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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1867
Page
4
A pasted article offers dated home methods including making a small beer with hops and yeast in jars, and two other advice items. It describes heating a mixture to extract beer, corking jugs for storage, and keeping yeast active. It also covers using wax oil on wood, destroying ants with briuntone and wax, and tips for preserving eggs and curbing chicken lice with simple mixtures.
A detailed account recalls a fatal duel in New Orleans between Edmund Lefebvre and Charles Janin. After a quarrel over a flirtatious incident, they chose double barreled guns at thirty paces. Lefebvre died from a near-navel hit, Janin wounded in the neck, both sides affected, with seconds unable to prevent the tragedy.
War tale shows a relative's house involved in a fatal duel after injuries xposed. Montreal born Lefebvre leaves a wife and two children. Janin born in France leaves a mother and sister. The piece also catalogs humorous types and a Nashville printer’s note on tree planting, plus an old Paris incident ending with a rogue losing an ear.
A Montreal reader cites Canada’s press on prize schemes, noting some firms push ads to boost wholesale trade. The writer says many offers are genuine humbugs, yet a few reputable firms exist, while most promoters are slick swindlers. Sherman, Watson & Company is named as an example.
A regional circular from Merchants of Charleston listing numerous wholesale houses and the aim to hasten business ties with southern communities after the war. It promises ready stocks for Spring, low freight costs via South Carolina routes, and rapid transportation to support rapid reestablishment of trade.
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