13 Jan 1871
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1871
Page
1
A reflective poem from the St Louis Home Journal extols the hearth as a center of warmth and motherly love from childhood to adulthood. It links home to peace amid life’s march and notes moments of pause for contemplation during furloughs and daily rituals. The piece closes with a wry humorous exchange about pursuing the thief who stole a coat and umbrella.
A mill owner and a lawyer advertise for a clerk and a reading-law student. Mr Smith tests twelve applicants with a long tale about a barn fire and a brave deacon, then asks one quiet boy if the owl was hit. The tale prompts mixed sympathy and curiosity from the room.
A fragmented diary style note claims the twelve youths were the jurors choices and the story was engineered for dramatic effect. The writer suggests the tale was manufactured rather than a genuine court outcome.
A long reading mixes a former black voter’s shift from Radical to Democratic support amid economic hardship and political critique, with wedding etiquette guidance outlining procession order, attire, and social courtesies. Included are assorted vignettes on life, death, genius, and editor as town builder.
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