PIANO FORTE AND MUSIC STORE OPENS ON SYCAMORE STREET
Charles Berg and Co announce the opening of a piano forte and music store on Sycamore Street offering pianos from Nunns and Clark New York, a large selection of American and European music, guitars violins accordions flutes drums strings and more. Purchasers may keep pianos on trial and return defective instruments within 12 months. town customers will have pianos kept in tune for 12 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Com
Sycamore Street
Messrs. Nunns & Clark
New York
Galis
Charles Berg & CO
Petersburg
Battle Brothers to Close Up Yarn Business in 1841
I Battle and D Battle purchase J Battle interest in the Falls of Tar River property. Battle Brothers will run the business in Rocky Mount NC under the name Battle & Brothers. Due to a partner withdrawal the firm will close by June 1, 1841, with an agent handling the closure and continued patronage hoped for as yarns are sold at competitive prices.
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Tar River
C. Battle
Battle & Brothers
Rocky Mount
Paris
Tsboro
Runaway Slave Advertisement from 1841 North Carolina
An 1841 newspaper notice offers a ten dollar reward for the capture of a 34-year-old enslaved man named Daniel, described as about six feet tall, dark complexion, with a scar and a bite mark. He was raised in Pitt County, North Carolina. The ad warns against harboring him and promises the reward to anyone who apprehends or returns him near Oak Grove in Bladen County, North Carolina. It is dated February 24, 1841.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranaway
Ogra Man
Jliniel
Daniel
Pitt County
N. C
Oak Grove
Brandreth's Pills touted as universal blood purifier
GEO HOSPARD, Agent, Tarboro, October 1840 endorses Brandreth's Pills as a highly valuable medicine. The ad claims purgative and alterative effects superior to Sarsaparilla and mercury, improving strength while cleansing the blood. It asserts cures for inflammation, rheumatism, diabetes, dysentery, and fevers, noting daily use without harming teeth or bones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo Hospard
Tarboro
Evans' Camomile Pills advertised in 1840 issue
The notice extols Evans' Camomile Pills as a purely vegetable tonic for nervous debility indigestion and a wide range of ailments from intermittent fevers to hysteria and gout. It cites 1835 introduction in America, lists numerous diseases aided, and names agents across several cities including New York Philadelphia Boston Tarboro Elizabeth City and Raleigh with a testimonial from Jonas Snyder dated September 7 1838.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Jonas Snyder
Kernesville
William Evans
W. Evans
Evans
Hunt
Goode
Dr Harrells Nervine Lotion Promises Quick Pain Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Harrells Nervine Lotion as a powerful medical preparation. It claims rapid relief for acute and chronic ailments and lists conditions from dyspepsia and asthma to neuralgia epilepsy rheumatism and skin eruptions as solvable within minutes to days.
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Trc Deloureux
St. Vitus
Practitioner Heals Various Ailments In North Carolina
Dr Harrell reports rapid relief from rheumatic pain nerve headaches and facial neuralgia across multiple patients in 1841 Tarboro North Carolina. Cases include muscle sprains one man cured of extensive facial ringworm and a woman with facial neuralgia cured in twenty minutes. AGENT R T ALLEN and local dealer GEO HOWARD promote the Maryland graduate’s methods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
N.C
Miss P
Mr. C
Norfolk
Elizabeth City
A. Harrell
Harrell
University of Maryland
R. T. Allen
Geo Howard
Tarboro
Cotton Gins for Sale at Greenville Workshop
FeW new steel plate cotton gin adapted for Greenville manufacture for sale. Apply to Leary Chamberlain Greenville or GEO Howard Tarboro Aug 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Leary Chamberlain
Geo Howard
Tarboro
Moffats Life Pills And Phenix Bitters Advertised
The high celebrity of the MOFEFATS Life Pills and Phenix Bitters is noted for treating many diseases. Claims include relief from dyspepsia biliary liver issues asthma piles headaches nervous debility and general health derangements. Sold by WM. B. MOFFAT at 375 Broadway New York with various prices and a specimen pamphlet offered. Agent contact details referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evans
Amst
WM. B. Moffat
Broadway
New York
N.B
John Mofi
Peters's Vegetable Pills Promote Health Across Regions
An 1841 Tar March print ad extols Dr Peters's Vegetable Pills as a universal remedy curing fevers, dyspepsia, liver complaints, rheumatism, and numerous ailments. It contrasts with rival pills, claims scientific backing, gentle action, and broad public demand. Pills marketed at the Post Office Printing Office in Tar March 1841.
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Dr. Peters
Dr Peters
Peters
Tar
Iakana
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Piano Forte and
Wusic Store
Votice
I. Battle
BENI
D. Battle
eManos J Battle
Brandreth’s Pills
Evans’ Camomile
Dr. Evans
Chatham St
Gro Howann
M. Russece
Cuaruam Street
South Seventh Street
Pullap
Boston
Mass
Geo. Howard
F.S Marshall
M. Russell
T. Bland
Edenton
Solomon
Dr. Harrell
Cheap Cash Store
James Weddell & Co
T.a.miacnair
Alacanair Tarboro
Algiers
Phenix
Cofield Ring
Peters’ Vegetable Pitts
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