Local business directory notices from Berwick and Wilkes-Barre 1853
A compilation of local advertisements listing merchants, hotels, and artisans in Berwick, Bloom sburg, Tunkhannock, and Wilkes-Barre. Names include E H Enke, S B Bowman, G B Doan, Jacob Laycock, Col H B Hillman, Peter Billmeyer, Cromwell Pearce, and Dr A J Brass. Activities cover tailor, carriage and wagon making, cabinet work, hotel keeping, foundry, and drug sales with dates of April 14 1853.
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Peter Billmeyer
Bloomsburg
Court House
Columbia County
Cromwel Pearce
Berwick
Col.Co
A. J. Brass
WM. B. Schuyler
Noscopeck Bridge Company declares 6 percent dividend
Stockholders are notified of a 6 percent dividend on capital stock payable to stockholders or their legal representatives at the Treasurer's office from May 1 forward. SB Bowman Treasurer. April st Aes
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Noscopeck Bridge Company
SB. Bowman
Sere Botwick
St Aes
Ladie Names and Their Graceful Poise in Face and Name
A whimsical verse catalogues the fit and unfitting qualities of women's names. It pairs names with implied social roles and eras, noting elegance, bluntness, and class associations across a wide range of examples.
Museum steps Know Nothing joke and river slang
A ragged sample of historical humor and moral quips. It features a mock courtship with a Know Nothing jab and a traveler asking about Squire Pet, a pedantic river-side guide, cholera snack advice, and a harsh warning about a father who refuses to educate his daughter.
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Marin Shed
Be Kind to the Boys and Help Them Find Work
The piece urges compassion for unemployed boys facing rejection and hunger for honest work. It stresses that society must make room for youth, provide encouragement, and offer opportunities in farming and other fields to prevent neglect and future crime.
Horrible Affair in Bloomington Political Tragedy
A letter from Morgan County Kentucky reports a fatal encounter during a county attorney canvass. Eastly accused Hazelrig of perjury, Hazelrig drew a pistol and killed Eastly. Hazelrig surrendered and was acquitted on grounds of justifiable homicide.
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Charlotteville
Morgan County
Bloomington
Eastly
Hazelrig
Blackberry Cordial Preparations for Stomach and Bowels
A cordial made by combining one pound of white sugar with three pounds of ripe blackberries, standing twelve hours, pressing and straining the juice, adding one third part spirit, and 4 teaspoonfuls of finely powdered allspice per quart. Described as valuable medicine for stomach weakness and summer complaints in children.
Childs Debate Yard Stay Versus Go Outside
A humorous exchange as John and Mind argue whether to stay indoors or venture into the yard. The pair weighs the pros and cons with playful banter about comfort and variety.
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John
Die Yesterday and The Call of Companions
The prose meditates on death and memory with echoes of a funeral procession and a plea to choose companions wisely. It contrasts daily deaths in war and life with moral instruction about living among the wise and fearing God. The piece blends elegiac fragments with aphoristic counsel on character.
An Elegant Extract on Graves Below the Sea and Memory
The speaker contemplates the sea as history's vast cemetery where all ranks lie equal. He recalls ships like Cookman and Power perishing, Fisher the pious, and Attica’s sailors lost to the middle passage, noting the ocean’s unlabeled graves and the absence of monuments. He reflects on humanity's silence and divine symmetry in death.
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Fisher
Attica
Smith and Temperance in a Droll Reading
A humorous excerpt features Smith the Razor Strap man delivering a temperance lecture. It contrasts Smith drunk and Smith sober with comic verses about cats, singing, and moral contrasts, then shifts to brief anecdotes including a Maine tin peddler tale and a sharp social note on poverty and barter.
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Smith
Bill
Moll
Father
Bet
The Lord's Prayer and Marriage Friendship Reflections
The passage extols The Lord's Prayer as a perfect, renewing form of prayer guiding believers with faith based on God's will. It links confidence and integrity to lasting friendship and quotes a German proverb about marriage as a binding, practical bond. It advises sharing burdens in misfortune and not dwelling on misfortune.
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Paul
Family Requests and Morning Dispatches
A father is asked to send for a plug of tobacco while a son is sent to the store for sugar. The exchange hints at a household routine with a mother’s note about being indisposed this morning and a request to inform the father.
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Tommy
Father
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