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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1870
Page
2
Col Harks was killed by a musket shot and found near his home nine miles from town. An inquest jury ruled accidental death but tracks leading away stirred belief of foul play. Mr Ward was arrested under suspicion pending further justice proceedings.
A traveler praises Savannah’s Screven House for its grand size, lavish furnishings, and spotless rooms. Proprietor termed affable and public-spirited, the hotel offers a superb dining room with diverse fare including oysters turkey ham and French dishes, rivaling New York and Saratoga for comfort and taste.
A Georgian political shakeup follows Governor Bullock dismissing Superintendent Hulbert from the State Road. New road officers hailed, including Foster Blodgett as superintendent and Henry O Hoyt as supervisor, amid hints of payouts to heirs and a bitter Radical organ renewal. Reports touch on legislative safety against Bullock and surging Republican dissent, with broader echoes in New England factory labor strikes and a controversial Cuban execution tale.
Georgia faces congressional action that seizes state offices and seats black legislators, aiming to install Bullock and Blodgett while pushing Fifteenth Amendment ratification. Critics call it imperial despotism masking as Reconstruction, arguing Congress ignores state sovereignty and norms.
A lengthy editorial discusses Georgia politics, Congress and state legislative actions. It argues Congress has controlled the Georgia Legislature to secure a vote on the Fifteenth Amendment, while warning against schemes that threaten state stability, judicial independence, and public finances. It cites figures like Bullock, Tift, and Meade and notes reactions from papers such as the Atlanta Express and New York Express. It also touches on Senator Morton’s bill and a German astronomer predicting a new moon.
The Great Pictorial Annual Hostetter's United States Almanac for 1870 will be published around January first. It contains medical treatises on health, a national calendar, sanitary notes on Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, practical information for merchants and professionals, recipes, anecdotes, and reading material. Copies available from the Central Manufactory in Pittsburgh and from local dealers. Bitters sold nationwide.
A Civil War era scene describes a Black man resisting segregation in a legislative setting. He voices discontent with being moved to a segregated gallery and recalls a disputed bid for a U S Senate seat, then notes a push to recall the old legislature. The report ends with discussion of a Spanish land grant claim to Jacksonville real estate and potential upheaval for property holders.
We, the physicians see, thankful for patronage extended to us and will continue to practice in the year 1870 for those who have paid their Medical Bills or will make satisfactory arrangements to do so and for charity cases. Names of parties failing to pay or make arrangements will be furnished to the other members of the profession. G W Cosa, J B Santa, R S Jackson, L McLeste, P R Bot, W B Tacker.
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