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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1882
Page
3
Citizens of Cuthbert and the county are urged to attend a mass meeting at the courthouse tomorrow at 11 o'clock to address the aftermath of Monday night’s storm and discuss relief. The notice highlights local figures and upcoming events while noting advertising updates and local commerce in the area.
An old advertisement touts Acker's Blood Elixir as the best safe remedy for mood poisoning inherited or contracted. It claims to restore vitality, cure pimples, rheumatism, and other evils, credited to M. W. Dixson. Also promotes Harker's Hair Ball for restoring hair color and luster with a perfume and purity claim.
A cyclone moved east from the river above Fort Guinea tearing through Randolph, Clay, Quitman, Terrell and Lee counties. Dozens of homes were leveled and trees ripped, with at least 80 deaths reported and extensive property destruction in Gamble and Gamble-related plantations. Local families, including Moye, Gamble, Redding, Knowles, Dancer, and Parham D. Redding, endured catastrophic losses as the storm cut a wide path, leaving residents to count missing persons and stowaway debris hours after the event.
Residents recount a monster cyclone ripping through Dawson County striking homes, mills, and outbuildings from Mr. M. L. Harper area to Mr. Calvin Watson farm. Families suffer severe wounds, including Mrs. McCarthy and Sue Talbot, while valuables such as gold in trunks vanish. Reports describe widespread destruction and ongoing uncertainty as aid arrives.
Five Cent Column Notices insertions at five cents per line in Spring 1882. Ads promote New Enterprise Store goods in Cuthbert to cold cash buyers, clothing houses, hats, hosiery, ribbons, dress goods, embroidery, parasols, and custom made suits. Local merchants Owen & Seary, Homer B. Mathews, Mower B. Mathews, and H. H. Mapp advertise services, clocks, jewelry, millinery, and sample clothing. Brown Leghorn fowls, chairs, and household items listed. Fort Gaines and local builders noted. varied goods, low prices, and cash or time payments urged.
A Concord Patriot note urges housewives to purify blood and regulate stomach and bowels as a spring health measure. It claims proper cleansing prevents spring illnesses and recommends Hop Bitters as the best remedy.
An reader letter extols Dr Acker's English Remedy as able to relieve croup whooping cough bronchitis diphtheria and throat and chest ailments in infants and claims adults benefit for consumption asthma and related illnesses A trial bottle is offered for 16 cents from W Y Dixon with larger sizes available at 50 cents and $1
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