25 Jan 1867
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1867
Page
1
A lengthy verse by Father Abraham Ryan from Knoxville honors fallen soldiers and mourns lost graves. It interweaves Civil War era lines with poems about boots, ploughing, and mothers’ care, ending with notes on a Cape Fear railroad bridge project and advice on tree planting and transplants.
Mary Lovey endures a stormy night awaiting her husband George De Laney. He returns bloodied and broken, confessing to killing a man for money as police close in. The couple's world collapses. Mary dies awaiting judgment, while De Laney faces trial and ruin.
A critique argues that current female education overemphasizes superficial arts like French German piano and literature while neglecting practical math science and accounting. It urges foundations in reality, duties as mothers educators of a generation, and basic business skills over ornament and polite learning.
The article surveys theories on the earth’s interior, debating a liquid versus solid center. It cites Dr J Sterry Hunt, Lyell, and Humboldt, and compares pressure and temperature effects on fusion and solidification. It notes estimates of crust thickness and references to volcanic activity and earthquakes.
A garbled newspaper fragment blends jokes about hospitality and odd anecdotes with political snippets. It mentions a Madison Wisconsin paper and a tale of a landlady offering a new bride a bridal chamber, plus stray references to Frenchmen, Yankees, and a tail-cutting joke, indicating late 19th or early 20th century tone.
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