Local Advertisements and Notices From Sunbury 1850s
A collage of old ads and notices includes subscription terms in Genoa with two dollars in advance, assorted produce prices for apples dried fruits and vegetables in Philadelphia depots, attorney Solomon Boyer and agents’ contact details, blacksmithing in Sunbury, furniture polish claim, and a catalog of blank legal forms available at the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon B. Boyer
Market Street
Weaver's
Sunbury
Northumberland
H. J. Wolverton
Eng
Geo
Miller
Lewisburg
J. H. Ziegenius
Philadelphia
Benjamin Kammerer
Poetic Prayer on God and Christ by Whittier
An ornate verse fragment blends theology and philosophy crediting divine order in nature. It surveys God as source of life and law while urging love over hatred and a brotherly Christlike duty. The piece contrasts earthly terror with spiritual ascent, ending in reverent awe.
Lew Wetzel and the famed border rifleman exploits
The narrative recounts Lew Wetzel as an exceptional frontier marksman trained from boyhood in woodcraft. It describes his strength, fearlessness, and swift rifle loading while moving, comparing his prowess to knightly valor and detailing a 1784 incident where a younger hunter and his dog contend over a deer shot by both men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Wetzel
Hull
Wetzel
Penne
Donkard's Creek
Monongahel
Wild West Duel Sealed by Wetzel’s Rifle Valor
Lewis Wetzel and a young hunter pursue a raiding party of three Indians and a renegade white man after a village slaughter. Wetzel defeats foes in a dawn ambush, rescues a captive woman, and returns with fortune and vengeance to the Dunkard settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elrike
Doga
Lewis Wetzel
Wetzel
Dunkard
Welzei
Tle
Don
Olio
Indiana
Ardent
Porcuil
Dugk
Wheeling
Captina Creek
Ledions
Yong Man
Wetrel
Weitzel
M. Wetzel
Tke Boneet
Joshua Fleehart
Wetzel’s frontier push and tragic end in the forest
In the late 18th century Wetzel urged westward expansion toward the Mississippi to trap beaver and hunt, while harboring deadly enmity toward Indians. He died as a man who lived among trees, a forest creature in spirit.
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Wetzel
Mississippi
Foremothers deserve equal praise for liberty’s forge
In a Norristown Journal letter the writer argues that the wisdom and bravery of foremothers shaped American liberty as much as forefathers. They salute women who landed, nursed, battled hardship, and taught leaders like Washington and Franklin, urging public recognition of foremothers alongside celebrated forefathers.
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James River
Plymouth Rock
Virginia
Old Dominion
Pennsylvania
George Washington
Anthony Wayne
Ben Franklin
Tsriel Tutnam
Cesar
Norristown
Growth of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The New Haven Register traces the Order to 1799 formed in Baltimore as Washington Lodge No 1. It notes the Duke of York charter and the rise to Grand Lodge status, with about 200000 members across the United States. It praises relief work, widow and orphan aid, and substantial year expenditures for sick, widows, burials, and orphan education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Odd Fellows
New Haven
William Lupton
Second Street
Baltimore
Thomas Wildey
Washington
Duke of York Lodge
Preston
England
United States
Grand Lodge of the
Thoman Wildey
Qider
Lodgea
New England
Pacific Ocean
Enterprise
Cvilination
Ardent Naturalist Ventures to Polar Seas in 1860 Plan
Robert Kennicott, a Chicago naturalist, departs Monday for an overland journey to the polar sea. He travels to Fort Garry on the Red River with Hudson Bay Company agents, visits York Factory, then drives a winter dog sledg e trip to Great Slave Lake and McKenzie's River, aiming to return in 1861 after pursuing Arctic explorations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borsprontue Norry
Chicago
Polar Sea
Robert Kennicott
Fort Garey
Red River
Hudson Bay Company
George Simpson
York Factory
Hudson Bay
Great Slave Lake
McKensie’s River
Polar
Bea
Destruction Railroad Gives Grand Promenade Of Temptations
A satirical Kansack style notice describes the Destruction Railroad in Boston with a boastful dividend, lavish carriages, and humorously immoral trains. It mocks vice by claiming the road carries vast freight from Temperance to Destruction and touts innovations and safety warnings amid exaggerated promotions.
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Destruction Railroad
Fisk
Boston
Mussra, Dinhulua & Co
London
Belial
Mr. Mix
Mix
West and Elizabeth Shewell Wed After Abduction Plot
The early life of Benjamin West is told as he and Elizabeth Shewell fall in love despite her brother Stephen Shewell. Her brother locks her away but a London patronage scheme prompts a midnight abduction to bring Elizabeth aboard a ship to marry West. They wed on September 2, 1765.
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Faaxxias
E.prewent
Benjamin West
Elizebeth Shewell
West
Shewella
Stephen Shewell
Elizabeth
Soother Sunter
Earope
Mise Shewell
Europe
London
Miss Shewell
Misa Howell
Bishop White
Dr. Franklin
Francis Hopkins
Mr. West
Stephen Showell
Mr. W
Rogland
Dean
Ned
Bill Sims
Joe Preston
Barbara
Joss
Hill Sime
Dex
Zeke
Pola Thera
Beyau
Burroughs
Hetty
Weill
Anise
Mister Benign
Hotty
Abe
Mr Beaton
Ned Willis
Ned Willa
Boston
Srattleboro
Ikea
Zekel
Ezrud
Veneration after generation’s end echoes in decay
An archaic meditation on legacy and memory traces a speaker’s view of life after death. The passage contemplates time, graves, and the fading of names as future generations move on, while beauty and past loves linger in sorrow and unrecalled whispers.
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Aye
Finn Weiter
Palore
Loy
Printers, Brewers, and Politicians Jibe in Debate
The column jokes about printers failing compared with brewers as the brain versus the stomach. It notes that many politicians boast they are unbuyable, though they are deemed worthless and unsellable.
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Tut
The Old Barn A Humorous Sketch
A nostalgic sketch recalls a rickety New England barn and childhood summers. A letter from Ned Willis recounts courtship in a church setting, mishaps in a pew, a thwarted proposal, and a rapid romance ending in marriage to Hetty Burrows with a playful chase after a lemonade incident. The piece blends reminiscence with rustic humor and regional flavor.
Plum trees prosper with saline manures and care
Gardening notes advise enriching soil for plums with a compost base of muck lime gypsum and salt, noting saline manures boost plum growth. Recommendations cover spring or autumn application and benefits to apples and newly transplanted trees.
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The
Sunbury American
H. B. Masser
Market Square
Penna
Arreutsges
Spe
Fostimasters
Persis Ad
Post Office
Moutha
Sim Rhein
Massa
Union
Lycoming Montour
Columbia
Mew
Johny Tyan
Chute, Giltons
Fay Somers & Shomlgraan
Linn, Sith & Co
OIL & Lurthier
Kirkpatrick & Sons
South Third Street
Market
Cheat
Amit Trent
Eyles Lewther
Conmianinn
Phildelphia
A. W. Fisher
Mas
A.W. Fisher
A. W. Visher
Julved
RLGG
N. Hellings
North Wharves
Apalto
Gilberat Bulson
Sveeryssou Tu
JO Campbell & CO
IVES
Dralbrin
4Th Door Market Street
James F. Deen
SRAE
C. Alea
Fee Hills
A. W.pishet
Cub H. BR Marber
J. G. Whittier
Paul
God
India
Maths
Kovels
Christ
John
Christ of Nazareth
Ciderville
Porterville
Beertown
N. B
Rein
Pulvers Axe Bauwins
Priotera
Prot Moore
New Yorker
Clara Augusta
Moores
Vatican
Bari
Rom
Stoud
Lemat
Hume Journal
Tom MM. Ripriel Denton
Auranam
Riven
Smithville, Ned
Farmers’ Department
Gennessee
Thomas Jones
Centre County
Michigan
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