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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1873
Page
2
J C Irvine serves as associate and general traveling agent in the periodical notice. The fragment references The Appeal and attributes authorship to Jas P Sawtell with Irvine listed in a professional role.
A collection of brief items: Whisky popular in Augusta. Chief Justice Chase dies in New York. Georgia Press Association meeting in Americus. a steam line between Columbus and Apalachicola. Macon voting on railroad subscription. literacy disqualifications for jurors in Texas. Atlanta budget debates. executions and penal sentences in New York. early postal card production. Kellogg forces in Louisiana resist installation of officers. Metropolitans in St Martinville face tax resistance. law and court updates from Savannah, Milledgeville, and Albany.
Governor Smith argues for the Atlantic and Great Western Canal linking the Mississippi to Savannah to open year round navigation from Rome Georgia to the sea. He claims vast benefits including cheap transport from St Louis to Savannah saving about 9.52 per ton, flood and drought resilience, regional trade expansion, abundant pine lumber, cotton transport, and boosted western manufacture. The plan has been surveyed by War Department engineers as feasible.
The United States Court of Claims ruled the cotton tax law unconstitutional after Mr. Berg sued for recovery rather than seeking a Congress refund. An eminent counsel, including the Ordinary of Chatham County, advised on the suit. The decision was not yet promulgated but expected to favor many readers seeking tax refunds.
Harris of the Savannah News notes taters in deep soil perform best with timely planting. The Dahlonega Signal reports sweet potatoes succeed in deep soil. The author recalls helping plant these tubers waist deep and finding success when planted at proper times, avoiding raw planting or late night work.
A traveler describes a Florida steamboat journey from Jacksonville to Palatka and Lake Monroe. He praises Mrs Stowe's residence, Hibernia hotel, Green Cove Springs, Palatka’s orange groves, and Maj Marks Orange House. He ... details fishing near Crystal Lake, meals by Mrs Marks, and the trip ending with relocation to Waco, Texas, noting Rev D Shaver’s retirement.
Died of whooping cough at his parents home in Cuthbert on May 1 1873 Robert F youngest child of Efsha S and Mrs Ann Kirksey aged one year four months eleven days His twin Edward H Kirksey had preceded him to the Father’s House a year before lacking one week The bereaved father and mother seek consolation in their grief
A reader reports visiting Cuthbert and mentions J oOo. McK Gunn's Store selling judges of Goods and noting knowledge of items.
Advertisements detail multiple land lots in Randolph County offered to satisfy fi fas from Randolph Superior Court and county tax actions. Properties include various districts and city lots in Cuthbert and Andrewville with tenants notified, overseen by guarantors and attorneys.
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