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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1879
Page
3
Cursett appeal from Judge Graham of Fort Gaines as readers are invited to column about corn offerings and cash prices at a local store. Berry Brown reports a colored man threatening with a pistol. Mrs Cobb sick from morphine error. local editor comments on fire company jury exemptions and education ads.
Office hours are 6 to 10 A M and 1 to 5 P M at residence of W B Tackett on West College Street. Washington Lodge No 19 FAM to meet Saturday at 8 P M to confer side degrees. all master masons in good standing invited. Also ads for Singer sales and Cook stove shipment with low prices by R J Anthony.
The Trustees of the Athens parent institution elected Prof. Vincent Stanford of Macon as President of the College in Cuthbert. The community hopes he proves worthy and qualified, with confidence that the board will promptly fill the various chairs. Details on selection timing remain undisclosed.
Cuthbert citizens are urged to attend a 11 o'clock cass meeting at the Court House to discuss measures for the opening of the Agricultural College. The notice stresses the town’s historic importance and calls for broad participation from locals.
In Georgetown on a Wednesday match game, the Paisulas of Fort Gaines lost 60 to 90 to the Chattshoo chees of Georgetown. The article notes two best Chattshoochees played poorly, while Fort Gaines praised for hospitality and festive reception by local residents.
Georgetown brief items report a boat visit by relatives, several residents returning from Albany Atlanta and Brooksville, and a ball game between Pytanis and Chattahoochee clubs with umpire Bill Mart. Other items note a cotillion, sweet potatoes, a weight-gain joke, two new stores planned for Georgetown, and a racially charged sermon at the Grom Roads church.
A zealous young merchant explains a peculiar pew lock to a clerk in a muddled August ball scene. The exchange reveals humor and confusion as the clerk struggles to grasp the new lock’s workings while the merchant insists the device will deter theft and requires patience to master.
A list of jurors including JW Peart and Hardy Boyd is drawn for Quitman Superior Court. The page notes a goose sent over Niagara Falls and a quip about the goose surfacing and remarking to onlookers.
An 19th century advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a cure for liver disorders and dyspepsia. It claims the liver governs health and that the remedy can cure digestive, heart, brain, and nervous system issues. Sample bottles cost 10 cents. sold across western towns.
A reader testifies Tablar's Buckeye Pile Ointment cured piles after one bottle. The seller lists include T. S. Powest and Manexax & Co, with a price of 60 cents per bottle, sold in various towns including Fort Gaines Georgia.
Preeminent 8 hair dressing Parker's Hair Balsam is praised for beautiful hair, cleansing scalp, and restoring gray hair to youthful color. It cools the scalp, fights dandruff and itching, and claims to be harmless and skin friendly. A patron reports trying 12 products and preferring Parker's, sold in large bottles at 50 cents.
The notice advertises Allison and Simpson offering a vast stock of bulk meats lard Iams leather and farming implements. It promises large hardware and groceries selections, cheap wagon and buggy timbers, plows and cutters, iron and steel, patent bagging wheels, carriage parts, and household goods at reduced cotton prices. The ad touts the store’s capacity and long building, urging customers to compare before buying.
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