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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1867
Page
1
A fractured poem parodies a child’s daily antics with exaggerated mischief. The speaker and family figures like Aunt Jemima and Mrs Toodles appear in a playful, chaotic rhyme about pranks, sneaky acts, and comical consequences. The piece evokes a whimsical period voice.
A long Confederate war era poem fragment pleads for fallen soldiers, praising their sacrifices while lamenting the lost cause. It intertwines battle imagery and loyalty with calls for future remembrance through generations, amid scattered editorial and social notes.
In a New York boarding house on Valentine’s Eve 1850, Braver y Wilbur, wealthy merchants of Broadway, gift a ten dollar valentine to a seamstress. The next day their firm faces ruin, but a mysterious note leads to a Fifth Avenue meeting where Helen Morris, now Mrs. Eustace Wilbur, reveals how the same act of kindness changed her life and saved the business.
A planned matrimonial engagement in New Orleans collapses hours before the ceremony after the groom reveals he pawned a $1,400 diamond ring to cover an emergency. The bride refuses marriage, hosts a party with guests, while the groom leaves dejected. The piece then shifts to a vivid Confederate and Union camp contrast with war scenes and commentary.
The text extols character as a greater power than wealth or intellect, citing how true influence comes from a virtuous life. It then shifts to a household measure problem, outlining how to compute corn volume and barrels from cabin dimensions, with an example and note on barrels and bushels. It closes with Lorenzo Dow’s comic tale of denouncing a rich man and refraining from naming a later one to avoid offense.
A collage of humorous bits from a bygone era featuring jokes about moon narratives, a Keene windfall swindle, marital mischief, a costumed barber shop banter, and rural ads. It recalls Josh Billings style humor and comic sketches with playful dialect and domestic irony.
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