05 Apr 1867
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1867
Page
1
A long fragmentary verse about Byron and a lament for a torn relationship, with sentiments of guilt, sorrow, and longing for forgiveness, interwoven with lines from Charlotte Elliott on prayer and devotion. Includes a brief note on local advertisements and a Georgia political note from the Macon Telegraph.
Mabel Hughes ovajes a New Year party where John Martyn, a Texas-bound suitor, promises a future if wealth comes first. A forged April Fool note leads to heartbreak until Texas fortune and a Christmas reunion reveal true love. The pair marry and sail to Europe, shielding their happiness from a cruel joke.
A historical listing details commerce by country and region, naming France Prussia Germany Austria England Russia Spain China Turkey India Mexico Brazil and others with their chief exports such as wines, silks, oils, grains, metals, spices, coffee, tobacco, cotton, and more. It notes varied goods from luxury wares to staple farm products and industrial materials across regions.
An old man boards a crowded evening train, endures a rude young man who crowds him and uses his seat. After stations thin the crowd, the old man confronts the youth. They part, the youth follows, and at the gate the old man reveals he is Dick Ferrell, warning the youth away. The youth vows to visit Ferrell’s daughter, but the elder warns of consequences and the fortune is ruined.
A dying father asks his seven year old son to fetch his medicine from a distant druggist. The boy lies to protect him, the father dies, and twelve years later the son, now in college, reflects on the bitterness of the lie and seeks forgiveness before God.
The article notes Georgia’s long known gold silver and copper deposits with renewed postwar investment. John Rice of the National Bank of Atlanta showcases Digger gold and ore samples from Cobb Cass Pundlong and Fulton counties. It reports ten million dollars invested since the war and a 100000 spent on mining infrastructure, with a 70 mile gold belt from Carroll County northeast to the Carolings, Dahlonega mint destroyed and a new Atlanta mint expected. Atlanta’s growth cited with over 8000 houses and 80,000 people.
A collage of comic verses and anecdotes from St Pauls Chicohpuea to Yorks Ireland and beyond. It recalls odd epitaphs, preacher quips, wedding mishaps, and a drunken tale, with satire on religious disputes and social foibles, featuring a Baptist vs Methodist joke and comic court scenes.
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