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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1881
Page
2
A long column quotes The Appeal criticizing Blaine era cabinet access and praising a Georgia debt collection stance while reporting a deadly murder near Dover, the doctor M. B. Wharton’s London trip, Senator Hill’s recovery, and a large push against Mormon proselytizing across multiple states with strong denunciations and calls for action.
The Department of Agriculture reports cotton condition as of August 1 at 88, down from 95 on July 1 and 14 percent lower than the same date last year. States show wide regional drought effects with counties in NC, GA, FL, AL, MS, LA, TX posting varying averages. A Noble Illinois dispatch notes extreme heat and drought ruining corn, with farmers cutting and pasturing to seed wheat, and a farmer’s yield illustration of fifteen ears per acre described.
A fragment from Texas Ones Sutra Co includes reader letters praising western Texas for farming value, water, and health, noting cotton yields and cheap land, then shifts to Southeast Alabama and Randolph County social contacts, weather, and personal notices. Mentions figures like A W Onn and W F Davis, with brief vignettes about local life and a crime of a dog bite inquiry.
A clergyman denounces testsimonials for quack doctors and praises Hop Bitters as meritorious for family use. The note argues against praising questionable medicines while endorsing a proven remedy. It also states the U S laws impose fines up to two thousand dollars and prison for defacing or fraudulently altering coins, with the public able to refuse debased coin in any transaction.
The State Agricultural Society met in the city with delegates from every county and found cotton output in Georgia to fall by at least 36 percent, while corn damage ranges from 50 to 60 percent. Farmers report severe crop destruction due to a lengthy drought and pestilence, prompting likelihood of requesting Governor aid next winter.
A brief ad notes wagon and buggy materials and fashionable clothing for young men. J McK Gunn advertises a ready stock of items for sale with emphasis on durable outfits and reliable wagon materials.
A local advertisement proclaims a wide selection of saddles bridles and harnesses priced to suit both poor and wealthy customers from McK GUE. The listing promises cheap options for the poor and finer sacagh for the rich in a large variety.
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