21 Aug 1857
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Newspaper
Delaware State Reporter
Location
Dover, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1857
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR hints at a local merchant or tradesperson notice from a historic page. The readable bits reference merchants, possibly a permit or business matter, with unclear dates or places. The item appears fragmentary, lacking full names or outcomes.
Manufacturing Co of New York advertises Gold Pens Pencils and Pen Cases with premium gifts for purchasers. Listed items include Gold Pena 125. Silver Holders. Leviathan and Mammoth Holders. Fountain Pen Desk Holder. Gold Desk Holder and Box. Gothic Silver Cast items and assorted gold gift accessories.
An 1840s style auction notice seeks one dollar shares in a plan to distribute $40,000 of real estate, watches, jewelry, and silverware. It promises mail notices, a shareholder meeting in Philadelphia, and distribution of property to shareholders, with two brick houses and a stocked watch shop among assets. The ad touts not a scam but a formal sale of the subscriber’s property with investor references.
K J Cowgill and Son of Dover Delaware announces a large stock of building hardware including sash weights, nails, hooks and straps, rivets, screws, door locks and knobs, rings, staples, hinges, shutter bolts, latches and thumb latches. Also offering blank description forms for sale or printing to order.
A tale recounts the Bishop of Cashel and family traveling by carriage in Ireland when a highwayman attacked, stealing money and valuables after a chase. The bishop's watch and purse were recovered with the coat and wig taken by the robber, who fled, but law enforcement later captured him after he appeared in clerical dress.
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