Proclamation offers reward for notorious horse thief
Governor Rufus B Bullock issues a 1871 proclamation in Cobb County offering a reward of one thousand dollars for the arrest and delivery to the Cobb sheriff of James R Hilkes also known as Jones and Simmons a horse thief accused of depredations in Cobb and adjoining counties. proclamation dated March 23, 1871 at the Capitol in Atlanta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Society of
Cobb
James R. Hilkes
Alabama
Executive Department
Rufus B. Bullock
Cobb County
James R. Hill
Jones
Simmons
Capitol
Atlanta
Mareh
United States of America
Proclamation Offering Reward in Lumpkin County Case
Governor Rufus B Bullock offers a $500 reward for the arrest and delivery to the Lumpkin County Sheriff of A J Blackwell Henry Spencer and John Spencer. The notice states they fled after resisting legal process during an attempted arrest and are at large.
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Johann Parker
Lampkin
of Lampkin
A. J. Blackwell
Henry Spencer
Blackwell
J. Blackwell
John Spencer
Rufus B. Bullock
Lumpkin
Atlanta
United States of America
Descriptions Of Three Men At Large
The notice outlines A. J. Blackwell aged 22 or 23 with dark eyes and hair, about 5 feet 6 inches and 150 pounds who speaks quickly. Henry Spencer aged 22, 5 feet 7 inches, 135 pounds with light hair, fair complexion, a neck scar, cautious manners, and quick speech. John Spencer aged 23, about 6 feet, 200 pounds, fair complexion, light hair, blue eyes, one slightly short leg causing a limp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Blackwell
Henry Spencer
John Spencer
Proclamation offers reward for Culbreth in Dougherty murder case
Governor Rufus Bullock issues a reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension and delivery to justice of Jackson Culbreth alias Cuthbert, accused in the murder of Samuel Green whose body was found near Albany, Dougherty County. The proclamation marks Culbreth as a dangerous deserter and urges swift arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Green
Albany
Dougherty
Green
Jackson Culbreth
Cuthbert
Phesia
Colbreity
Cathbert
Ondiuce Shirger
Sud
Isiai
Atlanta
Breitéed
United States
The Cuthbert Appeal Advertising Rates and Terms
Rates and rules for the Cuthbert Appeal subscription and advertising are outlined. In advance payment is required, with penalties for nonpayment. Obituary notices and political candidate announcements have fixed charges, while repeated or yearly ads receive deductions. Personal letters to the proprietor will be answered promptly.
The Best Way to Advertise and Education in History
A mixed excerpt discusses hunger of the heart and the value of education, contrasting poetic lament with practical advice. It argues advertising via newspapers as effective and critiques posters and hand-bills, then moves to critique of trivial remedies before exploring education. The piece refracts into a defense of history as moral guide and the rise of virtue over vanity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of Commerce
Drowning of a Spy in Paris Spreads Fear and Fury
Debats reports a Paris vigil on the Bastille anniversary ending in a mob mob violence. A well dressed man linked to police was beaten and drowned after being seized by crowd and Chasseurs a pied. Two hours of brutality. cafes prospered as violence peaked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Place de la Bastile
Republic
Boulevard Bourbon
Quai Henry IV
The Edinburg Canal Attack on a Secluded Path
In a summer tale, a frail boy guides readers through a near-fatal abduction by a gaunt cloaked man along a lonely canal level near a white house. The predator uses a belt restraint and pitch plaster to smother the victim, while an accomplice plans disposal by donkey cart and carpeted sacks. The boy escapes and later dies from shock, with police later failing to trace the assailants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
United Kingdom
Ayet
Proposed Democratic Platform for 1872
The article outlines a fourteen point platform attributed to Hon. Fernando Wood of New York, calling for immediate tax and tariff reductions, reduced government expenditure, abolition of sinecures and secret revenue collection, restoration of state and local rights, return to gold and silver currency, reduced army size, restraint on public money hoarding, Treasury credit controls, accountability for the President and cabinet, Southern reconciliation and equal rights, revival of American commerce and credit, republican simplicity in administration, and development of national resources. A local anecdote about con artists and a note on using blue pills for poultry diseases follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fernando Wood
New York
National Democratic Party
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Union
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David Dickson, Esq
Oxford
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Cuthbert, Ga
H. H. Jones
Fort Gaines, Gx
Sutlive & Graeam
State OF Georgia
Department OF State
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Rufes B. Bullock
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Methodist Church
R. B. Lester
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F. M. Dantet
M. Presbyterian Church
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New Yorker
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New York Farmers’ Club
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Paris
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Jersey
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Grammar
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