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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1877
Page
3
A historical notice states a surplus Block of Goods available from this day at actual New York cost. Plain and striped lawns and muslins, jaconets, cambric, lawns, pique, Irish poplins, fringed muslin, napkins, towels, tablecloths, and ladies wear are offered. Limited to unsaid quantities with no end date.
M H Pulaski and Co promote water-ground meal and favorable corn trade terms while W B Dixsey bids high for corn and offers 48 pounds water-ground meal for 56 pounds corn. Cuthbert shops feature Bee and Lemons, home made orp whiskey and Aurora beer with broad bar and grocery stock. Boone and Dixson push whiskey brandy and gin.
Fannie daughter of Jas J McGuire dies at nine weeks in the 9th District. Albany man Avis ill of Gunn kin for a week. Allison Simp sons brick building front to present attractive view. Rock Jones praised as mason. D Kempner ill then convalescent. S E Freeman has a ten and a half pound boy. Public cisterns lack hot water. council urged to act. Master Julian Lightfoot solves a cutting puzzle. G W Coram also submits solution. Flour shipments by Jordan and Barfield noted. local farmers urged to grow cereals. The Mitey social group fills Capt. Tunn’s residence. society to pause until fall. Ice and cold drinks advertised by Boone and Disson. Editor plans Cumberland Island trip with companions for sea turtle hunting and fishing. a shorter summer issue may appear. Charley Simpson builds a fish pond behind Sheridan place, plans dam and willow landscaping. A negro woman arrested for robbery, sent back to Macon for trial. Many locals attend Furuslow Maconie Female College exercises in Americas. several graduates listed. Grist Mill completed. promises grinding and bolting wheat or rice by September 1. Rice Mill to improve cleaning. Boone & Dixon advertise St Louis beer, ale, and porter.
A jumble of local notes from Georgetown includes typhoid sickness of J E Smith, first season watermelons by Mr Sawyers, and John Lee selling lumber at the depot. Plus weather talk, games to escape heat, telescope musings, and a long editor’s letter praising crops, conventions, and a forthcoming delegate selection led by Col Guerry.
Mr. C. C. Green dies at Clayton Alabama and is buried in Fort Gaines. Noy Starks wife also dies. five local burials including Tena Brooks Calvin Mitchell and a boy named Petree. Col Tennille gravely ill as Ft Gaines Academy closes. Prof Dozier leaves TeVert College. A petrified extinct turtle 24 feet across found near town by Lyttle’s agents. A Columbus doctor jokes about mosquitoes. Fort Gaines mosquitos blamed for lack of sleep. J N Rider praised for Woungry Army satire. The Wallacks praised. watermelon and peaches in season. editor plans summer subsistence and limited data reporting.
Bacon bulk meats lard hams sugar coffee flour corn and more in today’s grocery list. Prices shown for many items with limited time change potential. Allison & Simpson advertise Virginia salt and various wares with a broad assortment and claims of best prices and quality.
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