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Newspaper

Erie Observer

Location

Erie, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1853

Page

1

John Burton Co Medicines and Dental Services Erie

John Burton Co offers drugs medicines dyes groceries and related goods at No 5 Reed Home Erie with reasonable prices and warranty on work. Dr O L Elliott, resident dentist, operates on the south side of the public square near the Diamond Street east of the Bank Building, offering gold plates and full sets with care and warranties.

John Goulding Taxi Tarren Fuileetree J. H. Bilett W. Co Erie Penns Glark & Metcalf Way Williams & Wright Fawkins Fign The Union Ce Ce Williams’ Block Rizgest George J. Morton Tate J. Hearn & Co Feawannrid Sinabe Public Dock D. D. Walker & C O Second Ware Public Bridge Erie Pa W. H. Knowlton Reed House Arbuckle & Kepler Perry Block Slate Street Ene Cadwell & Bennett Bucet Brown's Alto—Atvils S. Mervin-Smith Avnoaxey Waotesace and Barat Deseers Wight's Eric Marshall & Vincent Tammany Baill Prothonotary Murray Whallon Arronxerano Cocnsx.uor C. B. Wright Storr Btate Smith Jackson William Riblet Manen Ourrete Ee Carter & Brother Weetmarx Renideblers Unie LYTLE Atale Street John Burton & CO Reed Home M. Coapln Dentis T Bie Bank O. L. Elliott Brie Bank

The Dentist's Chair Dread Recounted in Verse

A speaker recalls the fear and pain of the dentist's chair in vivid verse. The memory of scraped teeth, ominous sounds, and cruel instruments lingers, marking age and the enduring dread of dental visits. The piece reflects shared shame and stubborn courage confronting pain.

Cecile Grey Debut Ends in Tragedy at Birthday Party

In a lavish Olive Branch piece Cecile Grey, beloved daughter of a wealthy father, captivates a salon with her beauty and ambition. His dream of a gentle, educated heiress ends in collapse as misfortune strikes on her eighteenth birthday. The family mood shifts from triumph to fear as doctors warn of grave danger.

Eceleras Clay Cecile Cegile Natuire

Daring Candle Fire Disaster at Estate Wedding

A merchant fears for his daughter’s wedding when a candle is hidden in sand inside a barrel of gunpowder. The candle’s near ignition endangers guests as music plays and revelry continues. The master saves his life, but shocks his nerves and business for weeks after.

Casement Felicity

Cheerful faces and a genteel heart amid hard times

A reflective piece extols the virtues of a cheerful man with a broad honest smile, claiming such disposition signals honesty, generosity, and kindness, aids others during distress, and remains hopeful through misfortune and market lows. It contrasts this with gloom and notes cheerful resilience benefits health and society. The piece closes with a curio about frozen potatoes from The Real New Yorker, illustrated by practical kitchen insight.

Christendom Iva Villian

Child of the Angel Wing in Bowery Paradise

A poetic tale describes a dying child haunted by images of angels and spring flowers. His mother’s faith and a distant guardian angel figure frame a somber scene as the boy whispers of the child with the angel wing and passes away.

Garden of Paradise Bowery Gardens Paradise

Irish Epitaph Verse Fragment

A fragment presents an Irish epitaph style line about the heart, toes, and daisies with scattered archaic spellings and a note on absence of a proper Tess. The readable text evokes a poetic memorial tone and hints at incomplete wording or garbled OCR.

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Yankee bugle prodigy conquers London Guards band

An American bugle player travels to England to study temperamental music. In London he auditions for a Guards regiment band master, who mocks him. Kendall plays the solo on the bugle with flawless success, earning universal praise and the band master’s astonished acclaim. Kendall, of Boston, is hailed as the greatest bugle player.

Japan Boston Post China Com. Perry Jeddo Coset Bay of England London Times Guards Scally Kendall Edward Kendall Boston America Ned Kendall

Amusing Portrait of a Matter-of-Fact Man in Civil Teases

A long, wry reminiscence contrasts a practical, motive-driven man with women and social rules. It quotes a speaker's views on favors and manners, then shifts to local notices about a tavern advertisement in Warrenton North Carolina and a ministerial rebuttal on an Indian identity. An old railroad accident near Grecosberg is noted with sparse detail.

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