Published Thursdays at 66 Front Street Printing Office
Publication details for a 19th century newspaper note weekly price and subscription terms. It lists William M. Drake & Son as publishers with a printing office on Front Street opposite the Second Presbyterian Church. Rates include village and mail subscribers with advance payment and penalties for nonpayment. Date cited December 21 1848.
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William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
New-York
Weexly
Republic
London
Europe
Old World
England
E. P. Williams
Republic Office
Nassau Street
New York
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the Gazette
Noble Working Men
A poem praising working men for toiling to build cities, mine, ship, and commerce. It lauds their brown hands and sweat as a royal seal from God, claiming they achieve global glory beyond kings or warriors.
Yankee wedding in a rush Massachusetts elopement
A Rhode Island couple sought a quiet Massachusetts ceremony at a Boston hotel. The groom pressed for rapid nuptials, but the clergyman halted over publication rules. The Yankee persuaded witnesses, the licensee, and the groom to proceed, and the pair were pronounced husband and wife amid chaos and joy.
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Boston
Rhode Island
Lan’lord
Prostrate Politician Interrogation Ends in Muddy Confession
A city mayoral dispute unfolds in a midnarrative dialogue where Ralph Hutchinson recounts a night collapse on Race street after a political defeat. He describes despair, a drunken watchman misread, and his later remorse as he recalls wallowing in mud rather than pride.
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City Police
Ralph Hutchinson
Race Street
Ralph
Tsaw
Watchman Advice and Grief Caution from Mayor
In a courtly scene from Pennsylvania a figure named Ralph contemplates a cautious exit after a warning from the mayor. The exchange stresses avoiding extravagant grief and warns a successor may misjudge cases as intoxication.
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Ralph
Mr. Hutchinson
Pensylvania
Keep Bees A French Bishop Becomes Entertained by Curate
A French bishop visits a curate who claims to live on charity. The curate reveals a bee hive convent as his income about eighteen hundred livres yearly and uses it to entertain guests. The bishop, astonished, learns the curate will not seek an improved living and repeats, keep bees keep bees.
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Jonathan
John
Johnathan
Joba
Columby
Providence
American Union
Curate
The Time to Read and Chance Encounters with Public Advice
A fragmented excerpt discusses reading habits and time, arguing that excuses for not reading imply little social value. It shifts to unrelated notes on potatoes and a garbled remark about Jewish history and local dwelling, revealing the corrupted OCR text and scattered topics.
Latimer Defies Henry VII in Bold Sermon Test
Anecdote recalls Hugh Latimer preaching before Henry VII, denouncing the tyrant’s abuses from a plain text. The king demanded recantation, Latimer warned of divine judgment, and the monarch finally embraced him saying only the boldest truth teller could face him.
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Latimer
Henry VII
Wenn
Hugh Latimer
Bethink
Lords
Hugh Imer
Henry
Elaiming
Influence of Newspapers on Student Minds and Society
The article argues that newspapers are valuable to readers and patrons, noting that any paper filled with worthwhile content enhances subscription value. It recalls how access to newspapers at school correlated with sharper debate, memory, and intelligence among students.
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Sthall
Gazette
Cielo
Notable street brawl linked to Jonesboro figures
A fragment from a distant paper describes James Johnson of Jonesboro causing trouble by assaulting Jared Jacobs, witnessed by Jackson Jenkins who then confronted Jerry Jilston when Jupiter Joe and Jake Jemison's associate jerked Juba Jehial's jaw.
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James Johnson
Jonesborog
Jefferson County
Jared Jacobs
Jackson Jenkins
Jerry Jilston
Jupiter Joe
Jake Jemison
Juba Jehial
Fragmentary Meditative Note Reflecting Sickness and Hope
A fragmentary text evokes illness and longing with phrases about a sickness and a hopeful view of divinity. The lines imply a personal, intimate tone referencing a woman's heart and a sick man.
Prisoner’s Parsonage Reply On Conviction Question
A state prisoner told a visitor that his parishioners supported the mediation of his conviction. The remark reflects on local sentiment and the inmate’s view of justice during his confinement.
Timber and wheat boom in Oregon timber country
Reports describe Oregon as a leading timber region with mills feeding a three mile circle of forest and logs floated to mills by water power. It notes very tall trees, yearly cut of about 6000 feet, and distant transport to California. Wheat yields around 65 lbs per bushel and flour prices rise.
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Oregon
California
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Thomas J. Ford
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Joseph Annin
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Lotel
Market Street
Newark
New Jersey
the Weekly Republic
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C. D. Stuart
Yass
Massachusetts
Hender
Ness
Yaas
Yanke
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