Fall 19th Century Classifieds Policy Note
Public notice fragment outlines advertising rates and terms for a weekly paper. It mentions payment in advance, monthly rates, discontinuation on stele notice, and that longer ads incur higher charges. Letters to the advertiser must be addressed properly and will not be attended to.
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Aie Tardorowsh Press
Ghorgh Howard
Fabed Weekly
Ee Ieee
Sayltiz Agronre
Adis
Abner Goa
Pyipen
Ugtts
Otherva
Aod
Monument Fund Drive for Washington Memorial Urged
The newspaper urges a national memorial in Washington funded by voluntary subscriptions. A General Collector for North Carolina, J G Lash of Stokes, seeks deputies and one agent per county. A list of regional agents and society officers is announced, urging patriotic support and gratitude.
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Nagon
Washington
Friends of Liberty
Cnted
North Carolina
J.G. Lash
Stokes County
Cattell
Martin
S. M. Smithwick
Macon
Jas
Truitt
Inve
C. Turrentine
Washington Na‘otal Monument Society
James Madison
William Cranebs
May'tor Washington
William W. Seaton
Samuel H. Smith
George Watterston
Conrner
A. Ma- Gop
Monument to Washington Memorial Appeal to the People
The Board of Managers issue an Address urging Americans to fund a national monument to George Washington. Citizens are asked to contribute even small sums to create a grand edifice in the metropolis named for him, representing gratitude, patriotism, and Munificence of the republic. The appeal stresses national memory and urging all ages to participate.
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Force
John McClelland
America
Board of Managers
Peorle
Washington
Republic
Washington National Monument Society appeals to public aid
The Raleigh Register notes the call by the Washington National Monument Society for citizens to contribute generously. It urges newspapers statewide to promote the cause as noble and patriotic, stressing the importance of supporting the monument project and the nation’s commemorative effort.
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Washington National Monument Society
Geo.watterston
Sec’y
Raleigh Register
Spring Craven Court closes with unusual sale of a free man
The Craven Superior Court ended its spring term on Saturday with routine business and one notable incident. A free man was sold at the courthouse, an action that surprises the uninitiated in law. Judge Saunders presided, earning praise for impartiality and clear exposition. A friend of the writer saw a two and sixpence matter resolved in five minutes, after months of delay caused by reluctance and an odd charge. Newbern Spec.
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Superior Court of
Craven
Court House
United States
Saunders
Adams treaty claim disputed by The Globe report
The Terran Treaty Question settled as The Globe refutes John Q. Adams, noting he claimed to present the Mexican treaty to Gen. Jackson for approval. The paper states Jackson was not in the city when the treaty was drawn up or signed, contradicting Adams' assertion from Monroe’s and Adams’s seat.
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Adams
John Q. Adams
Mexico
Gen. Jackson
Monroe
V. Y. Star
Norfolk Council to honor fallen soldiers in common grave
The Norfolk Borough Common Council resolves to collect the bones of Virginia and North Carolina soldiers from the last war and bury them in a single grave guarded by a monument. The Beacon objects to inscribing any names on the monument, citing the impossibility of listing all and the unfairness of singling out officers.
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Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Soldiers Worthiness Blurred by Rank in Civil War Army
A reflective note argues that officers and privates were equally worthy, citing that the army drew men from the purest and noblest families of the sister states. The passage emphasizes shared valor and rejects hierarchy in merit among soldiers.
Featherstonhaugh elected Fellow of Royal Society
The National Intelligencer notes United States geologist Featherstonhaugh receives a rare honor, fellow of the Royal Society, joining Bowditch among living Americans. The paper expresses pleasure at Europe’s reception of his yearly Geological Report and hopes British scientists will continue to honor Americans advancing science.
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Featherstonhaugh
United States
Royal Society
Europe
Newton
Bowditch
Great Britain
Texian Armed Schooner Invincible Sinks Mexican Montezuma
Captain Brown’s Invincible engaged the Montezuma after a long running fight and sank the Mexican vessel as it carried about 2000 troops toward Galveston Bay. The Invincible sustained damage but no crew were harmed.
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Brown
Galveston Bay
The Commanches and their Western Range
The National Intelligencer cites a authority who has lived five years among these Indians. They inhabit a 600 by 250 to 400 mile region on the prairie from 34 degrees latitude on Red River to Rio del Norte and extend north to St Louis Santa Fe road and south to the Trinity Guadaloups Brassos and Colorado river headwaters. They include Cammanchies Kya was Towash or Southern Paw ness Caddoes Wacoes and Shidies. In all about 35 000 souls with seven to eight thousand warriors. They roam free like buffalo and show no superior to any power. They carry on depredations against interior Mexicans burning towns murdering people taking prisoners and enslaving many.
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National Intelligencer
Prairies
Red River
Rio del Norte
St. Louis
Missouri
Santa Fe
Trinity, Guadaloups
Brassos
Colorado
Texas
Interior States
Explosion at Eagle powder mills near St Louis recalls providence
The blast ignited seven hundred kegs of gunpowder at the Eagle mills last month destroying ten buildings across three acres. The shock was felt for 20 miles but, astonishingly, no lives were lost, described as a most extraordinary providence.
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Eagle
St. Louis
Massachusetts Child Labor Law Bans Under Fifteen in Factories
The Massachusetts Legislature last session enacted a law prohibiting employment of children under 15 in factories unless they have attended school for at least three months in the prior year. Violations carry a $50 penalty to be collected from the employer.
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Massachusetts
Melancholy death of Samuel Sherman and wife in Jerico
New York Star reports the deaths of Samuel Sherman a respected Queens County clerk, and his wife. Both died by their own hands in Jerico within a short span, the husband driven by morbid melancholy after his wife’s death, whose cause is unknown. The piece notes Sherman’s upright character and long service as clerk.
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Samuel Sherman
Queens County
Jerico
Horrid crime stems from drunken frolic in Delaware county
Thompson of Delaware county New York was lately sentenced to the Penitentiary for a drunken attack in which he bit off a portion of his father's upper lip eyebrows and ears.
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Delaware County
N. Y
Thompson
Tragic Suicide In Hiram Leaves Note To Wife
An irreclaimable drunkard hanged himself recently in Hiram Ohio leaving a note to his wife reading I die that you may be happy Eli sha Norton. The blunt, fatal act and the brief message form a stark, personal tragedy in the village.
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Hiram
Ohio
Great Speculation on Terre Haute Land Purchase Probe
The Terre Haute Courier reports two and a half million dollars placed with an agent by an eastern company to buy public lands for a railroad in Illinois. The item notes the dealer’s aim and the rail link, reflecting a major land speculation.
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Terre Haute
Wabash
Illinois
Colorful execution of a mob in St Louis incident
The Cincinnati Evening Post reports a colored man arrested on a boat by a deputy sheriff and constable. A second colored man aided the escape, the pair killed the sheriff on the spot and fatally wounded the constable. The prisoner was secured but a mob gathered and forced authorities to hand him over, taking him to the city outskirts and burning him alive.
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St. Louis
Cincinnati Evening Post
Natchez Meeting Pledges Quick Move to Texas War
Judge Quitman, President of the Mississippi Senate, announced plans to repair to Texas immediately as volunteers gather. A large company has been raised and it becomes certain a sizable force from the United States will soon march to join General Houston.
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Natchez
Judge Quitman
Senate of
Mississippi
Texas
United States
Gen. Houston
Albany Argus Describes Hudson Tunnel Plan without Shields
The Albany Argus reports a tunnel project under the Hudson River using cofferdams instead of shields. Excavation proceeds from the riverbed to hard rock, water pumped out, and working sections built with steam aided cofferdams, advancing rapidly and economically.
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Albany Argus
Hudson
Thames Tunnel
London Tunnel
Albany Tunnel Coffer Dam Method Endorsed for Drainage
The passage explains using a coffer dam to protect excavation work under a river bed while allowing air and light. It notes the technique is familiar to engineers from canal projects and similar digs. It claims the Albany Tunnel can be built within the capital, about ¢300,000, due to simplicity, economy, and precise cost estimates.
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London
Union
Albany
Singular Store Collapse Sends No Injuries in Philadelphia
Yesterday around noon the store of Mr. Harley on Front near Walnut street collapsed from roof to basement. No one was hurt though occupants narrowly escaped as debris, broken timbers, plaster and goods filled the ruin. Investigators blame overloading as upper floors weakened by weight.
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Harley
Walnut Street
New York
Phil. Gazette
Woman seeks divorce over loud snoring in Ohio
A Ohio woman filed for divorce citing her husband’s loud snoring as a principal reason. The noise prevented her from sleeping, prompting the legal action.
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Snorter
Ohio
Cabbage Promoted as Antidote to Wine Intoxication
A French journal claims cabbage serves as a perfect remedy for wine intoxication. It states that eating cabbage before drinking prevents intoxication. The note attributes these virtues to cabbage to ancient writers.
Contemptible Production Hinders Valparaiso Newspaper
A fragment notes Valparaiso has only one newspaper, described as a contemptible production, despite a yearly subscription price of thirty six dollars.
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Valparaiso
Franklin in London as a compositor at Great Queen Street
A London paper notes Benjamin Franklin pursuing compositor work at a reputable establishment in Great Queen Street Lincoln's Inn Fields, now congeered by John Cox & Son's primers to the East India Company. The compositor's case remained as it was during his stay.
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London
Benjamin Franklin
Great Queen Street
Lincoln’s Innfields
John Cox & Son’s
East India Company
Franklin
F Zeal Without Knowledge Like Fire Without Light
A brief reflection equates zeal lacking knowledge to a fire burning uselessly without illumination. It warns that passion alone cannot guide action or wisdom. The comparison emphasizes need for understanding alongside fervor.
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