gems, watches, rings, chains, bracelets, pins, pens, and silverware. The catalog features a wide range of jewelry and precious metal pieces from a California Diamond Ring to Gold Pens, with quantities and implied values.
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California
Broadway
New York
England
Arrapdale & CO
Aventy
Arrandale & CO
N.Y
God bless the little feet that can never go astray
A reflective poem on lost children, recalling tiny shoes laid away in a closet. The speaker mourns two children, Sam and others, feeling bitter loss as memories surface. The verse pivots from grief to a hopeful vision of them in paradise or a golden river beyond tragedy.
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Pam
Sam
Paradise
Friands
FH Markets Union Market Advertisement at Corner of Hope and Church
An extended ad for FH Markets and Union Market at Hope and Church Streets offers beef mutton lamb fresh pork sausages tripe poultry and game plus new codfish mackerel and other goods. WM B Kimball notes constant fresh meats poultry vegetables and ice, sold cash and packed for families. Location listed as Hope Street second door north from Bradford Street.
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Hope and
Church Streets
WM B Kimball
Hope Street
Bradford Street
Mount Hope Market Ad Promises Fresh Goods at Low Prices
The note thanks patrons for past support and invites public patronage at Mount Hope Market. It lists turkey, geese, chickens, ducks, wild game, New York beef from Providence and Rehabberh, plus pork, sausage meat, tripe, and vegetables. Says prices will be cheap as the times allow.
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Po Aeeachaerber
Wold
New York
Providence
Thematos
OFS Dvapepsia Cure and Cough Balsam Note Granted
A historical notice records a full supply request for a remedy named OFS Dvapepsia Cure and Cough Balsam by the applicant mh on the fourth of June. The document appears as a postal or public supply entry. The item references a medical cure and respiratory aid registered in the period.
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OFS
The Boy and the Voiceless Bridge Trial
Dramatic scene at Virginia's Natural Bridge shows a youth carving niches in the limestone wall to reach safety as a rope save is thrust by a Virginian ally. The crowd on the channel and bridge witness a desperate moment of life and death.
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Virginia
Alexander
Caesar
Bonaparte
Warpincton
Brunduck
Feld
William William
Henry
Harriet
Sho
Vegetable Flannel and Forest Wool Textile From Germany
A German process by Leopold Lasritz turns Scutch fir leaves into a textile called forest wool or vegetable flannel. The fabric allegedly aids rheumatic and neuralgic conditions by heating the skin and absorbing emanations, while maintaining body warmth. It claims to regulate phosphorus effects and renew bodily functions, with large local employment noted and cautions about cerebral congestion in sensitive individuals. A horse breeder adds a curious note about a cochin pecking corn.
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Germany
Varius
Matertil &E
M Leopold Lasritz
From Paradise Gate to the Feather Weight of Ambition
A long,-tangled passage recounts Alexander the Great seeking the Garden of Paradise, weighed by a magical feather and earth, learning that ambition outbalanced by power cannot be checked. the tale ends with his death in Babylon and then shifts to musings on graceful movement and arm swinging as exercise for women, cited to Dr Dio Lewis.
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Alexander
India
Furte
Navartheleas
Dio Lewis
Ayia
Death Watch Beetle Misconception Explained
An old belief links a ticking sound in houses to death. In reality a tiny woodboring beetle makes the noise during its boring, causing anxiety and superstition about nearby mortality. The insect gnaws wood and emits a rhythm that many misinterpret as a sign of doom.
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Everal
Survey of Jerusalem Reveals Underground City Tracks
Observer Captain Wilson reports extensive underground exploration in Jerusalem. He mapped ancient topography, noting a preserved arch, a 40 to 50 foot span, and large stones similar to Jawieh works. A cistern near the Temple area is found, with tunnels, crisscrossing passages, and a fish stream leading to springs.
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Wilson
Ned Baw
Sone
Pengo Tate
Ares
Lonpun
Diphtheria Follows Fashion From Low Collar Culture
A garbled century voice argues that modern low neck attire invites diphtheria and erodes national defenses once protected by elaborate dress. The passage links public health risk to changing styles, urging caution amid social change and moral reflection.
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Dresa
Buva
Walla
Eure
Come and visit or dine phrases reveal social etiquette
The piece critiques vague social invitations and promises that lack dates or commitments. It argues genuine courtesy requires clear plans and punctual visits, warning that casual “come and see me” wording cheapens politeness and can damage trust.
Do You Believe What You Do Not Understand
A curious dialogue unfolds with a self confident group debating belief and understanding. A stranger asks if they accept ideas beyond their grasp, provoking responses that mix confusion and insistence on comprehension.
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Gentianen
Elise
Chinese Army Surgeon Introduces Variolated Smallpox Cure
A recent report from China claims a Kaglah army surgeon developed a method to treat smallpox. The technique uses heated injections and tar preparations during fever before eruption to accelerate eruption, purportedly providing relief and preventing internal complications. It is said to be adopted by the Boghel army in China and regarded as a perfect cure.
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Haa
Ftrand
Kaglah
Ching
Jalan
Tha Direane
Arti
Internabergans
Elissa Aand
China
Bones for Fratt Trees
Bones are recommended for tree planting and maintenance. Crushing bone pieces and placing them around borders aids new growth, improves tree vigor, and helps prevent cracking. Save bones from premises to use for future fruit trees and rooting stock.
Slavery Lied and Laws as History Echoes
Fragmented passage references slavery and figures such as John Brown and Jefferson Davis, contrasting actions with violent rhetoric. It weaves political figures and moral judgments into a sweeping, disjointed meditation on history and deceit. The garbled text mentions figures like Wise Preston Brooke and Floyd, plus a moralizing line about a hunter of lies and a self-inflicted end.
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Uea
Osen
Wise
John Brown
Preston Brooke
Charles Sumner
Floyd
Wondrell Phillipa
Jefferson Davie
Garrian Thos
Sunide
Hiatory
Ramapo mill opening amid local festivity and songs
A long past event at Ramapo village near New York describes the opening of a manufactory on the Erie railroad. Notables including Keesa Lewis Gayl Clark and Elliot the artist attended a feast with music and dancing. The crowd drank and celebrated as the establishment pledged to use Ramapo water to power its wheels.
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Keesa
Lewis Gayl Clark
Elliot
Ramapo
York
Erie
Dominius
United Se
Lutin
Shakepeare Club
Reese
Prowdient appoints Mayor Delany to lead medical dept
The Prowdient commissions Surgeon Mayor Mr Delany, a Black man, to report to General Saxton and organize the medical department for the colored recruit.
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Prowdient
Delany
Saxton
Rhode Island Acts Include Education Aid and Inspector Duties
A transcription of multiple General Assembly acts dated during the Civil War era outlines duties for town clerks to send orphan lists to Adjutant General, creation of an Inspector of Cables, city council control over inspectors, and ordinances to curb street obstructions. It also details a state revenue act repealing direct state taxes in favor of town levies and applying funds to military expenses and bonds.
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Rhode Island
United Siater
General Assembly
United States
Lovidence
Cublea
City Council
Dublen
Revolutuans
KR Bartlett
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Bristol Phenix
Bristol
R.I. C. A. Greene
Teenato
Bristol County
RTH
Arrandale& CO
Armes
Bardwell & Co
Pierce Brothers
F. H. Richmond
Exchange Place
C. Cooth
Ay Darling
FH Markets
Union Market
Hope Street Market
David
Mount Hope Market
FE. M. Wardwell
Agnel
Warren
Assel Handy
Anid Warren
S$ Commissioners
Alabawas. Post
Arel9iar
A. J Josephus Gooding
Schneider’s
State Street
Fenae
G Schneider
Samuel Spink
Court of Probate
Sylvants HO Busiee
Chanlesj Bishee
Adm'r Warren
Childrens
Call Bells &c &O
Job Monro
B. Monro
Storn
Elina Blrritt
Survey of Jerusalem
Talan
Page
Grasa
Anid
Walt
Fratt Trees
Piawix
Privileg
Kesse
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