03 Jun 1829
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Newspaper
The Virginia Statesman
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1829
Page
1
Fragmented OCR lists drugs medicines paints and dye stuffs for sale by Architaid S&S Todd. The garbled text mentions sale listings, names, locations, and unrelated items from a historical newspaper fragment with scattered references to buyers sellers and quantities amid noisy letters and broken phrases.
A lengthy OCR fragment describes a retail display of cheap goods, fabrics, clothing, footwear, and hardware items. It lists numerous product names including boots, shoes, gloves, hats, caps, fabrics, utensils, tools, feeds, and various household items with scattered brand-like terms and vendor cues, suggesting an expansive sale of low-cost goods and fabrics from a department or general store.
Bargain seekers may call for stock ahead of purchases as wholesale goods from New Orleans are offered at Philadelphia and Pittsburgh prices, including floor whiskies and baggy items, with carriage and retail at low rates.
In Miss Mitford style, a narrator observes Dora Creswell, ward and housekeeper to wealthy farmer Walter Creswell, among harvest crowds. Dora shields her orphan cousin Walter and facing Mary Hay’s precarious marriage, negotiates charity for Walter’s motherless kin. The scene blends rustic abundance with tender loyalty as Dora plots to shield her kin from want.
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