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Sunbury American in Sunbury, Pennsylvania
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Newspaper
Sunbury American
Location
Sunbury, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1850
Page
1
Linn Smith & Co Wholesale Druggists Listing
A fragment describes Linn, Smith & Co at 2134 Market Street above 5th Street Parlanceville as wholesale druggists and dealers in dyes, perfumery, medicines, wic products, and assorted chemical supplies. The text lists various terms and items and ends mid description of manufacturing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan C. Farr & Co
Chestnut St
Old & Ath Streets
Philadelphia
LWAYS
Linn, Smith & CO
Market Street
Sth St
Philacape
The Stolen Kiss by Alfred Evelyn
A poem recounts a wife in sleep being kissed by a stealthy suitor. The bride awakens to accuse her husband of stealing the kiss and the couple quarrel as they search for missing jewels and a watch while the spouse denies the act. The poem ends with the wife declaring the kiss was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
I Have Something Sweet to Tell You in Verse
A fragment from a verse by Francis S. Osood about secrets told in sleep. The speaker hints at a hidden confession to a beloved and the risk of dreamt words becoming public. The tone is intimate and lyric with a playful warning to listen with the heart.
A New Year’s Eve Vision of a Remorseful Old Man
An aged man at New Year’s midnight gazes at the grave beside him and the snowbound earth, troubled by a life of sin and disease. He recalls youth choices, faces a skull that becomes his youthful self, and longs to relive and choose rightly before dawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will
The Volunteer Counsel and the Twisting Trial Tale
A long narrative details John Taylor, a brilliant lawyer-turned-preacher, entering a Texas murder and slander case in 1840. Hopkins kills Elliston, slander trial ensues, Taylor appears as a spectral brilliant advocate, derails witnesses, arouses crowd, and wins a fifty thousand dollar verdict before lynching threats. Taylor then delivers a powerful sermon to cap the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sunday Times
John Taylor
West
Taylor
Mississippi
Marks
Eps
Bunterin
Clarksville
Texas
Red River
George Hopkins
Mary Elliston
Hopkins
Elliston
Ashley and Pike
Arkansas
S. Prentiss
New Orleans
Pike
Prentiss
Judge Mills
Tam
Hell
Mary
Clay
Webster
Calhoun
Dewey
Tyng
Bascom
Dream of Youth’s Return From Vice in New Year’s Tale
A narrator recalls a nightmarish vision in which a youth awakes sobered by a dream over unkept vows. He pleads with the reader to choose the path of virtue, turning away from vice toward a harvest’s pure land and a hopeful future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
Madrid
Spain
Cuba
la Concha
Roneali
O'Donnell
England
France
United States
Africa
Roncali
Unlikely Collar Prank and Spider Weather Signs
A humorous tale about failing to remove a horse collar until a servant girl tips the method, followed by notes on a natural barometer using spider webs. The piece extols practical knowledge and contrasts human error with simple cleverness, then explains how spiders reflect weather changes through web lengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleridge
Cats Flee Cholera Roaring Through Harpers Ferry
Amid Harpers Ferry cholera panic cats migrated in large numbers. Night watch on the railroad bridge saw five or six cross the bridge in a single night. They grew scarce and when seen, crouched on a hill with alarmed air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Ferry
The Whale's Strength Fills The Kesex Sinks
Aboard the American whale ship Kesex under Captain Pollard, a massive encounter with a sperm whale near the South Pacific results in a catastrophic bow strike. The whale crashes the bow, dashes under the hull, and later rams again, sinking the vessel and leaving only five survivors out of twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Whale
Pollard
Nahtocket
Pacific Ocean
South Pacific
Montery Surf's Solemn Night Warnings
The passage notes the Monterey shore delivers deep surf crashes that instill awe at night. Unlike the Atlantic, the Pacific delivers continual, rhythmic shocks that echo through the town, filling air with tremor and a terror-like, solemn undertone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monterey
Atlantic
Taylor
California
Scenery in Ireland Anecdotes Brought By Irish Jaunting Car
Willis recounts anecdotes from a ride in Ireland as a driver and passenger discuss a boy with a father’s ass, a country girl with witty replies, and Barneys attempts at humor. A California warren notes a wife earning twelve dollars a dozen washing linen while her miner husband was away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis
Ireland
Barney
Warren
California
Greenwhich Hospital trials gutta percha soles for 800 boys
Authorities at Greenwhich Hospital issue a ban in favor of gutta percha soles after a six month trial involving 800 boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwhich Hospital 1
Stench in Parliament and Flood Relief Declared
Late discussions in the English Parliament feature Mr. Mowatt decrying an intolerable stench, while Mr. Hume calls it natural amid corruption. The Orry Cowxer contribute 5000 toward flood victims as over a hundred families lose all possessions. A dog muzzle act spurs a humorous defense about muzzle placement. Peach trade notes report 63163 baskets in view, 800000 sold in New York this season, with prices and local kiln activity in New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mowatt
Mr. Hume
Thiabon Mot
Hume
Destruction of the Elizabeth Anistie at Camsingmoon India
An English paper describes the fire aboard the ship Elizabeth Anistie at Camsingmoon in India. The vessel carried cotton salpetre and opium. a spirits cask ignited and 1300 bags of saltpetre exploded, blowing cotton, opium chests, and other goods into the air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wis
Camsingmoon
India
Untitled historical quotation on America’s growth and fate
A Western orator declaims on the vast expanse and population of the American Republic. He ponders the cradle of evil Hall and asks what timber remains to build the coffin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Republic
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