02 Jul 1875
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1875
Page
1
The notice lists advertising terms for The Appeal with rates for first and subsequent insertions, penalties for unpaid time, and procedures for obituary notices and political announcements. It states charges for continuous ads, candidate names, and corporate promotions, and notes execution of printing work at fair rates.
A Georgian on a Mississippi riverboat plays a high stakes poker hand with a stranger. When the game turns brutal and the woman wife enters with a revolver, the gambler is forced to surrender and jump from the rail while the wife weeps after, earning her nickname brick.
A fragmented verse shows farmers protesting high middlemen profits and rising costs while merchants boast steady returns. It contrasts farmer hardship with alleged extravagance, noting mortgages, silk dresses, and calls for unity against perceived exploitation.
The piece notes London’s vast growth within fifteen miles of Charing Cross, housing about 4,000,000 people, with 1,000 ships daily and 9,000 sailors. It cites rapid births, deaths, street openings, houses built, postal letters, crime, pubs, and heathen prevalence, ending with a humorous image of a girl with dough on her hands and a mosquito on her nose.
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