Tarboreaugh Fress Subscription and Ad Rates
The Tarboreaugh Fress, BY GEORGE HOWARD, weekly at two dollars fifty per year if paid in advance or three dollars at year end. For any period under a year, fifty cents per month. Subscriptions may be discontinued with notice and arrears paid. distant subscribers must pay in advance or provide a local reference. Ads up to a square cost one dollar for first insertion, twenty five cents per continuation. Longer ads priced proportionally. Court orders and justice advertising twenty five percent higher. Ads must note insertions or will run until ordered otherwise. Letters to the publisher must be postpaid.
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Picentas
Prepared Medicines from George Howard catalog
A Victorian era advertisement touts new and pleasant remedies including Extract of Sarsaparilla and Blood Heat for blood purities and debility, and various tonics for gonorrhea, urinary disorders, fevers, coughs, and digestive issues. Listings describe prices, potencies, and medical claims with emphasis on concentrated extracts and safe usage under directions.
New Song to an Old Tune Surfaces in Review
A brief notice reports a new song titled To an Old Tune by RKie 3 an 2s ES. The item notes the work appears in a May May era collection with ROM adaptations and local interest.
Letter on Fiscal Bank debate and Tyler Veto
Letter from Mr. Van Buren discusses Democratic Convention praise of Mr. Tyler for vetoing the Fiscal Bank bill and condemns the Independent Treasury system. It analyzes the shift from Fiscal Bank to Fiscal Corporation and argues Congress may establish corporations with broad authority, citing Jefferson and contemporary political rhetoric.
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Ninderhook
Ninth Ward
City of New York
Tyler
Treasury
Congress
Jefferson
First Bank
United States
Van Buren thanks Garrit Gilbert and Edward Patterson
In a formal letter Van Buren expresses sincere thanks for the Convention's approbation and friendly spirit. He acknowledges their duty and extends his unfeigned gratitude, signing as obdt servant to Garrit Gilbert, president, and Edward Patterson, secretary of the Convention.
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M. van Buren
Garrit Gilbert
Edward Patterson
The British Bankers at fault explained by The Herald
The New York Herald exposes British bankers and agents in Washington plotting to raise depreciated state stocks and profit from a vast scheme. It alleges a plan involving a land revenue loan and a new bank to centralize money and influence via London houses, threatened by President Tyler’s firmness.
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N. Y
Washington
Herald
London
U.S
Congress
Tyler
Explosive Shells Demonstrated by Dr Jones Exhibit
An afternoon demonstration by Dr Alexander Jones, recently from Europe, showcased small three inch shells filled with an explosive. Thrown into a canal, they detonated on impact with a roar rivaling a four pounder, sending a water plume fifty feet high. The observer noted potential if scaled, possibly as a deadly hand grenade.
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Alexander Jones
North Carolina
Europe
Death of William J Debrad Warns on Firearm Safety
The Chronicle reports the death of William J Debrad, son of Jesse Debrahl, from an accidental discharge of a gin by a companion. An only child, his loss brings grief to parents and relatives and prompts a cautionary note to guardians to supervise firearm access for youths.
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Wis
Reg Ret
Columbia S.C. Chronicle
William J. Debrad
Jesse Debrahl
Ias
Shocking Fatal Accident At Navy Yard
A fatal explosion at the Navy Yard yesterday near ten o’clock destroyed Captain Jacob Bright, commander of the Marion Rifle Corps and master armorer. He was handling a detonating shell when it exploded, blowing him apart and severely disfiguring him. The incident occurred in the eastern lab area, with details of the exact cause still unclear.
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Navy Yard
Jacob Bright
Marion Rifle Corps
Capt. Bright
Dietin
Noted Explanation of Tennessee Phenomenon at Boarding School
The National Intelligencer credits the Principal of the Alexandria Boarding School for a scientific elucidation of the phenomenon in Tennessee, described as a shower of flesh and blood, offering readers insight into the event and its context.
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National Intelligencer
Alexandria Boarding School
Pennessee
Insects Explain Bloody Showers In History Texts
A letter cites the Nashville Banner report of a mysterious blood like shower near Lebanon Tennessee. It explains that insects, specifically Lepidoptera larvae and butterflies, shed red fluids during emergence and that historical accounts of bloody showers stem from this natural phenomenon.
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Alexandria
Y Friends Gales & Seaton
Nashville Banner
Lebanon
Tennessee
Kirby & Spencer
Spa Cheyoubs
Sleidan
Germany
Resamur
Aix
M. Peirese
Sis
Fragmentary 19th Century Notation on Rain and Insects
The text comments on rain avoiding certain surfaces and a natural phenomenon causing fear. It references Comstock and Harper’s Magazine for further explanation and notes a Nashville fee linked to a transformation process involving an insect.
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Iin
Comstock
Barper
Dathrary
Nashville Fee
Parson Worcester’s Sermon Anecdote From York State
In a humorous Rev. Worcester sermon a drowsy congregation is roused by tales of wonders seen in York State. The Parson jokes about monstrous creatures climbing trees and weighing on bark as Deacon questions the stories. The exchange entertains and perplexes the church gathering.
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Worcester
York
V.s. Touliaund
Great Western Railway Opens Entire Line to Bristol
The magnificent railway called the Great Western from London to Bristol, spanning 129 miles, was opened across its full extent on January 30. A tunnel along the route was cut three miles through solid rock. The total cost exceeded £5,000,000, about twenty three million dollars.
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Great Western
London
Baistol
Jane
Crystal Bedstead for Shah of Persia Highlighted Piece
A crystal bedstead, gifted to the Shah by the Emperor of Russia, stands as a monumental Imperial creation. Entirely formed from crystal with diamond motifs, it features stepped sides ejecting water and a large crystal chandelier, all framed in a solid diamond like structure. Built at the Imperial manufactory in St Petersburgh, it is claimed to be unique.
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Persia
Russia
Murmmuringy
Imperial Manufactory
St. Petersburgh
Remarkable Female Resolution in Spanish Case
A Spanish case reports a daughter opposing the sealing of a deceased husband’s belongings to protect an only child. The daughter, around forty, claims she was never mad despite long confinement after her mother barred her marriage decades earlier. She asserts she will handle her own affairs.
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Spain
Ile Salson
Goa's
Lave
Peron
Origin of Tailor Name From Odd Folk Tale
A quaint folk etymology explains tailors deriving their name after a bizarre incident in a shop. Nine workers sat on a bench when an old sow entered, ate four, and in the chaos a tailor supposedly lost her tail, giving rise to the craftsfolk being called tailors.
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George Howard
J Harrell
Geo. Howard
Po Tell
Ilia
Caplain Tyler
John Tyler
Hertford Dan
Lumar
Tyter
Capitol
Lyler
State Hights
Warra, &c
S. the Fiscal Corporation
Nateiny
Pyter
Virginia
Straigh
Lurra
Hugh Paw
MR. van Buren
Fiscal Corporation
John Barebone
Cromwell
God
Barebone
Christ
Dr. J
England
Continent
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