Schoolmaster to His Boys and Ledger Ad Rates
Ledger duties describe advertising terms and rates including single and contract terms. A long school column urges manual labor, praising workers, citing Washington Franklin and Jesus as models and arguing labor honors all social ranks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Ledger
Kramples
Washington
Franklin
Clay
Webster
Silas Wright
Burritt
Everett
Lord Russel
Walter Scott
Hugh Miller
Princess Royal
England
W. W. Holden
Prussia
Florence Nightingale
Peter thy.Grant
Cincinnatus
Socrates
Lucretia
Penelope
Solomon
Apostles
Paul
Apostle
Jesus
Our Family Dead and Steamboat Tales on the Missouri
A Vermont reader recalls a family of seven lost to fever and disease across years, mourning at a cherished graveyard beside a brook and mountains, while a Boston Journal correspondent recounts Missouri River travel woes on the Ryland seasonal voyage with crowded cabins, smoke, and rowdy passengers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Boston Journal
Missouri River
Ryland
Kansas
Wilson Directory Town Officers and County Officials
Wilson directory lists town officers including George Howard as mayor and Thomas C. Davis as treasurer. It names commissioners, court officers, sheriff, county surveyor, coroner, and wardens with meeting days and office locations. It also notes court terms beginning in March September and January April July October and district board schedules.
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George Howard
Thomas C. Davis
Court of Pleas
Wilson
A. G. Brooks
T. C. Davis
Geo. Stoward, Jr
Elias Barnes
Sherith
Silas Lucas
I. HL. Barden
J. Taylor
A. Jl. Avcock
W. Ellis
Joseph Barbee
Mabry Rentfrow
Jesse Peel
Josiah Barnes
Wm. Thompson
Barnes
James Barnes
Hartwell Williford
Jnc. G. Williams
John G. Williams
J.D. Rountree
Washington Barnes
William Th. Bunn Attorney and Counsellor at Law
William Th. Bunn is described as an attorney and counsellor at law practicing in North Carolina counties Nash Wayne Pitt Johnston with offices in Wilson and Cirevi Wilson dated March 1, 1858.
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Lay, Wilson, N. C
Cirevi
Wilson, Nash, Wayne, Pitt and
Johnston Counties
Free Negro Apprenticeship Bill Defeated in Louisiana Senate
The bill proposing free Negroes from Africa to be apprenticed for fifteen years was indefinitely postponed in the Louisiana Senate on the 15th by a two vote majority.
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Louisiana Senate
Old bachelor predicts purse ends choice for ladies
A witty old bachelor claims a young woman with a purse having two silver ends and one gold end will surely open the gold end first, a humorous quip reflecting courtship notions.
Child Questions Moustached Visitor About Eyebrows
A four year old Herbert asks a moustached visitor why he has eyebrows all around his mouth, reflecting playful confusion at the house. The scene captures light family chit chat and a child's curious observation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert
Yong
Tree Hollow Question Remains Uncertain
A terse note questions whether a tree is hollow, stating that the answer is not straightforward and requires closer inspection or tools. The fragment hints at uncertainty and invites further observation.
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Pope
BFA Keeper Receives Odd Royal Goods Request Near Boston
A keeper near Boston received a peculiar order from a respectable family for rare items in his trade. The list includes two ounces of tinker of rubarb two pounds of cotton battens and one pound of good broven shugger. The inventory reads like a quirky historical shopping list from a bygone era.
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BFA
Boston
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Aed
Neva
Aydy
Editors and Proprietors
A. D. Tumbro
Prousnenr
Txvantanty
Fas
Dran Leaoer
Alem
Green Mountains
Ledger
Franklinton
Saxo
New York
Chester, Vt
Heaven
Christ
Porter
Wilson Directory
James DD. Barnes
Jacob S. Barnes
Jesse I. Adams
Superior Courts of Law of
Geo. S. Stevenson
W.S. Daggan
Ww. IH. Bunn
Board OF Superintendents OF Common
L. D. Farmer
William Barnes
Asa Barnes
J. T. Dew
Edwin Barnes
William TH. Bunn
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