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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1850
Page
1
A fragment notes funds or payments of fifteen to five dollars in connection with sirens and a Fort inclusion involving the American and El' Ailadd, reflecting scarce details from the source.
The Journeymen Hatters Union at the cor of 6th and Chestnut Philadelphia continues to make and sell a finer hat for the money than any other estab. The standard price of hats is $3.00. Gents and boys cloth caps glazed caps umbrellas carpet tags canary Panama and straw hats at low prices. May 25, 1850. Ly
Advertises wholesale druggists offerings with a list of products and brands including calms and medicines. The copy mirrors a period trade notice from a Philadelphia area address listing names and items in a dense storefront style.
A fragmented poem extols summer as a vivid season of beauty and joy. It links sunshine, forests, bees, flowers, and moonlit evenings with youth, love, and shared moments. The text half describes nature’s gifts and the pairing of youth with love in twilight and gentle rivers.
A school mistress wins over a hardened boy, Tom Jones, by guiding with care and belief. Her patient effort unlocks his potential, changes the classroom, and inspires peers, culminating in his ascent to a high judicial post and a grateful tribute to her influence.
The document outlines Sir R. Peel's 1820 will with Drayton Park and other estates in Staffordshire and Warwickshire. It details about 250,000 in advances to children, 600,000 more for younger sons, bequests for a school, infirmary, and hospitals, and a 1825 codicil altering shares. Personal property valued over 900,000 with probate stamp of 15,000 and legacy duties near 10,000.
Instructions describe fruit preservation using sugar, boiling, and air tight sealing with bladder covers. A detailed note warns against mould and outlines safe sealing methods. Clinton Jackson is credited with a Niagara River swim. A hypochondriac nobleman in Ireland toys with religious identity through odd bed practices.
A survey of Voices from the Presa recounts the printer caste and its prominent figures. It names Samuel Woodworth J. O. Rockwell Rev Dr Croswell Homer Greeley Bayard Taylor B P Poore William H Burleigh and many contemporaries. It praises editors and writers linked to early American journalism and letters. It also notes living figures like Matthew L. Davis Joseph Gales John W Francis and others. The piece mentions Europe’s printing offices and concludes printing as a high liberal profession. A separate note describes Cambridge Commencement after dinner ending with a mass purge of the meal contents through a window.
A reader suggests quietly feeding neighbor hens near your stable and dropping extra straw to lure them to lay eggs, then collecting the eggs for profit. The method promises no housing for winter and avoids direct conflict, with a warning that clever planning can replace hard work.
Observations link night time with deadly epidemics and respiratory deaths. Air near the ground, stagnant in unventilated rooms, carries carbonic acid and sulfur compounds from breath and decay. Ancient and modern practices seek to combat night air with fires, ventilation, or gunpowder, yet indoors remains the key battleground for dilution and safety.
A jumble of proverbs on rising early contrasted with a quip about a newly married corpse and a farm purchase in Sharon Vermont. Also reports that the late Postmaster General leased the New York post office for fourteen years at ten thousand dollars annually and an update from Schenectady on light experiments with red beads.
The article recounts harsh Tudor era persecutions of Brownists and other dissenters, noting executions, imprisonments, and forced recantations. It cites Barrow and Greenwood’s steadfast defiance, their executions at Tyburn, and contrasts reports about the Reverend John Mallit in Mobile, clarifying his death resulted from long-standing illness. It also mentions a speculative note on a valuable jewel and a quip by a Western orator about Ireland.
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