25 Aug 1871
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1871
Page
1
The Appeal published weekly by Lawtell and Christian outlines subscription costs Oss Yeah six motes and other rates. It states advance payment and no newspaper orders without cash. Obituary notices over five lines charged at regular ad rates and all letters to the proprietor will be promptly attended to.
Governor Bullock proclaims Georgia's possession of the Alabama and Chattanooga Railroad assets within the state after the company failed to pay semiannual interest. The proclamation orders peaceful possession and restrains others from dispossessing the state, effective August 2, 1871.
Governor Rufus B. Bullock issues rewards for Walter Wilson Joseph Hyde Richard Lazenby and Radford Perkins for assault with intent to murder Ephraim Gibbs in McDuffie County and for Thomas Teal Paschal Griffis and Susan Knowles charged in Heard County with murder. each fled justice and faces $1000 to $2300 rewards plus $500 for any accessory.
Dreamland musings describe angelic realms and a city of sapphire walls amid praise and rivers of living water. The piece then shifts to the Buffenbarger poisoning case in London Ohio with a widow and Colburn, arsenic in the corpse, and a jail escape tied to Vallandigham’s end.
The Atlanta Sun reports a rumor that H. S. Kimball has sold his full stake in the H. S. Kimball House in Atlanta. The city newspapers note a new fire company in Atlanta named the HI Kimball Co.
An 1860s study details Siberia’s convict transport via water routes from Kazan to Tomsk, the overcrowded floating prisons on barges, and the harsh conditions in transit. It notes artel ledgers, mixed gender groups, and the new Emigration incentives for families.
A man wearing a yellow prexies shirt lay on a Muscatine sidewalk with a box of matches in his pocket. He dozed and rolled, the matches ignited, and he woke to the smell of brimstone and muttered a garbled remark about the incident.
The excerpt outlines five dining personas from habit to taste, then quotes a philosopher on the mouth as the gateway of thought. It adds cautions about worry, friction, and a Pennsylvania legislator’s remark, concluding with gentle parenting advice to treat babies kindly.
The item surveys a string of humorous anecdotes and brief curiosities. It touches on strange greetings, odd marriages, misadventures, witty courtroom quips, and social jests across various locales with a tone of light satire and provincial humor.
A little girl at home imagines becoming a Duchess when grown up. She explains she will marry a Dutchman to achieve the title, prompting a playful exchange with her mother who questions the plan.
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