22 Feb 1849
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Newspaper
Massachusetts Cambridge Chronicle
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1849
Page
1
A Cambridge Chronicle notice dated Thursday morning by John Ford lists a location at the corner of Main and Magazine near the Holmes & Co store in Cambridgeport. The fragment notes a storefront orientation without detailing events or outcomes.
A grandmother reads to a grandchild from an album of keepsakes in a cabinet of antiques. The tale links temperance lessons, family history, and love letters with portraits of loved ones and moral reflections across generations.
The text surveys historic advances for literary works, noting Macaulay at £6000 yearly for ten years for two volumes, and compares to Irving, Moore, Wilberforce, and Hannah More. It cites Sir Walter Scott’s Life of Napoleon as the largest single proceeds, with £18,000 from a 12 month work in five to twelve volumes, and mentions the Stationers’ Hall Almanac privilege and other notable sales.
A fragmented passage blends a literary economy note on early book selling with an extended poem. It references The Life of Columbus and The Life of Byron as costly failures and praises Longman for affordable titles. The poem repeats I want to go home echoed by a weary child a bride and a soul seeking rest.
The text extols wealth through steady industry and rectitude. It praises farmers merchants and mechanics who cultivate, stock, and perform timely work, urging careful, economical living and perseverance. Those who adhere advance, while others seek fortune by risky ventures or distant horizons. Poughkeepsie Tel.
A New York Journal of Commerce correspondent urges public wash-houses as a matter of convenience and economy, citing London examples with hot air drying and mangling facilities. In 1847 a London station reportedly washed 700,000 pieces by about 20,000 washers, with officials claiming the fully developed building would be self-supporting.
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