02 Mar 1877
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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1877
Page
1
A sprawling summary of international events cites studies of convicts, factory plans in Texas, river improvements, and cattle receipts in Raleigh. It notes ship movements near Pensacola, Savannah estate sales, and a Texas stock sale, while reporting on bread prices, Montenegrin frontier talks, and ongoing colonial era conflicts with minimal graphic detail.
The House debated the Florida electoral votes count and rejected amending resolutions, with action shifting to the Senate. Reports from Louisiana election protests were discussed, and motions sought to refer elements to a special committee while the chamber adjourned for the day.
A Northwestern Lumberman excerpt describes a 800 man camp on a river drive with 60 000 logs totaling about 10 000 000 feet. Work runs from 3 AM to 9 PM with meals of pork beans corn bread molasses cake and coffee. It covers daily consumption, camp life, clothing, and the heavy use of axes, plus the danger and discipline of tending tools and maintaining fire and oven baked goods.
A Savannah News anecdote presents an old enslaved man in Columbus who resists emigration schemes and insists on staying in Georgia. He recounts serving as a laborer in Mississippi and Georgia and expresses a wish to be buried in a familiar seminary with known people, under a planters’ high food-price economy.
The New York Herald reports Seventeen mules shipped aboard the steamship State of Pennsylvania, described as sturdy at sixteen hands and three inches, three years old, from Stonewall Kentucky. They will be joined by about forty more in a week and used for dray work in Chicago. The St Louis Globe-Democrat notes a caution about language translation in such reports.
A broken exchange between a couple unfolds as a man admits to visiting a friend and reveals the presence of a familiar drink, while a confrontation about a woman’s remark leads to a tentative clarification. The scene shifts to questions about wall decorations and the man’s restrained responses.
A fragmented historical column argues that Boston and Harvard in Tom Paine’s era faced strong French skepticism, with references to Lafayette and Dwight. The piece criticizes Unitarian and clerical positions, claims a shift toward Parisian thought, and notes debates on orthodoxy and religious defense amid 18th century intellectual currents.
In a Bl Louik lecture, a touching Transatlantic tale is told of a London boy with both legs broken by a drug. A dying or famine-stricken child pleads with Jesus, seeking relief and fearlessly asks for aid. The narrative highlights a child’s simple faith and trust in mission school teachings.
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