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Newspaper
Cedartown Record
Location
Cedartown, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1875
Page
3
A period style appeal from the Mobile Life Insurance Company urges readers to invest in a policy to secure for wife and children. It questions debts, guarantees, and duties, suggesting life insurance as a protector and religious/social obligation.
J A Wynn seeks two hundred bushels dried fruit peaches and apples at best market price. Rome shoe store advertises BRogan footwear. A nine month old pig weighs over three hundred pounds in Mr A Huntington’s pen. Advice on pig farming from prewar example, plus local merchants Govan, Thompson, Newman, and Grangers Life Insurance promoting goods, liniment, sewing machines, and shoes in Cartersville and Rome.
Johu B Jones of the countryside suffered a thigh wound when a pistol misfired after he shot at turkeys. Dr Liddell removed the ball and noted the wound is not dangerous but will heal slowly. A letter from East End residents railes against town taxes and road upkeep, questioning fairness and demanding answers. They recount bridge and road problems, urge shared responsibility, and mention a new medical office opening.
The piece argues that most people have income but little capital to leave for kin. By dedicating part of income to life insurance, a family's needs are protected, ensuring widow and children receive funds even if death occurs soon after the first annual premium.
The piece argues for endowment policies as protection for dependents if death occurs and for the policyholder in old age, noting twenty years of savings with over seven percent interest and immediate payout to the beneficiary if death arrives. It cites General Dinar born on the claim that among one hundred merchants only about three achieve independence.
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