St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1861-01-31
PETERSON'S MAGAZINE.
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yINHIS Popular monthly will be greatly i'm
proved for 1861. 1t has now crcula-
ton of about 100 900; or ten times as much
rs any other two dollar Magazine. 1t con-
tains 1000 pages of double column reading
matter yearly; from % to so Steel Plates and
about 800 Wood Engravings, which is proper
tionately more than any periodical, at any
price, gives The newspapers, very generally
pronounce il superior in many respects. I" the
three dollar Magazines. Subscribe for 1t, anu
s1rr a dollar!
The stories IN Jefferson are conceded to
he the best published anywhere. The editors
are Mrs. Ann $. Stephens, author of " Mary
Dcrwcnt,'' :" Fashion and Famine - and
Charles J. Peterson. author of "Thc old
Stone Mansion" " Kate Aylcsford,' The
Valley Farm etc, etc; and they arc assist
ed by Frank Lee Benedict, by the author of
Susy LIS Diary" by T. s. Arthur, T.. l..
Chandler Moulton, Mehitahlc Holyokc, Nir-
ginia F. Townsend. Mary A. Dcnison, Ella
Rodman, Clara Augusta, Gabrielle Lee, II. C.
Gardner, Mary w. Janvrin, Carry Stanley,
Caroline f. Fairfield, Ellen Ashton, Clara
Moreton, T.. Devices, A. l.. Otis, and all the
most popular female writers of America. There
viii! be given in 1861, several
Original Copyright Nosclets:
Equal in merit, at least to those for which
this Magazine has already attained such celeb
rity, and superior to those to bc found any
where else. Morality and virtue are always
inculcated. Ccrgymen recommended this
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there are daughters. Its pictorial cmbellish'
mcnts arc also unrivalled. Its
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least is given in every number
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In advance II is the only Magazine whose
Fashion Plates can be relied on. Each num-
her contains Fashion Plate engraved on
steel, and colored also, a dozen or more new
STYLES. engraved on wood also, a Pattern,
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tune can be cut, without the aid of mantua-
maker-so each number, in this way, will
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don, Philadelphia and New York Fashions are
described, at length, each month. Engrav.
ings of new styles of caps, bonnets, head
dresses, mantillas cloaks, eapes, under-gar-
ments, &c, &c, given in great profusion in
every number. Also, liatc OF Children
Fashions every month.
COLORED EMBROIDERY PATTERNS.
The work table department of this Maya
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Jane Weaver, who furnishes for each number,
bcaut1iul otlSiudi IatttiHn' isNeiy h"h'p'i
contains dozen or more patterns in every
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Knitting bead work, shell-work, hair-work,
wax flowers. stained glass leather-work. paint
ing, photographs. &c, SC, with full descrip-
tions. Every number will contain a superb
colored pattern for slipper, purse, chair-scat
handkerchief, embroidery, collar and cuff, or
some other useful or ornamental article and
each of these would cost at a retail store, fifty
hose ho bod IN M pfbcr An,nyi.
can Magazine.
Receipts for tie Table, Toilet, Sck-Room, &c,
Will be given in every number. A piece of
new and fashionable music will appear each
month Also, articles on the flower garden
and horticulture generally, and hints on all
matters interesting to Ladies'.
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Twelve copies for one year. ..... 1900
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10 every person getting up a club OF twelve:
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we will send the Mezzotint or Album, and
also an extra copy for 1861.
CHARLES J. PETERSON.
No SOC Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
ffs All postmasters constituted agents
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