15 Dec 1871
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1871
Page
1
The notice sets subscription prices at 3 dollars for six months with advance payment required. It states no delivery without cash accompanying orders and notes the need for readers to mail or bring payment promptly.
Thankful for past favors the shop seeks increased advantages and personal attention to earn general satisfaction and merit liberal patronage. The latest communal news will be at the service of friends and patrons. Liberal cash advances made on cotton and goods in store.
The catalog lists Greek and French at 4000 tuition per annum and music instruction with piano drawing and pastel painting courses priced at 47.00. Calisthenics are conducted by a female instructor. Cuthbert, Georgia.
A poem urging virtue over wealth and pride. It asserts luck comes from work and conscience, warns against debt and envy, and says only the good and pure bring lasting success. The piece stresses self reliance and moral conduct as true paths to happiness and fortune.
A Republican correspondent proposes funding the national debt by creating aristocratic titles and selling patents of nobility at public auctions. Dukedoms for states, marquises for great cities, earldoms for congressional districts would raise millions without taxes, according to the plan. The piece ends with a moral meditation on trials and strength aboard a vessel.
In a Gosstown parlor Effie Place recalls Walter Welch the poor clerk she loved and Garret Gray she married. A hidden letter from Walter, lost for decades, reveals an unspoken proposal and a life altered by a maid’s dust and a crack in the mantel piece. Effie contemplates what might have been and faces the truth of her years.
A speaker reflects that truth is past and both are nearly dead to each other, saying the bond is buried like a forgotten grave and nothing remains between them. The mood conveys irreversible distance and finality.
William Brooks reports from Bethlehem that Rachel’s tomb, a white-domed brick shrine, draws Christians Jews and Muslims who honor the faithful wife and mother. The piece contrasts reverence for Rachel with depictions of Absalom’s tomb and notes pilgrim interest around the site.
A long meditation on the phrase A mere Type-Setter. The piece praises printers and press masters like Franklin and Prentice, arguing their work forged freedom and national strength. It threads through jokes, proverbs, and historical allusions to celebrate the humble laborer behind print.
A column excerpts Jeffersons ten maxims for self discipline and prudent living, followed by a anecdote of a father at a public dinner choosing water for his son to avoid drink. The piece notes editorials from The Newnan Herald and The Washington Patriot on civic virtue and wartime finance, ending with railroad progress and Pennsylvania Railroad actions.
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