Advertising schemes and political notes in a 1801 Durham paper
The article opines on shop advertisements and reader attention, notes a Russia grain embargo after December, and reports on politics, trade, and society including unions, reciprocity with Cuba, and the spread of electric lights in Le Huon Porst. It also covers church conferences, New York subtreasury funds, and international affairs with a tone of a late 19th century northern newspaper.
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Gilead
Notable Bequests and Ventures Highlight 19th Century News
Boston bookseller Burnham leaves an estate near one million dollars with large charitable gifts to Essex, MIT, and local institutions. Patent advances promise cheaper plate glass, while Luther Pease touts 10 cent per square foot production. Other items note treason for drunken conduct, Polks re-election, immigrant origins, clergy weddings, canaries, Bible society distributions, and a Russian file system lecturer.
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T. C. H. P. Burnham
Boston
Essex
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Taft’s College
Massachusetts Agricultural College
Local Druggist Promotes Popular Remedies
The advertisement proclaims years of selling Dr King’s New Discovery Dr King’s New Life Pink Burklen’s Arnica Valve and Electric Bitters with good results and customer satisfaction. The store offers refunds if buyers are not satisfied and asserts remedies’ popularity rests on merit.
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Dr. King
New Life
Burklen
Valve
Blacknall
Drogget
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