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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1876
Page
3
An old newspaper ad promotes clothing and fabrics from M H Parasxi Co with cheap dresses diaphanous linens and collars. It also touts various garments and embroideries then pivots to a health pitch for Dyspepsia Liver Complaint and a Flower remedy from T S Powell emphasizing cures and sample bottles.
Great reduction sale offers 11 cent per yard percales 7 8 wide and suitable for dresses. Partner wanted reliable man with capital $3000 can join I V Duke at market Depot street Cuthbert Ga. Campaign notices liquor bar open summer drinks ice lemons and social beverages served with style at low prices. J D Boone and LM Geeslin advertise ice cold drinks and exclusive rights to sell bids and celebrated brands.
A collection of local notes mentions Jas Coleman burying his only child, Mr A R Day losing a valuable horse to lightning, and a claim of Cuthbert lager praise. Also announced are a Spring Vale music event on Sunday the 30th, a Masonic chapter convocation, and editorial guidance on publishing letters and rejected manuscripts.
In hard times a good return for honest labor is desirable. Address the Managers of The Constitution, a great political and family journal, for particulars. Constiction PustisHine Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Cuthbert Tomlin announces readiness to place risks with multiple U S and London insurers including London & Globe Manhattan New York Marine & Fire Richmond Citizens New York Home Protection North Alabama Farmville Insurance Bank Equitable Fire Nash Tenn at short notice and low board rates. Office listed at Drug Store Cuthbert Ga.
List of remaining letters in Cuthbert Georgia to be sent to the Dead Letter Office on July 29 1876 includes Franklin Belcher Rev Charles Thomas Buck Daniel W H Garrett Fannie Gilbert Mrs Caroline Harris Miss Laura Knight Even J Lewis George Rives Rolling Williams Advertised letters may be called for. The second notice proclaims the opening of a mate high school under Prof. McNulty urging citizens to patronize the new institute and praising its leadership and importance to the community.
The piece notes the marriage of E A Keese to Miss Laura Speight of Fort Gaines by Rev R J Corley, with the couple leaving for the West. It mentions J O Boone owning a 269 year old powder gourd to be passed down, and reports serious illness of Thos Coleman and C B Zuber, with Zuber dying and burial planned at Ebenezer church.
A writer describes a two day gathering of the Union Singing Society at the Chattahoochee Musical Convention near Rehoboth. Capt. W F Davis chairs. hundreds attend from 25 to 30 miles. The event showcases high quality music and argues music's moral and spiritual influence on society.
A detailed report from Rehoboth recounts a two day singing event led by Capt. Davis with strong youth participation and a notable absence of elder officiousness. The piece praises Randolph area talent and the festive atmosphere with ample dinner spread and warm hospitality. It also notes farmer Wm. Sammons’s self sufficient 40 acre crop, and Virgil Powers’s resignation to lead the Southern Railway and Steamship Association with W. G. Rowell succeeding him. Additionally, it mentions 7000 Federal troops moving through the South and militia offers to fight Sioux, framed as election control by the administration.
The Quitman County citizens are urged to convene in Georgetown on Tuesday the 25th to choose delegates for the Georgia gubernatorial convention in Atlanta on August 2 and for congressional and senatorial conventions as needed. Also notes corn yield prospects, drought concerns, Grange event, fruit sales, a burglary suspect captured and jailed, and wagons carrying wheat to Eufaula Mills.
Democrats of Clay County call residents to gather at the Court House in Fort Gaines for a party meeting. The notice invites local supporters to participate in party business and upcoming developments.
Democrats of Clay County convene in Fort Gaines Georgia on August 12 at 11 o clock to nominate a candidate for the Legislature by ballot of the meeting. All are expected to attend. absence may affect the nomination outcome. R E Kennon, Chairman, Democratic Executive Committee. Fort Gaines July 1876. Good Taste advertisement notes North and South region patronage for Doors Sashes Blinds Balusters Panels Cornices Paint and glass by P P Toaxe Charleston D C.
Advertises agents needed to sell Dr Chase's Recipes for Everybody in the United States and Canada. Describes enlarged 648 pages with over two hundred household recipes, sold by post for $2, with exclusive territory and sample copies mailed postpaid. Actors and representatives urged to apply.
Savannah announces the 1876 national and state elections will be hotly contested with Georgia and Florida votes. The Savannah Morning News pitches its independent Democratic stance, urges subscriptions, and lists rates for Daily, Tri Weekly, and Weekly editions with specimen copies offered. J. H. Estill promotes the paper from Savannah, Georgia.
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