Daguerreotype Gallery Opens With Medals and Miniatures
No 140 corner Fifth Chestnut Streets Philadelphia and 363 Broadway corner Franklin Street New York advertises Daguerreo portraits and miniatures in morocco silk or medallion styles. It notes indoor hours free sittings and improved instruments with best time for adults cloudy days and children between 11 and 2. June 22 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fifth Chesnut Sts
Philadelphia
Broadway
Franklin Street
New York
Morocco
Hat and Accessory Store Ad Promises Durability and Value
NRW WORK and PACLADEST B14 journey Neow Watters Association announces Gh and Chestnuut Street Philadelphia outlet selling hats, cloth and glazed caps, umbrellas, carpet bags, Panama and straw hats at standard low prices. May 25, 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NRW Work & Pacladest
Neow Watters Association
Cor
Chestnuut Sreet
Philadelphia
United States
Linn Smith & Co No 2134 Market Street Adverts
An old wholesale druggist and dealer advertisement for Linn Smith & Co listing products and manufacturers. The copy repeats the firm name and address at Market Street above South Street, Pukapeceiga, with varied misspellings of drug items and goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn, Smith & CO
Market Street
Sth Si
Pukapeceiga
Philadelphia Wine and Liquor Store Ad 1850
Bitting and Waterman importers and dealers announce at 220 Market Street Philadelphia a wide assortment of liquors and wines including Champagne Sherries Port Burgundy Madeira Lisbon Teneriffe and Sicily wines. Brandies of selected labels are offered with country trade supplied at Philadelphia prices on liberal terms. July 13, 1850.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Bitting & Waterman
Market Street
Philadelpha
Santurn
Madeira
Lisbon
Teneriffe
Sicily
Musical Instruments Advertisement at Chesnut Street Arcade
An 1850 advertisement for Chas Dummig at 207 Chesnut Street front Arcade Pallavrienta promotes aggressive and manufacturer of all kinds of musical instruments and fancy articles. It claims lower prices than elsewhere and asserts high workmanship in notes and other items. Philadelphia, May 26, 1850.
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Chas, Dummig
Chesnut Street
Front Arcade
Pallavrienta
Aggres
Philadelphia
Little Cupid Loses Sight From Arrows Delayed by Dust
A verse tale recounts Cupid struck by Venus with dust causing eye inflammation and eventual blindness. Despite trials, he keeps shooting arrows, but aim is random and harm follows, a cautionary fable about unintended consequences.
Elephant Hunt End in Death of a Mighty Bull
A first person narrative recalls a dramatic elephant chase with a six bull herd. The narrator, aided by dogs and Bechuana followers, shoots from the saddle then closes in, finally killing the patriarch after a long pursuit through thorny forest. The account ends with reflections on the hunt and a literary aside about other notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Kleine Bay
Isaac
Mollyeon
Nimrods
The Heaths Learn Calm From a Year of Hard Choices
The Heath family reflects on a year of frugal living on a rocky farm. Richard notes expenses and a two dollar newspaper bill that spurred a change in behavior. Millicent clings to her paper habit and small comforts, while Richard decides to salvage domestic harmony by resuming the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Heath
Millicent
Mr. Heath
Darling
Millicent Heath
Alfred
Victory
Mrs. Heath
R. Heath
Richard
Sunset
Mr. Brown
Baéless Fabrica
Kentucky
Parkman
Briggs
Webster
Cor. N. Y
Evening Post
Copper trade and mining expansion across Atlantic markets
The article notes three large US copper smelting plants in Boston New York and Baltimore with Baltimore consuming 5000 tons annually and Lake Superior mines supplying 4000 tons of the 6000 ton national demand. It discusses Welsh Swansea historic monopoly and new southern Hemisphere sources Chili Cuba Australia and Cornwall Ireland Wales Devonshire supply Britain exports refined copper 28000 tons yearly with India France and the United States as customers. It reviews import figures from England in 1844 and 1846 valued at over a million dollars. It mentions the Superior mines potential US market and predicts Chili mines rivaling Lake Superior. Also cites plans for a Pennsylvania to New York railway to move Anthracite coal and notes Hare Powell Bay lands 13000 acres sold to Tus Guare Cror with Reading Press estimates on grape crop losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Boston
New York
Baltimore
Lake Superior
Swansea
Wales
Chili
Cuba
England
County of
Cornwall
Ireland
North Wales
Devonshire
Great Brittain
India
France
Free Press
Schuylkill Canal
Pennsylvania
New York Harbor
Hare Powell
Bay
Beaver Meadow
Genealogy of Adam and early human expansion arguments
The Rev Dr Smith argues for strict human unity tracing Adam’s line with Cain Abel and Seth, noting long lifespans and many unnamed descendants. He discusses population growth after the flood, Cain’s city in Nod, Nimrod’s era, and compares Rome’s rise to early kingdoms like Nineveh and Rehoboth.
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Adam
Cain
Abel
Seth
God
Man
Nod
Nimrod
Ham
Rome
Capitoline
Ninevah
Rehoboth
Caleb
Reson
Auctioneer toppled as cart starts auction scene unfolds
The scene unfolds with a raucous auction where a countryman pushes a cart causing the auctioneer to tumble overboard. Subscriptions open for Hudson Gutta Percha Company at Trenton Bank, aiming for 300000 capital and 10000 subscriptions in New Jersey. Dr McCutstock editor of the Methodist Quarterly Review returns from Europe aboard the Asia, health improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Gutta Percha Company
Trenton Bank
Gazette
Somerville Water Power
New Jersey
McCutstock
Methodist Quarterly Review
Asia
Germany
Ohio governor candidates meet in Cleveland
James Johnson Wood and the Rev Mr Edwards are named Whig Democratic and Free Soil candidates for Ohio governor. The trio met in Cleveland recently and reportedly measured nineteen feet in height, a curious anecdote from the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taunt Canpitares
James Johnson
Wood
Edwards
Free Soil
Ohio
Cleveland
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Acme
See Thege
Ouhag
Ele
B. Masser
Sunbury
Northumberland
Union
Lycoming
Columbia
P. & A. Revecur
Lowen & Jannes
Somnnn & Saonanase
Reveouns, McPaniane & Co
Spenton
Ailad
Root
Joan C. Pare & Co
Chesnut St
8Th & 4Th Streets
W. EF. Peddrickh
Schirack
North Fourth Street
West Side
Denes
Heuer
Japan
Jane
Tyeves, Mentemex
Parers
Orcs
Vansisnes
Dre Sreve
Parest
Meprerse Carers
Sonoteat
Iseroaanes, &c
Ges
Congress
Frederic Rowton
Cupid
Tia
Sol
Venus
Mae
Cumming
Mississippi River
Neptune
Holland
Howse
Tom
Moore
Byron
Piasist
Thalberg
Artim
Amile
Tizi
the Newspaper
Prof. Webster
Reading
Jexxy
The
Boston Post
Jenne
Lehights
Ales
Rapa
Lowell Courier
Saffole
Hamilton
Appleton Mills
Avon
Southamton
California
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