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Newspaper
Cuthbert Appeal
Location
Cuthbert, Georgia, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1874
Page
4
A list of social etiquette guidance covers proper behavior in public settings. It warns against looking over shoulders while writing, nose blowing in public, walking with a companion who smokes, occupying seats, entering houses with hats on, using profanity, and many other rude acts. It stresses respectful speech, clean manners at meals, and avoiding boasting or spitting. It endorses eye contact, polite responses, and orderly conduct in public.
A Tennessee Agriculturist critique urges farmers to favor mutton over salt pork in spring and summer for health and cost reasons. It argues lean mutton is cheaper, healthier, and more muscular work is possible. The piece notes Southdown smoked mutton hams as delicious and cites a Bridgeport joke about two callaries named Wheeler and Wilson.
An Atlantic Monthly style piece traces the dollar symbol to Cadiz pillars and a Hercules temple, linking the device to imperial coinage and a wider mythic calendar. It also notes the two vertical bars in the pound symbol may share a similar origin, with further discussion of day and night as symbols across ancient texts.
A historical notice praising the Savannah Morning News as ably edited and newsy. It quotes endorsements from Marietta Journal Franklin News Atlanta Constitution Sandersville Georgian Marianna Courier Covington Enterprise Christian Advocate, calling it one of the best papers and valuable to merchants and business people.
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