Sacred Music and Whig Senatorial Convention Notes
A sermon on sacred music extols its role in devotion, urging proper instruction and church use. The Whig Senatorial Convention at Albion selects Nathan Pierce and Whitney Jones for the Legislature, with Geo A Coe later nominated for senator and a slate of regional committee members named.
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Tor the Marshall
Davin
Church of God
Albion
Oswea Witper
Calfoun
Austin Brain
Jackson
Abner Pratt
Nathan Pierce
Marvin Hannabe
Whitney Jones
Marvin Hannabs
J. F. Turner
Ast Bellot
Eatom
Geo. A. Coe
Branch
Ballos
Jones
Coe
Otion
Sackett
Geo. Monroe
J. Freagh
AL Bien
Old Books and a Boy Find Hidden Gold in Time
A boy sells old volumes to a Boston bookseller for a few cents. Years later, the seller locates him as Charles Merrill in North Yarmouth, reveals a stash of ten dollar bills hidden within sermons, funds his education, and returns more than eight hundred dollars he kept for years. The tale ends with Merrill becoming a pastor and the bookseller’s honesty rewarded.
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Rendfield
Baigor
Amine
Charles
Perhapa
Boston
Mr. Letford
Me Merrill
Letford
Tob
Providence
New Hampshire
Charles Merrill
North Yarmouth
Mr. Leffard
Portland
Mitchell
Mr. Merrill
Petes
Bortland
Teev
Dwight
Mass
Eliza
James Letford
Porte Saint Martin
Que
MarstiNes Theatre
de Ision
Marseilles
Sip
Frances
Lambert
Marceilles
Aafferer
Thia
Firs
Mned
Averson
Poe
Relf
Nile
Menven
Nyvelinga
We Need Honest Strivers Who Fail And Rise
In a Port Tribune editorial letter the writer praises persevering entrepreneurs who fall into debt through misfortune and urges resilience. He argues that hardship teaches prudence, economy, and independence, and honors those who fail yet continue to strive and eventually regain the means to trade under their own names.
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Tribune
Commercial changes in China trade across early America
The article notes shifts in imports from China such as nankeens and Constan crape, silk, and overall yearly imports dropping from near one million dollars to under one hundred thousand. It highlights changes in payment methods, with specie payments fading to exchange losses related to opium trade, and the fur trade beginning in 1787 but dissolving by later years.
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Imagina Yodreaul
Paris
Persota
Adrasaes
Nikecem
Sheddatter
China
England
Poor but Honest phrase sparks biographical debate
A reader disputes the phrase poor but honest in notices, arguing it unfairly implies poverty equals dishonesty. The piece cites a German philosopher’s odd planetary distance table and notes gaps and fragments in a supposed discovery, hinting at a broader critique of fortune and merit.
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Zorhea
Tela MS
Baltimore
Old Books
Colesworthy
Old Bureau
John
the Ciija
Eee
My ‘Snrae
Fiona
Mooresville
Ind
Ray D. Cc. Colesworthy
Mara
Lupites
Whyet Wing
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