03 Mar 1871
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1871
Page
1
The piece contrasts careful advertising with rash campaigns and notes advertising can mislead if uneven or infrequent. It stresses positive action like restraint, praise, and steady promotion, then shifts to a lament on homelessness, thrift, and dissipation, highlighting how virtue and industry build Home and hope.
A correspondent details beggar practices in southern Shandong where thieves perform leg amputation scams for sympathy, compares Western frauds such as wrist amputation fakes, and describes varied beggar types still roaming streets. The piece also offers proverbs on perseverance and thrift, plus a local anecdote about a doctor and a Scottish Irish joke.
A broad critique of lavish living in major cities. It contrasts postwar luxury with earlier Republicans’ frugality, notes merchants overspending, and warns of looming ruin. It discusses frankness and education for women, a sensational London city profile, farm advice for youths, and various miscellanies.
A discourse extols home based on Christian marriage as a divine institution led by noble women. It argues women shape national destiny, warns against demoralized homes, and links national prosperity to family virtue, while sprinkling humorous anecdotes and quips about language, courts, and social norms.
A Norwich former resident now in Oshkosh lends a hand to a debtor named Smith by gifting him fifteen dollars from about fifty dollars collected on three small notes. The lawyer notes his interest in Smith and family, hinting at deeper ties as Smith exits, muttering gratitude and a quip about his grandfather. The piece ends with a brief sidebar on tobacco and narcotics usage worldwide and a rough annual value of such goods.
A fragmentary exchange shows a man congratulating a millionaire on his possessions. The reply is a firm no, followed by the offer being declined with a terse remark about what is received. The odd dialogue hints at themes of wealth and social bargaining.
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