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Newspaper
Tarboro Press
Location
Tarboro, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1840
Page
1
The Traborough Press published weekly at a yearly rate of five dollars and fifty cents, payable in advance or month to month. annual or shorter periods have different charges. Subscribers may discontinue with arrears, distant residents pay in advance, and ads are priced by size with a 25 cent base for the first insertion and 25 percent for higher ads. Letters to the editor must be postage paid.
A testimonial and advertisement for Dr Evans soothing syrup notes severe gums pain in teething infants, potential convulsions, and fever. It urges early gum application, claims infant recovery, and lists New York and agents with a January date.
A long excerpt from a 19th century act enumerates salaries, contingents, and offices across the federal government for the year 1840. It lists pay for Congress and officers, state and treasury departments, War, Navy, Indian Affairs, Pensions, the General Land Office, the Mint, and various auditors and clerks, with specific dollar amounts and line items.
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