Late 19th Century Newspaper Advertising Rates
The notice lists subscription prices for the TEE RICHMOND MAIL and related publications. It specifies 3-dollar annual prepaid and 4-dollar after-year options, six and a quarter cents weekly carrier payment, 4-dollar yearly if mailed, 5 dollars at year end, and single copies at one cent. Postal rates to Virginia regions are included, with semi weekly and weekly mailings offered at fixed annual rates and state postage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TEE Richmond Mail
Rose & Semple
Thirteenth Street
Main
Cary
LURMS
Virginia
Carter's Spanish Mixture advertised as cure all blood purifier
An extended advertisement touts Carter's Spanish Mixture as a miraculous blood purifier curing neuralgia rheumatism scrofula skin eruptions liver and kidney diseases and female complaints. It features certificates from Richmond and lists multiple depots with prices per bottle and bulk deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Carter
Bennett & Beers
Ward, Close & CO
Maiden Lane
New York
Twdyott & Sons
Jenkins & Hartshorne
Philadelphia
Bennet & Beers
Main Street
Annals of Medicine
Morse
Materia Medica
Europe
Sui Generis
Arabia
Chas. H. Ring
Broadway
Smith
Alex. Duval
South 12Th Street
A Maiden, a Hawthorn Tree, and a Banker’s Landslide
A Richmond Mail verse tale contrasts a young couple’s idealized vow with a banker’s scandalous marriage to a wealthy widow. The lovers part in heartache as social pressure and wealth temptations test fidelity, ending in cautions against breaking promises.
Outrageous rape and murder in Marshal county Mississippi
A report details a brutal crime in Marshal county where a white woman, Mrs Redman, was raped twice by a black enslaved man near Buhalia. After the murders and investigation, a mob seized and hanged the culprit, then shot him in front of the crowd. The Memphis Whig account notes the incident sparked mass indignation and unrest in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshal County
Mississippi
Cantratea
Memphis
Freight charges revised by Richmond railroad board in 1854
The Central Railroad of Richmond reports a board meeting on May 27 1854 adopting steps to revise the tariff of rates. A committee was appointed to prepare a new tariff while current charges remain in force temporarily. The plan expands mountain top track costs into general rates and notes changes to business west of the Blue Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad CO
Richmond
Board of
Mountain Top
Blue Ridge
J. Garrett
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Ned Noha Price
B. Oowling
Iphisies
Vale Sania
Rand
Msn
M. Sattler
Paris
White & Page
Strecker
Florence
Morocco
Jenny Lind
D. B. Franklin
Broad Street
Shockoe Hill
Breeden & Fox
Portsmouth
Norfolk
Curtis Peck
John Davis
Rocketts
R. C. Haskins
Celeste, Honaton
C. Valentine, Crenshaw & CO
Corner
Broad
9Th and
Capitol Streets
Mnd
Capitol Square
J W Randolph
Richmond Va
Davenport, Allen & CO
Johnston
Baltimore Lock Hospital
Johnson
South
Frederick Street
Baltimore Street
Royal College of Surgeons
London
United States
America
Dr. J
Baltimore, Rd
N. B
Dr. Johnston
Carther
Longden
Beaver Dam
Hanover Co
Bennett & Bedrs
Paters & Jackson
M. Morse
Mainst
Whitehurst
Baltimore
Washington
Petersburg
Lynchburg
Wilmington
N. C
Main St
Main Streets
People's Bank
A!ashington
Pierce
No. 7
John A. Burgess
13Th Street
Main and
A. Bodeker
THE
Richmond Mail
Heart History
Pehaw
Cupid’s School
Cincinnati Columbian
Minkhouse
Leary
Court of Justice
House of Representatives
South America
Africa
Orient
Gov. Seymour
Jerrold
Alice
Cleveland Herald
Gov. Johnson
Snodgrass
Beecher
Union
Jacob A. Levy
Harper—Smith
Greece
Clifton
Harper’s Magazine
Randolph’s
Elias Halak
Ee Epicures
Williams & Brother
Rea
Smiley Guthrie
Bunker Hill
Brown & Shook
Pnrimson Lake
Paterson & Jackson
Elias Halab
Jes
Mitchell
Jeb
Seye
Joseph Rodgers & Son
Joseph Mappin & Bro
Smith & Harwood
Andy Cassimere
Cassimere
Henry Shafer
Bennete & Beers
R.L. Hickson & CO
D&c
R. L. Hickson & CO
Chuta Orockery
Glass &E
Edward 8
Hickson
Lenw
Cologne
Glenn
Vwlrginia Central Railroad
Gordonsville
Staunton
Whitcomb
Fred. Brown
Bennety & Beers
Pearl Streets
Clinson
R.M. Zimmerman
12Th Streets
White & Pagh
fFrom
Rockbridge
Christian & Latirop
Danskin
William F. Owens
American Hotel
Zimmerman
12Th Sts
14Th Streets
Atent Knif
Vine
U. S
Ountain Bacon, &c
Slate Hill
Globe Mills
Bennett & Arers
KEEN
Chiles & Baldwin
Ighmond
Talcott
CEF
Wmsattler
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