31 Jan 1873
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1873
Page
1
The notice outlines weekly publication Friday morning with all papers stopping at paid expiration. Rates: one square ten lines or less $1 00 for first insertion, 75 cents for each further. Annual advertisers receive liberal deductions. Announcements of candidates cost $5 00. Obituary notices over five lines charged at regular rates. Letters to the proprietor will be answered promptly.
A reflective verse extols pursuing a personal aim, large or small, with consistent effort and faith. It favors a determined, forward-moving life over idle dreaming, warning that aimless drifting leads to failure and regret.
The speaker recalls heaven as a city of walls domes and spires then as loved ones die the number of acquaintances there grows until heaven feels closer than earth He notes two life phases for women one of choosing a partner and the other of being chosen by one.
A boy named John from Sortie seeks a store position in New York after leaving his mother’s deathbed vow not to drink or smoke. A merchant rejects him for cigar use, but John returns, vows to quit and drink no liquor, and earns a partner’s spot five years later, becoming worth ten thousand dollars. A reflective editorial note follows urging perseverance and forbearance.
A Montreal citizen is jailed or fined six dollars for refusing the census taker the ages of his unmarried daughters. The piece honors industrious workers and laments lack of freedom for laborers who toil for daily bread.
A mixed lot of reflections on kindness and family ties. Poignant lines urge gentle speech, keeping in touch, and letters that sustain distant relatives. A vignette on a widow and daughter, a New York Nation quote about refinement, and a tale of a boy shoveling through snow to illustrate perseverance.
The piece urges continued planting of fruit trees grape vines and seeds while pruning removing dead wood and treating old trees for worms. It also offers a tongue in cheek reflection on love and a brief moral tale about a prisoner who listed sins on a gallows steps and observed metal heating phenomena from naval and industrial history.
The article discusses whether other planets could host life and compares celestial worlds to Earth. It cites analogy and philosophy, noting planets may share Earthlike composition and wonders why Earth hosts life while other worlds seem barren, with spectroscopic hints supporting similar metallic makeup.
The excerpt lists farming maxims on land limits budgets soil enrichment diverse crops and manure use plus stock control. It intersperses humorous lines about family life and a door bell warning of a fire with reflections on truth error and thinking.
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