Desolate memorials and funeral verse mix with public notices
The page blends a mother’s lament over a dead child with a lengthy Memorial Report on Slavery from the Baltimore conference. It includes a sermon-like poem, various anecdotes, a New Tex Bill summary, tax changes, and moral essays on women, education, and courtship, all in a mid 19th century Atlantic tone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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North
Souih
Virginia
Methodist Episcopal Church
Breshien
The Paper Addiction and A Father’s Budget
A father weighs the cost of his six sons and himself smoking cigars at three cents each, totaling sixty dollars and seventy cents a year, to show how small habits can divert funds from newspapers and basic needs. He notes a drink of liquor could buy several papers yearly. The era’s playful reflection contrasts birth days with weekdays, questioning childhood vices and daily costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poirce
Hannah Moore
Jean
Dccasional
Washington
Philadelphia
White House
Miss Lane
Judie Roosevelt
James Buchanan, Jr
Glover
Buchanan
Heb
Failies
Sunese
Jank
Flora
Aly Aix
Humorous Fragment From Arkansas News Page
A fragmented OCR sketch from Bateville Arkansas News includes humorous exchanges, odd notices, and misc anecdotes. It mentions a “Wife wanted” ad, courtroom banter about breeches of faith, jokes about marriage, and local curiosities with several stylized dialect lines.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Tur
Mtoculrazoud
Committee On Memorials
Baltimore
Winchester
Norfolk Herald
Anl
Albany
Commonwealth
Peter
Wall Street
Desling
Pelham's
Vda
Betsey
Dad Harnest
Betsey Baker
Old Deacon Smith's
Bangor
Iave
Solomon Baker
Enterin
Bil, Stuart
Tom
Poe
L. Penttant
Pilborg
Heaven
God
Stephen
Jesus
Elisha
Daneseus
Homer
Pontus
Terrence
Boethius
Paul Borghese
Tasso
Cervantes
Camcens
Owwrier
Vangelas
England
Bacon
Walter Raleigh
Spenser
Milton
Devden
Otway
Lee
Wake Geld
Tolam
Inslaw
Stein
Amy Llack
Hannah
Per
Old Tolam
Abe
Fred Denglae
Bateeville, Arkansas
Mr. Partington
Gin
Corrie
Simon
Mr. Jones
Jones
Mr. B
Saya
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