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Mixed Notes and Mirthful Maxims from a Bygone Era
A mosaic of pithy observations on life, politics, manners, and society. Witty maxims mix with local news notes, including fires in Norfolk, a Newbern mayor, a wax of theater and weather forecasts, a peach crop in Delaware, a Low 72 year old poet, and a world revivalist’s health bound voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James K. Polk
United States
Polk
Wilmington Messenger
Pearson
New York
Europe
Holy Land
Greece
Egypt
Italy
London
Paris
Germany
Switzerland
Scotland
R. G. Pearson
E. M Jenkins
Queen’s Court Hotel
England