Historic Wooster merchants and wares ad list 1852
An 1852 Wooster advertisement page lists William Childs and others as commission merchants and retailers. It names dry goods, groceries, wines, teas, clothing, boots, medicines, perfumes, furniture, machinery, and various wares sold from West Liberty Street and Broad Street locations, with multiple Ohio firms in wholesale and retail trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Childs
West Liberty Streat
Wooster
Oi &E
Woosters
Saag N. Jones
Walesale
Wooster Tradesmen Advertise Marble and Carriage Work
Local Wooster merchants advertise marble work by Op es All and Eberhardt successors of D A Griffin and assorted carriage and wagon making. Listings include Rand Monuments, J Shultz JaddIe and Warness, Harvey Howard sheet iron, H R Harrison steam engines and mill supplies, W S Johnson old Wooster stand, W Hanna carriage and wagon officer, John Wilhelm carriage and wagon maker with shop locations on South Liberty streets Wooster Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wooster
ALL & Eberhardt
D A Griffin
Rand
South Street
Yanna
Ohio
H.R. Harrison
Anufa and
LVL
WS. Johnson
John Wilhelm
Liberty Street
A Bachelor’s Despair and The Call for Love
A worn verse laments bachelor life and seeks a wife as a blessing. It argues a true heart in a woman surpasses gold and warns that aging will erase youth and leave him lonely. The piece urges marriage as happiness before old age and isolation set in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gothdi
First Steamboat Voyage in the West Described
This excerpt recounts the 1809 Ohio River steamship experiment led by Roosevelt and Fulton allies. The New Orleans voyage from Pittsburgh to Louisville impressed settlers, amid coal fuel trials, scarce wood, and a rapid river passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Hudson
Roosevelt
N. Y
Chancellor Livingston
Fulton
North River
Clermont
Wit
New Orleans
Ohio
Natchez
Mississsippi
Pittsburgh
Bakew
Andrew Jack
Econnoitre
Lomaville
Louwville
Louisville
Cincinnati
Yellow Banks
Indiana
Thesshare
Depredatora
Lohm
Anil
Voyage of the first steamer amid 1811 12 West convulsions
An account describes a steamer’s perilous voyage from New Madrid to Natchez during the 1811 12 New Madrid earthquakes. Trees uprooted flooding rivers, islands disappeared, and the crew battled fear as the Ohio and Mississippi rivers altered their courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eveping
Foel
Ohio
New Madrid
Mississippi
Natchez
West
Madrid
St. Frances
Boate
Arke
Vermont Legislature Synopsis From Montpelier Papers
The Montpelier papers outline a Whig majority with Locofoco and Free Soil in opposition. They note a combined bloc likely to hold sway in both houses and discuss liquor law debates tied to the Maine Liquor Law, with uncertainty over member designations and shifting party alignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Montpelier
Senate
Locofoco
Freesoil
Hou
Freeman
Madavorinj
Ink stained handshake with Henry Clay told in a printer’s tale
A New York lithographer Mike Walsh shakes hands with Henry Clay after ink from an ink stone stains both, in a playful moment witnessed by workers. The note frames Clay’s good humor, calling the incident one of his amusing life episodes. Then the column offers tips on early rising and orderly habits for women, stressing partnership, mutual respect, and motherhood duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Clay
Mike Walsh
New York
Busiess
Mr. Clay
Mike
Cattle Chewing Bones and Wool Growth Talk
A reader asks why cattle chew old bones and bone-dust, noting appetite for gelatin and phosphate ideas are unlikely. The piece argues bone chewing is an abnormal appetite, cites leather gnawing in horses, and extols wool production as a stable, profitable farm focus with high returns from sheep versus uncertain wheat gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vixen
Navy parses receive 1200 applications for position
The record notes that 1,200 applications were received for the parser role in the navy amid unclear context and damaged OCR. The fragment mentions boundaries and other entities but lacks coherent detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Remarkable Spiritualist Table Turning Report
A NI correspondent details a Sunday séance where Miss Austin levitated the table to five feet, directed participants to form a circle, and a “music of the spheres” filled the room. The table later vibrated violently, broke the circle, and moved out a window, resisting return due to a widened passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irbune
Miss Austin
Ox rant describes four teated milk bag on farm
A Clinton resident, Mr James Thorn, reports an ox that produces milk freely from a bag with four teats. The bag is divided into four sections with no udder, spurring wonder at the animal's unusual milking ability. The tale appears in the Poughkeepsie American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Thorn
Clinton
Guriss
Poughkeepsie
New Granada Ends Priestcraft Rule with Church State Separation
The Cin. Gazette notes a New Granada decree ending government control of church affairs and granting church protections while banning Jesuit influence. It lists thirteen articles including no coercion in religion and church property to parish inhabitants, signaling a move toward a secular republic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Granada
New York Post
Coun
South America
Cin. Gazette
Why not grow more cool sheep farming gains readers
The journal urges farmers to expand flocks of sheep as the most profitable farming path. It argues sheep thrive anywhere, with low waste, and yield annual fleece and milk profits that cover costs, claiming potential savings and large returns while comparing to other trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Texas
Etiuiatoeke
Alowe
Banka
Potato Rot Foe in Bangor Letter Urges Drying Potatoes
A Glensburg farmer writes to the Bangor Courier arguing that dry potatoes resist rot. He states disease is absent, tops killed, and unripe tubers rot from fermentation. He urges digging and drying until cold weather to prevent fermentation and preserve storages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glensburg
Bangor Courier
Remedy for House Flies and Household Tips Chronicle
A letter describes using a dim night lamp to deter house flies by attracting a bat, reporting a dramatic drop in flies overnight. It blends practical household advice with short notes on enacting vegetative growth techniques and simple domestic recipes like a sour milk batter and boiled fruit dumplings.
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OWARE
Grocerea
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Daniel Kreps
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Ddors
American Hotel
Awooster
Robison & Co Co
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Zimmerman &&O
Belnap's Exchange
E. McDonahay & CO Ealers
H. J Frost
D.H. King & CO
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Goolla
Carpetand
D +Merchants' Emporium
James Johnson
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Sfink & Weed
Druga
American House
J. H. Baumgardner & CO
H. J. Frost & CO
Black Wooster
Johnna Kauke
Court House Wooster
M. Allison
Wapersafe
Obia
Mechanics
J. Shultz Jaddle and
Warness
H J Beast
Harvey Howard
E. Howard
W. W. Hanna
United Sy States Hall
William ‘S
Botsford Roan
West Liberty Street
Onio
J M'Cluse
T. Copper
Merchants’ Emporium
J. ). Robison
H. ¢. Long Witz
Market Street
Pub- Ne
Sam
Charles J. Kenworthy
MD Wooster
Lexa
Hysictan
Surgeo
Eagle Hotel
J. Rahetina
S.plixley
Jurgeon and
Ooulett
Ual
Wil Terena
Oilico
West Side Public Square
Wayne County Democrat Office
R. Thayer
Ecke
Woosted
Ancery
Wayne County
West Side Publig Square
Henry Tynmax
Uvcas Flattfry
Newitz
Ato
S.abney
Chanth
Ofica
West Slverty Street
Levi Cox
Younséorn
Chanderette
Wayne
Po Ouse
Saferies
Ang
Goisi Ie Ya Ree
Eugene Pardee
Gmice
Sterchani
King, & Oy
Moon
Jornson
Atonvers
Soliestora
Doedgeporey
Rowan
Orig Man
Torngon
Bed
Agepie
Oldveland
Miller
Russell, Geauga Co
Ti Jay
Allen
Manare.p
District of Columbia
Maine
Isaac J. Allen
the Christian Press
Earnet
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Western States
Boston
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