Portraits and Miniatures at Citizens and Strangers Gallery
The Citizens and Strangers studio advertises daguerreotypes, portraits, miniatures, and outdoor views from its Philadelphia and New York sites at Fifth and Chesnut and Broadway at Franklin Street. It notes rapid service, various formats, and a gallery featuring six prize medals, open at all hours. June 22, 1850.
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Fifth & Chesnut Sts
Philadelphia
Broadway
Franklin Street
New York
Hatters Association Ad Promotes Hats at Low Prices
WEW YORK and PHILADELPHIA Journeymen Hatters Association advertises at 6th and Chestnut Philadelphia. They promise to make and sell finer hats for $2.00 and offer gloves cloaks and caps at low prices with various hat styles and accessories dated May 25, 1850.
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WEW
York & Philadylpeier Journeymen Hatters Association
Philadelphia
United States
Wholesale Drugists and Rug Dealers Advertised
Wholesale druggists and dealers in rugs listed by various vendors. The notice highlights manufacturers of the celebrated goods and promotes a range of products from medicine to home furnishings.
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Parnes
Cina
Wixvow
Vauxtunes
Seasons of the Year Poem by a German Author
A quaint poem titled The Seasons by a German writer who died in 1676. It muses on Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter with nature’s gifts like flowers hay corn fruit and wine. The piece contrasts renewal and hardship across seasons, urging gratitude and virtue.
Bloodhounds Attack on the Mexican Frontier
In daylight a party led by Lincoln escapes a pack of Spanish bloodhounds by taking to a canyon cliff and fighting the attackers hand to hand. They bluff the dogs, collide in a brutal struggle, and defeat the last hound as the torrent roars below.
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Congress
Philadelphia
Fim
Clayley
Raoul
Lincoln
Saint Patrick
Chana
Murtah
Mexico
Peralsal
Sto Ward
Clayle
Ing. Lincoln
Chane
Cadi Splits Seventeen Horses Equitably Among Three Sons
In a historical tale a merchant bequeaths seventeen horses to three sons with shares of one half one third and one ninth. The Cadi cleverly adds his own horse to make eighteen, enabling fair division: nine to the eldest six to the middle and three to the youngest, then he withdraws his horse. The brothers praise the judge’s wisdom.
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Cadi
Sid
Suleiman Ibn Daood
Dog rescues madwoman by extinguishing fires in strange tale
A newspaper recounts a New England family case where a madwoman’s confinement led to a fire started by burning coals. A shepherd dog chewed through the danger by pulling her away and brushing away embers, then alerted neighbors to assist, an implied canine act resembling human reasoning.
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New Boston
N. Fr
The Brothers Aid Lucille in Court to Greet a New Life
In a French court a vagrant girl Lucille Romeo sees her fate shift when her brother James arrives to claim her. James explains their mother’s death and his plan to become an artisan, earning twenty francs monthly to support Lucille. The court approves the arrangement and Mor respects the siblings bond as they await the morrow.
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Lucille Romeo
Sixth Court of Correction
James
House of Correction
James Romeo
Voerage
Lucille
Clail
Frances
A Promising Friendship and a Novel Iron Discovery
The piece reflects on friendship and support in dark times, noting a bright spot in any world. It reports Pittsburg Post letters about Adams of Brindy's Bend Iron Works presenting a Coke metal method for rails that halves costs, yielding superior strength as tested by hot rails dunked in cold water and struck with an 80 pound hammer.
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Pittsburg
Adams
Brindy’s Bend Iron Works
Clarion County
Charcoa Iron
Never strike the guilty or expose a villain
Advice on caution and restraint in personal conduct. The passage urges avoiding hasty blows that harm the innocent, not wagering more than one carries, greeting friends and the poor, ending unnecessary quarrels, and never betraying confidential trust, especially a woman's.
The Grizzly Bear in California and Curious Notes
A nurse of curiosities and natural history describes the California grizzly as formidable yet elusive. Its size, strength, and defenses are detailed alongside feeding habits and maternal behavior, followed by odd anecdotes and colonial quips about Kilkenny notes and military humor.
Grape Vine of Natchez Guinness Jack Grape Claims Vast Size
William Casey of Natchez boasts a giant grapevine called the Spanish Jack Grape. It rises on a single trunk, reaches nine feet, spreads over a garden trellis, and climbs a tall tree. The weight of the grape cluster is about a ton and the vines extend 300 to 400 feet. It was introduced in colonial Spanish times and yields a wine tasting like Hock.
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Natchez
William Casey
United States
Prussia's King Freely Teases Children and Tresor
A tale in which Frederick the Great allows his grandchildren to enter his room. A shuttlecock exchange leads to a lesson in loyalty and courage as the king laughs and rewards a bold reply. A corporal with a jeweled watch contrasts with a makeshift leaden bullet watch and a reminder of time and service.
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Frederick
Prussia
Silesia
Dew Drops in Heaven Prefigured by A Child’s Death
A delicate child complains of dew drops fading in heat but a rainbow appears as the father proclaims what withers on earth blooms in heaven. Soon after the child dies, exhaled by the morning light, and love is defined as a passion that unsettles youth and spoils work.
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Jean Pand Richter
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