Local Mercantile Listings and Shopfronts
A fragmented catalog of merchants and stores listing items such as groceries clothing hats gloves umbrellas perfumery goods and general provisions. Entries include Benjamin C Barrus Gifford’s Intelligence Office Sweet and Butt Neol Providence firms and assorted street corners indicating retail activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HL. N. Gifford Intelligence Office
Dexter
Medwes
C. Neo & Westuiacher Sureet
Providence
K. G
Bridford Street
Night and Hope in a Philadelphia Swindle Tale
A nostalgic medley opens with a motherly good night refrain and shifts to a Philadelphia swindle story about a rich Frenchwoman and a clergyman, who were duped after she posed as inheritance seeker. The piece notes sugar and molasses speculators losing millions, while society laments cries for charity as prices trend downward.
Fragile Lines of Morals and Mine Disasters in 19th Century Bits
A collection of brief notices and anecdotes from a late 1800s issue. Topics include jealousy ethics, a man injuring himself after an accusation, a deadly coal mine explosion in England, and reflections on maternal influence, plus a tragic shooting accident and a medical remedy claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Manchester
Ashton
Prodigal Youth Reclaims Life After Sixpence Gift
Charles Aubrey, a fallen youth with eleven thousand dollars once in his possession, is saved from despair by an old woman's guidance and a merchant's mercy. He reforms, finds work with Amos Williams, and is aided back to respectability by Mrs Swan and a loyal love, Mary, who sacrificed to restore him. A silver sixpence on a prodigal painting marks the turnaround.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin C. Bordick
Charles Aubrey
Albie
Aubrey
Palay
Charley
j + Cér
Charles
Amos Williams
Williams
Mr. Williams
Earth
Jesus of Nazareth
Charlie
Swan
Thut
Bharlea
Mary
Lany
Fife
Mtting Room
Friendship in the tavern reunion of two veterans
Lieut Montgomery, resting after war, encounters a French stranger who recalls a shared past. The men reveal scarred wrists and a brutal exchange, then embrace as old comrades, their bond renewed in the unexpected meeting.
Transformation of a Sour Lady to a Contented Mind
An old lady once famed for sour looks becomes amiable after saying she has lived seeking a contented mind and finally chose to sit content without it. A needy man who hosts lavish dinners spends much for laughter, illustrating ironic reform.
Tracts for the Million on Tobacco Dangers Boosted
Rev Geo Trask of Fitchburg publishes tracts arguing tobacco causes nervous debility heart failure and sudden death. A Boston temperance tale shows a mother’s gentle warning guiding a son’s life, illustrating the moral power of one word to alter fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mtnor
Geo, Trask
Fichburg
Amend
Asa Mountain Ton Mole-Hill
Yaller dog and mutton talk with Bavarian church excommunications
A humorous tale features a stranger and a chopper debating a yaller dog’s whereabouts with exaggerated measures. A dinner guest praises a leg of mutton, quipping about his husband’s epicac. The Bavarian bishop excommunicates several priests for arguing salvation outside Rome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augsburg
Bavaria
Rome
Mrs Watts Dies in Mount Pleasant at 109
Mrs Mary Watts died at her Mount Pleasant Maryland home on the 27th in her advanced age of 109 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Watts
Mount Pleasant
Brick by brick in city lore from a stormy chat
A young woman chats with her promised beau during a rain shower while he carries an umbrella. He jokes about being a “brick” as a compliment and compares courage to a Laplander chasing a reindeer, then asks about the term’s origin. A provincial prince-style line interrupts with soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chris Tan
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John Gladding
Thames Street
GEO
Whitney
Statsuer
Westminster Atreet
Providence RI
Ban B. Suluman
Ceorge W. Fraprie
North Main Street
Pall River
Mass
Benjamin C. Barrus
Genis
Ilo Mape Street
Daniel Janner
Sheowng
Grate Shoet
Ri Tal
K. 1
Cristal
John BB. Munro
Bradford Oireet
Otis Munro
D-C
G-C
Abanes
State Street
Lewin
Steves
Japan
Iron
Liewes
Blale
Cururt
Paris
Uis, &c
Jusepmus Gooding
Nannery
Gcverner
Benjamin Tilley
Dralah
John H. Ford
Franklin Street
Pierce
Crete
B. Kimball
C. Sterner
Tlupe
Chucch
SS. Drury
Hope Street
A. Waldemn
Cassinieres
Doeskins
Nore
Grawforde
East Perbrooks
Amer. Pierce, Foreign and Domestery
George Tilley Stee
Bradford Street
Phuaas
Weaatminister
Pearse i
Gefner
We Wolf's Wharf
Jacob Goddhari
Westmmister
Haave Alt
Speagyoila Pe
New York City
Newburyport Herald
Michael McAnanly
Augustus B Chopin
Westfield
Augustus Chapin
Montgomery
Endl
The
Boston Traveller
Boston
Green
Vermont
Edward
Calcutta
Mediteranean
San Francisco
Cape of Good Isope
North Pole
South
Garden
New York
Yaller
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