Publication terms for paper and advertisements 1848
The notice lists publication details for a weekly newspaper by William M. Drake & Son with office location on Front Street opposite the Second Presbyterian Church. Rates show paper only at one or two dollars yearly with advance payment, mail subscriptions, and ad pricing per square for various insertion lengths and durations. December 21, 1848.
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William M. Drake & Son
Front St
2Nd. Presbyterian Church
Embrocation for horses praised by experts
Important for horsemen this prepurs a cure for sprains bruises and more. Testimony from Dr S A Pearson and Mr Schenck promotes Embrocation as the best horse medicine, available 25 and 50 cents a bottle from Philadelphia New York Plainfield and Seely trade channels dated June 13 1849.
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Schenck
Somerset House
Somerville
N. J
M C. Schenck
S. A. Pearson
M. D
North 4Th Street
Philadelphia
J. R. Swallow
New York
Plainfield
E. Kinxpatrick
Seely
United and West Indies
Ten Minutes on an Inclined Plane near Mauch Chunk
Joe Miller Jr recounts the Summit Mines and the Pisgah incline near Mauch Chunk Pennsylvania. He narrates the deadly accident of Bridget O Connor and her two children as their loaded empty cars ascend the steep plane, the fatal descent, and the later safety improvements including a cog rail and safety latch.
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Mauch Chunk
Pensylvania
Lehigh
Lehigh Company
Summit
Mount Pisgah
Piszah
Pisgah
Bridget O Conner
Cholera in New York 1849 Board of Health Report
The report outlines cholera causes and symptoms, noting atmosphere and filth in the city as factors. It records 1,901 admissions to hospitals, 1,021 deaths, and 880 cures, with total mortality and aggregate figures for related diseases.
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Board of Health
Barber's boy Declines, Monkey Shave Offer
Wit asks a barber's boy to shave a monkey. The boy replies no, but invites the man to sit while he tries.
How' to Subdue's Vicious Horse
A Commercial Advertiser report recounts a dangerous horse resisting shoeing until an officer used a simple device a cord tied across the horse's head like a bit to calm and control him. The method, said to be used in Mexico and South America, subdued the animal and allowed safe handling and shoeing.
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New York
Mexico
South America
Noted Merchant Meets Wry Boat Captain Joke
A Paris Gazetteer tale recalls Henry County merchant Ricnest Joxe Yer aboard a steamboat returning from the East. After a boy asks for the captain, the merchant orders the ugliest man to be found, then is told he must be the captain for his wary look and mischief.
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Henry County
Paris
Supstairs
Paris Gazetteer
Stave and Shingle Machinery in Early Waterloo Work
Scientific American notes the Stave machine of Mr. C. B. tchinson Waterloo New York is in operation and shows high daily output. The report asserts the machine’s capability and hints at strong results while a stray domestic excerpt mentions street paving in Hayanosh with fossil evidence.
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C. B.tchinson
Waterloo
N.Y
Scientific American
Telegraph music transmitted by telegraph from Boston to New York
The Journal of Commerce reports a telegraph operator in Boston producing clear, drumlike notes of Yankee Doodle Hail Columbia Auld Lang Syne Old Dan Tucker over wires to New York. The sender notes the tech could keep perfect time with the distant performer.
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Boston
New York
Hanover Street
W. Porter
Columbia
Dan Tucker
Porter
Journal of Commerce
The Newspaper as Civilizing Force and Curious Sideshow
A historical note extols the newspaper as civilization’s reservoir and watchdog guiding public opinion and legislation. It praises its crime reports as moral warnings and laments prejudice while recounting Baroum’s American Museum curiosities including a bedbug and jokes about a monster incident involving a reader’s discomfort with a host of troubling, offensive lines.
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Monster Bensoc
Baroum
American Museum
N. York
Hidden Mechanisms in the Human Body
An older narrator muses on the complex machinery within the human body. She notes careful habits, from washing to testing fat heat, and reflects on hidden joints valves and muscles that form a working system beyond common knowledge. The passage hints at bones acting as pillars in a precise, mathematical frame.
Unclear letter warns of harbor vessels at risk this winter
In a San Francisco correspondence a brother reports that vessels in San Francisco harbor are crewing deserted and face wrecks if not guarded this winter. The letter notes possible action by authorities and implies a dire fate without prompt care.
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San Francisco
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Plainfield Gazette
Ford & Batnwolds
Cortlandt Street
West 8St
Thomas J. Ford, William L. Kaynolds
Joseph Annin
Plainfired
N. 5
Rail Road Hotel
Marble Manufactory
Market Street
Newark
New Jersey
DR. Pearson’s
Joe Miller, JR
Hayanosh
Feslsc Eestie
Annie T Sanday
Beditizich
Thepe
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