Tarboro Scevola Prospectus for a Democratic Weekly
A 1857 prospectus announces Tarboro Edgecombe County North Carolina will publish a weekly paper titled Tarboro Scevola edited by M Edward Manning and printed by J W Manning The paper will cover politics commerce agriculture internal improvements mechanics medicine literature and defense defend democracy support Van Buren Johnson and Jackson like aims report Congress and state legislature news and promote North market data It outlines pricing five dollars per annum with annual subscription only and advertising rates one dollar per square for three insertions plus twenty five cents for each subsequent insertion Subscriptions due by May first and first issue slated for May tenth 1857
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Edward Manning
J. W Manning
Mucius Scavola
Rome
Porsenna
Martin van Buren
R. M. Johnson
Congress
Tarboro
Edgecombe Co
N. Carolina
Post
Cash and the Power of Money in Society
A historic verse satirizes the dominating force of cash in daily life and politics. It laments wage dependence, social status bought by wealth, and the prison door opened by money while contrasting virtue with material value. The poem weaves moral critique with images of commerce, pleasure, and power.
Puzzle Puzzle to be read aright once had on both
A jumbled verse puzzle reads like a compact riddle about regret and debts. It hints at past promises and a shift from folly to prudence as the speaker contemplates repayment and keeping faith with a friend who once trusted them.
Rumored murder near Rainsburg Bedford County Pa
Rumor spreads in Cumberland that a diabolical murder occurred near Rainsburg in Bedford County. A Westbound man with horses sought lodging, was refused, then reassured elsewhere. The tale continues with a night visit by local women and two daughters, leading to a deadly event, though details remain unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cumberland
Rainsburg
Bedford County
Bedford Papers
Philadelphia
Murder and nose making in a Boston city page
A brutal house murder report describes three intruders killing two sisters on the lower floor while a stranger upstairs shoots two of them and subdues the third. The attackers are identified as the landlords, and a later column jokes about Dr. Warren’s nose restoration claims in Boston society.
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Phas
J. Mason Warren
Boston
Pugin
Warren
Hackett
Patent Safety Harness Attracts Attention In New York
Reports from Beale's patent harness in William and Wall streets praise its safety as it eliminates swingle trees and reduces cost. The device frees a entangled horse without culling and allows greater ornamentation than old harness styles. Also noted are local notices about a clerk and a candidate, plus a long technical explanation of spontaneous combustion in dry ashes and its link to potash and oxygen.
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William Street
Wall Street
Beale
Santh
New Haven
Conv
Lcle
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King & Edmondson
State Bank of North Carolina
FE Patterson
Raleigh
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