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Newspaper

Erie Observer

Location

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 28, 1850

Page

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Local Business Directors and Firms Listing

Directory style notice listing multiple firms and proprietors with addresses and trades. Names include Keene Spafford Bookbinder etc, with references to law offices on State Street and a dry goods hardware groceries supplier near Reed House and the corner of French and Fourth Streets.

State Street Compion & H Deiter Swerntey No Reed House Une Wid FU Lidgle & Co Bredssvitas Carnage and Wazuu Builders L. Strong M.D Weetof Wright J. L. Stewart Cres A. Bagpe Siegel Frese Pius Antal Crie Tohn McGann Woortar Panuly Crockerr Fleis Erie Trajuce Walker Julber el * Goode Granerik i Tecarry Thes Ene L. Knowlton & Bon Brianna Ware Jew Plig Atiles Keyxtong Aluors Solow Browne Worl Rute Street Eric George H. Cutle Arroamney At Law Girard Ernie County Weevons BROWN Feesee Fegis Tamer T. W. Moore Deaten Josiah Kellogg Tewarding Plate Etreet JH Williams Barker and Eichante Goks and Silvercuin, &c Ifice Brown's Henjamin F. Dennison Atronecy Cleveland Ohio Orler Atwater Parker Cambridge Law School Richand Pleteher Boston Hon Famuet H. Porkide Walvut al Philade Peltists Riettarkal TL. Rosenzweig & Co Wigitrecargaep M. Tibrals Kaire Hardy Cheapude John State Atreet Smith | Jackson Derathin Queens Hails, &c Cheapelde William Riblet Casiver Maer State Seventh Streets Ee Boe Kelso & Loomis Gexegat Coaree Bhingies É&C Epwistol K Elao Aee Carter & Brother O.le Joel Johnson Hisvonsry Pirk Row James L Tlel Fasnioeanta Merchant Tailor One Square D. B Waotesack E. Ke Bonwell Et Erie Bpafford State St Pri O. L. Elliott Beebe He’ Public Square Exie Dickerson Scralos Seventh Street Methodist Church Waotesity Ap Ean Hi Burt Edie Jace E. Mo Enve Robert Hunter Park

The Woods and the Hunter’s Morning Song

The narrator celebrates woodland life and hunting freedom. A hunter rides his horse through dawn woods while deer troop past, rifles crack, and the hunter sings a morning song praising the outdoors over life at sea. The speaker vows to chase the woods and game.

The Vision of Muriotdate and the Bessie Rescue

A sermon-like reminiscence describes a tranquil valley scene at Marriotdale where a girl named Bessie captivates a visiting clergyman. He witnesses brutal domestic violence by Yorkshire Jack, confronts communal vice at the Mariot hotel, and orchestrates care for a smallpox risk, leading to moral reckoning and a changed life for the parish.

Mariot Mariet Mr. Marigu Mariotdele Hotel Sr. Mariot Yorkshire Isiah Ephraim Edward Mariot Thad Maritdale Yorkshire Jack Bessie Borkshire Jack Lerete Uerself Evline Ublage Jack Fether Haman Meriot Hird Pasa Mariatdald Ife Dessie Bessia Earth Heaven

Have a care then sons and daughters of plenty

A Boston street scene shows two rich children taunting a poor girl and boy over literacy, while a later mansion party contrasts wealth and hardship. The poem-like tale ends with a warning that poverty can rise while wealth clings to its pride, urging empathy for the needy child.

Charge Wentley Lageaes Bessie Satas Boston Sthog Arthur Mark Barney Juns United States Adams Mr. Adams Thia Wren Parcessiin Ohio

Turning Jack Saves Life in West Tennessee Trial

A Tipton county murder case from about eighteen years earlier ended with a dramatic jury verdict after a midnight poker game decided by a coin tossing substitute. Col P. dealt a turn that saved the accused as the jurors bonded to prevent a wrongful conviction. The Memphis Eagle notes the remarkable tale and its lingering mystery.

West Tennessee Tipton County Co. P Cal. P Siz Col. P Ige Memphis Jack Eagle

A Boul Above Stealing

A comic exchange unfolds as Billy Bottom recounts losing a finger after claiming he must eat it to steal a trep. Old Saratoga overhears Skeeside in the evenings and weighs in on the tale of misfortune and odd luck.

Ile Billy Saratoga Skeeside

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