02 May 1873
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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1873
Page
1
The Appeal announces weekly publication rules and rates for ads. It details pricing for death notices, insertions, and obituaries, penalties for late payment, and charges for political candidate announcements and corporate promotions. It also notes discounts for yearly advertisers and instructions for sending ads or correspondence.
A devotional poem urging courage and honesty. It counsels pushing forward through storms, living by conscience, and acting justly to preserve one's name. It notes temptations of scandal and the need to heed a higher Ruler for protection, concluding that fair outcomes follow prudent, near right conduct.
A moral verse warns against debt with lines urging thrift and honesty. It highlights the misery of owing, the lure of fashion, and the freedom of living within means. The piece ends with a fatherly admonition about not ridiculing the poor and the risks of rash fortune.
In New York a sad Californian returns after six years of loss and mourning. A chance meeting with old friend Tom Bayley leads to rediscovery of missing family members Ellie and Minnie Wentz, with a Christmas Eve miracle and a new life built on love and honest work.
A humorous sketch follows a man and a woman on a streetcar, detailing odd conversations and mismatched expectations. The narrative includes a church-baseball chaplain, a goose and buzzard anecdote, a child Ida B’s doll tragedy, and a Hartford castor oil tale with a Chicago nurse. It closes with anecdotes about alligators, Artemus Ward, and a loan story.
A bizarre report notes corsets seized at the New York Custom House as contraband under taxation for artificial appliances. Mrs Fisher of St Louis defends the tax while a maternal tale exaggerates steam spanker devices and a six month old baby amid the chatter.
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