Book Exhibit Reveals What People Read in 1847
A UNC Library exhibit displays major books and journals from 1847 across the United States, England, and Europe. Highlights include Thackeray's Vanity Fair, Dickens Dombey and Son, Bronte Jane Eyre, Browning Sonnets from the Portuguese, Marx Engels Communist Manifesto, and regional literary periodicals, with notes on Emerson, Thoreau, and Poe.
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Chapel Hill
Univery of
North Carolina
United States
England
Europe
Vanity Fair
Thackeray
Dombey and Son
Dickens
Jane Brye
Charlotte Bronte
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Rossetti
Damosel
Leigh Hunt
Trollope
the McDermott
Ballycloran
Gilbert Abbott
Beckett
Punch
Illustrated London News
Blackwoods
Prescott
Peru
Longfellow
James Fenimore Cooper
Crater of
Vulcan's Peak
Emerson
Thoeau
Walden Pond
Virginia Clemm Poe
New York
American Review
Littell
Semanario Pintoresco Espanol
Oliver Goldsmith
Could Henry VIII Have Had Stomach Ulcer Pains
An odd magazine ad discusses Henry VIII and stomach pains, urging readers to try Udga for ulcers indigestion and heartburn. It promotes a 25 cent Udga tablet box from Mann’s Drug Stores with a money back guarantee.
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Henry VIII
Mann’s
Igloo Built In Parsonage Yard May Be Rented
A family may rent the igloo built yesterday in the front yard of the Methodist parsonage at 202 Hillcrest Drive. The five foot high snow house houses six people and was crafted by neighborhood boys from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. from Friday night’s snowfall. The parsonage is home to Rev. Paul Hardin, pastor of Wesleyan Memorial church.
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Hillcrest Drive
Paul Hardin
Wesleyan Memorial Church
Foreign Voicecasts Allowed In Moscow
U S State Department spokesman Michael J. McDermott said foreign broadcasters may broadcast voicecasts from Moscow during the foreign ministers conference. The claim came from Konstantin Zynchenko, head of the Soviet Press department. The Soviet government had granted voice casting to American and British radio personnel during the war but revoked it months earlier.
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Moscow
Michael J. McDermott
U. S. State Department
McDermott
Konstantin Zynchenko
Silo Population Figures Reported in United States
A government survey estimates about 500000 silos across the United States, reflecting extensive storage infrastructure. The report notes regional concentrations and varying ages of facilities, highlighting ongoing maintenance and safety considerations.
Mrs Wilson to Visit Davidson College This Weekend
President John R. Cunningham of Davidson College announced that Mrs Woodrow Wilson widow of the late president will visit the campus over the weekend. Wilson was a graduate of the Presbyterian college.
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High Point
Enterprise
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
The
Presbyterian College
Davidson
Jrhn R. Cunningham
Davidson College
Veterans Loan Defaults Low Among North Carolina Borrowers
Charlotte March 8 Less than six of the 11 912 North Carolina veterans who have taken GL loans on homes farms and businesses have defaulted C H Ball state VA loan guarantee officer said today Veterans have borrowed more than 55000 dollars she added.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
C. H. Ball
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Agatha Adams
Mrs. Wilson
Mastercraft
Paula Brooks
Cace
Beauty and Ehegance
Labtex
Bur-Mil
Tegra Rayon
Parilee
Harllee
Eton
Ruby
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!