The New York Mercury to Enter 1869 With Fresh Romance Plans
The New York Mercury announces a bold 1869 program with The Factory Girl and a J A Smth new romance from the New York Mercury stable. It vows to retain specialties while adding departments, including fiction, poems and sports notes. Subscriptions list cash in advance and club offers, with specimen copies sent to applicants.
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Reading World
United States
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The Erring and Light at Last in Border Lights
A New York Mercury column retells a moral on judging the erring, puis into a Philadelphia tale of a fallen actress Ella May. A rough night encounter leads to theft, danger, and a rescue as a brave suitor protects a mother and daughter amid sewers and a grim urban underworld. The piece ends with a note on a Western actress’s recovery and a historical pistol tidbit from Burr and Hamilton.
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Arch Street Theatre
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Harry Py
Harry
Ilo
Pacific
Chatham
Monk Hall
Lippard
Charley Freer
Ife
Greenwich
England
Chestnut Street
Ella May
Bootblack
Dick Jones
Ponce
Peters
Bacchus
Delaware
Noicome
Daurhter
Hila
Dowisville Courter
Agricultural table for field land area estimates
A historical agricultural notice presents a table converting field dimensions to acres. It lists various combinations of width and length in yards or feet, showing that 1 acre corresponds to specific area measurements such as 5 yards by 968 yards and many other pairings.
Pay Your Small Bills and Scarcity in City Money
The piece urges prompt payment of debts to relieve currency scarcity in New York and Albany. It notes millions move west weekly yet local small bills linger unpaid, hindering credit. A banker says five thousand dollars could unlock many debts, enabling broader payments and easing money circulation.
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