Advertising Rates and Policies in a 19th Century Printer’s Notice
Subscribers pay two dollars per year in advance, distant subscribers two dollars per year in advance with single copies available at the office. Advertisements cost one dollar per square for three weeks with twenty cents per insertion, fourteen lines per page. Yearly advertisers limited to forty lines per week and may be discontinued until arrears are paid. publisher may discontinue at will.
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Pourteen
I Hargeoise
Austerlitz
Dresden
Waterloo
Kylan
Borodina
Isus
Arbela
Cesa
Jerusalem
Troy
New York Observer
Europe
Xerxes
Jenghis Khan
Aerat
Cholera Morbus and Diarrh a Patent Medicine Claim
An 1800s notice warns against copies of Mrs E Kidder’s Cholera Morbus Dynenthry and Diarerhom Condit advertised as original. It states the product in quart bottles, sold at one dollar, manufactured at Court Street Boston and distributed by Briggs & Drury Bristol.
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E. Kidder
C. Heile
Hind
Dia
Nes. E. Kidder
Ahd & No
Court Street
Buston
Dole
Delis Itaedicine
Uruggiate Nail Apothecaries
Bristol
Briggs & Drury
Fancy Articles and Medicines Offered By Briggs and Drury
At 106 Hope Street the firm Briggs and Drury advertise a wide range of Fancy Articles for cash, including pearl and silver items, perfumes, writing sets, and amusing games. They promote pure medicines for prescriptions and family use, with prompt dispensing to patrons.
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Hope Street
Goorlam's
Jules Haules
Alao
Merry Gane
Peter Puzzlewig
Briggs & Drury
Emily Howard and Louisa Luminary at Mr Dalton's Hall
Emily Howard hosts a birthday celebration where her cousin Louisa pretends to be a country girl. Louisa's graceful performance at the piano and voice wins over Sir Edward Walton and others, exposing Wilmot sisters’ pretensions and ending in Louisa's triumph and Emily's reconciliation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Walton
Howard
Sir Edward
Wilmote
Edward
Emily
Louisa
Triad
Miss Wilmot
St Edward
Mr. Howard
Tom
Wilmots
Miss Dalton
Emily Howard
Mr. Dalton
Aweel Country
Irish Roads and English Roads in a Witty Exchange
An Englishman asks an Irishman if Irish roads are good. The Irishman quips that roads to love, matrimony, honor, prison, and the undertaker’s shop are well trodden, while the Union alters the path to preferment. A second note suggests boiling onions to deter flies from frames and glasses without harming the flame.
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Ireland
England
Snahman
King's Palace
Great Britain
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