Merchants advertise wholesale and retail groceries in 19th century ads
Fenner McMillan Arthur advertise wholesale groceries wines liquors cigars fruits oils and commission merchants at 90 Broad Street New York J B McConahay Co dealers in housekeepers furnishing articles trunks carpets etc near H J Frosts Wooster Ohio M Allison wholesale and retail dry goods groceries ready-made clothing Termacash east of the American Hotel Wooster Ohio
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Childs
West Liberty Street
Wooster
Ohio
Fenner, McMillan & Arthur, Holesale
Commission Merchants
Broad Street
New York
Daniel
EALER
Robison & Co
Yi Moles
Public Square
Isaac N. Jones
YraOeeshue
Belnap's Exchange
West Liberty St
J.B. M’conahay &Co
Ealers
H J Frost
D. H. King & CO
Wooster,co
McDonald, Laugerlin & CO
Anufacturers & Wholesale
Spink & Weed, Ogl
Woolster
J H Baumgardner & CO
Lycee
Donra
H. J.frost & CO
Mechanics Block
Wooster, Oho
M. Allison
Holesale
Termacash
Wooster Businesses Advertise Marble and Jewelry Shops
A 1852 Wooster advertisement page highlights MECHANICS, WOOSTER MARBLE SHOP, YARN Act & EBERHARDT offering monuments and marble work. SHELDON & EWALT jewelry and watch repairs. HARVEY HOWARD iron and sheet copper work. H. R. HARRISON steam engines and mill works. W. HANNA wagon maker. JOHN WILHELM wagon and glass shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. R. Harrison
Wooster Doctors and Lawyers Advertise Services 1853
A dense Wooster advertisement page lists physicians and attorneys offering services. Dr J D Robison and others pledge medical treatment, house calls, and chronic-disease attention. Lawyers Lehman Flattery Bonewitz Cox Johnson Jeffries Pardee Reman Johnson advertise offices around the public square and courthouse for various legal matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Robison
Wooster
Erscue
Public Square
Ohio
Lehman & Flattery
Ih Chancery
Wayne County
West Aide Public Square
Henry Lenman
Lucas Flattfry
Levi Cox
Wayne
Orrick
INO
P. Jeffries
A Lament for the Heat and Social Ties in May
Woven verse and prose sketch a blistering May with heat waves and social critique. The piece lampoons rising temperatures and civic irritations while tracing a family’s dependence on a distant center figure, the Offender, who bears the burden of comfort without awareness.
Hints on Female Education and Domestic Life
A critique of 19th century schooling for girls arguing it neglects home skills and duties. The text details how lack of domestic training leads to marital strain, financial trouble, and misery, sharing a case of a wife who learned usefulness to support her husband and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schol
Grammer
Editors and Adversaries Seek News Variety
The piece sketches readers demanding a mix of grave morality and light fare from journalism. Opinions clash over religion politics foreign news marriage deaths and oddities while editors vow to publish what is right and ignore grumblers.
Crystal Palace Inauguration Parade in New York 1852
Editorial notes a gala day for the Crystal Palace inauguration in New York. President Pierce arrives by steamer, reviews 5830 troops under Gen Sanford and the Battery, then leads a parade to the Crystal Palace amid showers, bouquets, and broad public display. Distinguished guests include Gen Scott and Archbishop Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Herald
Crystal Palace
Pierce
Castle Garden
Palace
Gen Scott
Wainright
Hughes
New York
Broadway
Sanford
Calvary
Washington Greys
Newark
Josephine
Gen. Sanford
Electio
Irving House
Fourteenth Street
In New York The Crystal Palace Opens To Vast Crowd
The Daily Pittsburgh Gazette correspondent describes the July 15 1853 opening day of the Crystal Palace exhibition in New York. Thousands attend as President Pierce arrives and speeches echo through the grand hall. The piece notes architectural detail Moorish styling the dome and galleries and remarks on admission price crowd size and future plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seagun
Temple of the Arts of Peace
Gen. Scott
Lord Ellesmere
Gen
Scott
Bishop Wainwright
Protestant Episcopal Church
Sedgwick
Crystal Palace Association
Hughes
Wainwright
Palace
Columbia
Bishop Wainright
New York Harmonic Society
National Guard
President Pierce
United States
Impu
Pierce
Mr. Fillmore
Theodore Sedgwich
Haydn
Wpodworth
West
Crystal Palace
Department of the
England
Ireland
France
Austria
Holland
Italy
New York
Washingon
National Intelligencer
Geo. Pierce
Chamber of Commerce
Maine
Putman
Zul
Metropolian
Se ¢ Gworgaus
Tshill
Remarkable Sleep Phenomenon and Social Observations
A Rochester Democrat item notes a two-part feature: social commentary on climbing social ladders and a remarkable case of Cornelius Broomer, a Clarkson farmer's son, who has slept nearly five years with only brief awakenings since June 1848. He remains conscious only in sudden intervals, cannot speak, and requires forced feeding. upon waking he is ravenous and puzzled by his long slumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cornelius‘Broomer
Clarkson
Fie
Sally
Electioneering heats up across states in August
Averst Ecections indicate August 1 as primary day in Kentucky Arkansas and Alabama with choices for Congress and state offices. Mississippi and North Carolina also pick Congress members while Alabama Texas and Tennessee select governors and legislatures. Canvassing runs intense in Kentucky Missouri and Tennessee with party lines closely drawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Kentucky
Missouri
Tennessee
General Jackson Maxim Inspires Deliberation and Action
A quotation sparks reflection on remorse and duty. The saying also highlights a rule from General Jackson: take time to think, but when ready to act, act decisively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Farewell Goy Wooo- Dayton Gazette reflects sorrowful farewell
The Dayton Gazette prints an emotional farewell to Goy Wooo- after addressing Ohio, lamenting duty to family and sacrifice. He notes leaving a home offer of 1500 a year for a distant land with a $30000 yearly prospect, driven by family needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Gazette
Goy Wooo
People of
Ohio
Boo Hoo
Reuben
Dan
Fragmented Opinion Pieces and Notices From a 19th Century Paper
A collage of snippets covers social satire, political quips, and oblique notices. Items include jokes on diet and manners, state fair premiums for butter, newspaper closings in Coshocton and Petersboro, and a note on the origin of the word bankrupt, plus a quotation about truth and gravity.
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Business Directory
Samuel Knepper
Merchant's Emporium
James Johnson
Asasuliers Ware House and Seed Store
East Liberty Street
John H Kauke
Court House
Mechanics
Wooster Marble Shop
J. Shultz
Sheldon & Ewalt, Atchmakers
Veater
Harvey Howard
Staven
Howard
John Wilhelm
Liberty Street
William B, Botsford
J. M'Clure
Tis
Merchants’ Emporium
J. C. Long
Wie
Market Street
Loxo
Charles J Kenworthy
MD Wooster
J. P. Coulter
Passoran
Eagle Hotel
Spixley
M. D
Urgeon
MC Davis
J Overholt
A Thayer
S. R. Bonewitz
Yooster
Eugene Pardee
T Law
D. H. King, & Co. Ee
Reman & Johnson
Solicitora
Wartelde
Jonnsow
Oliver Wholmes
Farenheim
Lowell
Dr Nott
Society
Brattle Street
Temple Place
Chambers
Edinburgh Journal
Canterbury
Tering
Derr
Papa
Rebnus
Diciaus
St. George
Daily
Pittsburgh Gazette
The
Rochester Democrat
Chesterfield
Y. Dutchman
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
N. _ Y. Dutchman
Charley Sweetzer
Delaware County
Washington
St. James
Buchanan
Cleve
Coshocton
Democrat
Gerritt Smith
Petersboro
N. Y
Isreel Davidson
Adan
Guat
Corvertion
Toais Scott
Alsu
Chilficothe
Foe Wosaustua Monument Association
Confivet Dt Toon
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