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Parleycey Love Confession Shaped by Time and Temptation
A fragmentary verse fragment depicts a speaker wrestling with confessing love to Parlecey. The speaker debates eloquence beneath a pale moon and waning resolve, tiring of hesitation as dawn approaches. A dramatic struggle frames a private, unresolved vow of affection.
Long Weeds and a Bereaved Husband Poem Fragment
A West husband publishes an obituary for his wife, then adds verses in capital letters. The stanzas express mourning and loss, noting his afflicted state, the depth of his love, and the sorrow of children without a mother. The verse ends with a plea to mourn and sigh for the absent mate.
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West
Soap Anecdote of Ensign Roos McGilvery in 1820s
The Tahbono Press recounts Ensign Roos McGilvery a fastidious military figure with a striking blue coat and silver epaulets who visits Sparta and bungles a shaving soap purchase. A comic chain of errors follows as his soap fails to lather and he endures a mocked parade, a botched breakfast, and a legal threat over payment, ending with a rustic quip on the whole affair.
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Kkuos McGilvery
Insula
Roos
Roos McGilvery
Yeeros
Sparta
McGilvery
Mr C
Wardbarrain
Childers
Tontlemin
McG
Jesa Maria
Simmon
de Soun
Supreme Court of
Virginna
Virginia Convention Adopts Report on Direct Foreign Trade
The Virginia Commercial Convention met in Richmond on 13 ult with delegates from Virginia and one North Carolina member. A report favored direct foreign import trade, aided by increased banking capital and internal improvements, and urged a Norfolk meeting next November.
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Richmond
Jas. Caskie, Esq
Wright Southgate
Norfolk
Virginia
Col
Asa Biggs
Martin County
North Carolina
Mallory
Elizabeth City
Baxter
Virginia Seeks Boost in Foreign Trade and Banking Support
A Virginia convention endorses a vigorous effort to build a large foreign import trade aided by expanded banking facilities and capital. The plan calls for a merchants committee to address citizens on trade importance and potential state aid through bank expansion and internal improvements.
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Virginia
Thas
Wade
Sui
Hlieen
Sim
Hay
Wall
Commonwealth
Wedding Tale From Chalk Level Virginia Rivalry and Wit
In Chalk Level Pittsylvania Virginia Joseph Rice known as Capt. Rice marries Moses Harriss and Miss Sara Dilard called Cousin Sally in a tale of wedding prep and rustic humor Old Tom Harriss witnesses the scene and the wedding party wades a swamp leaving a quip on changing times and customs.
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Sally Dilliard
Sally
Salisbury Watchman
Pittsylvania County
Virginia
Vy Jos. Rice
Capt. Rice
Moses Harriss
Moses
Saran Dilard
Saran Dilard, Commonly Called “Cousin Sally
Tom Harriss
Mose
Tom
Harriss
Dreadful Famine in India Described in Despatches
A London despatch quoting Calcutta and Madras reports depicts a severe famine in western India. Agra residents avoid evening drives due to intolerable effluvia near a station, and a small river near Cawnpore is said to be strewn with corpses from starvation. A Calcutta relief fund opened, reaching over 40,000 rupees by March 15.
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India
Marseilles
London
Calcutta
Madras
Bombay
Agra
Cawnpore
Robbery at St Patrick's Church Feil's Point Baltimore
The sacristy of St Patrick's Church in Feil's Point Baltimore was robbed on Sunday night the 17th of the month. Silver chalice and four silver plated candlesticks were stolen.
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St. Patrick’s Church
Feil’s Point
Baltimore
Sticking Machine Saves Time and Labor in Tug Repair
The Cleveland Herald reports Mr. Biggs' Sticking Machine stitches a tug in an hour, saving time and money. The simple, reliable device reduces repairs and is praised by workers and testers alike as a true labor saver.
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Ibis
Cleveland
Ohio
Herald
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the Tauvborough Press
George Howard
Parlecey
Hoang
THE
Tahbono Press
Bacon
Committee On Commerce
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