Tarborough Press subscription and advertising terms
The Tarborough Press notes weekly publication at two dollars fifty cents per year paid in advance or three dollars after year end. Shorter periods are twenty five cents per month. Discontinuation allowed with arrears. distance subscribers must prepay or provide local reference. Ads up to a square cost one dollar for the first insertion, twenty five cents per continuation, Lounger ads same. court notices and judicial ads cost twenty five percent more. Ads must state insertions or be extended and charged accordingly. Editor letters must be postpaid.
Poem Fragment From The Tarboro Press Variety
A collection of verse snippets from Howard to K. H. L. includes Byron inspired lines about distrust of a woman. the writer suggests publishing or sending to the printer for the village readers. The piece reflects light literary content aimed at local loafers with a cautionary tone about vows.
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Mr. Howard
Elegy for a kitten on Tarbor O Press page
A short elegy laments a kitten’s death with lines echoing Requiescat in pace. It notes a hapless young cat smitten by death and wishes it had lived longer to become strong and chase rats, hoping the cat rests in a distant land.
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N. M
English Cotton Market Alarm Signals Indian Experiment
The English cotton market eyed the British India experiment with India cultivation of cotton. Southern planters showed little movement toward formal measures, while Northern journals like the Boston Atlas urged action, noting East India imports approaching American levels and alarming competition from Bombay. The piece warns the South to study the shift and its potential impact on the cotton staple.
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British India
South
Boston Atlas
Baltimore American
India
America
Bombay
India cotton could rival American supply in Europe
The article cites Liverpool import records showing steep growth in East India cotton in 1842, outpacing American imports and warning Southern readers to heed the risk. It notes Thomas J. Finnie’s Indian venture near Jumna with 5600 acres, proposing cotton at half U.S. costs due to cheap labor and favorable climate.
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Britain
Liverpool Mercury
United States
Bombay
West India
Brazil
Great Britain
Demerara
East India
India
Natchez
Thomas J. Finnie
Jumna
Ganges
Mississippi
Finnie
American Beacon
Washing and cooling for scarlet fever cure
A historical note promotes washing the fever patient with weak leg solution and frequent sponge baths. Begin at first redness or fever and repeat every few hours, or every five minutes if fever rises. A nurse observed rapid relief after cooling with the treatment, noting improved comfort and no recurrence. Also mentions soothing foot baths.
Subterraneous Fires and Earth’s Interior Theory
The tremen dous earthquake extended from San Domingo to Arkansas about 1500 miles, supporting the idea of hidden fires within the earth. Geologists suppose a globe in igneous fusion about thirty miles down, with earthquakes and volcanoes as ebullitions of this fiery mass. Some theologians see in this theory a confirmation of final world destruction by fire.
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San Domingo
Arkansas
Tragic Death in Liberty Maine Woman Kills Self
In Liberty Maine the wife of Robert Lermond killed herself last week. She slashed her leg and thigh with a cooper’s adze, then attempted to bleed to death and finally cut her throat. A segment of her windpipe was found on the floor.
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Liberty
Maine
Robert Lermond
Industrious woman described in local obituary note
A fifty year old woman, active in the Methodist church, completed her duties before the act, set matters straight, and sent her children to pick berries. The brief portrait highlights her industrious character and family role.
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Methodist Church
Dreadful Philadelphia murder shocks city crowding court
A young Kentucky man, Milton J. Alexander of Cumberland County, killed Noah Lougee at 37 Chesnut Street in an early morning assault over a counterfeit Missouri paper. He fled through Chestnut to Second, was captured atop a Third Street store, and jailed. He claimed wealth as motive, pleaded remorse, and was committed for trial in murder in the first degree.
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Philadelphia
Baltimore
Franklin House
Sanderson
A. Smith
Milton J. Alexander
Berkville
Cumberland Co
Kentucky
Times
Third St
Noah Lougee
Chesnut Street
Missouri
Chesnut St
Third Street
Mr. Lougee
Alexander
Teese
Cincinnati
Louisville
Sight Watch
John Smith
Lougee
P.S
Market Street
Virginia
Riots in Philadelphia shock city over temperance parade
The Philadelphia riots began yesterday morning as a black and white clash after a temperance and emancipation parade. Dozens were wounded, a four story building linked to abolition talk burned, and a black owned church in St Mary Street was set alight. Firefighters saved nearby structures though the blaze consumed the building believed to host abolition discussions. No further disturbances occurred overnight.
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Philadelphia
Jamaica
Shippen
Smith
Pennsylvania Hall
St. Mary Street
Extraordinary Kentucky case of bone ejection from body
A physician’s letter describes a young woman 24 or 25 beset by repeated joint dislocations and spasms since 1832. In the last months she has expelled 192 bones from her mouth nose throat arm side and leg without any bleeding. Despite the ordeal she remains cheerful and optimistic about recovery.
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Lexington
Kentucky
A Modern Hercules at Arch Street Theater Philadelphia
A vivid note on Mons Paul performing as a modern Hercules at the Arch Street theatre in Philadelphia, showcasing astonishing strength and feats on stage. The brief mentions his athletic prowess and crowd-pleasing demonstrations.
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Mons. Paul
Philadelphia
Tragic drowning of mother, son, and daughter near Reading
In Philadelphia the Gazette reports a fatal accident as Mrs. Andy, the lad’s mother, and his sister Mrs. Boyer, all perished after the son fell into a pond while reaching for his hat. They became entrapped by mud and deep water, unable to escape despite help.
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Hercules
U.S. Gazette
Philadelphia
John Andy
Reading
Andy
Exposures of Mormon Villainy and Smith Conflict
The Santamo Journal of the 15th reveals letters from J. C. Bennett alleging Joseph Smith’s licentiousness and plotting Gov. Boggs’s assassination. It cites a Mormon named Rockwell as the shooter and claims Smith sent him. Reports from Nauvoo warn Smith will resist delivery, boasting arms and state weapons to defend him.
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Santamo Journal
J. C. Bennett
Joseph Smith
Boggs
Bennett
Rockwell
Smith
Kaskaskia
John Stephenson
Naus Yoo
Nauvoo
Joe Smith
Gov. Carlin
Texan volunteers skirmish at Lipantitlan on Nueces River
A Texan despatch describes a dawn attack by about seven hundred Mexicans against two hundred Texans at Lipantitlan near Corpus Christi on the Nueces River. The attackers lost at least thirty killed, with Mexican prisoners reporting two hundred regulars and five hundred rancheros under General Canales. The Texans, including Captain Cameron's mounted guns, report no casualties.
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Texas
Galveston
New Orleans
Lipantitlan
Cameron
Fayetteville
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