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Newspaper
Cedartown Express
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1878
Page
3
The notice outlines subscription and advertising rates, with prices like $8.00 for subscriptions and various display ad charges, and mentions special arrangements with liberal advertisers. It notes that all advertisements are due after the first insertion and references discounts, pay terms, and ad policies. The item also includes several local notes and greetings and a casual reflection on community happenings and weather effects on farming.
The text discusses an advertisement for Atlanta Medical College and rails against overtalk in public life. It mentions locals scarce, secession views, county office denials, and admonitions to keep quiet in church and fill up with stuffing. The piece ends noting that the cap fits several people.
Report from Rockmart describes about four hundred gathered to hear Judge Lester at the academy last Saturday. Inside filled to 337 with around fifty or more outside. most in attendance likely Felton supporters. The audience showed calm, attentive, and emotional responses, with noticeable applause and sympathy toward Lester, whom locals say gained votes from his address.
Citizens vent about extreme warmth while recalling the North and Northwest where nights are oppressive and days brutal. The piece urges gratitude for local cool nights and better rest, suggesting complaintsstem from imagination of harsher climates elsewhere.
Darius hears a popular new song titled whore by Harry Percy with over 3,000 copies sold in a week. Ludden & Bates of Savannah handle publishers. The barbecue crowd totals around 2,500, the sheriff blamed less than good humor. A concert tonight features Dramatis Persone with charades and tableaux. A large deer was killed near Wimberly by Springer Wood, estimated five years old. A boy wishes to be built like Coop and a cold beer or lemonade is available from Bos Horoxprson.
The Miss Bowens dramatic reading at the Court House drew an elegant crowd, showing notable training and natural skill. Critics praised the performance but lamented its overrunning program as too long. Independent candidate Marcellus E. Thornton announced a bid for Congress in the fifth District amid local political chatter and playful quips about editor, patriotism, and public sentiment.
In Garaison County on the last April Sabbath and again July 27 a Sabbath School under Rev. Jue B. Boster has grown strong with faithful teachers and 800 seating capacity. A large celebration drew hundreds, with Muscadino and others singing, superb order, and plans for another gathering next year. Great bargains offered by GA Lane at court.
Washington letter from Wisitmats on August 6 1878 discusses Gen Grant and Gen Butler trading compliments and insults amid 1878 political maneuvering. It notes doubts about Grant and Butler seeking the presidency, Maine Republican stance on Blaine, and the August 13 Potty Committee meeting with witnesses from the South. It cites Local disorder in Washington and pressure from press reports amid national political tensions.
Ladies who value wellness should preserve health and guard against a torpid liver. Dy Wawren's Liver Pinta cleanse removes impurities, and the Tnow jTonth provides freshness and vigor, for sale by all Druggists.
Local notices advertise Hutchersons Billiard Hall with drinks and entertainment. Cedartown Cedar Town offers Jars and printer supplies. Gins sharpened at tenths price during July and August. Mev's Diner Cedar Town Ga promotes gin sharpening, handwork, and cash-only two month sale with references to W M Phillips Co and Julius A Peek.
In a bustling period piece, a patent remedy named Dit, Hauren's Mayen and AGUY claims to cure fever, ague, and malaria variants. The ad asserts universal efficacy across all forms, urging readers to obtain it from local druggists.
For want of room to accommodate my growing trade I will move to the house formerly occupied by the Bank of Rome one door below My Peters about the first of July I hope to meet all my old customers and many new ones Rome Gas June 20 tf
A cluttered set of 19th century ads tout Brigham Young's Good Whisky and pure wines, cider, and soda water. Vendors list low prices on whisky, soda, cough remedies, pickles, wax, and various goods while promising price beating by Stellarwx & Co and similar firms. Local merchants like Montan Unoven & Co and Crouch & Co advertise lumber and hardware, urging customers to visit and compare.
An old advertisement mockingly touts Mennees Levarine as a cure for liver disease and headaches with sensational claims. It urges readers to buy quack tonics and organ products from Burkank Jones, promoting a flashy catalog and multiple new styles, including panels and furniture. The noisy copy includes threats for fake remedies and ends with a June 27 notice from Savannah manufacturers.
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