PIANO FORT E Opening in Petersburg on Sycamore Street
PIano Forte H subscribers announce the opening of a store on Sycamore street offering pianos from the manufactory of Messrs. Nannis and Clark of New York, a large selection of American and European music, plus guitars, violins, flutes, drums, harps and strings. They will weekly receive new music from the Northern Cities and offer a twelve month trial and return policy if a piano is defective. Also noting hire options with Charles Beng Co. Petersburg April 1 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sycamore Street
Messrs
Nannis & Clark
New York
Algo
Accerdeans
Charles Beng & CO
Petersburg
Reward for Runaway Slave Daniel From Pitt County NC
Advertisement from Abernethson offering a ten dollar reward for the apprehension of Daniel a 34 year old enslaved man about six feet tall with a dark complexion and a scarred mouth. He was raised in Pitt County North Carolina and is described as weighing about 200 pounds. The notice warns against harboring him and states the reward will be paid for delivering him to Abernethson near Oak Grove Ellgecombe County NC or confining him in jail. Dated February 24 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranaway
Orgro
Daniel
Pitt County
N. C
Oak Grove
Elgecombe County
N.C
Loudun
Paris
Advertiser
Elis
Tarboro
Brandreth's Pills universal remedy claims
An 1840 Tarborne advertisement extols Brandreth's Pills as a superior blood purifier and tonic. The text asserts they outdo Sarsaparilla and Mercury, cleanse the blood, prevent weakness, and cure diverse ailments from rheumatism to dysentery by daily use. GEO. HOWARD, Agent, Tarborne, Oct. 1840.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandreth
Uman
Geo. Howard
Tarborne
Evans Camomile Pills touted for nervous debility and cures
An 1840 ad proclaims Evans Camomile Pills a mild vegetable tonic for general debility and nervous ailments. It describes uses for indigestion, loss of appetite, palpitations, melancholy, and various nervous disorders, claiming cures and listing sale from New York to Philadelphia with agents in Tarboro and Elizabeth City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Evans
Geo. Howard
Tarboro
N.C
F.S Marshall
Halifax
M. Russell
Elizabeth City
Bland
Edenton
Solomon Hall
Newbern
W. Mason
Raleigh
OW. Atwill
Brunswick
Lane
Washington
S. Seventh Street
Philadelphia
Coffield King
Brrth
Dr Flairbell’s Nervine Lotion Promises Rapid Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Flairbell’s Nervine Lotion as a powerful medical breakthrough. It claims instant ease from acute pains and rapid improvement for chronic ailments, listing disorders from dyspepsia and asthma to neuralgia epilepsy fits toothache rheumatism gout and skin eruptions, with patient testimonies of swift cures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Vitus
Local remedies claim cures for various ailments by Dr Harrell
In Halifax and nearby counties an advertisement by Dr. Harrell, a Maryland graduate, touts quick cures. Case reports describe ankle sprain relief in two minutes, nerve headaches eased, chronic rheumatism vanquished in days, a shoulder seizure corrected in minutes, extensive facial ringworm destroyed in two, and neuralgic facial pain cured in twenty minutes. The notice ends with a Tarboro sale date of April 8, 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifx
Halifax
N. C
Norfolk
Elizabeth City
N.C
Case
Pisquotanke County
N C
Harrell
University of Maryland
R. T. Allen
Geo. Howard
Tarboro
Cotton Gins for Sale in Greenville and Tarboro
A few new steel plate cotton gins, manufactured at Greenville, are for sale. Apply to Henry Chamberlain in Greenville or to Geo Howard in Tarboro. August 25, 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Henry Chamberlain
Geo Howard
Tarboro
Moffats Life Pills and Phenix Bitters Promotion in 1839
Moffats Vegetable Life Pills and Epies six Esetters offer cures for castiveness dyspepsia biliary and liver ailments asthma piles rheumatic pains headaches and general health derangements. Prepared by WM B MOFFAT at 375 Broadway New York with facsimile signature and various prices. Includes offer of a free Moffats Medical Manual pamphlet. advertisement dated November 18 1839.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WM. B. Moffat
Broadway
New York
N.B
John Moffit
Moffit
Wm. B Moffat
Geo. Howard
Peters Vegetable Pills touted as universal cure in Tarboro 1841
An 1841 Tarboro notice extols Peters Vegetable Pills as a life changing remedy for fevers liver complaints dyspepsia and many ailments. It claims rapid universal demand mild side effects and medical legitimacy by Dr Peters professing scientific simple-based pills sold at the Post office and Printing Office in Tarboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Peters
Dr Peters
Peters
Tarboro
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Music Store
Votice
Bahle
William Fl. Battle
Ben
D. Battle
Amos J. Balile
Tar River
Baakle
Battle & Brothers
Battles& Brothers
Rocky Mount
Brandreth’s Pills
Dr. Evans
Chatham St
Gro Howamp
M. Russeve
Jonas Snyder
Kernesville
William Evans
W. Evans
Hunt
Goode
Cuaruam Street
South Seventh Street
Pullap
Counutt
Boston
Mass
Dr. Flairbell
Cheap Cash Store
James Weddell & Co
T. A. Macnair
Maicaair
Tarbora
Parboro
SAS. Iveddeil & CO
Urs
J. C. Howard
Algiers
Moffats
Vizi
Peters’ Vegetable Pitts
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