30 Apr 1875
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1875
Page
1
A fragment lists Pliny the Younger's tale of a spectral Athens house with chained ghost and a physician philosopher Athenodorus who solves the haunting by exhuming a skeleton. It also shares brief vignettes from Milwaukee and Georgia stories, jokes, and odd anecdotes about weddings, dogs, and a crow pin-prank.
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A playful letter describes a man courting a woman who bakes pies and plans marriage next month. The writer details cooking scenes, the woman’s charm, and a wedding invitation, then shifts to a short critique of profanity among youth and a Scranton legal anecdote about a fifty cent suit and related costs.
The article extols the Grange as elevating farming, uniting diverse opinions, and promoting brotherhood and humanity. It argues the Grange fosters interregional harmony, improves conditions through mutual aid, and advances justice and prosperity, urging the South not to despond as oppression faces eventual reckoning.
The piece recounts Geo D Prentice retorts to a Van Buren editor in Mississippi and a Missouri farmer's dog and schoolhouse satire. It notes dog predations across thirty two counties totalling 10 602 sheep killed and an estimate of 462 000 dogs weighing 209 pounds yearly. The dogs would yield 92 000 000 pounds of pork valued at 4 550 000 dollars, exceeding state school funds. The author adds a quip about washing machines and diamond rings in soap suds.
A long narrative recalls a fatal railway accident at a depot and the human cost of a brutal crash. It follows a grieving family, a sobering newspaper misquote about the father, and a nearby slave-era prejudice anecdote tied to a Virginia death, then shifts to a curious mix of folk remedies, candy making, and a Wisconsin cow with gold on her horn.
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