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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1876
Page
3
The advertisement promotes affordable fabrics and garments at M. Pulaski & Co. with Bishop and Victoria Lawns Jaconets Cambrics and Embroideries. Other items include coats at 60 cents and Linen Shirts, Linen and Paper Collars. The copy cites replacements by headquarters and lists several fabric offerings.
An advertisement urges readers to treat dyspepsia and liver complaints with Green's August Flower from T S Powell. It promises relief from sour stomach headaches heartburn and related symptoms with a 75 cent bottle or a 10 cent sample. Two doses will relieve you.
We offer a splendid assortment of Percales at 10 cents per yard. The 7 8 wide fabrics are cheaper than prints and ideal for dresses. Owens and Sealey advertise the sale to cash buyers and urge quick purchases.
The writer extols Sir John Franklin as heroic for exploration but declares Dr Tort's celebrated Liver Pills more beneficial to humanity. It claims the pills improve bodily health, strengthen the brain, and unlock understanding, suggesting greater value than Franklin's voyages.
J Geeslin offers ice cold drinks day and night with wines, liquors and beer. He holds the exclusive right to sell the old and celebrated Forrester Whiskey, reputed to please customers including Seemons and Iee for the sick, children, ladies, or any other man.
J. Mck. Gann and family will arrive home this afternoon. The boys will play a game of ball this afternoon to practice for the game on the 4th.
A Sunday morning special train will leave Cuthbert at 64 o clock for Montezuma to attend the Methodist Church District Conference, returning by 9 p.m. Round trip fare is 1.00. Puetes, Agent. Also, the Dawson excursion on the 4th departs at 6:40 a.m. and returns at 2:30 p.m. for 80 cents.
Attention members of Watchful Fire Co. attend the regular monthly and quarterly meeting Monday July 3 1876 at 84 P M in full uniform. Come prepared to pay quarterly dues by order of J A Arrison Foreman A F Hast Secretary and Treasurer.
A late Friday night campus event at An drew College featured recitations songs and charades with a large audience and proud families. Commencement sermons by Rev J O A Cook highlighted the ceremony followed by a junior exhibition and four graduates Miss Forest Fielder Sallie Redding Viola Mullins and Julia Searcy. General Alpheus Baker delivered a witty Irish character study linking Woman to the subject. A night concert by Mrs Russell pleased Cuthbert attendees and a dispute over a horse injury involving Scarborough and Mr Harris was settled for 125. Three cheers for Tilden and Hendricks.
Early morning scene sparks sensational report as John Chastain and Mittie Doughtie of Eufaula Ala secretly marry with Rev. Thus Muse officiating. The escape follows a trend of prior similar incidents at the Randolph county college amid campus chatter. Public notices and church fund actions accompany local items.
At Pomona Grange No 5 last meeting it was voted to hold a Patrons meeting at the Baptist College on July 13. Patrons and families are urged to bring baskets and attend for counsel on matters important to the order. M C Epwanzos and O A Barry signaled the call. Also reported: on an excursion train from Augusta to Charleston a governor poll produced Colquitt 104, Hardeman 31, Johnson 54, Reese 36, James 1%
A Methodist church meeting in Fort Gaines concluded after days of work with four accessions, three prominent middle aged citizens. An extra train departs Sunday at 5 AM for Montezuma District Conference, returning about 10 PM for $1 round trip. Isaac Collins Dam mill property washed away in Monday freshet. Ft Gaines Academy closed with commendations to Dozier and Kesse. Heavy rain last week marked the season. Apology for brief report due to attending Andrew Female College commencement in a sister city.
Dr. Mercer has set up a telegraph line running from Georgetown to Eufaula. Marbling is a leisure pastime for Georgetown's young men. A six foot rattlesnake with ten rattles and a 15 inch girth was killed about six miles from town last Saturday. A quarrel between two colored women on Dr Burnett's plantation ended in one stabbing the other to death over a dispute about a husband. The murderer fled. Georgetown youths devise a blindfold wheelbarrow game causing bruises. A wagonload of melons arrived and sold for 25 to 40 cents. Last Thursday night a burglarized smoke house yielded 150 pounds bacon and 100 pounds flour. one thief was captured and jailed, another yet at large. The Irwinton Southerner predicts 1878 legislature to meet in Milledgeville.
In North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Alabama shoppers seek Mr. P. P. Toa of Charleston South Carolina for top doors sashes blinds balusters panels cornices and the finest paint and glass both French and American for attractive homes.
A letter urges readers to help destitute neighbors by spending all cash with the author. J. McK. Gunn promises to supply meat and corn, claiming widespread reach if he can secure cash trade from Cuthbert. He asserts two-part benefit: cash for traders and goods at the bottom.
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