02 Dec 1870
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1870
Page
1
A collection of verse attributed to Stonewall Jackson expressing wartime sentiment and family love, followed by several humorous anecdotes about medical quacks and advertising hawks. Included are tales of a spring water cure, a lightning rod salesman quip, and a remark about an aging ad broker.
A Civil War relic, the Confederate torpedo boat used to strike the steam gunboat Housatonic off Charleston in February 1864 is chronicled. The craft, built in Mobile, sank after multiple failures, with nine sailors perishing, and its crew later found entombed with the wreck. The piece recounts the torpedo's design, trials, and the grim fate of Payne, Hundley, Dixon, and their men as the Housatonic went down.
A Texas born boy recounts Indian attacks on his family cattle drive, his father killed and scalped, his capture and brutal ride, and his escape aided by his pony. He reaches safety with white hunters and returns home to a grieving mother and later a grandmother in Lexas Curriog Swaxx Brex.
Poetic obituary and sermonette cover faith in immortality, with verses about a mother joining angels, reunion with children, and heaven. Includes Dr Hall quotes on immortality, a Bishop Horne note praising newspapers as moralists, and a home remedy for felons using salt and turpentine.
The Courier Journal notes a national trend where making light of General Grant has become universal, rapidly eclipsing baseball as Our National Game across the country. The comment reflects a popular sentiment shaping public humor and national identity.
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