10 Mar 1870
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1870
Page
1
Obscure newspaper notice lists subscription terms for Elje Euthbert and De Vian with advance payment required. Advertising rates shown for one square and column ad spaces, including contract terms and obituary pricing per square. Includes various rate tables and future rate notes.
A domestic vignette by C P Crasch with family scenes around a fire and piano. A lively, weathering northeaster outside contrasts with snug rooms, canary songs, and a piano singalong as parents urge children to bed and seek music to end the day.
A New York Farmer’s Club discussion extols pumpkins for medical use. Reports describe a pumpkin poultice curing swelling and inflammation, seed use for bowel ailments and tape worm, and a Syria travel anecdote on seeds as antidotes.
Pauline faces a forced engagement to the Earl of Everly while loving Charles Belmont. Lord Everly’s curse prompts Pauline’s pursuit of her beloved. Charles and Pauline uncover a childhood betrothal plan, leading to a secret union as Pauline becomes a noblewoman and wife to Charles.
A critical meditation on how early indulgence shapes behavior from mild roguishness to serious failings. It contrasts spoiled boys and girls with disciplined siblings and notes self control as the main lesson denied by constant pampering. It observes social class differences and the lasting impact on marriage and charity.
A ballet girl signs as A ballet Girl accuses Astleys Theatre manager E Smith of forcing dancers into grand transformation scenes using iron bars raised high on stage. Smith defends safety and says dancers seek selection. The dancer questions why girls pursue ballet as a profession, arguing they are bred into it with few alternatives.
A July 4 address imagines the United States bounded by the rising sun to the east the aurora to the north the equinoxs son to the south and the day of judgment to the west, presenting a poetic national panorama.
A German origin executioner Heidenreich now serves as Paris chief in place of the Samson lineage. Reporters describe him as well informed and humane in interviews near Engheim. He faces grim duties nightly at Place de la Raquette with two assistants, binding victims and ensuring ritual preparation.
In Boston a well known drinker, heavily intoxicated, is followed by a loyal English bulldog. The dog blocks the man at the saloon door with its fore paws on his chest, while the man argues with the dog and then the bartender refuses further liquor. The scene echoes a strong prohibition argument and ends with the crowd departing thoughtfully.
Accounts describe Roman council prelates living simply. Bishops with palaces stay in monastery cells, facing cold, rain, and narrow stairs. Some travel in dilapidated carriages or on foot to the Vatican, illustrating both edification and distress.
A shoddy young lady surprised her mother on returning from a dance by saying she enjoyed the huzging set to music, clearly referring to waltzing. The remark sparked discussion of propriety and dancing customs in the household.
A famed wild horse near Fort Bridger was finally trapped after a long pursuit by cavalry and infantry. Despite repeated recaptures, the animal endured a brutal chase, sustained injuries from a chain, and was eventually secured by Captain Phister’s troops before being released to graze. The horse, described as dark brown with a strong build, is now free again, with authorities deeming further capture unlikely.
Barnum details a stunt turning a jobless man into a moving beacon. Five bricks moved along Broadway and nearby streets drew crowds, then ticket sales rose as observers followed the act. The tactic boosted interest near the Museum and served his advertising aims.
In All the Year Round a critique denounces chignons and false hair as a display of deception in fashion. It laments elaborate hairpieces, praises no one for natural beauty, notes shops full of chignons, and contrasts them with earlier crinoline trends, warning fashion’s tyranny endures.
A boy abandoned by parents arrives with his aunt seeking work at a large New York firm. Despite initial doubts, he proves diligent staying overnight to help, catching a thief and saving valuable art. He earns double wages and rises to a $2,500 salary and later a firm partnership. Young men should imitate his example.
A war clergyman sought a subscription from a close-fisted parishioner for a charitable object. The parishioner claimed he already owed much money. The minister replied that the debtor owes God a larger debt than any man. The parishioner retorted that God isn’t pressing him like his creditors.
In a night journey through France years ago the narrator recalls a supper at a dilapidated inn where the landlord demonstrates catching trout with a glass lantern placed into a deep pool. Fish gather to the light and are quickly dispatched for a fine meal, illustrating lighted fishing methods now observed by professional French fishermen.
An American in Paris laughs at the luxury of wine baths and learns a muttered tale of how the service is priced and resold. The keeper, a former Virginia slave, explains the price scheme from four francs down to two to attract common customers. He adds the cups are then sent to America for Champagne.
A celebrated divine recalls his shift in preaching style from fiery thunder to measured lightness. He explains, as a youth he believed thunder killed, but later understood lightning harms souls and chose to reduce harshness and increase illumination.
An elderly colored woman scoffs at noisy worship saying it lacks grace. She compares true devotion to having the Dove in the heart and the Lamb on the bosom, then imagines Bethlehem’s stable and the Virgin with the sleeping baby.
A destitute man, unable to secure funds, gained an audience with the late Duke of Newcastle. He asked for support, and the Duke replied with a penny and a joke about kinship, saying others might give more to make him richer than the Duke.
A bluff old farmer comments that true service to the Lord shows in practical acts, not just in praise. He quips that honesty should extend to everyday tasks like measuring onions, implying broader accountability for farmers and traders.
The Gainesville Florida Independent notes that only a few truck gardeners remain and that by soon they will begin shipping early vegetables to Northern markets.
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