10 Apr 1874
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1874
Page
1
The notice details weekly publication terms for The Appeal with paid expiration rules for ads. rates set at one square ten lines or less for $1 and 75 cents for each additional insertion, with yearly discounts and penalties for late or unpaid ads. It covers campaign notices, obituary charges, and wood engraving for printed materials.
A wary poem condemns heartless prayers that bless the rich and condemn the poor. It denounces lenders who charge high interest and hypocritical worship of those who profit from others’ hardship. The speaker rejects ostentatious piety and calls for justice for the hungry, widowed, and workers who toil for scraps.
The piece explains normal pulse rates and warning signs of illness. It notes a resting pulse around seventy for adults and higher rates in fever, inflammation, or lung disease, with infancy showing about one hundred forty beats and children about eighty. It urges learning to measure pulse for health awareness.
A first person reminiscence from December 14 1862 describes the Fredericksburg bombardment. The narrator details marching to the front on a frosty morning, bombardment, crossing the Rapidan, and the assault on the town with artillery and a doomed pontoon plan. He recalls civilian hardship and a rescue of a mother with children, ending with reflections on civilization and Burnside’s defeat.
The Thomasville Enterprise notes corn at 75 cents per bushel and fodder at 75 cents per hundred in Thomas County with prices as low as 55 and 65 cents. It says farmers profit from keeping what they produce, planting more corn and less cotton, and can sell cotton or corn next winter depending on markets.
A moral tirade asserts many people in trade fail to achieve, urging youth to surpass parents and women to embody nobler virtue. The piece, referencing Rev Mur and a dental safety tip, notes no era has produced the ideal people and hints a distant millennium of peace. A scientific American reader cites a plaster of Paris tooth extraction remedy to stop hemorrhage.
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