Local notices and railroad queries in Columbia era
Reading through the August 8 1857 issue shows local notices on the Pennsylvania Railroad tariff and transport facilities, comments on the Northern Central Railway incident near York, a sensational felonious case involving Mrs Cunningham and Burdell proceeding, and announcements of periodicals and agricultural journals. It highlights civic tone and rail interests shaping local commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goon Tive
Northern Central Railroad
Columbia
York
Campbell
Trombo
Washington
Bellevue
Ile
Baltimore
Row at Ephrata Grounds Southern Northern Hostilities
A Baltimorean at Ephrata lodgings clashes with a waiter over a removed dish. Insults and threats escalate to a physical altercation amid mixed guest sentiment, with discussions of slavery and regional bias fueling tensions and later reconciliation among guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephrata
Lencaster County
Tery
Mason and Dixon
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Commonwealth
Maryland
Free Soil
Baltimore
Arrival of the Persia and European dispatches
New York reports the Persia arriving with dates to the 25th inst and passing Sandy Hook at dusk before 9 a.m. off Cape Cod. Meanwhile the Susquehanna reaches Liverpool and Britain notes political actions in France Spain and England. Royal Navy ships prepare for India and Parliament debates Jewish enfranchisement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Persia
Sandy Hook
Vanderbilt
Atlantic
Susquehanna
Liverpool
France
Agamemnon
Cork
Irish
China
Lord Elgin
Pekin
Canton
John Russel
Rothschild
Jocelyn
Portsmouth
India
Malta
Calcutta
Suez
Trieste
House of Commons
W. Smith
Bombay
Silence Ends Scene With Broom Handle Close
A dialogue ends as a character treats marriage as a means of grace and another agrees repentance is found there. The scene closes abruptly with a broom handle, implying an exit or disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jones
Defence of Panning and Puns Across Ages
The writer vents at and analyzes punning, citing Foote Quinn Homer Shakespeare and Johnson. He notes puns permeate ancient and church discourse, and recalls a humorous St Andrews anecdote about selling honors and Provost poverty. The piece mocks easy wit while praising clever wordplay across eras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Mote
Foote
Quinn
Shakspeare
Johnson
St. Andrew’s College
Johnston
Resolved Sabbath School excursion ends in seasickness at Sodus Bay
A Syracuse Sabbath school party enjoyed a Lake Ontario excursion to Little Sodus Bay. Preambles and resolutions were adopted praising divine providence and thanking Stone's Sax Horn Band. The return voyage brought rough seas, seasickness among children, and wet garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Little Sodus Bay
Divine Providence
Second Baptist Church of
Lake Ontario
Stone
Albany Argus
Syracuse Standard
Baptist Sabbath School
Sodus Bay
Siamese kings and their tolerant, learned reign
Sir John Bowring's account portrays Siam as a dual monarchy with two kings sharing power in harmony. One ruler is scholarly, multilingual, and scientifically adept, while his brother hosts refined culture and a museum of curiosities. The Siamese are peaceful, religiously tolerant Buddhists open to dialogue with missionaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avery
Siam
John Bowring
Euclid
Eilewton
Laos
John
Buddah
Matrimonial Chance by Lot and Lament in Gossip
A comic tale and several short items mix courtship gambles with scandalous notices. The Count de Mig’s blunt bluff at marriage ends in fate decided by a pair of letters and a hat drawn by a servant. Jane Parker denounces her husband Bill Parker in a virulent public appeal. A London trial recounts a pawn scheme verdict, while a judge humorously reacts to a juror’s itch delaying a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marrigo
Crance
Count de M
Chateau de
M. de Mig
Itinerant preacher mocks sinners with beetle wedge simile
Colonial column notes a minister's rough sermon about knotty hickory butts and a wedge of grace. Several public notices list candidates for Union County offices including Clerk of the Orphan's Court and Sheriff with convention subject to votes. Names such as Linnebury Starrier Marry Canneut Leamon Rowe Snenx appear in announcements dated 1857.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onprian’s Court
S.P. Linnebury
Columbia
the Orphan’s Court
Union County
Bartram A. Starrier
Eng
Lancaster
Peter Marry
Clay Twp
Suerifranty
Jay CanneEut
George Leamon
East Lampeter
Union
Tne Suerirrary
Benjamin F. Rowe
Providence Township
Union County Convention
Sqr
Christian Snenx
City of
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Columbia Spy
Pennsylvania Independent Journal
Ben
Pusey, Esqr
Schuimacker
Nera
Philadelphia
Fresent
Penn
RRB
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cunningham
Harvey Burdell
Burdell
Uhl
Messrs. Cowler & Weiss
Broadway, N. X
Medical
R. S. Newton
M. D
Seventh Street
Cincinnati
Germantown
Reading Gazette
Reading
Marritburg
Jimmy Buchanan
Ehnarkisburg
Disratenen
C. Strawbridge
Black
G. C. Franciscus
Penna R
Pennciscus
Pittsburg Commercial Journal
Columbia Railroad
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pittsburgh
Geo. C. Franciscus
Franciscus
Pranciscus
Europe
Spain
England
Fngland
Scicipe
New Orleans
Texas
Thomas J. Rusk
U. S
Canal Department
The
W. B. Foster, Jr
T. al. Dupuy
D. L. Mitchell
Ray" Blackwood
Paradise
Saratoga
Tox
Lare Gurer
Tom
Harpers Weekly
M. de Trobriand
Courrier Des Etats Unis
Twenty-ninth Street
N. Y. Post
Beam Henry B. Hirst
Mr. Buchanan
Old Buck
Frentice
Jane Parker
William Parker
Scott
Franklin
Lexington
Bill Parker
Frankfort (Ky
Teeman
Trapeswan
Bryan
Recorder of London
Elkington
Justice Willes
Baron Bramwell
Oakley
Huhneman
Mackets
Rene
Ds & Grub Plank
Tennessee
Southern
Pen Southern
Winskry
Sayor
Evane
Avrona
N.Y
Nathan Tilley
Messrs
Morgan
Bach
Tury
Messrs. Morgan
Aurora
L Bueh
United States
Canada
Wood
Fetridge & CO
Jones & Co
Crescent
Market Street
Sixth
Gaxarntss
Blackwood
Sething
Rackhill & Wilson
Chesnut Street
Holloway
Smetrgel
A. K. Kauffman
Joan
Manta Makin
Wes
D. Herr
Radler
Wheeler
Pennock
Cooper
Mott
Paschall, Morris &To
Phila
Philadelphia College of Medicine
Ifth Street
Walnut
Faith College
Howard Rand
Geary
Reeder
Shannon
John H. Gihon
Gesry
Rad Murray, Young & CO
Laneueter, Ps
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