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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1877
Page
2
A San Francisco style miscellany notes a huge Delaware peach harvest this year and the difficulty in moving the fruit to market. The clippings cover diverse items from grave inscriptions to locomotives, coins, and weather, with multiple named places and people.
A detailed narrative describes the Mt Carmel tornado's approach, sweeping through the town with devastating force. It portrays fleeing residents, collapsed buildings, and the peril faced by a school and homes, followed by rain, fire sparks, and ongoing chaos.
William H. Lyon, a member of the board of Indian commissioners, furnishes from the Jaat report a snapshot of 266,000 Indians in the United States. The data compare their present condition with eight years prior, outlining shifts in the status of the tribe and its people.
Dr J V Mott publishes findings on medicated ice that preserves strength and taste. A thin glass tube carries the solution, air excluded by a cork, then frozen in chopped ice to form a solid mass. Used with diphtheria, quinsy, laryngitis, and croup, the method aids patients unable to swallow.
Peter Cooper, nominee for president, writes a public letter to President Hayes criticizing past financial policy. He favors a national, universally receivable currency interchangeable with three bonds, argues silver should be withdrawn, and urges revival of fractional currency for foreign bond purchases.
A Utica mare named Nellie suffered a right hind leg fracture from a kick twelve weeks ago. A veterinary team used a canvas sling, splints, and a leather boot, then plaster bandaging. Nellie recovered well and is expected to keep a 2:40 gait.
Two carrier pigeons were released last week at Magnolia on the Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore railroad. One reached Philadelphia in two hours and the other in one hour and fifty five minutes. A strong north wind blew against them. The distance covered was seventy nine miles.
An eclectic collection blends folklore, nursery whimsy, and farcical vignettes. It recalls playful lines about motherhood, stage life, and seaside curiosity, then pivots to moral humor and letters on common-sense behavior, ending with a quip about umbrellas and polite exits.
Ann Eliza Young, traveling to Kalamazoo, aided a man lacking funds to continue his journey after the conductor put him off at Hudson. The man’s wife, deemed insane by the husband, had fled earlier, and Mrs. Young later took the distressed woman to dinner at White Pigeon while the husband begged for aid to pursue.
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