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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1877
Page
3
M H Pulaski and Co announce large spring trade preparations with reduced prices on all goods. They promise to undersell every store and offer bargains across dry goods boots hats clothing and linens at notably low rates. Call or visit their Hamburg edgings trim goods and fabrics selection for a wide range of styles.
An old ad promotes August Flower as a remedy for iron and liver complaints, claiming seventy five percent in the U S suffer similar ailments with digestive and stomach pain symptoms. It invites readers to consult a local druggist and purchase a bottle for ten cents, with sample tins offered and delivery within city limits.
An advertisement for D Harris in Cuthbert touts savings of 10 to 25 percent on dry goods clothing cashmeres shoes hats and related items. It claims Harris will not be undersold by any store in Cuthbert or elsewhere, urging shoppers to buy from him.
A fragmented OCR item lists tobacco and tobacco products with names such as Powell and Susluner, mentioning ages and grades. The readable bits reference tobacco, tobacco trade terms, and possible vendor or book entries, though specifics are obscured by garbled text.
Readable items note D Kempner’s white goods shoes hats clothing at low prices and fresh stock. Also describes Randolph county Pimous Grange officers and a famous Greenens picnic in Cuthbert with fire company displays, cake, parades, a dance, and civic pride amid forest of local names.
Kee Ice Ice LT announces full arrangements to keep a steady supply on land and offer goods to the people of Cuthbert at prices never before equaled. Call at the store to obtain Yickats and keep sood.
In Calhoun County Cordray aims to develop a major mill complex with rice husk mill, cotton gin, wool carding and dam rebuilding. A new water powered variety works could yield furniture and broom sticks. The recent crops look fair with needed rain. Estey Organs advertise superior tone and five year guarantees with G B Guill Tford as Georgia agent.
In response to an invitation from the Leach or of the Howard Institute, local observers witnessed an examination of pupils on Friday. The report praises the creditable, satisfactory performance in Latin and algebra by advanced students, challenging outdated views of Black progress and commending the teachers and pupils with high praise. Signed by Geo. W. Ves, John W. Harris, and A. J. Move.
A Harris county correspondent lauds Col. Kennon as a distinguished nominee for the Convention praising his war record leadership and character noting his service in the State council and his popularity in his mother county and neighboring Clay. The piece adds a remark that about twenty six percent of Western Texas livestock died from starvation and cold this past winter.
The report recounts a brutal murder at Mrs. Chambless’s home on the Columbia road. A fire set at a fence drew neighbors, then shots killed Mrs. Chambless as two armed assailants planned a robbery. A lynching followed, with three Black men hanged by a mob of about 100 near the scene.
A Ragusa dispatch to the Guardian reports Servia’s anti Turkish movement beyond control. Prince Milan, pressed by unpopularity, orders rapid fortifications at Alexi and frontier towns despite foreign remonstrances. Hostilities are deemed nearly certain.
The town notes Col Kennon to address Clay citizens at the courthouse on Saturday, while Clay delegates back a convention and oppose preset candidates. Randolph offers no contest, seeks harmony with a peaceful outcome. The piece mentions a gold watch recovered, the Sunday school picnic, and favorable remarks on Prof Dorzier’s address as the day’s bright spots.
Quitman County reports show farming updates with wheat yields and garden conditions. Court records note three enslaved individuals sentenced to the penitentiary at the May term for theft and burglary. Traveling agent Capt J M Allen of Jaffray and Co. visited Georgetown.
A local grocery advertises today’s fluctuating prices on staples and perishables. Quotations include corn, bacon, leaf lard, salt, coffee, flour, tea, crackers, cheese, and produce with notes on volatility and agent promotions. The ad lists many items with per unit or per peck prices, highlighting specials and delivery or buying terms.
The notice lists hardware items including refined iron, plow and tire stock, turn plows, axles, tools, hooks, and coiled cotton rope with prices per set or unit. It promotes Harmon celebrated iron stock for plow attachments and mentions various farm implements, shovels, rakes, hoes, axes, and stoves with broad price ranges.
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