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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1850
Page
1
The notice describes The American published weekly with a yearly prepaid rate and postpaid options. It instructs clubs to order copies at a set multiple per address and mentions subscription terms and prices in advance for multi year service.
Linn Smith and Co a Missouri wholesale drug firm at 4134 Market Street announces operation as manufacturers of the calebrate and related chemical preparations. The notice lists extensive catalog terms and brands in old style typographic rendering.
Putevatier rutscite Lieven Stone, Bitting & Waterman, importers and dealers at 220 Market Street Philadelphia advertise a wide range of liquors including wines brandies Holland gin Monongahela Scotch and Irish whiskies with low prices and liberal terms for hotels and country trade as of July 13, 1850.
Porter and manufacturer offers all kinds of musical instruments fancy articles and toys at low prices. Repairs by expert workmanship and trade ins accepted. Located 207 Chestnut Street front Arcade Philadelphia. May 25 1890.
A whimsical poem about Betsey’s baby and family reactions ends with a humorous verse on a future edition of Knickerbocker Magazine. The narrative shifts to a dramatic confrontation between Rebecca and Joubert, then to a stormy Texas store gathering a judge and Tom H. debating English shoes, with a comic result. The excerpt closes noting historical fortresses and iron troughs for hogs, and a San Francisco arrival of FeMaces from Sydney.
A New Orleans account recalls a young girl who eloped with a married colored man named Joubert. After learning his true status, she sought him at his home, confronted him in the rain, and he confessed his guilt and devotion as she accused him of deceit.
The article details Jaynes Building on Chestnut Street Philadelphia a vast 156 foot tall structure with granite facades from Quincy Massachusetts and Connecticut granite on the Carter's Alley side. It describes massive stone and iron framing hydraulic foundations air light towers Gothic details and a public cupola view. The interior includes a Dowlers medicine operation a counting room and workshops with 200 workers and 80 women, fireproof features and extensive water systems.
The article details a grand building project with Victorian craft in progress and a vivid naturalistic interlude describing nocturnal lion roars and their habits. It then narrates a curious scene in Mexico where a troop of comadreja monkeys constructs a living suspension bridge across a river and crosses in a coordinated, playful display.
The article notes beauty as a stainless soul beyond appearance. A Blue Crane was seen on Burlington shore after a Philadelphia observer reported the bird choking on a twelve inch fish, then rescued it. It records a four foot tall crane with eight foot wingspan and a Connecticut birth incident involving Norwich infants.
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