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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1867
Page
3
The column covers sales by J. Mot Guon and B. Baldwin, church meeting transfers, literary society plans, and a government aid notice. It reports on local politics, race tensions, and a debate about civil law with references to Col. Fielder and Mr. Stephens, urging unity and religious activity.
The piece discusses persistent bread price levels and inflation in flour and corn markets, attributing causes to excess paper currency and speculative finance. It notes crop prospects as strong, politics in the South as a drag, and calls for debt settlement and steady trade into the year. It also covers varied opinions from New York papers on labor violence and political shifts affecting policy.
A lengthy plea urges the President to rescue the county from spoil and restore States to liberty. It quotes a call to stand with Washington and Jackson, demanding an end to slavery and urging vigorous action to revive the Union. The piece includes a correction about a misreported military vote rule and notes reports from Mexico and New York on related events.
The article accuses unrestrained speculators of hoarding grain and driving prices up as Greenbacks remain plentiful. It notes political fear of a panic delaying currency withdrawal, while gold rises and the public bears higher costs. It reports the Bell Johnson Opera Hall sale in Atlanta fetching $14,500. Col O A Lovhrane of Macon bought it. property valued at $20,000 to $25,000.
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