The Appeal Classified Rates and Policies
The Appeal lists weekly publication timing and advertising rates. Rates: one square ten lines or less is 100 for first insertion, 75 cents for each subsequent. yearly ads offered at a liberal deduction. Transient ads due at insertion. 25 percent extra after expiration if unpaid. Campaign notices cost 5 cash. Obituary notices over five lines follow regular rates. Letters to the proprietor are answered promptly.
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Socrettes
Farmers and Newspapers and the Value of Reading
The article urges farmers to subscribe to newspapers as essential social schooling, linking literacy to progress and family welfare. It also shares a tip for watermelon culture, noting a farmer who selects seed from fruit near the main vines and avoiding certain seed traits to keep crops prolific and high quality.
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Carroll County
Mystery of the Pole expedition sails from England
The Charleston News and Courier reports a new Arctic expedition sailing from England on Saturday. The crew of 112 is carefully chosen for fitness, with two sledging vessels the Alert and Discovery, aim to reach the Pole by summer, and maintain open communication with England. Commodore Markham heads the vessel, Captain Nares is navigator, and the plan includes a base supply ship and a robust, double crew approach for northern travel. The effort is expected to be pivotal if the prior British effort fails.
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Arctic
Charleston
England
Captain Tall
Commodore Markham
Alert
Nares
Destructive Snow Avalanches in the Rocky Mountains
A Nevada paper describes dry and rolling avalanches in the Rocky Mountains and at Virginia City. It details how a small ball of snow can grow into a large, destructive mass, burying houses and killing people and even noting a Genoa incident where twenty eight Chinamen were killed by an avalanche.
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Nevada
Virginia City
Alps
Mount Davidson
Genoa
Premature Burial Alleged in Jewish Brady Ground
In Brady Galicia a wealthy merchant’s wife, buried a day after death, was found with a bloodstained shroud and signs of a struggle. The widow's coffin showed clear indications of a hasty interment, prompting an unsettling inquiry by the bereaved husband after permission from the Jewish rabbi.
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Brady
Gallicia
Doctors and Nurses in the Health Debate
A Science of Health writer argues over the relative importance of doctors and nurses. He asserts nurses and attendants often control patient care and that doctors should acknowledge nurses as intelligent coadjutors rather than mere automatons, altering the hierarchy and sharing professional honors.
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Science of Health
Voltaire on Marriage and Social Virtue
A Victorian era style excerpt cites Voltaire praising marriage as reducing crime and guiding virtue, arguing married men are steadier and more moral, with a home and partner shaping conduct. The piece also echoes Josh Billings critiquing naive lovers and offering sharp social observations.
A Call to Honor Labor and Reform in Society
A period piece argues that modern society devalues physical work and favors professional elites. It contrasts past poverty-born leaders with present labor disdain, urging practical social reform to elevate labor’s respect and broaden opportunity. The text also notes a proposed daily teacher pupil dialogue to share general information and keep students engaged.
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Senate
Clay
Webster
Cass
Calhoun
Benton
Jackson
Fillmore
Lincoln
Johnson
Gazette & Bulletin
Improving Poor Soils Shows Clover and Pea Benefits
The last report of the U S agricultural bureau highlights soil renewal through clover, orchard grass, and cow pea use. Cases in Butler County Pennsylvania show land improving from worthless to productive, with families prospering. Southern regions gain meat and fertility from grasses. Thomas County Georgia is noted as a model of high yields and thriving farms, with emigration to Thomasville and a strong real estate rise.
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United States Agricultural Bureau
Butler County
Columbus
Thomas County
Thomasville
Florida
Thomas
Banner County
Georgia
Weaker sex and the charms of women in society
A collage of quotes and reflections on women, pulsing with gendered praise. Essays extoll chivalry, gentleness, and beauty while discussing male restraint, virtue, and societal roles. The piece intersperses health notes on pulse rates with human-interest vignettes from Thomasville.
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Farmers and Newspapers
Rome Courier
Chas. J. Jenkins
Rocky Mountains
Voltaire
Josh Billings
Chicago
South Carolina
Throne of Grace
Artemus Ward
Adam
Samson
Wuar
Maxine
T’homasville Times
Bescher-Tiltonm
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