Parley’s Magazine Aims to Improve Young Minds Nationwide
Parley’s Magazine seeks to expand across the United States with new editorial help from the former Juvenile Rambler editor. The plan outlines diverse topics from natural history to geography, travel, and moral tales, with engravings and school use emphasized. Subscriptions are one dollar yearly, advance payment required, and bulk postal offers are listed for associations and schools.
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Panwry
Parley’s Magazine
U. States
Natuxan
TIL Gerocrarny
United States
Porrry
LILLY, WAIT, & CO
Boston
Apprenticeship Notice for Men Dens at This Office
An apprenticeship to the men dens will be taken at this office upon immediate application. February 18, 1834.
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DENS ana aly
Temperance meeting urged by American Temperance Society
The American Temperance Society urges friends of the temperance cause to hold meetings on February 25. The Gettysburg Temperance Society will meet at 11 a.m. in the Presbyterian Church Gettysburg with addresses and business. Adams county societies are asked to report their memberships for transmission to the State Temperance Association. The public is invited.
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American Temperance Society
friends of the ‘Temperance cause
United States
Temperance Society of
Gettysburg
Presbyterian Church
Temperance Societies
Adams county
State Temperance Association
Notice to creditors of John Albert estate in Adams County
All persons indebted to the estate of John Albert deceased of Lattimore Township Adams County are urged to pay promptly. Those holding claims must present them to John Wolford Adm r for settlement on or before January 31 1835. January 14 1834.
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JOHN ALBERT
Lattimore township
Adams county
Dialogues of a General and a Major on Deposits and Bribery
A lengthy 1834 correspondence in which General and Major discuss post office deposits, political bribes, and party strategy. They mock Van Buren, Amos, and others, comparing money moves to a cups-and-balls game, with papers representing drafts and deposits. The tale paints mutual distrust and partisan maneuvering during a turbulent era.
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Mr. Dwight
New York Daily Advertiser
Post Office
Barry
Congress
Departmente
Albany
United States Bank
New Jersey Legislaur
Gineral
Amos
Globe
gome
Jockin
Biddle
saya
Squire-Biddle
filks
Dwight
New Orleans
Siminolim
Grand tower
eays
Clay
Calhoun
Webster
ana
Herritage
Gineral and Downing discuss cups game and fools
A letter from J Downing, Major of the Downingville Militia, describes an exchange with a General about a cup and balls trick used to expose hocus pocus. The General insists on a plain cup with bails to reveal any deceit, while the writer recounts how observers attempt to outwit him, the crowd's pressure, and plans to enlarge the current bank without tricks.
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sven
Congress
Barry
Gineral
Mr. Webster
J. DOWNING
Downingville
Pennsylvania's uninstructed children spark reform urge
Governor Wolf reports Pennsylvania has about 390000 children untouched by formal instruction, noting lack of funds for youth education and linking ignorance to penitentiaries. He warns against ignoring moral and religious training, urging philanthropists and Christians to respond to the moral crisis.
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Wolf
Pennsylvania
New England
iut
west
Why fowls lay eggs without shells when confined
Dr Paris shows that hens kept indoors cannot access earth rich in shell material. If the leg is broken they lay shelled eggs only after the fracture heals, while circulating nutrients used to repair bones.
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Paris
Sixcutar Movs or Parine Doctors in Burman Empire
In the Burman Empire a young woman's parents strike a compact with a doctor. If she lives she becomes the doctor's property. if she dies he pays her value to the parents. He notes many young women at a doctor’s demee on Monday reflect the common practice.
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Alexander
Mes Currines-Mr Jenks Rivalry Ends in Ia Fannese-Ranree
In a notable clash, Currines and Mr Jenks of the Mes faced off in a tense contest at Ia Fannese-Ranree. Officials describe the outcome as decisive with Currines gaining the upper hand amid strong performances from Mes delegates.
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Ixvortare
Mr. Jenks
the
Mes
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