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Prepared Medicines by Drs. Af. Sf. Harrell Offer Various Remedies
A vintage catalog-style pitch lists Harrell remedies including Sarsaparilla extracts, blood root, Buchu and Uva Ursi tinctures, a fever tonic, antispasmodic, cough mixture, tomato pills, tooth powder, and a generalized tonic. It touts disease cures for skin, rheumatism, dysentery, urinary issues, fevers, digestive troubles, and blood purification, with prices per bottle or box and claims of scientific basis. The ad credits GEO. HOWARD as agent.
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Wenore
Dasesase Mall
Hihous
Geo. Howard
Proclamation by President on Frontiers Lodges and Secret Societies
Official proclamation warns against secret lodges on the northern frontier plotting illegal incursions into Canada. It declares strict enforcement of U S law, urges disbanding of lodges, and cites penalties for violators while appealing patriotic citizens to oppose unlawful groups. It names John Tyler as president and Daniel Webster as secretary of state.
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United States
Chippewa
Mm Canada
Johin Iyler
Canada
Lexhart
Washington
Daniel Webster
Florida war costs cited in loan bill speech
Mr. Gilmer, in a late speech on the Loan bill, states the Florida war has cost the country 315,963,494 dollars. The figure is presented as part of the budget discussion surrounding national financing and wartime expenditures.
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Florida
ISHG
Gilmer
Bond totals show duty import rise at customs house
The customs house reports bonds for duties this year at about 6.5 million, while last year's total reached roughly 34.5 million. The increase suggests a substantial rise in imports this year, with cash duty goods likely contributing to the excess.
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N.Y. Deur
Com
Money conditions in Philadelphia early 1840s banking
CF Bicknell's Philadelphia Reporter notes easy money and ready discounting of short paper by banks. Small notes abundant, little difficulty in obtaining change. The recent Bank veto of President Tyler caused minimal disruption. $4,000,000 of the $11,000,000 Congress-authorized loan has been taken, with $3,000,000 more expected to be placed soon. It is feared the Treasury Secretary may be forced to offer six percent for the remaining funds.
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Bicknell
Philadelphia
Tyler
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Resumption cries rise as banks face scrutiny
The piece urges banks to resume operations and warns that failure to resume would constitute dishonesty. Citing the Philadelphia Ledger, it argues that all our solvent banks should promptly restart, with the public’s demand for accountability intensifying.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Demand to resume trade presses Pennsylvania banks
The passage argues that resuming trade is urgent as hostility haunts the devious paths of the United States Bank now dead. It warns that without swift action, pressure will shift to other Philadelphia banks, and the spirit that closed the bank’s career will persist. Pennsylvanian.
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United States Bank
Phildelpia
Bank book-keeper Smith vanishes with funds
A Pennsylvania book-keeper named Smith disappeared with a large sum in the bank, initially reported as 100000 dollars. It later emerged that his theft totaled one million dollars. Nilith is in Texas.
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FPA
Pennsylvania
Smith
Niilh
Texas
Insanity Hospitals and State Population Figures
The text notes six state hospitals for the insane housing about LSCC patients with most deemed curable before removal. It cites a 1810 census and a population figure of 18,013,375, implying about 990 insane per New World inhabitants.
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Coreethy
Department O Ste
New World
Monkey-faced newborn shocks Crescent readers
A baby born dead about three hours earlier showed a head resembling a baboon with no elevated brow and a monkey-like top. The mother, a slave of Mr. Shall in City Hon, presented the infant to Dr. Mackie at Circu street Infirmary for possible preservation. NGO.
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Rogers
Shall
Mackie
Circustreet Infirmary
NGO
Crescent
Vast ale wager ends as cloth is spun in a day
A wager of one thousand guineas was laid at Newbay on June 25 to see if a single day could complete a full wool to cloth process. Sir John Throckmorton and Mr Coxeter oversaw the work from shearing to finishing by six twenty after noon before about five thousand spectators.
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Penn
Newbay
John Coxeters
Greenham Mills
John Throckmorton, Bart
Coxeter
John ‘Phrockmor- Inn
A Judge in Prison
Judge McHenry of Texas has been committed to the fall of Nateliteches Louisiana on a charge of negro stealing.
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McHenry
Texas
Nateliteches
Balloon Ascension Near Harrisburg and York County Landing
On Monday week the wrenant Mr Wise, from Fourth and Market Harrisburg, launched an aerial vessel in serene weather. The balloon rose, drifted across the river, and landed in Carroll township York county near Dill town about 13 miles from Harrisburg. A farmer attempted to shoot at the balloon but could not approach.
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Mr. Wise
Fourth
Market Streets
Harrisburg
Penn
Boston Ice Trade Expands with Sixteen Ice Firms
There are sixteen companies now engaged in Boston ice shipping. They sold ice to New Orleans at 6 cents, rising with growing consumption and dispatch. Ice is cut into square blocks at least 12 inches thick and packed into vessels for transport.
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Boston
New Orleans
Boston company profits from silver mine yield in 1840s
A Boston firm reports on a North Carolina silver lead mine opened in 1840. Initial ore yielded 23 tons of mixed metal to date, with melting returning 100–250 ounces silver per ton, improving to 5–6 hundred ounces per ton. Six furnaces now operate, projected to reach 1,500–2,000 pounds daily, paying expenses and driving dividends starting by the first September. Office at 24 Church Alley offers samples and details.
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Divilsdo Contr
North Gate
Anil Fworth
Norts Carolina
Frsal
Church Alley
U.S Guzette
End of the World Pamphlet Prompts World Doom Rumors
A pamphlet circulating on the European continent claims the year 1842 marks the apocalyptic time for the world’s end. The author, a Bengal pundit, asserts a precise calculation aligning with some American prophets, likely to unsettle credulous readers.
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Preltie Bengal
The Missourium Exploded and Mastodon Bones Refit
Readers recall a displayed collection named the Missourium. The August Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery expands the bones’ true character, identifying them as Mastodon remains of common size rather than a new creature.
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Western Journal of Medicine and Surgery
Dro Gefueth
Big Bone Lick
Lieutenant Jones Killed in Fall from Horse Near Balvinore
Lieut Jones, son of Gen. Jones, Adjutant General of the U S Army, was killed near Balvinore on Wednesday last by a fall from a horse.
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Lieut Jones
Gen. Jones
United States Army
Balvinore
Solitary Woes Strike Noted Florida Governor Family
A Newark Daily Advertiser report details a family tragedy surrounding the late Florida Governor Robert R. Reid. Seven relatives reportedly died in a short period, including General Reid, General Gentiam, and Livut Reid, leaving a widow and two children.
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Florida
Robert R. Reid
General Reid
Gentiam
Livut Reid
Sea Gul
Cape Horn
Newark Daily Adverliser
Outrage at the South Market Disrupts Sunday Sermon
The Rev. Mr Bond of the Methodist Episcopal Church faced a hostile crowd at the South Market House on Sunday. A mob shouted during his prayer and attempted to force him toward the flunhouse, but he was saved by an accidental intervention and resumed preaching. Several participants were brought before the Recorder on Monday.
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South Market
Bond
Methodist Episcopal Church
Wealthy stake in estate sparks late 19th century intrigue
Mary Bredport has died in New York and N Vouk’s death follows, leaving a large estate valued over 2 million dollars. The deceased formerly worked as a pedlar and built wealth by buying a small stall for 500 dollars in an early stage that later developed into a central business hub.
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Mary Bredport
Id N. Vouk
Steamer Columbus Sails From Boston With Passengers and Cargo
The steamer Columbus departed Boston on Wednesday with seven passengers for Hancock and forty four for Liverpool. It carried 12 000 letters and 36 bushels of newspapers aboard.
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Columbus
Boston
Hanfex
Wonderful Prosperity in Texas Gazette Subscriptions
A Texas buzzer notes rising cheer as two months bring three new subscribers and a donation of whiskey in exchange for publishing two marriage notices. The quirky report reflects a lively local press scene with small-town commerce and social announcements.
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Texas
Buzter
Defilement Deficiency Unearths 8000 Dollar Defalcation
A teller in the Merchant and Mechanic Bank of Troy NY is found to have defrauded about 8000 dollars. The culprit fled with a female companion on the Wednesday evening train from Vicing. An officer from New York pursues him aboard the Stay but success depends on his stopping en route.
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Troy
Vicing
New York
Bank Robbery Suspects Overtaken and Money Recovered
A report from the Commercial Advertiser states that the individuals who robbed Harkiner County Bank were overtaken and arrested. All the money except $23 was recovered.
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Harkiner County
Sandy Hil
Widvertiser
Yellow Fever in New Orleans Bee Record
The New Orleans Bee laments yellow fever’s brutal spread within the city among non residents. It cites weekly deaths rising to 245 and interments 35 to 42 daily, recalling predictions during the July August Asian winds and comparing to earlier worst weeks.
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New Orleans
Extraordinary case of sdmnambul ism at Hertfort on Friday week
A London report describes a man who woke with a bleeding cheek and disheveled clothes, unaware of events. He had during the night risen, dressed, unlocked doors, mounted a horse, and ridden to Withington to care for a cow, then returned, all while unconscious and later unable to recall the sequence.
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Hertfort
Steet
Withington
London
Cures for Asthini with Salpetre Rooms Treatment
A distressing ailment described as Asthini is claimed to ease with burning a sheet of white paper saturated in salpetre solution in the room. The relief is temporary but repeatedly effective, with the author urging general use for the benefit. The article notes another recipe involving a stove aperture covered with a plaster and soapy mix to seal a crack, claiming good effects whether the move is cold or hot.
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