Susquehanna Planing Mill announces lumber supplies in Columbia
The undersigned Dickinson and Huly announce readiness to furnish flocking siding surfaced lumber doors sash shavers blinds window and door frames mouldings and more at low market prices in Columbia Pennsylvania orders by mail receive prompt attention.
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Susquehanna Planing Mill
Columbia
Elfall
Vietton Dickinson & Huly
Bellevue House
N. E
Front
Walnut Streets
Fosuua J. Gault
Martha J. Miles
T Archicopers
Ollie Val Tamel
Me & Eal
E-Tathemient
Front Street
Washington House
Columian Sug Bt
Charles Wollisius
Filbert
Hiss
Dlessee
Villiaal Waters
Prine
Svaties Wholesate
Colanmtaa
Appold & CO
Canal Basin
Loutville Journal Poem For a Brother in Heaven
A heartfelt poem by Emma Alice Brown of Pleasant Grove Lancaster County Pa expresses a sister’s grief for her brother laid to rest. She recalls Lilies blossoms and cherry blossoms while imagining him in the kingdom above and asks angels to guide her afterlife.
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Loutevil ¢ Journal
Emma Alice Brown
Pleasant Grove
Lancaster County, Pa
Evancels
The Golden Year Poem Echoes a Quest for Peace
The verses wander through seasons and time, imagining a future where humanity moves onward toward a radiant golden year. Images of sun, earth, and eagle frame a hopeful yet tempered longing for universal peace and shared prosperity across lands and seas.
The Bold Blacksmith of the Valley Heroic in Retreat
A stout Linck smith near a southern byroad helps save a wounded American by propping him against a rock while a pursuing force closes in. He refuses transport, vows to fire his last three shots, and dies with rifle ready as Continental and British forces surge past.
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Lafayette
Anthony Wayne
Dying Blacksmith's Resolve in Battle: A Soldier's Final Shot
A wounded battle scene recalls a blacksmith who fires his rifle in a last act of defiance. He exclaims That’s for Washington and That’s for myself as he dies, while a comrade faints and others fall. Restoratives revive him. the injured man regains strength and rides through the peril.
Youth and Freedom in American History Promise and Peril
An excerpt from Samuel A Eng s Manual of United States History argues that America shows vigor and immaturity due to youth and freedom. It warns of dangers from disunion and lawlessness while urging responsible deeds to ensure a noble place in world history.
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Samuel A. Eng
Republic
Death of George Washington and other notices from a Cincinnati paper
An oration recounts George Washington’s death at sixty six, noting his calm acceptance and last requests. The piece ends with a Cincinnati burial notice warning against hasty burials following Daniel Stearns’ fever death and immediate funeral arrangements.
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Rawlings
Tie
Mr. Lear
Lear
George Washington
Gor. Wise
Virginia
Iasty Beinars
Cincinnati
Fremont
Sandusky County
Daniel Stearns
The Plight of Show Furnishings in a Stiffly Decorated Room
A dated railing against display furniture that wears its own disguise. The author laments bagged chairs and draped mirrors, arguing comfort and wearability beat ostentation. The piece questions spending on showy goods that remain unused and unseen by their owners.
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Stacles
Franklin's 1724 Boston Visit Sparks Oyster Trick Tale
The narrative recalls Benjamin Franklin touring Boston in 1724 and at inns answering inquiries with self deprecating remarks. A tale describes him feeding oysters to his horse then to himself when the horse refused, prompting amused, skeptical locals and a warm fireside scene.
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Franklin
Boston
Philadelphia
West Tavern
Benjamin Franklin
Trostler
Tranklin
Euch
Ruefil Fares
Hayfield bragging tale ends with fall from wagon
In a Yankee hay field a bragging old man competes with his sons loading hay. The pile grows, the old man stays competitive until it topples, and he lands among the hay. He explains he came down after hay, a fact the boys confirm.
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Jay
The Power of a Soft Answer in Boyhood
A tale recalls a student’s temper and a calm reply by Tom Tucker, whose steadfast refusal to fight and gentle discourse reshape the narrator. The lesson highlights gentleness as a cure for conflict and the lasting influence of prudent speech.
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Lye
Tom Tuckes
Tom Tucker
Lotton
Tom
Charles
Charles Everett
Mom
A Jew s Prudence Tale Of A Dying Father And Slave
In a Talmud tale a father ill in distant Jerusalem wills his estate to a trusted slave with a condition that the son be told of the death and receive any one thing he selects. The sage explains the prudence: the slave must inform the son to prevent plunder and preserve the estate. The youth frees the slave with gifts after choosing his portion.
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Jerusalem
Deeoise
Jlo
Pictures as solace in blank rooms and winter light
The author extols pictures as escape for the soul, noting blank walls depress begin writing or reading. Pictures open imagined scenes, offering relief, contrast between winter and imagined summer, serving as consoles, flattery, and gateways to imprisoned thoughts and stories without pages.
Stars visible to naked eye and through great telescopes
The article traces estimates of visible stars from Herschel and his father and notes how larger reflectors by Rosse, Pulkova, and Cambridge reveal nebulae as galaxies like the Milky Way, each containing millions of suns. It highlights progress in instrumental power expanding the count of celestial objects.
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John Herschel
Lord Rosse
Pulkova
Cambridge
Milky Way
Sunday Corn and Post Office News Spark Rural Debate
An infidel boasts of two acres of Sunday corn to fund infidel books, provoking a Bible-based rebuttal. The Postmaster General reports 25,662 U S post offices as of June with 339 earning over 1000 annually and total mail transport costs. Also notes on recreation aiding community order, a tale of living without water by Khoikhoi in South Africa, and a profile of Hon Joseph P Comegys new Delaware senator.
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Newner
Usion
Union
Senate
Peorne Win
Orange River
Anderson
South Africa
Akrall
Uottentots
Joseph P. Comegys
United States
Delaware
Dover
John M. Clayton
Comegys
Mr. C
Gov
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Northern Central Railroad Company
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Medi- Columbia
G. W. Mifflin
Deere Locust Street
Columbia, Pa
H. M. Nortit
Collezions
Lancaster
York Counties
I. W. Fisher
P. L. Hackenberg
Fishe & Hwackenberg
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Colbia
Scott
Davies E. Bruner
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Pfrour Street
Perry
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George J. Smith
Locust Street
Bank
Samuel Lodge
Pal Parppparda
B. FF. Appold & Co
Generse
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York
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Ealers
Trom Putsborg
Canal Burn
James Strotder
Penna Rail Road
Gay
Washington Hote
BY. Appold & CO
S.C. Swartz
Columba
Welsh & Rich
Tontaine
Sawl Filbert
Golden Mortar Davy Store
Rapp
Mira
Perous
Rand
Georg
J. Ameph
G J Smith
Franklin Flousee
Poote
Welsh & Ricil
Oda Fellows
torSane Anwirde
Reiner
Amicney
Daniel Were
Board of
Columbia Public Ground Company
Gerdard Brandt
Cpmelees
Second
Locust
Besson
Solter
Golub
Mount Vernon House
Fienry K.minich
Guess
Jeonn
Franklin House
Locust St. Columbia
Page
Martin Erwin
Daniel Herr
Moss
D. Herr
JO Nn T
S.C Swartz
McVorneele
Lleties
Ellows
C. Swartz
Soswartz
AIK
S. Jones
Batchelor
Peter
Reypuan
Willa
Trent .T
McCorkle & Delletts
Oddfellow's
ARK & Thompson
Shreiner
Apendee Tee
R Williams
Marcel
Seidlitz
SAM Filberts Drug Store
Frontstat
Ionezi
RLF, Appold & CO
Colanina
R. Williams
Williams
Sun Front
RK. Williams
Front Sheet
Finetty
Jones
Alfred Tennyson
Mission of the Cross
Washington
Anthony Waya
Braeine
Kay
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