Late Providence Fair Awards and Domestic Needlework
Premium winners at the Providence fair include Thompson & Crosby for wood engravings and M. Martin for penmanship. The list covers textiles, basketry, clothing, and assorted crafts by numerous Rhode Island residents and firms, with items ranging from shell combs to rag carpets and bed quilts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Thompson & Crosby
T. Martin
F. A. Foote
Oren Claflen
Manchester & Brother
Manchester & Brother, Daguerreotypes, 1,00 T. W Camm, Chair Work, 5,00 C
DO. P. Dyer
Cranston
Bem
Coggeshall &Barstow
Cleveland and Bro
D.C. Anthony
Cyrus Handy
Cleveland & Bro
Ewoeh Steere
Sia EB
Aldrich
Smithfield
Wen. B. Greene
Thomas E. Steere
H. M. Cook
Vogue
Hinhosh Boss
Scituate
Priesing
Botley Tower
Vintage Classified Advert The Town Paper Ad Rates
The OCR shows a 19th century style advertise page with rates and publication details. It notes a weekly Saturday issue at 7 Baterone Street and price structures for single and multiple insertions. Rates listed include one dollar per square for three months with twelve line type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vuestor Pwenex
Eter
Baterone Street
Wrintol
RB. I
Bayley
Tree Dollers
Vance
Dietunt
Death in the Dark Stream Poem Fragment
A fragmentary poem describes a stream where a drowning boy is drawn to a perilous flood. A pale youth observes the tragedy, hears a scream, and vanishes as the waters swallow him. The speaker contemplates death and longing for rest beyond the dark waters. A last line invokes a savior and home beyond the sea.
Duty of Parents to Shape Youth for Moral Society
A passage from Arthur's Home Gazette urges parents to instill temperance morality and truth in infants. It warns against neglect as children grow, notes how early guidance fades with peers and teachers, and urges line upon line instruction to earn offspring gratitude and respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Gazelle
Sons of Liberty form regular society in Newport Rhode Island
The Newportry of 1776 notes the formation of a regular Society of the Sons of Liberty by principal inhabitants of Newport and surrounding towns, electing a Standing Committee of Correspondence and pledging loyalty to King George III while opposing acts taxing colonies without consent. It also records a meeting on April 2 1766 and calls for publication of resolutions in Newport Mercury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plantations
Newport
George the Thid I
Sons of Liberty
America
Newport Menouay
A Lesson From Buchanan to James VI on Signatures
A historical anecdote describes James VI being prepared by Buchanan to avoid granting requests too readily. He was shown two papers to sign the one resigning the thrones of England and Scotland and of Buchanan and his heirs, which the prince signed without reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Leche
Buchanan
James VI
The Doctor's Two Patients
A doctor cares for Mrs Heathcote and a rebellious patient amid a lawsuit and family intrigue. The sick mother, Esther, and the loyal doctor clash over wealth, status, and duty as the fortune hinges on the court decision and moral choices. The tale ends with a plan to wed the doctor to the heiress and a reshaped life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esther
Mamma
Heathcoate
Fragmentary Scottish dialogue about hanging in accord
A garbled extract shows a Scottish cleric and countryman debating a punishment or fate. The parson prays for unity while a bystander pushes for swift concord, amid further broken lines about paying the printer and whig references.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wesley
Gilaeven
Cathy
Veroscular
Reneon
Washington
Bacon
Addison
Ael
Eoam
Cicero
Terence
Milton
Menrat
Columbian
Great West
S Browne
Gibbon
Pqrree
Anon
Aod
Phunge
Manhond
Hinseur
Hisself
Bradford
Rand
Dean
Alderman Rand
Mr. Rand
Alderman Read
Sam
Ixora
Goomtor
Bengal
Frye
Orissa
Doctor
Tony
Hanoine
Tierayor
Thor
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