1861
Stewart, J.J., fl. 1861
Newspaper
Title: Salisbury banner.
The masthead describes this paper as "a weekly Democratic newspaper, devoted to politics, agriculture, commerce, the mechanic arts, education, news, the markets, and miscellaneous reading." This collection contains both weekly and semi-weekly issues. The weekly issues are of a larger size, two pages, while the semi-weekly issues are smaller with four pages. The front page of each weekly issue is generally made up of advertisements for dry goods, newspapers, food, land, and medicines. A column of war news in each issue includes military movements, local battle descriptions, and campaign…
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