14 Jan 1843
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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1843
Page
1
The Tarborough Press states weekly publication by George Roward with annual and monthly rates, advance payment for distant subscribers, and arrears policy. It sets advertisement charges for short and long notices, with court orders priced higher, and requires marked insertion counts. editor letters must be postpaid.
Poem urging Democrats to rally for workers and artisans, celebrating the soil tilled by fathers and the nation’s coast and hills. It calls for strength, justice, and resistance to oppression, praising the sinews of the state and the vital role of craftspeople in peace and war.
Senator Cooper argues for issuing one million dollars in Treasury notes to aid the people through county loan offices. He disputes bank relief and warns against debt, asserting the plan would yield net gain for the state while offering temporary relief amid money scarcity. He criticizes banks, favors swift legislative action, and urges support to protect constituents from sheriff's sales. Additional notices cover a polygamy charge in Massachusetts and a curious disguise case in New York involving a woman posing as a man who married another woman.
Amelia Simcox writes that after eight years of marriage her gowns required eight hooks and eyes. She notes a husband once hooked eight items but as a married woman the duty should fall to the husband, while earlier in marriage she relied on her sister, cousin, mother, or Betty for aid. The letter mocks shared sewing duties in marriage.
A letter warns readers about a husband’s shrinking attention after years of marriage, noting he now limits himself to the top hook and eye as an anniversary habit. The writer urges women to demand proper toilette and looks from their husbands before wedlock, reminding that marriage has bonds and looks.
A Richmond Whig correspondent recalls a man named Branch who left Carra Cumberland county Virginia for Missouri with a hound. The man died after reaching Missouri, and miraculously the dog traveled back toward Ca Ira over a distance of a thousand miles or more, proving keen sense and loyalty.
The text lists medical cautions for skin injuries using poultice blue stone and nitre on the face after shaving, and mentions a Massachusetts bankruptcy petition with assets at 1,889,018 dollars. Debris includes 300,000 dollars to Bar ing Brothers Co of London, opposed by foreign houses through able counsel in Boston.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports Edward H. Nicholl, late secretary of the Life Insurance and Trust Company, feloniously appropriated company funds. Investigations reveal a large, undetermined loss. the board states that any loss will not impair capital nor exceed 240,000 dollars, and Nicholl is said to have gone to Europe.
The Philadelphia Gazette reports that interest on Tennessee 5 percent bonds due last Tuesday was promptly paid at the Philadelphia Bank. It adds that interest has always been promptly met, praising Tennessee for honoring its pledged word and upholding the state's sovereign honor.
In the New England Farmer, a writer relays anecdotes from a Baptist minister touring Virginia and North Carolina. He says many know that the White Ash deters rattlesnakes and moccasins and can cure bites when poison has weakened the victim. Bark or leaves are chewed and juice swallowed or a tea brewed and drunk, with external application. He cites proofs of its efficacy and notes limited physician attention, with hints that Lowell and Boston physicians plan to prepare medicines from the White Ash.
A Philadelphia doctor named J S Rose has devised a small whistle like instrument that inflates and distends the lungs. It is used by breathing through a tube four to five minutes daily, inhaling through a large aperture and exhaling through a smaller one, retaining part of each breath to expand the lungs. Rose claims it can strengthen the voice, increase chest circumference, and banish consumption if directions are followed. he has published a treatise on consumption for those with weak lungs.
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