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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1882
Page
3
A collage of early town notices reports and adverts from Cuthbert Georgia. Items mention store hours closing at six, a summer ice cream shop planned, sermons by Rev J L D Hillyer, wagon sales at Wooten stables, and a firemen May picnic. Also noted are business reorganizations and price cut ads, with local concerns over church brickwork and patent medicines.
An unusually brll display of aurora borealis drew attention as residents noted forecasts of rain and crop yields. telegraphy training touted by Capt. O H Horne, claiming strong demand for operators and high salaries. notices promise a large sale of Ladies Tica and Fidus styles at low prices next Monday the 23rd.
Obituary note honors Dr. T S Powell aged about 52, a liberal, charitable business leader in Cuthbert with four daughters and a wife. He died after paralysis and a fatal stroke, with services conducted by Rev J R Owen and many citizens attending.
A patchwork of public notices and ads including a 10 dollar reward for catching a brick underpinning vandal at a Presbyterian church, pond trespass ban near Coleman Pond, a Telegramy class invitation, and a sales pitch for I B Mattens New Enterprise Store in Cuthbert offering gloves calico lawns dress goods silk and straw hats.
The New Enterprise store of Tomer 13. Mathews, a year old, is praised as the Bon Ton of Cuthbert and carries a large stock of clothing boots shoes hats and notions. It markets low prices and fresh goods with experienced dry goods men. Other local notices promote ads and various goods, medicines, and local social events.
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