Woman Education and Destiny in 19th Century Letters
The Wilmington Post presents a serialized letter discussing women's education as essential for national character. It argues for training in domestic management and moral virtue, urges Bible study in female seminaries, and cites Mary of Bethany as a model, noting Constance Mayer’s Legion of Honor recognition as contemporary cogent detail.
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Lone Creek
Post
Peter
Mary
Bethany
The Magnificent Hembold Store and Its Drive
An extended portrait of T. Hembold, Esq., his grand Broadway drug store, and the busy Philadelphia origin of his advertising empire. The piece highlights his four‑in‑hand team, the store’s opulent interiors, the dazzling gas illumination, and a meticulously engineered, newspaper‑driven marketing machine that expanded from Chestnut Street to New York.
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United States
Helmbold
Metropolitan Hotel
New York
Brown
Academy of Music
Messrs. McLewees & Putnam
Broadway
Hembold
Chestnut Street
Philadelphia
Richmond
New York Herald
Stirling News
Canvass ends at polls with election humor
A quip about elections as two young ladies aged twenty two and seventeen swim across Hyde Park’s Serpentine aided by their father. They reportedly set a rare milestone for female swimmers. A Michigan constable chases a fleeing prisoner but learns a neighbor’s tale of a naked visitor at the convict’s home, only to discover the resident’s wife has given birth to a fine baby that night.
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Hyde Park
London
Michigan
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Constance Mayer
Baltimore
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England
Costock
Nottingham
Henry Black
Wylde
Black
Alex. Henry
A.D
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J. W. Schenck, Jr
N.C
Superior Court
New Hanover County
P. Murphy
James McDuffie
Jas. McDuffie
Oress
Upper Black River
Margaret
Wm. A. Beery
Thos. M. Gardner
Turner's Plas
M. J. W. Schenck, Jr
Bill Heads
Post’ Printing Office
Wilmington, N. C
Biningerg
A. M. Bining & Co
Beaver Street
Cain ‘d
West Indies
Barry Brothers
London, Liverpool and Globe Insurance Company
Barry Brothers, General Agents
Wilmington, North Carolina
J. R. Davis
Purcell House
Clifford
North Front St
Wilmington, N. G
J. A. Clifford
Joseph UW. Neff
Dock Street
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First National Bank
United States Depository and
W. AU. McRary
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Chartered
Act of Congress
Banking House
Pennsylvania Avenue
19Th Street
Washington, D. C
EO. R. French
Crimi
Benja Durfee
WM. Whittlesy
Geo. Z. French
South Front Street
Renovator
Covery
Pharmacy
DR. Lawrence
Price
J. J. Lawrence, M. D
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Norfolk
Virginia
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Wilmington & Weldon R. R Co
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Witaurneton
Wilmim
Weldon
Goldsboro
Fremont
Wiemineron, & Weipon Bairoad Co
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Wilmington & Manchester
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Wilington
Florence
Kingsville
North Eastern Railroad
Charleston
Cheraw and Darlington Railroad
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South Carolina Railroad
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Wall Street
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Jay Cooke
GEO. P. Rowell & CO
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