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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1871
Page
1
The notice outlines subscription costs and advance payment options for The Appeal. It details rates for square inch advertising, obituary charges beyond five lines, and penalties for communications promoting private interests. It also notes acceptable payment methods and handling of mailed letters.
Governor Bullock offers a reward of five hundred dollars for the apprehension and delivery of Pious Fricks to the Lumpkin County Sheriff and a further five hundred dollars on conviction of felonies he faces. The proclamation notes Fricks has committed depredations in Lumpkin and surrounding counties and remains at large despite efforts to capture him.
On June 7, 1870 a state proclamation offered 200 dollars for the arrest and delivery of Alexander H. Evans, charged with murder in Taliaferro County. An additional 500 dollar reward was announced for his arrest and for conviction, issued at the Capitol in Atlanta on July 12, 1871, under Governor Rufus B. Bullock.
Official information reports James Toombs, condemned for murder and awaiting death in Houston county jail, has escaped and is at large. A five hundred dollar reward is offered for his apprehension and delivery to the Houston county Sheriff for punishment. Proclamation dated July 14 1871 under Gov Rueben Bulloch.
Sale by T. Ss. Powell, trustee, for Durham Mountain Leaf Smoking Tobacco. Court or brokerage reference indicates transfer of assets under trust terms. Public notice targets creditors and interested parties to review auction or sale proceedings.
The poem reflects on a Texas ally named Walker, his grave in Nicaragua, and the speaker's ambivalent mix of admiration and sorrow. It portrays his bravery and loyalty, his disgrace, and the speaker’s restrained tribute as they contemplate loss, memory, and the sea's solemn songs.
A Apache French half breed girl, sixteen, is spurred to murder Chandros after he courts Miss Wilson, a Southern visitor. She shoots him in his room, is imprisoned, escapes with her kin in the wild, while notes on Rev Jewett and Beecher satire appear in the issue.
This narrative follows Ella Dean born October 3, 1835, her mother's illness and nurse, moving to a frontier fort during Indian hostilities, and a later forbidden romance with Henry W. Ella faces parental opposition due to social class. After marriage to a different suitor, she reflects on love and virtue, guided by faith and Providence.
An old column contrasts mortality with a tale of Death and the Grave showing famine, violence, and doom as bells toll for a doomed world. It then denounces the gossip figure They Say as a nuisance, exposing hypocrisy and knavery in social rumor.
A discourse on best evidence for Christianity argues that spiritual truth must come from above not from careful measurement. It shares a parable about skepticism, patient inquiry, and a deacon’s conversion through life change over doctrine alone.
A sprawling jumble of quips on health, superstition, and social mores. A quack medicine claim, mock wisdom about marriage and farming, and a parable from an atheist meets a countryman. The piece closes with news on Dr Ward Jarvis and a note about the New Crystal Palace chartered by the Industrial Exhibition group in New York for a glass covered courtyard and prizes.
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