Tarborough Press subscription and ad rates 19th century
The Tarborough Press lists weekly publication at two dollars and fifty cents per year paid in advance or three dollars at year end, twenty five cents per month for partial year. Distance subscribers pay in advance or provide a local reference. Advertisements up to one square cost one dollar for the first insertion and twenty five cents per continuation. longer ads scale with duration. Court and judicial notices cost twenty five percent higher. Advertisements must note number of motions or be continued and charged accordingly. Letters to the editor must be postpaid.
Huckleberry Gals and Snuff Trade in Tarboro Shop
Poem by Mike Fink laments the close of the busy season and cheerfully anticipates the arrival of conetee trade and huckleberry gals. He praises merchants, tobacco, and snuff while joking about skeeters, frogs, and roguish “wild goose motion” to train a gal into a “lady rusher.”
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Mike Fink
Secretary of War report on Core Sound channel survey
Secretary Poinsett forwards a Topographic Engineers report on Core Sound NC. It discusses channel options, costs of a fifty yard by seven foot channel costing about eighty thousand dollars and a larger two hundred fifty yard wide version at about three hundred thousand dollars. Recommendation favors a smaller channel within existing law. The letter to Hon. Panin is included with remarks from Lt. Col. Kearney supporting Core Sound importance.
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Secretary of War
Core Sound
North Carolina
Department of War
Bureau of Topographical Engineers
J. R. Poinsett
Cencap Og Torocrarnican Engineers
Washington
Shepard
Kearney
Messrs. Shepard
Sunly
Congress
United States
Ocracock Inlet
Beauf ort harbor and Core sound plan for inland coast trade
The document discusses North Carolina inland coastal navigation from Pamlico Sound to Beaufort harbor. It analyzes inlets and shoals, potential channels, and cost estimates for improving Core sound and related routes to sustain coasting commerce, with historical context from the War of 1812 and Dismal Swamp canal limits. The report weighs alternative routes, legal authority, and the balance between isolated improvements and a broader inland system. It notes projected costs around 80 000 to 300 000 dollars, plus possible additional works and jetties.
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Beaufort
North Carolina
Chesapeake Bay
Albemarle
Pamplico Sound
Orracock
Pamlico Sounds
Cape Henry
Cape Lookout
Chowan
Roanoke
Congress
Sounds
Petersburg
Treasury Department
Beaufort Harbor
Ceracock
Currituck Sound
Ocean
New River
Whitock
Norfolk
Bogue Point
Core Sound
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Croton
Pamlico Sound
Neuse River
Slocum’s Creek
North East
Chesapeake
Charleston
New River Inlet
Neuse
Pamlico
Cape Fear
Yankee Ingenuity Exhibits Life Sized Music Machine
Albany man reveals a life sized female figure on a pedestal that plays an accordion. The figure breathes, moves its head, fingers keys, works bellows with both hands and foot, and beats time to the music. The inventor plans to exhibit the machine in England.
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Albany
England
Secrets of Health and the four ordinary secrets
The text contrasts extremes of behavior and argues a balanced life. It cites early rising, exercise, personal cleanliness, and rising from the table with an unoppressed stomach as the four ordinary secrets of human life. It asserts sorrows may remain but will be fewer with these practices.
Russian elder tea cure for colds and coughs
A Russian remedy for seasonal colds is a strong hot tea from elder flowers sweetened with honey. Drink as soon as in bed to induce perspiration. a mild cold or cough yields quickly, while stubborn cases may need two or three doses.
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Russia
Ambiguous Exchange Over Marriage and Suitor Recall
A fragment shows a heated talk about marriage, a young coed, and a suitor declaring a stake of one hundred thousand dollars. The dialogue hints at character judgments of youth, pride, jealousy, and danger, with assertions that she has talents and could kill. The clip ends abruptly amid accusations and bravado.
Four Sam Slick sayings on horses and women alike
Sam Slick offers a maxim linking horses and women. He argues that both share temper and demand similar handling, advising gentleness with timid and steady care with fractious and sulky individuals. The hornbook style reflects a satirical frontier voice.
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Sam Slick
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the Tarborough Press
George Howard
Dameb TY
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Tarboro’ Press
Sue Panin
House of Representatives
Ocracock
Cracock
Virginia
Lam
Swansborough
New-river
Bogue
Whiteck River
Whitock River
J. Keanner
Top'l Engineers
J. J. Abert
Top l
J. R. Powserr
Frank Ryan
Ashe County
Judge Baily
Ashecourt
Butter Hill
Pancake Mountain
Honey River
Brandy Creek
Salisbury
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